Chronological List of Hero Releases

Note: As of April 3, 2022, I have left the forums. I am not updating this post any longer. I put a copy/pasteable version of the list at the end of the thread if anyone wants to pick it up. Thanks for letting me a part of all this for the time it lasted.

I was curious about how heroes have evolved over time, and went looking for a chronological listing. I didn’t find one, so I took a stab at making one myself using the forum, the wiki, release notes, and @Razor’s enphero.com. Most of these heroes were released before I even knew of the game, so please let me know where I got something wrong.

Total released: 376 heroes and 93 costumes

2017 - 86 heroes
March 2017 - Initial Release (58 heroes)
  • Azar
  • Balthazar
  • Bane
  • Belith
  • Berden
  • Brienne
  • Carver
  • Dawa
  • Gan Ju
  • Graymane
  • Gunnar
  • Hawkmoon
  • Isshtak
  • Jahangir
  • Kailani
  • Karil
  • Nashgar
  • Oberon
  • Prisca
  • Renfeld
  • Tyrum
  • Ulmer
  • Valen
  • Boldtusk
  • Boril
  • Caedmon
  • Chao
  • Colen
  • Cyprian
  • Gormek
  • Grimm
  • Hu Tao
  • Kelile
  • Kiril
  • Li Xiu
  • Melendor
  • Rigard
  • Sabina
  • Scarlett
  • Skittleskull
  • Sonya
  • Tiburtus
  • Wu Kong
  • Azlar
  • Elena
  • Horghall
  • Isarnia
  • Joon
  • Justice
  • Leonidas
  • Lianna
  • Magni
  • Marjana
  • Quintus
  • Richard
  • Sartana
  • Thorne
  • Vivica
April 2017 - First Spring Event (3 heroes)
  • Squire Wabbit
  • Jack O’Hare
  • Master Lepus
June 2017 - First HOTM and Season 1 Wave 2 (6 heroes)

HOTM-1: Hel

  • Friar Tuck
  • Kashhrek
  • Little John
  • Elkanen
  • Kadilen
July 2017 - HOTM (1 hero)

HOTM-2: Athena

August 2017 - HOTM (1 hero)

HOTM-3: Ares

September 2017 - HOTM and first Pirates of Corellia (6 heroes)

HOTM-4: Mushashi

  • Boomer
  • Peters
  • Captain Kestrel
  • Lady Locke
  • Sargasso
October 2017 - HOTM, Season 1 Wave 3 and first Guardians of Teltoc (9 heroes)

HOTM-5: Alberich

  • Domitia
  • Khagan
  • Obakan
  • Guardian Falcon
  • Guardian Jackal
  • Guardian Kong
  • Guardian Owl
  • Guardian Panther
November 2017 - HOTM (1 hero)

HOTM-6: Thoth-Amun

December 2017 - HOTM (1 hero)

HOTM-7: Perseus

2018 - 55 heroes
January 2018 - HOTM and first Knights of Avalon (6 heroes)

HOTM-8: Natalya

  • Merlin
  • Sir Lancelot
  • Guinevere
  • King Arthur
  • Morgan Le Fay
February 2018 - HOTM (1 hero)

HOTM-9: Zeline

March 2018 - HOTM (1 hero)

HOTM-10: Delilah

April 2018 - HOTM (1 hero)

HOTM-11: Aeron

May 2018 - HOTM (1 hero)

HOTM-12: Alasie

June 2018 - HOTM, first Fables of Grimforest and first Sand Empire (12 heroes)

HOTM-13: Gravemaker

  • Gretel
  • Hansel
  • Boss Wolf
  • Red Hood
  • Rumpelstiltskin
  • Arman
  • Hisan
  • Gafar
  • Jabbar
  • Rana
  • Yunan
July 2018 - HOTM (1 hero)

HOTM-14: Gregorion

August 2018 - HOTM and start of Season 2 - Atlantis (18 heroes)

HOTM-15: Drake Fong

  • Chochin
  • Gato
  • Gill-Ra
  • Melia
  • Mnesseus
  • Namahage
  • Agwe
  • Ameonna
  • Danzaburo
  • Gadeirus
  • Gobbler
  • Proteus
  • Sumitomo
  • Triton
  • Wilbur
  • Misandra
  • Tarlak
September 2018 - HOTM and Atlantis Wave 2 (2 heroes)

