Heroes & combat

UR hero tier list & upgrade priorities

Choose where to spend hero resources for monsters, attacking, garrison defense and Vanguard.

Published 16 October 2026

Build one complete squad first

A reliable five-hero squad is a better first goal than spreading EXP, Skill Medals and universal shards across every UR hero. Keep two durable front-row heroes and use the back row for damage and support.

The tiers below are investment recommendations based on skill roles. They are not measured win-rate rankings. Stars, skill levels, equipment, faction matchups and your available heroes can change the best choice.

Match your squad to the fight

Goal	What to prioritize	How to adjust
Monsters & boss damage	Damage dealers plus team attack support	Keep enough durability to survive the full fight. Charles Martel boosts all five allies’ ATK; Edward can reduce a target’s DEF. Compare actual damage reports.
Attacking other squads	Back-row pressure, area damage and frontline survival	Mulan targets the back row; Saladin prioritizes a back-row target and reduces its attack speed.
Garrison & defense	Damage reduction across your formation	Cleopatra protects the whole team; Ragnar protects the front row; Frederick I adds counterattacks and extra Legion synergy.
Vanguard	Adapt to the current stage	For a single boss, test focused damage. Against several enemies, area damage becomes more useful. Add durability if your front row falls early.

Monsters & boss damage

What to prioritize: Damage dealers plus team attack support
How to adjust: Keep enough durability to survive the full fight. Charles Martel boosts all five allies’ ATK; Edward can reduce a target’s DEF. Compare actual damage reports.

Attacking other squads

What to prioritize: Back-row pressure, area damage and frontline survival
How to adjust: Mulan targets the back row; Saladin prioritizes a back-row target and reduces its attack speed.

Garrison & defense

What to prioritize: Damage reduction across your formation
How to adjust: Cleopatra protects the whole team; Ragnar protects the front row; Frederick I adds counterattacks and extra Legion synergy.

Vanguard

What to prioritize: Adapt to the current stage
How to adjust: For a single boss, test focused damage. Against several enemies, area damage becomes more useful. Add durability if your front row falls early.

Spend resources in this order

Keep your main squad near its available hero-level cap before leveling bench heroes.
Use hero-specific shards on heroes you actively field. Save universal UR shards until you have chosen a long-term squad.
Prioritize the damage and survival skills you rely on. Check the star requirements as well as the hero-level requirement before planning an unlock.
Upgrade equipment to suit the role: frontline survival first when tanks are dying; damage upgrades when your team survives but cannot finish.
Save recruitment tickets and shard spending for an event that rewards them when doing so will not block your immediate progress.

Use your existing roster

A higher-tier hero at low stars may perform worse than a well-developed alternative. Compare both heroes in the same formation, with comparable equipment, against the same target before making an expensive replacement.

Promoted UR versions without published skill descriptions are left unrated rather than borrowing the original rarity’s skills. See Tavern recruitment for ticket-pool timing and the hero calculators for exact EXP and shard costs.

Investment recommendations

Find the right hero for the job

S = strong core investment for the listed role. A = useful specialist or roster-dependent choice. Unrated = skill details are not available for that version.

GoalFaction

20 heroes

Charles Martel

Tribe · Support

Charles Martel increases all five allies’ ATK and accelerates his own skill cooldown. Team support that helps an established damage core.

Monsters · Attack · Vanguard

Cleopatra

Ranger · Tank

Cleopatra reduces damage for all five allied heroes and adds passive protection for the front row. A strong defensive core.

Monsters · Attack · Garrison · Vanguard

Edward

Ranger · Damage

Edward’s ten-arrow active can stack DEF reduction on a target. A promising damage core to test against bosses and alongside Martial Damage allies.

Monsters · Attack · Vanguard

Frederick I

Legion · Tank

Frederick I grants frontline counterattacks and reduces frontline damage. The passive reduction doubles for Legion heroes during Counterattack.

Attack · Garrison · Vanguard

Ragnar

Tribe · Tank

Ragnar reduces damage taken by the front row and provides an additional active reduction against Martial Damage. A dependable frontline investment.

Monsters · Attack · Garrison · Vanguard

Alexander Nevsky

Ranger · Tank

Alexander Nevsky reduces his own incoming damage and lowers the Martial Damage of five enemies. His value depends on the opponent’s damage type.

Attack · Garrison · Vanguard

Attila

Tribe · Damage

Attila attacks multiple random targets with Tactical Damage. Compare results with Joan rather than spreading scarce shards between both immediately.

Monsters · Attack · Vanguard

Boudica

Legion · Damage

Boudica’s active skill hits five targets with Martial Damage. A useful area-damage choice against full formations.

Attack · Vanguard

Hannibal Barca

Legion · Damage

Hannibal Barca’s basic attack targets the enemy with the lowest HP percentage; his active strikes random enemies three times. Useful finishing pressure.

Monsters · Attack · Vanguard

Harald III

Legion · Tank

Harald III taunts enemies, lowers their ATK and reduces damage to himself. A frontline control option for Legion.

Attack · Garrison · Vanguard

Joan of Arc

Tribe · Damage

Joan of Arc deals Tactical Damage through random-target whirlwinds. A damage choice for a developed Tribe formation.

Monsters · Attack · Vanguard

Mulan

Legion · Damage

Mulan prioritizes three back-row targets with Tactical Damage. A specialist for pressuring damage dealers behind the frontline.

Attack · Vanguard

Saladin

Ranger · Damage

Saladin prioritizes one back-row target and reduces its attack speed. Useful focused pressure against an enemy backline.

Attack · Vanguard

Sanada Yukimura

Tribe · Tank

Sanada Yukimura raises frontline DEF and reduces his own incoming damage. Useful when your squad needs a durable tank.

Monsters · Attack · Garrison · Vanguard

Yi Sun-sin

Ranger · Damage

Yi Sun-sin attacks five enemies with Tactical Damage. Most useful when there are several targets to hit.

Attack · Vanguard