Empires and puzzles Heroes

• Updated 19 January 2021 Major Revamp

Welcome to the definitive compilation of all empires and puzzles heroes. Everything from the latest hero ratings, hero gradings and hero reviews can be found here. This compilation is divided into 4 main sections

1. List of all Empire and Puzzles Hero – Inclusive of hero grading at rantings.
2. Family bonuses and related information
3. Summoning tips and tricks and recommendations
4. Best heroes of ENP

List of all Empires and Puzzles Heroes

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Other information Regarding the Hero List

• 0 To 10 Score Roughly correlates to a D to A++ Score, with B being 5
• Calculation Formula: [Titan + Offense + Defense overall + Tournament average]/4.
• Significance: The Overall score is more of how versatile a hero is – meaning how often you will likely use this hero in multiple scenarios. A high overall score does not mean that the hero will be good in all situations, in all attacking teams, or in any position in a defense team. More information and details given to this in the “best hero of Empires and Puzzles section”
• If you have other suggestions regarding the formula, please leave them in the comment section with your reasons why – this will help us to improve this list
• If you would like to suggest alternative gradings for a specific hero, please do so in the comment section as well.

Empires and Puzzles Legendary hero masterlist

Hero	Element	From	Family	Class	Titans	Offense	D-> Tank	D->Flank	D->Wing	D->Overall	W/T-> Rush	T->Buff	T->Bloody	Overall
Aeron	Dark	Hotm 4/18		Monk	5	6	6	5	2	4.33	7	6	2	5.08
Alfrike	Dark	S3	Svartalfheim	Wizard	2	6	8	5	6	6.33	10	5	7	5.42
Bera	Dark	S3	Vanaheim	Monk	4	7	6	7	5	6	6	2	7	5.5
Boss Wolf	Dark	CE	Grimforest	Druid	2	5	7	2	2	3.67	9	5	3	4.08
Clarissa	Dark	Hotm 5/20		Paladin	5	7	6	8	8	7.33	5	7	9	6.58
Domitia	Dark	S1		Rogue	5	7	5	5	2	4	5	5	5	5.25
Domitia Costume	Dark	CS		Ranger	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5
Freya	Dark	S3	Vanaheim	Druid	5	5	2	5	2	3	2	5	8	4.5
Grimble	Dark	Hotm 12/19		Cleric	2	7	6	5	5	5.33	6	5	5	4.92
Guardian Panther	Dark	CE	Guardians	Fighter	9	8	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	7
Hel	Dark	Hotm 6/17		Wizard	5	9	8	5	5	6	8	8	8	7
Jabberwock	Dark	CE	Wonderland	Monk	8	8	8	8	9	8.33	8	5	9	7.92
Kageburado	Dark	S2	Sakura	Barbarian	6	8	6	7	8	7	6	8	8	7.08
Khiona	Dark	Hotm 9/18		Rogue	8	7	7	6	5	6	6	5	5	6.58
Killhare	Dark	SE	Springvale	Fighter	2	9	8	9	9	8.67	9	8	9	7.08
Kunchen	Dark	Hotm 2/19		Cleric	9	9	9	5	2	5.33	9	5	2	7.17
Marie-Therese	Dark	CE	Pirates	Monk	5	5	5	2	2	3	9	8	1	4.75
Mok-Arr	Dark	S2	Lagoon	Barbarian	2	8	2	2	2	2	8	5	5	4.5
Myztero	Dark	Tavern of Legends		Rogue	2	5	2	2	2	2	5	5	5	3.5
Obakan	Dark	S1		Barbarian	5	5	5	5	5	5	2	5	5	4.75
Onyx	Dark	Ninja	Ninja	Ranger	8	8	2	6	6	4.67	5	2	8	6.42
Quintus	Dark	S1		Sorcerer	8	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	5	6
Quintus Costume	Dark	CS		Monk	5	2	5	2	5	4	8	2	5	4
Sargasso	Dark	CE	Pirates	Fighter	2	5	5	5	2	4	5	5	5	4
Sartana	Dark	S1		Wizard	2	9	5	8	9	7.33	8	8	9	6.67
Sartana Costume	Dark	CS		Fighter	5	8	5	5	8	6	5	5	8	6.25
Seshat	Dark	Hotm 7/19		Ranger	8	9	5	8	9	7.33	8	8	8	8.08
Thoth-Amun	Dark	Hotm 11/17		Sorcerer	5	4	4	4	5	4.3	2	4	5	4.25
Ursena	Dark	S2	Atlantis	Sorcerer	8	9	9	9	6	8	9	8	9	8.42
Victor	Dark	SE	Morlovia	Wizard	5	7	3	5	5	4.33	4	6	5	5.33
