Horde — Legendary Heroes

Overview of the main Legendary Horde heroes — their role, skills, and recommendations.

Shaman

Healer
Shaman
Skills
  • Healing Breeze: Heals allies with the lowest HP.
  • Ancestor’s Soul: Possesses the ally with the lowest HP, preventing death for a short time.
  • Rain Blessing: Increases the healing effect of all allies.
  • Restorative Totem: Summons a healing totem that restores HP.
  • Wolf Soul: Summons 2 wolves.

The first Horde healer you obtain. Great at the start, but replace her with Witch later on.

Swordmaster

Tank
Swordmaster
Skills
  • Whirlwind: Attacks surrounding enemies.
  • Blade Storm: Spins and deals damage.
  • Battle Will: Prevents death once by staying at 1 HP for a short time.
  • Crazy Cut: Deals damage and gains damage reduction.
  • Suppression: Increases damage based on missing HP.

A tank that also deals some damage. Replace him with Desert Prince as soon as possible.

Barbarian

Tank
Barbarian
Skills
  • Fortified Defense: Grants a shield that absorbs damage.
  • Taunt: Forces enemies to attack this hero.
  • Insatiable Hunger: Increases HP and Attack.
  • Savage Strike: Deals damage and stuns enemies.
  • Eye of Insight: Reduces skill damage taken.
  • Horde Defender: Increases damage reduction for all Horde heroes in the queue.

A solid early tank. Replace him later with Desert Prince or Beastmaster. Still useful in late game, especially against Nature teams.

Warlock

Support / Damage Dealer
Warlock
Skills
  • Whispered Shadows: Deals damage and heals allies.
  • Bloodlust: Grants HP drain and boosts allies’ attack speed.
  • Shadow Rite: Increases HP of all Horde heroes.
  • Debilitation: Reduces enemies’ skill damage and damage reduction.
  • Malicious Passion: Increases damage of allied Horde heroes.

A strong support hero. Provides buffs and debuffs, very valuable in end game PvE as well.

Wilderness

Damage Dealer
Wilderness
Skills
  • Barb: Increases normal attacks and applies bleeding.
  • Fatal Prayer: Deals damage, knocks back enemies, and increases attack.
  • Hunter: Increases attack.
  • Impulse Instinct: Increases attack speed.
  • Tradition: Increases Horde heroes’ damage in the queue.

The first Horde damage dealer. Replace her with Wu Kong or Desert Maiden as soon as possible.

Soulmancer

Support
Soulmancer
Skills
  • Soul Link: Shares damage with an ally and becomes immune to part of it.
  • Soul Recall: Upon near-death, deals damage and cannot die for a while, then perishes.
  • Soul Empowerment: Increases HP of Horde heroes in the queue.
  • Soul Freeze: Deals damage and may freeze the target.
  • Pain Diffusion: Triggers Soul Freeze immediately when HP falls below a threshold.

A support hero that scales well with stars. Extends survivability of the team, widely used in late game.

Desert Prince

Tank / Damage Dealer
Desert Prince
Skills
  • Royal Armor: Grants a shield that absorbs damage.
  • Sand’s Blessing: Gains extra HP and deals true damage based on max HP.
  • Royal Treasury: Increases allies’ skill damage when Royal Armor is activated.
  • Scorching Scimitar: Deals true damage.
  • Eye of Insight: Reduces skill damage taken.
  • Enthusiast: Each Legendary+ Horde hero in queue increases enemy death/wounded ratio.

One of the best heroes in the game. A tank that also deals excellent damage — a must-have for every Horde lineup. Replace Swordmaster (or Barbarian if they’re at similar stars) as soon as you get him.

Storm Maiden

Damage Dealer
Storm Maiden
Skills
  • Whirlwind Feathers: Deals damage, later increases speed as well.
  • Lightning Storm: Deals damage and launches enemies into the air.
  • Wind of Freedom: Grants dodge to all heroes in queue.
  • Tornado: Channels a whirlwind that blocks projectiles, then deals damage.
  • Wind Field: Each Tornado cast increases team attack.
  • War Messenger: Increases soldier attack for every 1000 soldiers deployed.

The first Mythic hero you obtain. A top damage dealer that allows your team to compete with other factions. Replace a support or weaker DD with her immediately.

Witch

Healer / Support
Witch
Skills
  • Dark Healing: Heals allies.
  • Dread Golem: Summons a golem that fears enemies and deals some damage.
  • Curse Fire: After Dark Healing, grants damage reduction and healing to random allies.
  • Dark Magic Boost: Boosts allies’ attack and grants a temporary stun barrier.
  • Guardian Messenger: Increases soldiers’ HP per 1000 deployed.

A powerful healer with support utility. Replace Shaman with her as soon as you get her.