Hero's

[ngnhhn]

Since i recently joined to vote on the Merger, i have read alot on here, most of which deals nothing with heros. So here is a VERY quick guide.

Considering that your game is won or lost on your hero's should have made this a priority for everyone, but every server i have played people fail to properly devote time to them.

So when the game starts your Main Hero is going to be your INT Hero... why you ask .. well more time you knock off research better and stronger you become, so initially THAT is the hero you want to level.

BASIC POINT: Your Hero MUST be 68+ at Level 1 to be considered half way decent.

INTELLIGENCE HERO-
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You want to get out of beginners protection asap for this. In your initial place make L1 and L2 npcs right next to your city.

1k warrior, 1500 worker do for L1 NPC

2500 warrior, 2500 worker for for L2 NPC

Use your INT hero for these attacks to level it. And you get a nice gold bonus to go with it.

When you have enough Ballista for L5 teleport your city to a new place with alot of flats and make L5's, i send 1k Ballista at the start with my archery 8 and my INT hero to level it some more. Just focus on hitting the one or two closest to you every hour to get the regeneration of troops. Adding 1000 warriors boosts the L5 exp from 90k to 110k or so, adding 1500 warrior boosts it to 140k exp.

Keep doing this till you reach 110-120 INT that will be enough for most research.
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POLITIC HERO
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At the beginning doing anything will level your politic hero they naturally level themselves. However you can do also do the L5 NPC trick with them with the warriors just send 1k or more.

Another way is to just warrior bomb L8's when you have enough cities producing lumber to sustain it - 92k warrior, 1500 trans nets you 550k exp with 43k warrior loss get your 10% back reduces it to around 39k.

You get 800k Lumber - Iron - Stone so its not a severe loss - your looking for each Politic Hero to be over 200 to be any good. Excellent resource boost and the closer you get to instant abatis/traps the easier it is to catch those pesky horseys by surprise

This hero nearly is always the most neglected one, but lack of resources seems to hinder everyone late on - don't forget this hero !
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ATTACK HERO
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This hero everyone knows about there isn't much to say.

At the start send him to valleys and L1 and L2 NPC to share with your INT hero. Once you get 100-200 archers keep hitting low level valleys for 0 loss ... bit tiresome but faster you level him the better.

Further on - L5 NPC with the 1500 Warrior provides as noted above 140k exp but no one seems to know about this ! So if your not using it USE IT.

L10 NPC's for your low level Atk hero fresh off L5 farming DCJ came up with this:

I'd recommend you use a war/ivory horn, and then use the "Corn Mix", which was designed for a 145+ attack hero with war horn to farm level 10 npc's. I've had great hits with the method, and even some sub-5k archer loss victories. (Corn Mix: 90k archers, 3.5k scouts, 2.5k ballistae, 2k transports, 1k pikesmen, 1k swordsmen)

Then just keep hitting and hitting and hitting. Server 139 is open 6 weeks or so now i own a 432 attack hero absolutely not 1 singular ON War on it nor is it a Mars Hero.


That is an extremely quick and somewhat dirty guide to basic hero levelling.

[Asmo]

BOmb! THis great and fast for people Good post! +rep