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Hero #44
Riven Male Support Melee Mythical Animal Treasure Sentinel gives regular chest-wave chests one additional chance equal to 2% times Scarf effect to upgrade exactly one tier through Super Legendary. It never creates Celestial chests.
Shape Run-wide effect
Affects the whole run Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Riven toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Riven in a formation.
Pick a hero Each hero page shows the ability, traits, and a small map of the formation squares the ability touches.
Front, nearest the enemies, is to the right ▶ Filter by trait to find heroes that fit together, or get the game and try them.
Hero #01
Alex Male Support Damage Melee Human Multiplies the DPS of all heroes by 1.1x
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Alex toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Alex in a formation.
Hero #02
Babs Female Support Gold Melee Human Multiplies gold earned by 1.15x
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Babs toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Babs in a formation.
Multiplies the DPS of heroes in the column behind this hero by 1.15x
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Casey toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Casey in a formation.
Hero #04
Dakota Male Female Support Melee Human Multiplies the DPS of heroes in this hero's column by 1.15x
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Dakota toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Dakota in a formation.
Multiplies adjacent heroes' DPS by 1.25x
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Evelyn toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Evelyn in a formation.
Hero #06
Frank Male Support Gold Melee Human Multiplies gold earned by each hero in this hero's column by 1.1x (multiplicative per hero)
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Frank toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Frank in a formation.
Hero #07
Gary Male Support Gold Melee Human Multiplies gold earned by each hero in the column in front of this hero by 1.1x (multiplicative per hero)
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Gary toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Gary in a formation.
Hero #08
Hilda Female Support Gold Melee Human Multiplies gold earned by each hero in the column behind this hero by 1.15x (multiplicative per hero)
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Hilda toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Hilda in a formation.
Hero #09
Iona Female Support Healer Magic Human Repairs the wall for 1HP/3 seconds
Shape Heals the wall
Affects the wall Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Iona toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Iona in a formation.
Hero #10
James Male Support Healer Melee Human Repairs the wall for 2HP/5 seconds
Shape Heals the wall
Affects the wall Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count James toward their bonus:
Get the game and put James in a formation.
Hero #11
Katrina Female Support Gold Melee Human Multiplies gold earned by each hero adjacent to this hero by 1.1x (multiplicative per hero)
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Katrina toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Katrina in a formation.
Hero #12
Lyra Female Support Damage Melee Human Multiplies global DPS by 1.15 x scarf effect x (heroes in column behind this hero) (linear in hero count).
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Lyra toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Lyra in a formation.
Hero #13
Meilin Female Support Magic Speed Human Gives a 10% x scarf effect chance for a kill to count as an additional kill (additive stacking).
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Meilin toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Meilin in a formation.
Nadia gains self DPS based on her level. Every 25 levels, up to level 1000, increases the exponent of a x1.35 scaling bonus. Scarf effect slightly strengthens the exponent.
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Nadia toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Nadia in a formation.
Hero #15
Oriana Female Support Gold Magic Human Multiplies this hero's gold by 1 + (1.5 x scarf effect x floor((self + adjacent hero levels) / 100)) (additive).
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Oriana toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Oriana in a formation.
Hero #16
Parker Male Support Gold Melee Human Multiplies this hero's gold by 1 + (2 x scarf effect x floor((self + hero levels in the column in front of this hero) / 50)) (additive)
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Parker toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Parker in a formation.
Gives a 10% chance to drop 625 animal food every 5 waves. Amount scales with wave progress and scarf gear.
Shape Run-wide effect
Affects the whole run Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Quentin toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Quentin in a formation.
Hero #18
Rilora Male Female Support Gold Magic Mythical Flora Multiplies gold by 1 + (50 x scarf effect) for each other hero with the gold trait in this hero's column (linear)
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Front is to the right ▶ Pairs well with Its ability counts gold heroes:
Wanted by These heroes count Rilora toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Rilora in a formation.
Hero #19
Strixia Female Support Mythical Animal Multiplies global DPS by (1 + 2 x scarf effect) for each other hero in this hero's column with the female trait (exponential stacking, one buff per female).
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Front is to the right ▶ Pairs well with Its ability counts female heroes:
Wanted by These heroes count Strixia toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Strixia in a formation.
