NOTE: Please do not, under any circumstances, share IMAGES OR VIDEOS from Beta in this or any public Forum thread. Violations can cause players to lose their Beta accounts, or threads to be closed down.
This thread is to provide early insights and discussion on the Season 3 Heroes.
For information and discussion on Season 3 PROVINCES & GAMEPLAY, please see: 🧪 Early Information on Season 3 Provinces & Gameplay [Part of The Beta Beat V27]
For information and discussion on the Season 3 SUMMON PORTAL, please see: 🧪 Early Information on Season 3 Valhalla Summon Portal [Part of The Beta Beat V27]
Don’t get too attached
Details from Beta, especially brand-new Beta content, don’t tend to be very reliable for actual release.
It’s incredibly common that features are changed during Beta testing, or sometimes even after testing but before release. That is, after all, the purpose of Beta testing.
So I wouldn’t get too attached to any of this — it’s not unheard of for entire portions of features to be removed or reworked, or for radical changes to functionality to be made.
The launch date for Season 3 will be February 27
See also:
- 📯 Season 3 (Valhalla) – FAQ & Links
- Season 3 Sneak Peek Discussion
- [SNEAK PEEK] Season 3 - First Look (Feb: New Images Added!)
Season 3 Heroes
NOTE: These preview images were publicly posted by Small Giant, so they’re allowed to be shared. Images of the Hero Cards are NOT allowed to be shared, but all stats and info are listed below.
Heroes Added in Season 3 Beta v1
Bjorn – 3* – 
Dark
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Bjorn Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Rare/3*
Attack: 453
Defense: 431
HP: 816
Class: Monk
Realm: Midgard
Element: Dark/Purple
Mana Speed: Average
Special Skill: Bounce Dual Slash
- Deals 200% damage to the target.
- Deals 350% damage to a random different enemy. Deals extra damage if the target is Holy.
Kvasir – 3* – 
Holy
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Kvasir Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Rare/3*
Attack: 424
Defense: 418
HP: 905
Class: Druid
Realm: Alfheim
Element: Holy/Yellow
Mana Speed: Fast
Special Skill: Bee Bravado
- Summons a Bee Minion for each ally with 15% HP and
18%17% attack inherited from the caster. - Each hit from a Bee Minion gives the target the following status ailments:
- The target receives 32 Poison damage over 2 turns.
- The target can’t receive new Minions for 4 turns.
Heimdall – 5* – 
Nature
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Heimdall Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Legendary/5%
Attack: 655
Defense: 836
HP: 1402
Class: Paladin
Realm: Asgard
Element: Nature/Green
Mana Speed: Slow
Special Skill: Boon of Gjallarhorn
- Boosts health of all allies by 500. If health exceeds max HP, it is added as temporary HP. Max temporary HP is 100% of max HP. Boosted health
protects fromcounters max HP reduction. - Each fallen ally has a 20% chance to get revived with 30% HP.
- All allies get +30% attack for 4 turns.
Stonecleave – 4* – Dark
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Stonecleave Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Epic/4*
Attack: 722
Defense: 618
HP: 1047
Class: Barbarian
Realm: Helheim
Element: Dark/Purple
Mana Speed: Average
Special Skill: Dire Ghost
- Removes all dispellable and undispellable status effects from the caster.
- The caster shifts into Dire Ghost form.
- While in Dire Ghost form the caster automatically deals 150% damage against a random enemy each turn.
Caster can’t be damaged in ghost form except by the opposing element. The effect lasts for 4 turns. - While in Dire Ghost form the caster can’t gain mana but is immune to normal attacks, Special Skill attacks, status effects and stacks
from all enemiesexcept the damage fromtheenemies that are of the element that is strong against the caster. - Dire Ghost form lasts for 4 turns.
Sumle – 4* – 
Fire
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Sumle Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Epic/4*
Attack: 711
Defense: 624
HP: 1068
Class: Monk
Realm: Muspelheim
Element: Fire/Red
Mana Speed: Slow
Special Skill: Magma Boulders
- Deals 235% damage to all enemies. Each hit has 80% accuracy.
- The damage is increased by 70% per each dead enemy.