Zulag	Dark	Hotm 10/20		Paladin	2	3	6	4	2	4	6	7	1	3.42
Anzogh	Fire	HOTM 4/19		Wizard	4	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	2	4.83
Ares	Fire	HOTM 8/17		Paladin	8	7	5	2	2	3	7	8	2	5.92
Azlar	Fire	S1		Barbarian	8	7	8	5	5	6	9	5	8	7.08
Azlar Costume	Fire	CS		Paladin	6	5	5	2	5	4	8	2	6	5.0
Baldur	Fire	S3	Muspelheim	Ranger	7	6	5	6	2	4.33	8	5	3	5.67
Black Knight	Fire	CE	Avalon	Barbarian	7	9	9	8	5	7.33	9	8	9	8
Cpt Kestrel	Fire	CE	Pirates	Rogue	5	6	5	8	8	7	8	5	8	6.25
Elena	Fire	S1		Fighter	8	4	5	5	2	4	8	5	8	5.75
Elena Costume	Fire	CS		Rogue	8	4	6	2	2	3.33	8	4	6	5.33
Garnet	Fire	Ninja	Ninja	Sorcerer	2	9	2	5	2	3	6	8	1	4.75
Gefjon	Fire	S3	Muspelheim	Ranger	7	9	3	8	8	6.33	6	2	8	6.92
Gravemaker	Fire	Hotm 6/18		Barbarian	5	8	8	9	8	8.33	6	6	9	7.08
Grazul	Fire	Hotm 9/19		Cleric	2	9	5	5	2	4	5	5	1	4.67
Guardian Kong	Fire	CE	Guardians	Barbarian	6	6	5	5	5	5	6	5	5	5.58
Jean-Francois	Fire	Hotm 2/20		Wizard	5	5	5	8	5	6	5	7	8	5.67
Khagan	Fire	S1		Ranger	5	4	5	2	2	3	8	5	5	4.5
Lady Loki	Fire	S3	Helheim	Fighter	5	8	6	7	4	5.67	7	9	6	6.5
Marjana	Fire	S1		Rogue	4	8	5	5	8	6	5	5	6	5.83
Mitsuko	Fire	S2	Sakura	Sorcerer	4	8	5	8	2	5	5	5	5	5.5
Natalya	Fire	Hotm 1/18		Sorcerer	5	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3.67
Noor	Fire	Hotm 7/20		Druid	4	2	5	2	2	3	6	5	5	3.58
Puss in Boots	Fire	CE	Grimforest	Rogue	6	6	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5.5
Queen of hearts	Fire	CE	Wonderland	Paladin	5	6	6	6	2	4.67	6	8	5	5.5
Red Hood	Fire	CE	Grimforest	Ranger	4	5	5	5	2	4	5	5	2	4.25
Reuben	Fire	Hotm 12/20		Cleric	4	6	5	5	5	5	5	8	5	5.25
Santa	Fire	SE	Christmas	Monk	8	8	8	5	2	5	9	8	5	7.08
Tyr	Fire	S3	Helheim	Fighter	5	8	5	8	8	7	9	8	2	6.58
Vanda	Fire	SE	Morlovia	Sorcerer	5	7	6	7	3	5.33	3	8	5	5.67
Zimthika	Fire	Hotm 11/18		Druid	5	9	5	8	8	7	6	6	6	6.75
Bai Yeong	Holy	Hotm 9/20		Ranger	7	8	5	5	7	5.67	7	6	6	6.75
Delilah	Holy	Hotm 3/18		Fighter	5	8	7	7	6	6.67	7	6	2	6.17
Drake Fong	Holy	Hotm 8/18		Monk	7	9	8	9	9	8.67	8	8	8	8.17
Guardian Gazelle	Holy	CE	Guardians	Druid	8	9	5	8	2	5	8	8	5	7.25
Guardian Owl	Holy	CE	Guardians	Druid	2	2	2	2	7	3.67	8	2	5	3.17
Guinevere	Holy	CE	Avalon	Wizard	2	4	9	5	2	5.33	9	5	2	4.17
Inari	Holy	S2	Sakura	Rogue	8	5	5	5	2	4	6	5	5	5.58
Joon	Holy	S1		Monk	8	9	5	5	9	6.33	6	8	8	7.67
Joon Costume	Holy	CS		Fighter	8	8	5	5	8	6	6	6	8	7.17
Justice	Holy	S1		Paladin	4	2	6	6	5	5.67	7	5	5	4.33
Leonidas	Holy	S1		Monk	4	5	4	4	5	4.33	2	5	2	4.08
Malosi	Holy	Hotm 4/20		Barbarian	6	8	5	5	6	5.33	5	8	8	6.58
Mica	Holy	Ninja	Ninja	Paladin	2	8	9	8	2	6.33	5	10	8	6
Musashi	Holy	Hotm 9/17		Rogue	6	6	6	7	6	6.33	6	6	6	6.08
Neith	Holy	Hotm 11/19		Ranger	6	6	7	6	5	6	7	5	5	5.92
Norns	Holy	S3	Vanaheim	Sorcerer	5	5	5	2	2	3	5	5	5	4.5
Odin	Holy	S3	Midgard	Paladin	5	8	9	8	2	6.33	8	8	8	6.83
Onatel	Holy	Hotm 1/19		Wizard	5	8	6	6	5	5.67	8	5	6	6.25
Poseidon	Holy	S2	Atlantis	Fighter	5	9	5	5	8	6	5	8	8	6.75
Rana	Holy	SE	Sand Empire	Monk	2	7	5	6	2	4.33	7	5	5	4.75
Ranvir	Holy	Hotm 6/19		Druid	9	5	5	2	2	3	2	5	5	5.25
Roc	Holy	SE	Sand Empire	Barbarian	5	7	5	5	2	4	6	8	6	5.67
Sif	Holy	S3	Midgard	Rogue	6	6	7	5	2	4.67	8	8	8	6.17
Sir Roostley	Holy	SE	Springvale	Paladin	6	6	7	5	2	4.67	8	5	6	5.75
Vivica	Holy	S1		Cleric	8	8	8	7	5	6.67	9	8	2	7.25
Vivica Costume	Holy	CS		Sorcerer	5	7	5	5	4	4.67	8	8	3	5.75
White Rabbit	Holy	CE	Wonderland	Cleric	8	8	6	7	7	6.67	8	8	7	7.58
Aegir	Ice	Hotm 10/18		Paladin	6	6	8	5	2	5	8	8	4	5.92