HOTM-16: Khiona

  • Mok-Arr
October 2018 - HOTM and first Return to Morlovia (4 heroes)

HOTM-17: Aegir

  • Vlad
  • Valeria
  • Victor
November 2018 - HOTM (1 hero)

HOTM-18: Zimkitha

December 2018 - HOTM, Atlantis Wave 3, and first Santa's Challenge (7 heroes)

HOTM-19: Evelyn

  • Inari
  • Mitsuko
  • Rudolph
  • Buddy
  • Mother North
  • Santa Claus
2019 - 35 heroes
January 2019 - HOTM and Atlantis Wave 4 (2 heroes)

HOTM-20: Onatel

  • Kageburado
February 2019 - HOTM, Atlantis Wave 5, and first Riddles of Wonderland (8 heroes)

HOTM-21: Kunchen

  • Ariel
  • Atomos
  • Captain of Diamonds
  • Cheshire Cat
  • Alice
  • Queen of Hearts
  • The Hatter
March 2019 - HOTM and Atlantis Wave 6 (2 heroes)

HOTM-22: Frida

  • Poseidon
April 2019 - HOTM and Atlantis Wave 7 (3 heroes)

HOTM-23: Anzogh

  • Muggy
  • Ursena
May 2019 - HOTM (1 hero)

HOTM-24: Margaret

June 2019 - HOTM (1 hero)

HOTM-25: Ranvir

July 2019 - HOTM (1 hero)

HOTM-26: Seshat

August 2019 - HOTM (1 hero)

HOTM-27: Miki

September 2019 - HOTM and second round of Avalon heroes (4 heroes)

HOTM-28: Grazul

  • Bauchan
  • Black Knight
  • Lady of the Lake
October 2019 - HOTM and second round of Pirates heroes (4 heroes)

HOTM-29: Kingston

  • Vodnik
  • Finley
  • Marie-Thérese
November 2019 - HOTM and second round of Wonderland heroes (4 heroes)

HOTM-30: Neith

  • Shrubbear
  • Jabberwock
  • White Rabbit
December 2019 - HOTM and second round of Grimforest heroes (4 heroes)

HOTM-31: Grimble

  • Pixie
  • Puss in Boots
  • Snow White
2020 - 72 heroes and 41 costumes
January 2020 - HOTM, second round of Guardians heroes, and first round of costumes (4 heroes and 20 costumes)

HOTM-32: Vela

  • Guardian Bat

  • Guardian Chameleon

  • Guardian Gazelle

  • Bane costume

  • Brienne costume

  • Gunnar costume

  • Hawkmoon costume

  • Tyrum costume

  • Boldtusk costume

  • Li Xiu costume

  • Melendor costume

  • Rigard costume

  • Skittleskull costume

  • Sonya costume

  • Tiburtus costume

  • Elena costume

  • Horghall costume

  • Isarnia costume

  • Joon costume

  • Lianna costume

  • Quintus costume

  • Richard costume

  • Vivica costume

February 2020 - HOTM and start of Season 3 - Valhalla (17 heroes)

HOTM-33: Jean-François

  • Bjorn
  • By-Ulf
  • Ei-Dunn
  • Kvasir
  • Nordri
  • Brynhild
  • Mireweave
  • Mist
  • Stonecleave
  • Sumle
  • Fenrir
  • Freya
  • Heimdall
  • Ratatoskr
  • Sif
  • Tyr
March 2020 - HOTM and Valhalla Wave 2 (2 heroes)

HOTM-34: Telluria

  • Norns
April 2020 - HOTM, Valhalla Wave 3, and second round of Springvale (6 heroes)

HOTM-35: Malosi

  • Chick Jr.
  • Lady Woolerton
  • Killhare
  • Sir Roostley
  • Alfrike
May 2020 - HOTM, Tavern of Legends bonus, Valhalla Wave 4, and Costumes Wave 2 (13 heroes and 21 costumes)