By-Ulf – 3* – Nature
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By-Ulf Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Rare/3*
Attack: 431
Defense: 441
HP: 855
Class: Paladin
Realm: Niflheim
Element: Nature/Green
Mana Speed: Average
Special Skill: Hollow Boast
- The caster and nearby allies get +48% attack for 4 turns.
- The caster and nearby allies get +46% defense for 4 turns.
- The caster and nearby allies regenerate 612 HP over 4 turns.
- After 4 turns the caster gets
the followingnegative status effects:
The negative status effects that the caster gets after 4 turns are:
- The caster gets -34% attack for 4 turns. This effect can’t be dispelled.
- The caster gets -34% defense for 4 turns. This effect can’t be dispelled.
- The caster gets -24% mana generation for 4 turns. This effect can’t be dispelled.
Fura – 4* – Dark
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Fura Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Epic/4*
Attack: 703
Defense: 624
HP: 1075
Class: Wizard
Family: NONE
Element: Dark/Purple
Mana Speed: Average
Special Skill: Nightglade Pollen
- Deals 150% damage to all enemies.
- Reduces max health from all enemies by 200. Max health can’t get lower than 30% of the original max health.
- All enemies get -50% decrease for any healing received for 4 turns.
NOTE: Fura is the only S3 hero that has not come back to beta. Staff have stated that she’s not going to be released in the first batch of Season 3 heroes.
Tyr – 5* – Fire
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Tyr Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Legendary/5*
Attack: 760
Defense: 756
HP: 1312
Class: Fighter
Realm: Helheim
Element: Fire/Red
Mana Speed: Fast
Special Skill: Adamantite Claw
- Deals 285% damage to the target.
- The attack has a 60% chance to bypass all defensive buffs. This includes counterattacks.
- The target receives 196 Bleed damage over 4 turns. This effect stacks with similar effects.
- The caster regenerates 548 HP over 4 turns.
- If the caster dies during the next 4 turns they are resurrected in the beginning of the next turn with 32% health. All status effects are removed when the caster dies.
Ratatoskr – 5* – Nature
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Ratatoskr Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Legendary/5*
Attack: 753
Defense: 741
HP: 1353
Class: Monk
Realm: Alfheim
Element: Nature/Green
Mana Speed: Average
Special Skill: Nuts of Yggrasil
- Recovers 42% health for all allies.
- All Nature shields on the board become enhanced. Enhanced shields have +64% attack when attacking hero casts the special and -57% attack when defending hero casts the special.
Heroes Added in Season 3 Beta v2
Nordri – 3* – 
Ice
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Nordi Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Rare/3*
Attack: 483
Defense: 401
HP: 808
Class: Barbarian
Realm: Jotunheim
Element: Ice/Blue
Mana Speed: Average
Special Skill: Frosty Axes
- Deals 245% damage to the target and minor damage to nearby enemies.
- The target and nearby enemies get -54% defense against Ice for 4 turns.
Ei-Dunn – 3* – Fire
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Ei-Dunn Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Rare/3*
Attack: 417
Defense: 476
HP: 841
Class: Paladin
Realm: Niflheim
Element: Fire/Red
Mana Speed: Fast Average
Special Skill: Tainted Axe
- Deals 220% damage to the target and nearby enemies.
- The target and nearby enemies get -24% mana generation for 4 turns.
Mist – 4* – Holy
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Mist Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Epic/4*
Attack: 682
Defense: 599
HP: 1187
Class: Cleric
Realm: Midgard
Element: Holy/Yellow
Mana Speed: Fast
Special Skill: Valkyrie Charge
- Deals 175% damage to the target and nearby enemies.
- The target and nearby enemies are immune to new buffs for 3 turns.
- The target and nearby enemies get -34% defense against Special Skills for 3 turns.
- The target and nearby enemies get -64% mana generation for 3 turns.
Brynhild – 4* – Nature
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Brynhild Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Epic/4*
Attack: 680
Defense: 605
HP: 1175
Class: Rogue
Realm: Midgard
Element: Nature/Green
Mana Speed: Fast
Special Skill: Valkyrie Defense
- Recovers 37% health for the caster and nearby allies.
- The caster and nearby allies are immune to buff dispels for 3 turns.