Alasie	Ice	Hotm 5/18		Ranger	6	8	5	5	9	6.33	5	6	8	6.67
Alice	Ice	CE	Wonderland	Rogue	7	9	5	5	9	6.33	8	6	8	7.42
Ariel	Ice	S2	Atlantis	Cleric	5	9	5	8	5	6	8	8	2	6.5
Athena	Ice	Hotm 7/17		Ranger	9	8	5	5	2	4	6	6	8	6.92
Cobalt	Ice	Ninja	Ninja	Wizard	8	8	2	5	5	4	5	2	8	6.25
Fenrir	Ice	S3	Niflheim	Fighter	5	7	5	5	5	5	5	5	6	5.58
Finley	Ice	CE	Pirates	Ranger	8	9	5	8	9	7.33	5	8	8	7.83
Frida	Ice	Hotm 3/19		Paladin	8	8	5	5	5	5	8	8	7	7.17
Glenda	Ice	Hotm 11/20		Wizard	4	7	6	6	2	4.67	8	2	5	5.7
Isarnia	Ice	S1		Wizard	8	7	5	5	2	4	8	6	5	6.33
Isarnia Costume	Ice	CS		Sorcerer	8	7	5	5	2	4	9	6	5	6.42
King Arthur	Ice	CE	Avalon	Paladin	8	7	5	5	5	5	5	6	7	6.5
Krampus	Ice	SE	Christmas	Sorcerer	8	8	9	8	3	6.67	9	9	5	7.58
Magni	Ice	S1		Fighter	8	8	8	5	6	6.33	6	8	7	7.33
Magni Costume	Ice	CS		Druid	8	8	5	8	6	6.33	6	8	7	7.33
Master Lepus	Ice	SE	Springvale	Druid	8	8	2	8	9	6.33	8	5	9	7.42
Miki	Ice	Hotm 8/19		Barbarian	9	7	5	2	2	3	8	8	5	6.5
Misandra	Ice	S2	Lagoon	Fighter	6	8	5	5	9	6.33	5	6	7	6.58
Perseues	Ice	Hotm 12/17		Paladin	4	4	2	5	5	4	2	5	5	4
Raffaele	Ice	Hotm 6/20		Monk	2	8	5	5	2	4	9	5	1	4.75
Richard	Ice	S1		Paladin	5	7	5	5	2	4	6	5	5	5.33
Richard Costume	Ice	CS		Barbarian	6	8	6	5	2	4.33	7	8	8	6.5
Rumpelstiltskin	Ice	CE	Grimforest	Sorcerer	5	5	5	5	6	5.33	8	6	2	5.17
Skadi	Ice	S3	Jotumheim	Monk	2	8	6	5	5	5.33	8	5	7	5.5
Snow White	Ice	CE	Grimforest	Cleric	2	6	5	5	2	4	8	8	8	5
Thorne	Ice	S1		Paladin	2	6	6	6	2	4.67	8	4	6	4.67
Vela	Ice	Hotm 1/2020		Druid	8	8	5	9	8	7.33	8	9	9	8
Alberich	Nature	Hotm 10/17		Druid	5	9	6	5	8	6.33	9	8	2	6.67
Atomos	Nature	S2	Atlantis	Barbarian	4	7	7	7	5	6.33	9	5	8	6.17
Elkanen	Nature	S1		Cleric	2	4	4	2	2	2.67	2	5	2	2.92
Elkanen Costume	Nature	CS		Barbarian	2	6	6	6	4	5.33	5	5	4	4.5
Evelyn	Nature	Hotm 12/18		Ranger	8	8	5	6	6	5.67	8	8	8	7.42
Francine	Nature	SE	Morlovia	Rogue	8	9	6	8	8	7.33	7	8	7	7.92
Frigg	Nature	S3	Alfheim	Rogue	8	9	9	9	9	9	8	9	9	8.67
Gregorian	Nature	Hotm 7/18		Ranger	7	5	5	5	6	5.33	5	5	5	5.58
Guardian Chameleon	Nature	CE	Guardians	Wizard	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	5	5	2.5
Heimdall	Nature	S3	Asgard	Paladin	7	9	9	6	6	7	9	8	2	7.33
Horghall	Nature	S1		Druid	5	7	8	6	6	6.67	9	6	6	6.42
Horghall Costume	Nature	CS		Ranger	2	5	6	4	5	5	8	5	5	4.5
Jade	Nature	Ninja	Ninja	Monk	2	2	5	2	2	3	5	5	5	3
Kadilen	Nature	S1		Druid	5	7	7	7	7	7	7	6	7	6.42
Kadilen Costume	Nature	CS		Sorcerer	4	6	5	6	6	5.67	5	7	6	5.42
Kingston	Nature	Hotm 10/19		Fighter	8	9	5	7	9	7	8	8	8	8
Lady Locke	Nature	CE	Pirates	Sorcerer	7	6	5	7	5	5.67	7	7	6	6.33
Lady of the Lake	Nature	CE	Avalon	Sorcerer	6	6	8	6	5	6.33	8	5	3	5.92
Lianna	Nature	S1		Ranger	8	8	6	6	8	6.67	7	7	8	7.5
Lianna Costume	Nature	CS		Cleric	6	8	5	5	8	6	6	6	8	6.67
Margaret	Nature	Hotm 5/19		Rogue	8	6	6	6	5	5.67	5	6	6	6.33
Morgan Le Fay	Nature	CE	Avalon	Sorcerer	2	5	6	5	7	6	6	5	2	4.33
Mother North	Nature	SE	Christmas	Cleric	5	9	5	5	8	6	9	5	1	6.25
Ratatoskr	Nature	S3	Alfheim	Monk	8	6	5	6	5	5.33	5	6	1	5.83
Tarlak	Nature	S2	Lagoon	Monk	9	6	5	4	2	3.67	5	5	2	5.67
Telluria	Nature	Hotm 3/20		Paladin	6	9	9	8	6	7.67	9	9	4	7.5
The Hatter	Nature	CE	Wonderland	Cleric	5	7	5	6	5	5.33	7	6	6	5.92
Yunan	Nature	SE	Sand Empire	Fighter	2	7	8	6	4	6	9	5	6	5.42
Zeline	Nature	Hotm 2/18		Wizard	8	9	6	9	8	7.67	8	8	8	8.17
Zocc	Nature	Hotm 8/20		Rogue	4	5	4	5	5	4.67	6	5	5	4.75
Bertila	Nature	Hotm 1/21		Fighter	5	3	6	7	7	6.67	9	2	3	4.83