HOTM-36: Clarissa

  • Myztero

  • Agnes

  • An-Windr

  • Grevle

  • Jarvur

  • Sudri

  • Almur

  • Fura

  • Gullinbursti

  • Jott

  • Shadereave

  • Baldur

  • Azar costume

  • Balthazar costume

  • Belith costume

  • Berden costume

  • Carver costume

  • Friar Tuck costume

  • Isshtak costume

  • Karil costume

  • Prisca costume

  • Renfeld costume

  • Boril costume

  • Caedmon costume

  • Kashhrek costume

  • Kiril costume

  • Little John costume

  • Azlar costume

  • Domitia costume

  • Elkanen costume

  • Kadilen costume

  • Magni costume

  • Sartana costume

June 2020 - HOTM, new Sand Empire hero, and Valhalla Wave 5 (3 heroes)

HOTM-37: Raffaele

  • Roc
  • Skadi
July 2020 - HOTM and Valhalla Wave 6 (2 heroes)

HOTM-38: Noor

  • Lady Loki
August 2020 - HOTM and Valhalla Wave 7 (2 heroes)

HOTM-39: Zocc

  • Frigg
September 2020 - HOTM and Valhalla Wave 8 (2 heroes)

HOTM-40: Bai Yeong

  • Bera
October 2020 - HOTM, first Ninja Tower, second round of Morlovia, and Valhalla Wave 9 (14 heroes)

HOTM-41: Zulag

  • Ametrine
  • Sapphire
  • Shale
  • Cobalt
  • Garnet
  • Jade
  • Mica
  • Onyx
  • Jack
  • Frank
  • Francine
  • Vanda
  • Gefjon
November 2020 - HOTM and Valhalla Wave 10 (2 heroes)

HOTM-42: Glenda

  • Odin
December 2020 - HOTM, Valhalla Wave 11, and second round of Santa’s Challenge (5 heroes)

HOTM-43: Reuben

  • Frosty
  • Carol
  • Krampus
  • Lord Loki
2021 - 103 heroes and 47 costumes
January 2021 - HOTM, Valhalla Wave 12, and Costumes round 3 (2 heroes and 25 costumes)

HOTM-44: Bertila

  • Thor

  • Dawa costume

  • Gan Ju costume

  • Graymane costume

  • Jahangir costume

  • Kailani costume

  • Nashgar costume

  • Oberon costume

  • Ulmer costume

  • Valen costume

  • Chao costume

  • Colen costume

  • Cyprian costume

  • Gormek costume

  • Grimm costume

  • Hu Tao costume

  • Kelile costume

  • Sabina costume

  • Scarlett costume

  • Wu Kong costume

  • Justice costume

  • Khagan costume

  • Leonidas costume

  • Marjana costume

  • Obakan costume

  • Thorne costume

February 2021 - HOTM, and first League of Villains (11 heroes)

HOTM-45: Uraeus

  • Edd
  • Skrekok
  • Ingolf
  • Sanngrior
  • Asterius
  • Crystalis
  • Dark Lord
  • Isrod
  • Karnov
  • Toxicandra
March 2021 - HOTM and start of Season 4 - Underwild (17 heroes)

HOTM-46: Malicna

  • Gramps
  • Helo
  • Morris
  • Poppy
  • Vollermork
  • Griffin
  • Mack
  • Rokkamush
  • Tettukh
  • Zila Lei
  • Akkorog
  • Dr. Moreau
  • Elizabeth
  • Lepiota
  • Phileas Fogg
  • Prof. Lidenbrock
April 2021 - HOTM and Underwild Wave 2 (2 heroes)

HOTM-47: Frosth

  • Garjammal
May 2021 - HOTM and Underwild Wave 3 (2 heroes)

HOTM-48: Yang Mai

  • Russula
June 2021 - HOTM, Underwild Wave 4 and first Starfall Circus (14 heroes)

HOTM-49: Elradir

  • Candy
  • Whacker
  • D’Andre
  • Eichbelborg
  • Marcel
  • Bobo
  • Director Zuri
  • Eiora & Fluffy
  • Emilio
  • Faline
  • Theobald
  • Hannah
  • Morel
July 2021 - HOTM, Valhalla Wave 13, Underwild Wave 5, and Sand Empire costumes (3 heroes and 2 costumes)

HOTM-50: Devana

  • Aouda

  • Salmon Loki

  • Rana costume

  • Yunan costume

August 2021 - HOTM, first Slayers of Fell Shadows, and Underwild Wave 6 (12 heroes)

HOTM-51: Chakkoszrot

  • Maeve
  • Noril
  • Aodhan
  • Cillian
  • Orla
  • Caitlin
  • Cathal
  • Rian
  • Saoirse
  • Senan
  • Captain Nemo
September 2021 - HOTM, first Tower of Magic, and Underwild Wave 7 (13 heroes)