- The caster and nearby allies get +74% defense against Special Skills for 3 turns.
- The caster and nearby allies get +24% mana generation for 3 turns.
Mireweave – 4* – Ice
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Mireweave Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Epic/4*
Attack: 650 692
Defense: 592
HP: 1166
Class: Ranger
Realm: Vanaheim
Element: Ice/Blue
Mana Speed: Very Fast
Special Skill: Chain of Pain
- Deals 150% damage to the target and nearby enemies.
- Stack: The caster gets
+5%+10% attack. The maximum size of stack is 10.
Sif – 5* – Holy
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Sif Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Legendary/5*
Attack: 788
Defense: 716
HP: 1306
Class: Rogue
Realm: Midgard
Element: Holy/Yellow
Mana Speed: Average
Special Skill: Gold Weaver
- The caster and nearby allies counterattack with 100% of the damage received for 4 turns.
- The caster and nearby allies reduce all received damage by 50% for 4 turns.
- The caster and nearby allies get +24% mana generation for 4 turns.
Freya – 5* – Dark
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Freya Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Legendary/5*
Attack: 766
Defense: 743
HP: 1339
Class: Druid
Realm: Vanaheim
Element: Dark/Purple
Mana Speed: Fast
Special Skill: Raven’s Vigil
Recovers 100% health for all allies’ Minions.- Summons a Raven Minion for each ally with
10%20% HP and15%20% attack inherited from the caster. - Raven Minion gives
+85%+120% attack to all its owner’s other Minions. - All allies get +30% defense for 4 turns.
Fenrir – 5* – Ice
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Fenrir Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Legendary/5*
Attack: 780
Defense: 737
HP: 1297
Class: Fighter
Realm: Niflheim
Element: Ice/Blue
Mana Speed: Fast
Special Skill: Gargantuan Bite
- Deals 300% damage to the target.
- Deals 600% damage if the target has less than 50% health remaining.
- The caster gains a moderate amount of mana for each enemy killed and a small amount of mana for each enemy minion killed.
- Heals the caster for 50% of damage dealt.
Norns – 5* – Holy
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Norns Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Legendary/5*
Attack: 770
Defense: 718
HP: 1369
Class: Sorcerer
Realm: Vanaheim
Element: Holy/Yellow
Mana Speed: Average
Special Skill: Twist of Fate
- Deals 265% damage to the target and nearby enemies.
- The target and nearby enemies become weak against the element they are strong against for 4 turns. They stay weak against the element they are normally weak against.
Alfrike – 5* – Dark
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Alfrike Beta Info & Stats
Rarity: Legendary/5*
Attack: 659
Defense: 830
HP: 1421
Class: Wizard
Realm: Svartalfheim
Element: Dark/Purple
Mana Speed: Very Slow
Special Skill: Cube of Dark Realm
- Casts 5 Dark Cubes to random enemies.
- Dark Cube deals
285%100%200% damage to the target. - Dark Cube reduces max health from the target by
335224. Max health can’t get lower than 30% of the original max health. - The target automatically casts Mindless Attack on a random ally when mana is full during 3 turns.
Realm Bonuses Added in Season 3 Beta v3
Realm Bonuses are akin to Family Bonuses, but they have more diverse effects, not just stat boosts, and they often affect all allies or enemies, including those not from that particular Realm.
Like Family Bonuses, members of a Realm are strengthened when multiple unique members of that Realm are present on the same team.
Unlike Family Bonuses, those added strengths for multiple unique Realm members affect stats different than the main effect of the Realm Bonus.
Realms have received significant adjustments since the balance patch on January 30th.
Realm member bonuses (i.e. family bonuses) have been completely removed. Realm effects have been adjusted, all their effects have been toned down. See below for those changes.
Update February 5th 2020: Most Realm effects have received additional changes!
For most realm effects, they now get stronger if there are more heroes of that realm present in the team. The effect values change for 1 member / 2 members / 3 members.
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.
Update February 7th 2020: Heroes revived through other forms (i.e. Chameleon, Zombie) have no Realms.
Update February 11th 2020: The effect upon death from Asgard, Helheim, Jotunheim, and Vanaheim realms now triggers if a hero dies before being revived in another form (i.e. Chameleon, Zombie). Realm effects are removed from these heroes after reviving in another form.