Empires and Puzzles Family Bonus

Family Name	From	Bonus type	2 heroes	3 heroes	4 heroes	5 Heroes
Atlantis	S2	+x% Defense	5	10	15	20
Sakura	S2	+x% mana generation	2	4	7	12
Lagoon	S2	+x% Attack	3	6	10	15
Alfheim	S3	All Allies are healed by x% when an Alfheim Hero reaches low health	2	4	7
Asgard	S3	All Allies gain x% mana when an Asgard Hero dies	10	15	20
Helheim	S3	Deals x% damage to all enemies when a Helheim Hero dies	25	50	100
Jotunheim	S3	All allies get an Ice Giant Minion with x%hp and y%Attack inherited from the caster when a Jotunheim Hero dies	6 10	10 12	14 16
Midgard	S3	All allies get +x% attack for as along as a Midgard Ally has Low health. This effect cannot be dispelled.	5	10	15
Muspelheim	S3	All enemies receive x Burn Damage for as long as a Muspelheim Ally has low health. This effect cannot be dispelled	22	37	64
Nifheim	S3	All enemies have -x% accuracy for as long as a Niflheim hero is at low health. Chance to miss also applies to offensive special skills	5	10	15
Svartalfheim	S3	All enemies receive x Poison damage for as long as a Svartalfheim Ally has low health. This effect cannot be dispelled.	22	37	64
Vanaheim	S3	The mana of all enemies is reduced by x% when a Vanaheim Hero dies	5	10	15
Winter	SE	+x%health & +x%attack for minions inherited from their summoner	5 10	5 10
Easter	SE	+x% attack	10	20
Sand Empire	SE	+x% defense	10	20
Morlovia	SE	+x% mana generation	5	12
Avalon	CE	+x% Critical Chance +x% Healing	5 4	10 6	15 9	20 13
Guardian	CE	+x% defense +x% healing	5 4	10 6	15 9	20 13
Wonderland	CE	+X% mana generation +x% critical Chance	2 5	4 10	7 15	12 20
Grimforest	CE	+x% attack +x% defense	3 5	6 10	10 15	15 20
Pirates	CE	+x%attack & +x% mana generation	3 2	6 4	10 7	15 12
Ninja	Ninja	+x% chance to dodge normal attack and special skills +x% chance to counterattack with y% of damage received	5 5/60	10 10/90

Hero Summons – Empires and puzzles

Summary Of Hero Summoning chances

	S1 Summon	Costume Summon	Elemental Summon	SE Summon	CE summon	S2 Summon	S3	ToL Summon	Ninja Summon
S1 5*	1.5		2.5	1	1.5	0.9	0.9	1.2	1.5
Event 4*		26.5		5.7	5.7	14.6	14.6	-	5.7
Event 5*		2.5		1.5	1	1.3	1.3+0.3	1.3	1
Bonus Summon (HOTM etc)	1.3		1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.3+ 0.1 (myztero)	1.3

Hero of the month (HotM)

The current HotM is only available via Summon for one month. Unlike regular 5* heroes, you cannot obtain a HoTM through a training camp at TC20. 

Troop summons and daily summons are not eligible for a bonus chance at the HotM. If you successfully pull the HotM, you will receive both your actual pull along with the HotM, giving you two heroes instead of one for that particular pull.  In doing a 10-pull, you have 10 opportunities to get the HotM.

Season 1 – Classic heroes

Cost:
300 gems Or Epic Hero token (single summon) &
2600 gems (10x summon)

• Rare: 72%
• Epic: 26.5%
• Legendary: 1.5%
• 1.3% Chance of a Bonus HotM Draw

Also available from Training camp level 20.

All Classic Heroes

	Fire Heroes	Ice Heroes	Nature Heroes	Holy Heroes	Dark Heroes
3* / Rare	Azar Hawkmoon Jahangir Nashgar	Greymane Gunnar Karil Ulmer Valen	Belith Berden Brienne Carver Friar Tuck Isshtak	Bane Dawa Ganju Kailani	Balthazaar Tyrum Renfeld Prisca Oberon
4* / Epic	Colen Kelile Boldtusk Gormke Scarlett	Kiril Boril Sonya Grimm	Kashhrek Little John Caedmon Skittleskull Melendor	Wu Kong Chao Hu Tao Li Xiu	Cyprian Tiburtus Rigard Sabina
5* / Legendary	Azlar Marjana Elena Khagan	Isarnia Magni Thorne Richard	Kadilen Elkanen Horghall Lianna	Vivica Joon Justice Leonidas	Domitia Obakan Quintus Sartana

Elemental Summon (Fire/Ice/Nature/Holy/Dark):

Cost:
300 gems (single summon) &
2600 gems (10x summon)

• Rare: 71%
• Epic: 26.5%
• Legendary: 2.5%
• 1.3% Chance of a Bonus HotM Draw

Seasonal Event Summon

Cost:
300 gems or Epic Hero Token (Single Summon) or
2600 gems (10x Summon)

• Rare Classic Hero: 56.8%
• Epic Classic Hero: 20.8%
• Legendary Classic Hero: 1.0%
• Rare Seasonal Hero: 14.2%
• Epic Seasonal Hero: 5.7%
• Legendary Seasonal Hero: 1.5%
• 1.3% Chance of a Bonus HotM Draw

Springvale 2020

These special event heroes are all part of the Easter Family and get a bonus when more than one different member of the family is part of a players team. The Easter Family bonus for 2/3/ heroes is:

• +10%/20% attack

	Fire Heroes	Ice Heroes	Nature Heroes	Holy Heroes	Dark Heroes
3* / Rare	Squire Rabbit	Chick Jr
4* / Epic			Jack O'hare	Lady Woolerton
5* / Legendary		Master Lepus		Sir Roostley	Killhare

Sand Empire

These special event heroes are all part of the Sand Empire Family and get a bonus when more than one different member of the family is part of a players team. The Sand Empire Family bonus for 2/3/ heroes is:

• +10%/20% defense

	Fire Heroes	Ice Heroes	Nature Heroes	Holy Heroes	Dark Heroes
3* / Rare			Hisan	Arman
4* / Epic					Gafar Jabbar
5* / Legendary			Yunnan	Rana Roc Roc Review

Return to Morlovia

These special event heroes are all part of the Morlovia Family and get a bonus when more than one different member of the family is part of a players team. The Morlovia Family bonus for 2/3/ heroes is:

• +5%/12% Mana Generation

	Fire Heroes	Ice Heroes	Nature Heroes	Holy Heroes	Dark Heroes
3* / Rare					Vlad Jack
4* / Epic		Valeria Frank
5* / Legendary	Vanda		Francine		Victor

Santa’s Challenge

These special event heroes are all part of the Winter Family and get a bonus when more than one different member of the family is part of a players team. The Winter Family bonus for 2/3/ heroes is:

• +5%/10% attack & health for minions inherited from their summoner

	Fire Heroes	Ice Heroes	Nature Heroes	Holy Heroes	Dark Heroes
3* / Rare	Rudolph	Frosty
4* / Epic	Carol		Buddy
5* / Legendary	Santa Claus	Krampus	Mother North

