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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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

- 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.