HOTM-52: Alexandrine

  • Dölgöön
  • Kornel
  • Anastasia
  • Anton
  • Sergei
  • Agrafena
  • Cristóbal
  • Milena
  • Motega
  • Nadezhda
  • Xnolphod
  • Zenobia
October 2021 - HOTM, first Clash of Knights, Underwild Wave 8, Morlovia costumes, and HOTM costumes round 1 (10 heroes and 7 costumes)

HOTM-53: Russell

  • Aderyn

  • Bertulf

  • Ferant

  • Wren

  • Esme

  • Ludwig

  • Quenell

  • Wolfgang

  • Octros

  • Frank costume

  • Francine costume

  • Vanda costume

  • Victor costume

  • Alberich costume

  • Gravemaker costume

  • Seshat costume

November 2021 - HOTM, second round of Ninjas, Underwild Wave 9, Atlantis costumes and Black Friday previews (7 heroes, 4 costumes)

HOTM-54: Balbar

  • Quartz

  • Ruby

  • Zircon

  • Lughaidh

  • Peñolite

  • Gaillard

  • Poseidon costume

  • Ursena costume

  • Kageburado costume

  • Ariel costume

December 2021 - HOTM, Christmas costumes & new hero, first Challenge Festival, Underwild Wave 10 & 11 (10 heroes and 9 costumes)

HOTM-55: Hanitra

  • Mr. Pengi

  • Passepartout

  • Zekena

  • Treevil

  • Guardian Lemur

  • Phoenicus

  • Sally

  • Gnomer

  • Exeera

  • Santa Claus costume

  • Mother North costume

  • Krampus costume

  • Lady of the Lake costume

  • Snow White costume

  • Jabberwock costume

  • Alasie costume

  • Drake Fong costume

  • Athena costume

2022 - 25 heroes and 5 costumes (YTD)
January 2022 - HOTM, 2nd Clash of Knights, Underwild Wave 12 (7 heroes)

HOTM-56: Viscaro

  • Rayne
  • Eloise
  • Quintin
  • Lewena
  • Franz
  • Congalach
February 2022 - HOTM, New Ninjas, 2nd Challenge Festival, Underwild Wave 13 (4 heroes, 2 costumes)

HOTM-57: Iris

  • Topaz

  • Peridot

  • Kravekrush

  • Marie-Thérèse costume

  • White Rabbit costume

March 2022 - HOTM, WoTK heroes, Underwild Wave 14 (14 heroes and 3 costumes)

HOTM-58: Zagrog

  • Lu Bu

  • Diaochan

  • Zhuge Liang

  • Zhang Fei

  • Guan Yu

  • Wang Yuanji

  • Sun Shangxiang

  • Xiahou Dun

  • Zhou Yu

  • Yao

  • Jing

  • Li

  • Hulda

  • Killhare costume

  • Master Lepus costume

  • Jack O’Hare costume

Pending (not included in total count above):

Unreleased, in beta (25 heroes and 11 costumes)
  • Waqas [Season 5]

  • Faiez [Season 5]

  • Bennu [Season 5]

  • Jarif [Season 5]

  • Rekhetre [Season 5]

  • Aqeela [Season 5]

  • Junaid [Season 5]

  • Ptolemy [Season 5]

  • Azmia [Season 5]

  • Ahhotep [Season 5]

  • Scoratek [Season 5]

  • Khonshu [Season 5]

  • Sobek [Season 5]

  • El Naddaha [Season 5]

  • Khafre [Season 5]

  • Papyros [Season 5]

  • Horus [Season 5]

  • Khepri [Season 5]

  • Cao Cao [War of the Three Kingdoms]

  • Sun Quan [War of the Three Kingdoms]

  • Liu Bei [War of the Three Kingdoms]

  • Silvaria [April 2022 HOTM]

  • Tethys [Season 2]

  • Oceanus [Season 2]

  • Kara [May 2022 HOTM]

  • Finley costume [Challenge Festival]

  • Black Knight costume [Challenge Festival]

  • Rumpelstiltskin costume [Challenge Festival]

  • Guardian Kong costume [Challenge Festival]

  • Guardian Panther costume [Challenge Festival]

  • Inari costume [Season 2]

  • Wilbur costume [Season 2]

  • Ameonna costume [Season 2]

  • Gadeirus costume [Season 2]

  • Melia costume [Season 2]

  • Mnesseus costume [Season 2]

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Excellent work @BlueHair!