Hero #20
Tindra Female Support Gold Magic Mythical Animal Multiplies gold by 1 + (2 x scarf effect) x (adjacent magic-trait heroes)^2 (quadratic, scarf multiplies base)
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Front is to the right ▶ Pairs well with Its ability counts magic heroes:
Wanted by These heroes count Tindra toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Tindra in a formation.
Umbron gains self DPS from adjacent human and female heroes. The bonus scales from human count x female count, then grows with Umbron's level, up to 1000, and scarf effect.
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Front is to the right ▶ Pairs well with Its ability counts human or female heroes:
Wanted by These heroes count Umbron toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Umbron in a formation.
Hero #22
Valkron Support Speed Animal Construct Decreases kills required per wave by 1 x scarf effect x (adjacent heroes with speed, construct, or animal trait). Reduction is capped at 40.
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Affects the whole run Front is to the right ▶ Pairs well with Its ability counts animal, speed or construct heroes:
Wanted by These heroes count Valkron toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Valkron in a formation.
Hero #23
Wyrmwright Male Support Gold Mythical Animal Construct Multiplies gold by 1 + (0.5 x scarf effect) to the power of (adjacent animal/gold/mythical/construct trait stacks). Effective base = 0.5 x scarf, so contribution gates behind scarf upgrades (sub-1 base).
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Front is to the right ▶ Pairs well with Its ability counts animal, gold, mythical or construct heroes:
Wanted by These heroes count Wyrmwright toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Wyrmwright in a formation.
Hero #24
Xylok Support Gold Magic Construct Multiplies gold by 1.01x (stacking) for every chest dropped while Xylok is in formation this run (max 3000 stacks) (exponential, scarf applies to total)
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Xylok toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Xylok in a formation.
Hero #25
Ysabell Female Support Mythical Animal Multiplies each hero's DPS in the column in front of this hero by (11 x scarf effect)^(female heroes in that column) (exponential, scarf multiplies base)
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Front is to the right ▶ Pairs well with Its ability counts female heroes:
Wanted by These heroes count Ysabell toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Ysabell in a formation.
Multiplies this hero's gold by 1 + (4 x scarf effect)^(construct heroes in formation) (exponential, scarf multiplies base).
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Front is to the right ▶ Pairs well with Its ability counts construct heroes:
Wanted by These heroes count Zavel toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Zavel in a formation.
Global DPS is multiplied by 1 + (0.6 x S) raised to the number of unique traits in the formation. This becomes much stronger as scarf effect and trait variety increase.
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Front is to the right ▶ Pairs well with Rewards trait variety. Heroes carrying the most traits:
Wanted by These heroes count Aethrix toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Aethrix in a formation.
Hero #28
Beryx Male Support Magic Speed Animal Adds 0.1% per non-female hero in formation to temporal shift chance, scaled by scarf effect.
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Affects the whole run Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Beryx toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Beryx in a formation.
Hero #29
Cydra Male Female Support Magic Speed Flora Multiplies global DPS by (scarf effect) ^ (temporal stacks / 40), stacks max 800. Also adds 0.4% to temporal shift chance while in formation, scaled by scarf effect.
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Cydra toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Cydra in a formation.
Gives a 1% chance per speed-trait hero adjacent to this hero to clear 2 waves instead of 1
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Affects the whole run Front is to the right ▶ Pairs well with Its ability counts speed heroes:
Wanted by These heroes count Dash toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Dash in a formation.
Hero #31
Eirlis Male Female Support Healer Magic Flora Repairs the wall for 3HP multiplied by the number of adjacent human heroes plus 1 every 5s
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Affects the wall Front is to the right ▶ Pairs well with Its ability counts human heroes:
Wanted by These heroes count Eirlis toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Eirlis in a formation.
Hero #32
Falgrim Support Gold Magic Mythical Construct Sums shared traits across all adjacent heroes, then multiplies global DPS and gold by (1 + 4 x scarf effect x total shared traits^2). Quadratic in total shared traits, linear in scarf. No per-adjacent compounding.
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Front is to the right ▶ Pairs well with Rewards neighbours that share its traits. Closest matches:
Wanted by These heroes count Falgrim toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Falgrim in a formation.
