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Warcraft III: Reforged

ii. Heroes

Learn about hero training, abilities, and items in Warcraft III: Reforged. Your first hero is free, subsequent heroes have specific costs.

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Learn about hero training, abilities, and items in Warcraft III: Reforged. Your first hero is free, subsequent heroes have specific costs.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Build an Altar of Kings to train your first hero. This hero is free.
  2. 2
    To train a second hero, you need the first upgrade for your main structure (Town Hall, Necropolis, etc.) and must spend 500 gold and 100 lumber.
  3. 3
    A third hero requires the final upgrade for your main building and costs the same as the second hero (500 gold and 100 lumber).
  4. 4
    Each hero requires 5 food (unit upkeep).
  5. 5
    Heroes can be resurrected at the Altar of Kings if they fall in battle.
  6. 6
    In single-player campaigns, heroes may not be present for every mission. Items left by a hero will carry over to the next mission, but any tomes they received will be lost.
  7. 7
    In multiplayer or custom games, you can control up to 3 heroes, unless you control more than one faction.

Hero Attributes:

  • Each hero has a primary attribute: Strength, Agility, or Intelligence.
  • Increasing a primary attribute by 1 point increases hero damage by 1.
  • Strength: Increases hit points by 25 per point and improves hit point regeneration.
  • Agility: Increases attack speed and armor by 1 for every 3 points.
  • Intelligence: Increases mana by 15 and improves mana regeneration.

Hero Abilities and Levels:

  • Heroes can level up to level 10.
  • Each hero has 4 spells: the first 3 have 3 ranks each, and the ultimate spell has 1 rank.
  • When you first train or control a hero, you can learn one of the first 3 abilities.
  • Each time you level up, you receive 1 attribute point to spend on upgrading an existing ability or learning a new one.
  • The ultimate ability becomes available at level 6 and is considerably powerful.
  • The second rank of a spell requires level 3, and the third rank requires level 5.
  • A suggested leveling strategy is to focus on a primary ability, then a secondary, and level the last one after acquiring the ultimate. For example: level primary at 1, secondary at 2, primary at 3, secondary at 4, and max primary at 5.

Hero Items:

  • Each hero can carry up to 6 items.
  • There are two types of items: consumable (used via clicking or hotkeys) and passive (provide ongoing benefits).
  • Consumable items include scrolls for teleporting heroes and nearby units to your main structure, healing potions, and mana potions.
  • Passive items can increase attributes, movement speed, or armor. They may also grant special effects like splash damage, ranged attacks against air units, slowing effects, or damage over time.
Tips
  • Focus attribute upgrades on heroes whose primary attribute matches the stat you are increasing.
  • While focusing all upgrades on one hero is a valid strategy, some players prefer to specialize heroes in specific attributes.
  • Distribute items strategically to enhance your hero's strengths or compensate for weaknesses.
  • Consider the synergy between your hero's abilities and the items they carry.

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