Quote Originally Posted by SetoRoss View Post
heroes are needed to lead attacks, and as mayor they help as follows:
higher politics decreases building times and adds to resource production
higher atk decreases troop production times.
higher intel decreases research times.

as leading attack:
politics gives a better hero captured from target if it is an npc or valley
intel increases chance of medal
atk increases ur armies atk
You may want a number of heroes for different jobs such as an intel hero, attack hero and politics hero. That way you can have a high production with the politics hero and when you go to build troops or research just quickly switch over to the other hero.