Heroes will guard the area near a flag or the controlling player (whichever is closer and within earshot), refraining from combat until actively engaged. They will separate from the flag or the controlling player, if necessary.They prefer attacking foes with the lowest armor rating, and will prioritize foes with the lowest health over foes above 50% their maximum health.They will attack (in priority order) called targets, selected targets within spirit range of the hero, non-selected enemies actively engaged with the party, and non-selected enemies within the hero's aggro range.Heroes will aggressively confront enemies: Pets belonging to heroes will use the same combat mode as their heroes. Heroes holding bundle items will stand in the front with melee characters.Ĭombat modes See also: User interface.Heroes will change formation when the player changes from a melee weapon to a ranged or a ranged weapon to a melee.Heroes will not always line up ranged characters at the rear, with melee characters in front, as you might expect.
Hero Control Panel Formation See also: Positioning To do so, invite the hero into your team and click on the number next to its name. Except for flag usage they require you to open the hero control panel. You can manipulate the performance of your heroes in various ways. Heroes can be equipped with weapons just like a player to benefit from weapon modifiers and better base statistics. For power upgrades you have to improve their armour with insignias and runes like that of a player. There are hero armor pieces but they only change its visual appearance, not the statistics. Their base armour rating grows with their level, reaching the maximum armour rating at level 20. Title based PvE-only skills are unavailable to heroes. To do so you add them to your party and then click on their portrait at the top of the skills and attribute window (standard hotkey: K). You can distribute their attribute points, choose their skills and change their secondary profession. Heroes have access to all skills of their primary and secondary profession which are already unlocked on your account. Lastly, micro management of single skills or flagging heroes individually is extremely helpful in certain situations, especially boss fights, but only possible with heroes, not henchmen. In endgame areas, equipment modifications will become more important, giving heroes an additional advantage. Upgradeable equipment Advanced micro management options available.Īlthough henchmen are a good help initially as you don't have much gold to buy new skills, they will soon prove worse than heroes: Because of their fixed skill sets, you can neither improve their individual performance nor create synergies between multiple team members. There are two kinds of AI allies you can choose: Players are not always available to join you, so you will have to resort to filling your team with NPCs. While additional heroes can be obtain through completion of the Eye of the North and Beyond expansion content, players may find their heroes' overall effectiveness and end-game viability severely limited without having access to the Nightfall campaign. This Guide to Heroes assumes the reader has access to the Nightfall campaign.
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