Challenge Event Summon

Cost:
300 gems or 10 Challenge Coins (Single Summon) or
2600 gems (10x Summon)

• Rare Classic Hero: 63.1%
• Epic Classic Hero: 20.8%
• Legendary Classic Hero: 1.5%
• Rare Event Hero: 7.9%
• Epic Event Hero: 5.7%
• Legendary Event Hero: 1.0%
• 1.3% Chance of a Bonus HotM Draw

Read our guide to Farming for challenge coins

Pirates of Corellia

These special event heroes are all part of the Pirates of Corellia Family and get a bonus when more than one different member of the family is part of a players team. The Pirates of Corellia Family bonus for 2/3/4/5 heroes is:

• +3%/6%/10%/15% Attack
• +2%/4%/7%/12% Mana Generation

	Fire Heroes	Ice Heroes	Nature Heroes	Holy Heroes	Dark Heroes
3* / Rare		Vodnik
4* / Epic			Cabin Boy Peters		First Mate Boomer
5* / Legendary	Captain Krestrel	Finley	Lady Locke		Marie Thérèse

Riddles of Wonderland

These special event heroes are all part of the Wonderland Family and get a bonus when more than one different member of the family is part of a players team. The Wonderland Family bonus for 2/3/4/5 heroes is:

• +2%/4%/7%/12% mana
• +5%/10%/15%/20% critical chance

	Fire Heroes	Ice Heroes	Nature Heroes	Holy Heroes	Dark Heroes
3* / Rare			Shrubbear
4* / Epic		Captain of Diamonds			Cheshire Cat
5* / Legendary	Queen of Hearts	Alice	The Hatter	White Rabbit	Jabberwock

Fables of Grimforest

The special event heroes are all part of the Grimforest Family and get a bonus when more than one different member of the family is part of a players team. The Grimforest Family bonus for 2/3/4/5 heroes is:

• +3%/6%/10%/15% attack
• +5%/10%/15%/20% defense

	Fire Heroes	Ice Heroes	Nature Heroes	Holy Heroes	Dark Heroes
3* / Rare				Pixie
4* / Epic			Hansel	Gretel
5* / Legendary	Red Hood Puss in Boots	Rumpelstiltskin Snow White			Boss Wolf

Guardians of Teltoc

The special event heroes are all part of the Guardians of Teltoc family and get a bonus when more than one different member of the family is part of a players team. The Guardians of Teltoc Family Bonus for 2/3/4/5 Heroes is:

• +5%/10%/15%/20% defense
• +4%/6%/9%/13% healing

	Fire Heroes	Ice Heroes	Nature Heroes	Holy Heroes	Dark Heroes
3* / Rare					Guardian Bat
4* / Epic	Guardian Falcon	Guardian Jackal
5* / Legendary	Guardian Kong		Guardian Chameleon	Guardian Gazelle Guardian Owl	Guardian Panther

Knights of Avalon

These special event heroes are all part of the Knights of Avalon Family and get a bonus when more than one different member of the family is part of a players team. The Knights of Avalon Family bonus for 2/3/4/5 heroes is:

• +5%/10%/15%/20% Critical chance
• +4%/6%/9%/13% Healing

	Fire Heroes	Ice Heroes	Nature Heroes	Holy Heroes	Dark Heroes
3* / Rare	Bauchan
4* / Epic	Sir Lancelot				Merlin
5* / Legendary	Black Knight	King Arthur	Morgan Le Fay Lady of the Lake	Guinevere

Season 2 – Atlantis rises / Atlantis Hero Summons

Cost:
350 gems or 100 Atlantis Coins (Single Summon) or
3000 gems (10x Summon) or
8400 gems (30x Summon)

• Rare Classic Hero: 21.8%
• Epic Classic Hero: 11.9%
• Legendary Classic Hero: 1.2%
• Rare Atlantis Hero: 49.2%
• Epic Atlantis Hero: 14.6%
• Legendary Atlantis Hero: 1.3%
• 1.3% Chance of a Bonus HotM Draw
• In addition, each Atlantis summon contributes to a Bonus Ascension Item Chest. The chest is awarded after 10 Atlantis summons. You can claim a maximum of 9 Ascension Item Chests each summons event.

Read our guide on Farming for Atlantis Coins here

	Fire Heroes	Ice Heroes	Nature Heroes	Holy Heroes	Dark Heroes
3* / Rare	Namahage	Gato	Mnesseus Muggy	Melia	Gill-ra Chochin
4* / Epic	Wilbur Sumitomo	Agwe Triton	Gadeirus Gobbler	Danzaburo	Proteus Ameonna
5* / Legendary	Mitsuko	Misandra Ariel	Tarlak Atomos	Inari Poseidon	Ursena

Each Atlantis Rising features 2 Atlantis heroes at 2 Past Hero of the Months (HotM)

Atlantis Summon Schedule

Past & Future featured heroes and HOTM for Atlantis Summoning

Season 3 Heroes – Valhalla Hero Summons

Cost:
350 gems or 100 Valhalla Coins (Single Summon) or
3000 gems (10x Summon) or
8400 gems (30x Summon)

• Rare Classic Hero: 19.6%
• Epic Classic Hero: 11.9%
• Legendary Classic Hero: 0.9%
• Rare Valhalla Hero: 51.4%
• Epic Valhalla Hero: 14.6%
• Legendary Valhalla Hero: 1.3%
• Featured Valhalla Hero: 0.3%
• 1.3% Chance of a Bonus HotM Draw
• In addition, each Valhalla summon contributes to a Bonus Ascension Item Chest. The chest is awarded after 10 Valhalla summons. You can claim a maximum of 9 Ascension Item Chests each summons event.

