🧪 Early Information on Season 3 Heroes [Part of The Beta Beat V26 & V27]

[FabulaSumus]

The Squirrel #FabWants

[Mr.Sabaton]

Just a simple question: If Tyr is fast then why is Atomos slow? Just why? Tyr is simply better in every single aspect. #fixatomos

[FabulaSumus]

That’s the real point!

#FixAtomos indeed

[Scarecrow]

Because one is AoE and one is sniper? I guess the devs had thought this way.

[FabulaSumus]

@Rigs

Lol dude i was just givin ya a hard time

Send me Apple Gift Cards to pull Heimdall, Tyr and the Squirrel and I’ll consider your hard time.

[Mr.Sabaton]

Kadilen is also an AoE and she is fast. Actually her dmg output is the same or even better than of Atomos so i still dont understand the slow speed. I thought that they considered the resurrection so strong that they did not want to give it fast mana so he could not revive over and over. Its obvious that they overnerfed him as his dmg output is pure trash and the revive is not that strong. But as we see this ability at a fast hero the question arises: why is Atomos slow.

[tmkh]

They should probably work on improving the description of Ratatoskr’s skill. It took me a moment to understand what he is supposed to do.

Kvasir and Fura seem very powerful for their stars. A fast 3* minion summoner seems worrisome, especially for a bloody battle tournament. And Fura introduces a new mechanic, that seems a bit overpowerd to me. But maybe it’s not so bad in practice? Let’s see how it turns out.

[HarryDeB]

Wow, already s3 info.
This can only mean one thing : bring your paycheck over to SG promptly!

[DaveCozy]

The new 3* heroes

Bjorn Beta Info & Stats

@zephyr1

Rarity: Rare/3*

Attack: 453
Defense: 431
HP: 816

Class: Monk
Family: NONE
Element: Dark/Purple

Mana Speed: Average

Special Skill: Bounce Slash

• Deals 200% damage to the target.
• Deals 350% damage to a random different enemy. Deals extra damage if the target is Holy.

It sucks that he’s an average speed sniper, as I’m having a hard time fitting him on a 3* defense team.

But for offense, I quite like him. He might help make purple mono teams for 3* events more popular again. I can see myself running him with Balthazarx2, Chochin and Gill-Ra.

Bjorn is at his best when he’s the last hero who fires, since it’s the 2nd hit that is much stronger; the first hit deals about 200 damage, and the 2nd hit deals about 700 damage to a holy enemy. If there’s only one enemy left, they take a ton of damage (more if Holy).

And yes, just the 2nd hit is strong against holy. Takes a bit of planning to use him, but he’s rewarding for his rarity.

By-Ulf Beta Info & Stats

@zephyr1

Rarity: Rare/3*

Attack: 431
Defense: 441
HP: 855

Class: Paladin
Family: NONE
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 get the following negative status effects:
  • The caster gets -34% attack for 4 turns.
  • The caster gets -34% defense for 4 turns.
  • The caster gets -24% mana generation for 4 turns.

The 4 turns ailment counter is considered a negative status effect – thus, heroes like Tyrum (costumed) and Gill-Ra can actually cleanse his ailment counter after he uses his skill. That also means that Gato’s immunity shield will protect him from even getting the negative counter.

So instead of waiting out his ailment counter, you can just protect against it from the start, or cleanse it right away before it kicks in Good knowledge to have for 3* tournaments.

I absolutely love this hero, he makes his center quite beefy and powerful. He’ll be an awesome one to have for 3* tournaments, Buff Booster particularly.

I’m not sure how effective he’ll be on challenge events though. I personally would prefer the Attack Boost to all from Brienne here, as it makes the entire mono stack stronger, instead of just 3 heroes.

Kvasir Beta Info & Stats

@zephyr1

Rarity: Rare/3*

Attack: 424
Defense: 418
HP: 905

Class: Druid
Family: NONE
Element: Holy/Yellow

Mana Speed: Fast

Special Skill: Bee Bravado

• Summons a Bee Minion for each ally with 15% HP and 18% 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.