In line with Norse mythology, there are 9 Realms.
NOTE: Based on both released artwork previews and the uneven distribution of Heroes across Realms, additional Season 3 Heroes are very likely. I imagine the distribution of Heroes will ultimately be more even.
Alfheim Realm
Realm Members: Ratatoskr, Kvasir
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All allies are healed by
7%2/4/7% when an Alfheim Herogains full manareaches low health. -
Realm members become stronger in the presence of other unique members of the same realm. (Bonus for 2/3 members: +9%/+13% healing)
Asgard Realm
Realm Members: Heimdall
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All allies gain a
moderate small amount of10/15/20% mana when an Asgard Hero dies. -
Realm members become stronger in the presence of other unique members of the same realm. (Bonus for 2/3 members: +15%/+20% defense)
Helheim Realm
Realm Members: Tyr, Stonecleave
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Deals
125%25/50/100% damage to all enemies when a Helheim Hero dies. -
Realm members become stronger in the presence of other unique members of the same realm. (Bonus for 2/3 members: +7%/+12% mana generation)
Jotunheim Realm
Realm Members: Nordri
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All allies get an Ice Giant minion with 6/10/14% HP and 10/12/16% attack inherited from the caster when a Jothunheim Hero dies.
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Realm members become stronger in the presence of other unique members of the same realm. (Bonus for 2/3 members: +15%/20% critical chance.)
Midgard Realm
Realm Members: Mist, Brynhild, Sif, Bjorn
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All allies get
+25%+5/+10/+15% attack for as long as a Midgard ally has low health. This effect cannot be dispelled. -
Realm members become stronger in the presence of other unique members of the same realm. (Bonus for 2/3 members: +10%/+15% attack)
Muspelheim Realm
Realm Members: Sumle
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All enemies receive
168 3122/37/64 Burn damage for as long as a Muspelheim ally has low health. This effect cannot be dispelled -
Realm members become stronger in the presence of other unique members of the same realm. (Bonus for 2/3 members: +15%/+20% critical chance)
Niflheim
Realm Members: Ei-Dunn, Fenrir, By-Ulf
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All enemies have
-21%-5/-10/-15% accuracy for as long as a Niflheim ally hasfull manalow health. Chance to miss also applies to offensive Special Skills. -
Realm members become stronger in the presence of other unique members of the same realm. (Bonus for 2/3 members: +7%/+12% mana generation.)
Svartalfheim Realm
Realm Members: Alfrike
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All enemies receive
168 3122/37/64 Poison damage for as long as a Svartalfheim ally has low health. This effect cannot be dispelled -
Realm members become stronger in the presence of other unique members of the same realm. (Bonus for 2/3 members: +10%/+15% attack)
Vanaheim Realm
Realm Members: Mireweave, Freya, Norns
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The mana of all enemies is reduced by
-20%-5/-10/-15% when a Vanaheim Hero dies. -
Realm members become stronger in the presence of other unique members of the same realm. (Bonus for 2/3 members: +15%/+20% defense)
For a full list of items currently in beta testing, as well as their related threads, please see:
- 🧪 Early Information on Season 3 Valhalla Summon Portal [Part of The Beta Beat V27]
- 🧪 Early Information on Season 3 Provinces & Gameplay [Part of The Beta Beat V27]
- 🧪 The Beta Beat (v27) – Season 3 Heroes, Provinces & Gameplay, Valhalla Summon Portal; Mar/Apr HOTM – Sharing the Big Picture on What's Going on in Beta
- 🧪 The Beta Beat (v26) – Season 3 Heroes, Path of Valor, Costumes v2, Feb/Mar/Apr HOTM – Sharing the Big Picture on What's Going on in Beta
- 🧪 The Beta Beat (v25) – Path of Valor, Dec/Jan/Feb/Mar HOTM, Bug Fixes – Sharing the Big Picture on What's Going on in Beta
For whatever that’s worth
but yeah I guess since it DOES exist making it more available is equitable. It’s still entirely stupid that they gave necromancy ability to nature heroes. Can you think of anything more unnatural?