When mining, multiplies action time by 0.9x
Shape Mining only
Affects mining Front is to the right ▶ Get the game and put Garruk in a formation.
When mining, multiplies yield by 1.1x
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Affects mining Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Hedra toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Hedra in a formation.
Hero #35
Iskra Lifereaper Male Damage Magic Melee Human Iskra reaps power from enemies defeated during the current run. His DPS grows slowly at first, then rises rapidly as his kill count builds. Leveling Iskra strengthens this bonus, while his scarf makes it grow sooner and raises its maximum. His kill count resets on prestige.
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Iskra Lifereaper toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Iskra Lifereaper in a formation.
When mining, multiplies yield by 1.05x and action time by 0.95x
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Affects mining Front is to the right ▶ Get the game and put Jandor in a formation.
Hero #37
Kassara Female Support Magic Mythical Animal Heroes in Kassara's column gain DPS based on how many heroes are in that column. Bonus is (1 + 8.6 x S) raised to the number of filled slots in the column.
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Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Kassara toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Kassara in a formation.
Multiplies the DPS of heroes adjacent to this hero by (1 + scarf effect)^(adjacent heroes), then multiplied by 1.5x per unique adjacent trait
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Front is to the right ▶ Pairs well with Rewards trait variety. Heroes carrying the most traits:
Wanted by These heroes count Lorn toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Lorn in a formation.
Gives a 3% chance, multiplied by Scarf effect, to drop 1 world essence every 5 waves while in formation.
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Affects the whole run Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Melora toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Melora in a formation.
When sent on missions, multiplies all mission rewards by 1 + (0.05 x Scarf effect).
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Affects missions Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Ondara toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Ondara in a formation.
Hero #41
Nerissa Female Support Magic Mythical Boosts global DPS based on how many positional buffs target Nerissa. Global and self-only buffs do not count.
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Grows with buffs aimed at it Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Nerissa toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Nerissa in a formation.
Copies buffs that directly target Perrin to the heroes in the column in front. Scarf effect determines how much of each buff is retained.
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Grows with buffs aimed at it Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Perrin toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Perrin in a formation.
Hero #43
Quorra Female Support Melee Mythical Animal Miner When sent on missions, reduces mission time by 3% x Scarf effect.
Shape Missions only
Affects missions Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Quorra toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Quorra in a formation.
Hero #44
Riven Male Support Melee Mythical Animal Treasure Sentinel gives regular chest-wave chests one additional chance equal to 2% times Scarf effect to upgrade exactly one tier through Super Legendary. It never creates Celestial chests.
Shape Run-wide effect
Affects the whole run Front is to the right ▶ Wanted by These heroes count Riven toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Riven in a formation.
Hero #45
Sylra Female Support Magic Mythical Animal Buffs every other hero who is not adjacent to Sylra. Each target's DPS is multiplied by (1 + Scarf effect x C)^A, where A is the number of adjacent support heroes, capped at 4, and C is the formation's concentration. C rises as the formation gets smaller: x1 on a 16 slot formation, up to x10 on a 9 slot formation.
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Front is to the right ▶ Pairs well with Its ability counts support heroes:
Wanted by These heroes count Sylra toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Sylra in a formation.
Hero #46
Torren Male Support Magic Speed Human Adds 0.5% per adjacent speed hero to temporal shift chance, scaled by scarf effect.
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Affects the whole run Front is to the right ▶ Pairs well with Its ability counts speed heroes:
Wanted by These heroes count Torren toward their bonus:
Get the game and put Torren in a formation.
Alex
Babs
Casey
Dakota
Evelyn
Frank
Gary
Hilda
Iona
James
Katrina
Lyra
Meilin
Nadia
Oriana
Parker
Quentin
Rilora
Strixia
Tindra
Umbron
Valkron
Wyrmwright
Xylok
Ysabell
Zavel
Aethrix
Beryx
Cydra
Dash
Eirlis
Falgrim
Garruk
Hedra
Iskra Lifereaper
Jandor
Kassara
Lorn
Melora
Ondara
Nerissa
Perrin
Quorra
Riven
Sylra
Torren