Unfortunately Kvasir is in a rarity that isn’t plagued with minion spam, which means he’s got a really useful ability, for a rarity that doesn’t really need it Stopping new minion generation would be more useful in higher level raiding – but even with his decent durability for a 3*, he’s still not a serious counter to take with you for diamond raiding (at best, he’ll fire once)

Well the poison is annoying at least and can stack with Jahangir’s burn or Arman’s sand twister, so that may be nice for Rush Attack 3* tournaments. The bee minions are kinda tanky, for the rarity anyways, so he’ll prove to be useful as a good team support hero in that sense.

[Gallowspider]

Quite the sausage party.

Even if I’m figuring the squirrel is female.

Nuts of Yggrasil has to be one of the most painfully named and confusing abilities I’ve read. Of these, Heimdall and Tyr are probably the two that leap out as solid/intimidating. After them, By-Ulf and Fura seem interesting for tournaments or events, but I’d have to see them in action to be sure.

[Duofresh]

Why is there still no words on Hero Academy while S3 info is already out? Guess they prioritize making $$ over anything else.

[DaveCozy]

@zephyr1

Tyr Beta Info & Stats

Rarity: Legendary/5*

Attack: 760
Defense: 756
HP: 1312

Class: Fighter
Family: NONE
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.

Early impressions but maybe it’s cuz I’m still recovering from how powerful Jean-François was… but Tyr doesn’t feel as exceptional as I thought he’d be.

His snipe damage is very underwhelming. I believe he’s one of the weakest 5* snipers so far. But I suppose that’s okay since he has other stuff going on for himself to make up for the lack of damage.

For reference: Tyr’s hit is weaker than Perseus hit, by about 300 points avg before DoT. And historically, Perseus has been the weakest sniper in the 5* rarity

EDIT: Caedmon, a 4* sniper, hits harder than Tyr. Oh boy… This is a 4* hero with no costume… mind that please.

He basically has the Ranger and Barbarian talents combined. That’s pretty cool, on top of that he’s got the Fighter class too with the Immortal buff.

Bleed damage is the same as Barbarian talent. It’s nice that stacks with other DoT I suppose, particularly because Fire element has burn ailments in all 3* and above rarities. Maybe that’s why he’s designed like he is, since the support he needs is readily available in most players rosters. That’s fine for offense, I’m okay with that, it’s a team game and I expect heroes to play with each other, not singlehandedly (looking at Jean again lol)

A nice HoT lets him play the wing well, and the immortal buff (same as Atomos) let’s him do well on flank too. Even with his weak snipe he can stay healthy himself and chip away at the opponents.

Still though, his snipe is pretty weak. I’ll have to test more though to see if that low damage is really necessary with his other skills combined.

[Natural-Lite]

Can anyone please explain the squirrels special to me cause I’m confused about the nature shield phrasing

[DaveCozy]

It’s basically an attack buff to all green allies on offense, and an attack debuff to all green enemies on defense.

But because this buff / debuff is attached to the green shields on the board, it’s undispellable and unremovable. Also means that it stacks with other attack buffs / debuffs.

[Natural-Lite]

Would it be affected by guardian gazelle/chameleons special?

[zephyr1]

No, because it’s not attached to the hero at all, so there’s nothing to remove.

[Natural-Lite]

I can see issues with this type of wording cause what happens if a hero is revived does that mean the effect still stands since it cant be removed

[zephyr1]

It’s not an effect on the hero at all. It’s literally on the tiles that are on the screen as of when it’s cast.

[DaveCozy]

the effect is attached to the current board. Not the heroes.

Think of it as a buff to the green matches (or debuff for defense)

[Natural-Lite]

Yes I understand that but the wording effects the heros special so once it goes into effect any special after that seems to be decreased