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Original Classic heroes

Appears to be off

I am almost positive Classic 4* Red, Blue, Yellow, Purple were all released pre world wide release

Originally 4*, and 5*, heroes needed 4* ascension items

That is why Empire has farmable, and non farmable, 3* ascension items while Puzzle Combat apparently does not

So SGG had to rebalance green Classic 3* / 4* / 5* heroes, and then Classic 5* heroes when 4* heroes only needed 3* ascension items and the only heroes needing 4* ascension items were now 5* heroes

I cannot find the post, but I remember no player having a rainbow 5* 4.80 team until after Challenge event Guardian v1.0

Notes

Click for notes

Boldtusk

Wu Kong

Venting

Click for really old balance vent thread

FIN

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wow! all the work that went into that, thank you!

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Wow nice list::slight_smile: Thx :slight_smile:

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You’re right - something is definitely off in my list there Multiples of the heroes I have listed here in October were already getting balance updates in August 2017. I’ll dig in further on your links and redo all the classic heroes later tonight.

I’m confident of wave 2, which is predominantly green, as that’s clear in the release notes. Was there no wave 3 then, and everyone I have in wave 3 was in the initial release? [EDIT: Yes, there was a Wave 3, but much smaller. Also, I had wave 2 slightly wrong. Both things fixed now.]

Thank you!

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OK, went back through. There is a Wave 3 for Classic heroes, but it only has Domitia, Khagan, and Obakan, released in v1.8. enphero.com lists all the others I had in Season 1 Wave 3 as “REGULAR3” so I assumed they were all in there. However, I found every single one of them referenced in forum posts from June 2017, so I moved them all to Initial Release. I also had extra heroes listed in Wave 2 (Magni and Sartana), and moved them back as well. Thank you, @Gryphonknight !

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Early Chaos

I think that is because @Pois1 , and other content creators, we not playing yet, isolated and / or on different social platforms from each other

Forum Beta Beat really brought the game meta researchers together as a cohesive whole

Too busy - In Real Life and game - to look over the whole list, but as a forum user fascinated by game design history, it looks awesome

Congrats on an incredible job

FIN

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I admire your perseverance @BlueHair! Well done! :+1: This is an interesting thing that would suit me but that I would never finish. :rofl:

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This is mighty impressive @BlueHair well done indeed.

It seems I have been mistaken all along in which month I pulled Ariel when she was featured. I was sure it was January :rofl: .

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I’m pretty sure there was a Springvale event in 2017. I remember the rabbits being around when I started playing that May, and Master Lepus was the strongest hero listed on the old E&P wiki at that time.

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Huh. Looks like you’re right. The 2018 announcement of the Spring event includes:

:crossed_swords: Bunnies are back with a vengeance! :rabbit: Epic Hero Summon features improved Jack O’Hare , Squire Wabbit & Master Lepus for a limited time only!

If they’re back & improved, they must have existed prior. Do you know what month in 2017 it was? I can find some references to it as an Easter event, so I’m assuming it was in April (as that’s when Easter occurred in 2017) but that’s a guess.

Thanks!

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I would guess April also… maybe some other old-timer will chime in. And yeah the “Springvale” name might have been new in 2018.

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Correct 20 high fives

FIN

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I updated the list to put the rabbits in April 2017. If someone has a different month, I’ll revisit.

I also verified the counts that @Gryphonknight quoted. That quote was originally posted in June 2017, and matches the count I have for initial release + spring event, so I think the early months are correct now.

Thank you all!

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I also started capturing beta heroes/costumes, but not including them in the total counts until they’re actually released. Might have missed a few from earlier betas - will go back through the beta beats tonight to check.

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Added a few costumes I was missing - Atlantis ones released earlier this month, and the three unreleased HOTM costumes. Any more heroes or costumes that have shown up in beta but not been released?

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BlueHair, you are an unsung hero (pun intended) for volunteering to compile the list. Way to go :clap:

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Added Christmas heroes/costumes & new Underwild heroes for December.

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Thanks BlueHair! I was just looking for those on the game, and was going to send what I found if you needed it. But you’re ahead of me. lol

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