	Fire Heroes	Ice Heroes	Nature Heroes	Holy Heroes	Dark Heroes
3* / Rare	Ei-Dunn Sudri	Nordri Jarvur	By-Ulf Grevle	Kvasir Agnes	Bjorn An-Windr
4* / Epic	Sumle Shadereave	Miraweave Jott	Brynhild Almur	Gullinbursti	Stonecleave Fura
5* / Legendary	Tyr Baldur Hero Review Lady Loki	Fenrir *Fenrir Hero Review* Skadi Hero Review	Ratatoskr Ratatoskr Hero Review Heimdall *Hero Review* *BETA* Frigg	Sif Sif Hero Review Norns Norns Hero Review	Freya Hero Review Alfrike Alfrike Hero Review *BETA* Bera Bera

Each Valhalla hero belongs to its own “Realm”.

Realms empower their members in unique ways. The more members of the same realm there is in a team, the more powerful the realm effect is.

Hero Costume Summon

Cost:
350 gems or 5 Costume Keys (Single Summon) or
3000 gems (10x Summon)

• Rare Hero Costume: 71%
• Epic Hero Costume: 26.5
• Legendary Hero Costume: 1.2%
• Featured Legendary Hero Costume: 1.3%
• *Bonus* Hero of the Month: 1.3%
• In addition, each Costume summon contributes to a Bonus Ascension Item Chest. The chest is awarded after 10 Costume summons. You can claim a maximum of 9 Ascension Item Chests each summons event.

The main purpose of the following table is to assist you in deciding whether you should spend resources to level up the original hero and the hero's costume.
Ratings 1 & 2 : Super low priority
Rating 3: Medium Priority - Level the costume if you have the spare resources, since these heroes will see some play in some aspects of the game.
Rating 4: Level the costumes ASAP if you already have the fully leveled hero.
Rating 5: The Costume is good enough to see viable competitive play. A must to level if you have the costume.

Original Hero	Hero Costume	Original hero grade	Costume Grading	Recommended to level? (1 to 5, 5 being MUST level)
Elena	Captain of Fire	B	B	1: Elena seldom sees play
Azlar	King of the Leors	B	A+	5: The new special Makes Azlar great in Defense and against titans. Given how many green tanks there are, Azlar would be great in offense as well.
Boldtusk	Cast Iron Chef	A	B	3: For stat bonus only
Hawkmoon	Ascendant Chief	A	A+	4: Great for tournaments
Azar	Seeker of Gods	B	C	1: Meh - Azar seldom sees play, Costume doesn't make Azar all that great either
Isarnia	Icewitch of Glaceholm	B	A	3: For stat bonus
Richard	Axe of Justice	B	B	3: For stat bonus
Magni	Monolith of Ice	A	A+	5: Despite reduction in damage %, the defense reduction is awesome, improving Magni in both offense, Defense and against titans. Only downside is that Magni requires fighter Emblems, of which there are many competitors
Kiril	Master Shredder	A	A+	5: Both versions of Kiril are highly usable, which version you use is dependent on your team composition.
Boril	Heavyweight Defender	C	C	1: Meh.
Sonya	Viking Champion	B	A	5: Diversity in use.
Karil	The Heated	B	B	3: For stat bonus. (Karil mostly sees play in Challenge Events)
Gunnar	Blacksmith	B	B	4: Diversity in use
Lianna	Noble Guardian	A	A+	3: For stat bonus
Horghall	Wooden Jester	B	B	1: Horghall seldom sees play
Elkanen	Moonlit Conquerer	B	B	3: For stat bonus. Elkanen is unimpressive on his own.
Kadilen	Priestess of Moonlight	B	B	3: Is Special Defense better or Dodge better? Its quite debatable.
Melendor	Mighty Wizard	A	B	3: For stat bonus
Skittleskull	Candy Witch	C	C	1: Skittleskull seldom sees play
Kashrek	Lizardfolk Elder	C	C	1: Kashrek seldom sees play.. If you have nothing to better to do.. sure..
Caedmon	Elven Avenger	B	A	4: Diversity in use.
Little John	Stealthy Brother	C	C	1: Little John seldom sees play. The new effect is great, but at slow speed - kinda useless.
Brienne	Shaman of Concordia	A	A	5: Diversity in use, for tournaments
Isshtak	Lizardfolk Ancestor	B	A	5: Awesome for challenge events and tournament battles.
Carver	The Cutthroat	B	B	2: Seldom sees play. Also not good enough for tournaments
Friar Tuck	Jovial Explorer	B	A+	5: Great for Tournaments. (Buff booster and Rush Attack)
Belith	Grove Spirit	B	A	5: Great for buff booster and rush attack tournaments
Berden	Adroit Archer	A	A+	4: Good for Tournaments
Vivica	Magician Supreme	B	A	5: Diversity in use, stat bonus, great VS titans
Joon	Fury of the Sun	A	A	3: For stat bonus
Li Xiu	Ceremonial Assassin	C	C	2: For stat bonus
Bane	Noble Brawler	A	A	3: For stat bonus
Qiuntus	Electro Scientist	B	B	1: Quintus seldom sees play
Domitia	Steampunk Sniper	B	A	4: Awesome in today's meta (due to the amount of buffs and debuffs) The added poison damage is also quite significant.
Sartana	Monstress of Descenthia	A	A	5: Sartana is already a grade A hero. If you have the costume - even better. It is debatable that the costume is better than original Sartana. A bulk of Sartana's damage actually comes from Damage over time.
Rigard	Dapper Noble	A	A	5: Stat bonus, diversity in use,
Tibertus	Duke of Rock	A	A	3: For stat bonus
Tyrum	Roman Remnant	B	B	4: For stat bonus + Diversity in use
Prisca	Resolute Overseer	C	C	1: Meh.
Balthazaar	Undead Magician	A	A	4: Balthazaar has always been one of the best Rare heroes. Having additional stats is always good
Renfeld	Unhinged Surgeon	C	A+	5: A new powerful special skill.

Tavern of Legends Summon

More information of Tavern of Legends here

Cost:
300 gems or 100 Legend Coins (Single Summon) or
2600 gems (10x Summon) or
7500 gems (30x Summon)

• Rare Classic Hero: 71.0%
• Epic Classic Hero: 26.5%
• Legendary Classic Hero 1.2%
• Legendary Past Hero of the Month: 1.3%
• Bonus Legendary Secret hero: 0.1% [Myztero]

**The current Hero of the Month is not included in the Legends

Legend coins

These  can be received as a reward from Wanted Missions, Titan Battles, Alliance Wars and Challenge Events.

Check out our guide to farming wanted missions, Challenge Events, Alliance War & Titan Battles

Empires & Puzzles Hero Summoning Guide/Hack/Cheat

 We have all heard people state suspicions regarding good or bad streaks in the E&P RNG (random number generator, aka luck).  This method of performing summons is based on the Presumed streakiness of RNG in the game.  Without that presumption, this method holds no validity and mathematically makes no sense. It has worked for me on both of my accounts for 10 months now. I shared my thoughts regarding this method with some friends and then publicly when the results appeared to be reproducible.

Testing RNG in Hero Summoning

        Obviously, the whole idea regarding this method is to not spend more money than you must in order to get heroes you can use. If you were to pay for summons to test the RNG, you’d end up spending a lot more money, therefore I use the daily tokens provided in game to test whether it is worth using an EHT (Epic Hero Token), ATS (Atlantis token summons), ETS (Event token summons).  By using free summons to test the game RNG, you drastically reduce the money spent before you commit to paying for a 10x Event or Atlantis summons.  You also theoretically increase the odds of getting an event hero or HoTM (Hero of the Month.)  

Remember, this method is based on Presumed streakiness in the RNG of the game.  I save Daily tokens and use them Only for this method.  I usually have between 50 and 70 daily summons tokens on either of my accounts at all times. They are really not that difficult to Accumulate.  You have to keep in mind that rolls are rolls.  This means that when you get an amazing Elemental chest result or Titan chest result, it may be worth trying a free event/Atlantis summons to see how it turns out.  Those results would have to be pretty good to warrant trying a free Event/Atlantis summons. You only get so many of those and want to save them for testing RNG when the time is right.

How do I test the RNG for Streakiness?

First we have to look at the odds for getting a result that may indicate the RNG is streaking high.  For DST (Daily Summons Tokens), the odds of getting a common troop are listed as 16%.  The odds of getting an uncommon troop is listed as 15.7%. The odds of getting a Rare Hero are listed as 3.3% and the odds of getting a Rare troop are listed as 1.7%.  

Knowing that you now need to decide what you would use to consider the RNG streaking high.  If you use Uncommon troop and above the total percentage for that is:

Common troop = 16%

Uncommon troop = 15.7%        

Rare Hero = 3.3%

Rare Troop = 1.7%

15.7+16+3.3+1.7= 36.7%

 For Atlantis summons that’s high enough percentage to state that RNG is streaking high and to try a free Atlantis summons. For Seasonal Events, I generally use only 2* troop (Uncommon) and above so that’s

        15.7%+3.3%+1.7%= 20.7%

Now let’s compare that percentage to the chance of getting an Event or Atlantis hero.  The chance of getting an Atlantis hero of any kind is:

        3* Atlantis hero = 51.4%

4* Atlantis Hero = 14.6%

5* Featured Atlantis Hero = 1.3%

5* Hero of the Month = 1.3%

5* Non-Featured Atlantis Hero = 0.3%

Total chance of getting 3* and up Atlantis or 5* HoTM = 68.9%

You could also set the bar at 4* or above Atlantis hero and that percentage would be 17.5% to get a 4* or above Atlantis Hero.

For Events like the Winter/Christmas Seasonal Event, the odds are:

        3* Seasonal Hero = 8%

        4* Seasonal Hero = 3.2%

        5* Seasonal Hero = 0.6*

        5* Legendary Classic hero = 0.9%

        5* Hero of the Month = 1.3%

For a total of 14% chance of getting any Seasonal Event hero. Legendary Classic Hero or the HoTM.

        As you can see the bar is really high for Seasonal events with only an 11.8% chance of getting any Seasonal event hero and 2.2% chance of either Legendary Classic or Legendary HoTM.  This really helps you understand why Santa and Mother North are so difficult to get.

I strongly discourage performing any summons other than Event or Atlantis summons.  Performing Elemental or Epic hero summons will end up with you receiving a ton of duplicate Legendary classic heroes many of which will never be advanced.  I’d much rather receive a Legendary 5* hero as a consolation prize for missing Event heroes or HoTM instead of spending good money for a Classic hero summons where you have ZERO chance of getting an event or Atlantis hero.

You can also receive Legendary Classic heroes just by keeping your TC 20 stocked up and running.  I have been playing for about 2.7 years now and have at least 5 of every classic 5* hero.  That being said, you can understand that there is a lot of swearing involved when I get A Classic 5* during an event or Atlantis summons.  The Percentages are different for the Regular Monthly events such as Avalon, Guardians etc.  

Any 1* or 2* classic hero with the Daily token is a stopper. This means you stop. Yes, its difficult to stop sometimes because we all want the great heroes, but that will only end up costing you more money or wasting your free tokens if you continue.

Hero Summoning – The Process

I will use Atlantis summons for the example of how I do this.        

Step 1: Use one free Daily token.

• If that results in a 1* or 2* troop or above, then proceed to step 2.
• If you receive a 1* or 2* classic hero, then STOP!

Step 2: Use a second Daily token.  

• If you receive any 1* or 2* Hero, then STOP! 

• If that results in a 2* troop or above, then proceed to step 3.

• If it results in a second 1* troop, repeat step 2.  
  Note: Do not repeat step 2 more than twice (Total of 3 times). If I have not received a 2* troop by that time, I STOP!

Step 3:  Use a Free Atlantis summons.

• If you receive ANY Atlantis hero, then proceed to Step 4.

• If you receive Any S1 3* hero, then STOP!  

• If you Receive a 4* or above S1 hero, luck is neither good nor bad. You can try a second Free Atlantis summons, especially if it is getting close to the close of the event.
  Only continue to step 4 if you get an Atlantis hero (any) or a 5* Classic Hero. Anything other than that on the second try, STOP!

Step 4: Proceed with a 10x summons.

• If you get your desired 5* hero (or HotM), then you may stop.
  
• If you receive 5 or more Atlantis heroes of any kind mixed with 1 or more 4* Classic heroes or above, then feel free to repeat step 4. Keep in mind: NEVER exceed two 10x summons.

Hero Summoning – Conclusion

As you can see, steps 1 through 3 use only free summons. The only step that costs you anything is step 4. In this way you can really prevent a lot of spending when the RNG is trending low.  There should be no 10x Dawa summons and that is at least some comfort if you miss on your 5* event/Atlantis hero.  I generally check RNG about twice a day unless something strange happens like Multiple 4* rolls in Titan Treasure, Mystic vision, Elemental chest, etc.

I guess that’s basically it in a nutshell. It has worked for me for about 10 months now and I have actually received multiple HoTM or Event heroes with just the free single summons not having to proceed to the 10x summons. In that time, I’ve never missed getting the HoTM on both accounts.  

 I started passing it along to friends about 5 months ago to others and then publicly. So, either Get out your tinfoil hat and join the parade or watch and laugh. It should not work mathematically, but it does for me. I certainly hope that it works for you as well.

Credits to Censure for this Hero Summoning Guide

Best heroes of Empires & Puzzles

(Updated 27- February 2020)

Upgrading a hero in Empires & Puzzles is hard work and take a ton of time and costs a load of resources. Wouldn’t it be really frustrating when you go through all that work then realise that the hero was not worth all that effort?

The feeling is crap. I know that. I have been there before.

So I decided to rank up all heroes here in this guide so you see what heroes you should spend all your hard earned resources and precious time on in Empires and Puzzles.

To be honest, this list should really only be used for reference. For example, the best hero overall might not necessary be the best hero in your raid team, or titan team. Furthermore, you might not make use of the best hero all the time because the best hero might not be appropriate for the situation.

Therefore, the best heroes are typically the most VERSATILE hero. Heroes that be used in a multitude of situations. These heroes give you the most Bang for your materials.

Finally, the average chance of pulling a Legendary hero is about 1% and 1.3% for the current HOTM. To get a specific Legendary Hero will cost you quite a bit of money – the most important thing for most players is to learn how to maximise the effectiveness of the heroes that you have on hand, and how to raid effectively , attack titans effectively, and set up the best defence team with what you have.

*Heroes with available reviews, whether by myself, or others will be linked to the tables.

Searching for the best hero by category is now easier than ever with the sorting system provided by the Hero Master list.

As such, when looking for the best heroes, please refer to the table to find the hero that you are looking for.

Instead, we will explore what makes a hero good in a specific position. Ideally, this would allow you to have a deeper understanding of team formations, and allow you to form teams with whichever hero you have.

Best Hero for tank

Primary Criteria

• Durability of hero// Chance of activation of special
  • High Defence + HP of Tank
    • Probability of activation of special is dependant on the durability of tank.
• Delay attackers
  • Heal, Defence buffs, attack debuffs, mana generation debuffs and taunts are effective way to allow your flanks and wings more turns to charge up their special skills.
• Helps allies kill attackers faster
  • Attack buffs, Defence debuffs (except elemental debuffs)
  • High damage to speed output
• Have a mix, or excels in 1

Secondary Criteria

• Flank and wing options
  • Your available choices for Flank and Wings make a difference to selecting your hero for the tank position
    • If there is a lack of damage out put (i.e. 3 healers in the tank + Flank position), then it will be very easy for the attackers, as they can keep sending tiles through the centre with little care for the consequences.
    • A good combination like the GTV (Gravemaker, Telluria, Vela) formation works because – Telluria heals and buys time for vela+gravemaker to activate. Telluria further delays (via mana generation reduction) enemy cleanses, allowing gravemaker and vela to maximize their damage over time effect.
• Team composition synergy – Viable strategies
  • Offensive defence – Kill them before they kill you. Usually comprises of heroes like Ursena and fast strikers in the flanks
  • Defensive traps – the combination looks like it lacks offensive power, will win a drawn out battle. A example would be Santa, Telluria, Krampus , Freya combination.
  • Balanced team compositions like the GTV combo.
  • Family Synergies – eg A team of 5 Atlantis Family Heroes
• Attacker options.
  • Whether there exists hero or heroes that make it easy to break your defence formation.

Best heroes for tank include heroes like Krampus, Kunchen, Black Knight, Guinevere, Ursena, Mica, Odin, Frigg, Telluria.

You will notice that all of these heroes have characteristics that fit the aforementioned criteria.

Best Hero for Flank

There are two main category of Flanks – Flanks that Support your Tank, and Flanks that deal damage quickly.

Flank heroes that Supports tank

Best heroes in this category are heroes like Black Knight, Krampus, Zeline, Vela. They have buffs / debuffs that help you to kill the attackers faster, or boost your team’s durability.

Flanks heroes deal lots of Damage

Best heroes in this category are heroes like Frigg, Vela, Gravemaker, Odin – whereby they only have 1 main aim, and that is to deal as much damage as possible, while the tank buys time for them.

Best heroes for Wing Position

Typically the Wing position is used as the clean up crew – whereby the Flanks deal enough damage for the Wings to deal the finishing blow.

Almost all sniper type heroes fit into this category (Fast heroes with high Single target damage)

The only exception this is Alberich and Mother North.

Best overall 5 star (Legendary) hero award

This section is a work in progress.

#1 Gravemaker
Due to his great strength in both offensive and defensive positions.

#2 Alberich
Similarly, highly versatile in Offensive and defensive positions and against Titans. Alberich can save you in clutch positions and is a nightmare to fight against in Wars.

#3 Hel
What makes Hel so good is her ability to completely stop mana generation for your opponents. Her damage is really secondary. As obvious as it may seem, special skills form the backbone of any team composition, whether in offense or defense. Stopping your opponents from being able to generate mana is really what wins you the game.

#4, #5, #6
Zeline, Seshat, Finley (in no particular order)
The lines really start to get blur at these positions – all these heroes are pretty damn awesome at what they do.

The distinction here between them and the top 3 heroes is that these 3 heroes are good overall & excellent in certain situations. But the top 3 heroes are excellent in ALL situations.

Ranking heroes below #7 is meaningless to do so. Rankings at this point becomes a matter of extremely variable opinion.

Instead take a look at your own existing roster, and see which heroes would add the greatest impact/improvement to your roster and how they would affect your playstyle.

You can also refer to these guides to determine which heroes your roster is lacking to decide which heroes you would like to upgrade first

Titan Guide
Winning Raids strategy Guide
Raid Defence team Set up.