Choose a hero between 36 available heroes, where you will find popular characters of games, movies, series and myths, as well as unique heroes of the game. Depending on the hero you choose the game will be harder or easier, also the amount of experience gained by your hero is proportional to its power and versatility. Stronger heroes will level up slower than other ones. It’s also easier to win the game if the number of players is more than 1, but you can play it solo and still beat the game. There are also 6 special AI heroes referred as light champions, that will spawn if an allied player slot is filled with a computer before the game starts.
Besides the abilities your hero gain by leveling, there is a special set of abilities your hero can learn after buying a certain “glyph of knowledge” sold at your base, to display this abilities click the icon with the image of a book that appears as one of your hero’s abilities. Buying glyphs of knowledge will also unlock some special abilities of the main building at your base no matter which player buys the glyph. These abilities can be used by any allied player by selecting the main building and using its abilities as if it was your unit even though the building is owned by the computer. Those abilities have powerful effects and most of them can be casted, anywhere on the map.
You will be warned when a dangerous enemy is spawned most of the time, but if not, most dangerous enemies can be recognized because they are way bigger than normal units or they have the words; “siege”, “immortal” or “doom” in their names, but you will find out as you play the game.
*Enemy Bosses: there are powerful enemy bosses you will encounter during the game. These bosses have huge stats and are very dangerous. You must kill them as fast as posible to avoid getting destroyed. Many of them have teal team color and can be seen on the map as teal dots.
*Demonic Idols: there are powerful magical wards known as "Idols" that are summoned by the enemy from time to time which have powerful global effects like enhancing all enemy troops or decreasing the armor of your towers. After 300 seconds they also gain a special catastrophic effect which will cause your faction great harm. You must destroy this wards as fast as posible to keep your advantage in the war and avoid being utterly destroyed. They have teal team color and can be seen on the map as teal dots.
*Magical Monsters: you will encounter powerful enemies that cast powerful enhancing spells, upon other units and themselves, if you see an enemy that is almost invincible and has a radiant green glow or flame on it, is because you have to dispel that buff in order to defeat it. Every hero in the game has an ability capable of removing buffs in its basic skills, which you can find by clicking the spellbook icon, in your hero's "basic abilities".
Also the enemies that cast spells that makes them immortal or makes other units immortal are: "Spawn of Typhon", "Queen of Terror", "Elder Warlock", "Archlord of Carnage", "Herald of Damnation", "Medusa" and "Avatar of Doom".
*Regeneration Fiends: some elite enemy units regenerate their life quite fast, making them really hard to kill, so to defeat them, they have to be attacked simultaneously by several attackers, or by using a spells or an item that allows you to kill them with a single blow, like the "Rocket Launcher", an item sold at the "Chaos Laboratory".
*Immortals: in the game you might encounter enemies with the word "immortal" in their names, these enemies are highly resistant to attack damage so most of them have to be killed using spells. The only exception is the "Immortal Archfiend", which can only be killed, attacking it while wielding the item "mystical sword", sold at the blacksmith, or attacking it with the "Mystical Fire Hawk" or the "Sky Dragon", which are mercenary units that you can hire at the mercenary camp found at your base.
*Siege Monsters: in the game you will encounter enemies with the word "Siege" in their names, these enemies deal extreme damage to buildings. There are some siege monsters that do not have the word "Siege" in their names are: "Infernal Colossus", "Doom Drake", "Doom Dragon" and "Bane of Civilization".
*Demon Summoners: there are some special enemy units capable of summoning endless hordes of demons to attack your base, summoning more powerful demons the longer they remain on the battlefield, to the point they can overrun you, you must kill them quickly to avoid this. They are the "Demon Beacon" and the "Swarm Dragon".
*There are several neutral bases scattered throughout the battlefield that you can conquer to increase the amount of gold and magical runes given to you every 57 seconds. Among the neutral bases you can conquer, you will find normal neutral bases, that you can conquer to increase your income and will also send reinforcements to fight in the war.
*There are other types of neutral bases named "obelisks" that you can conquer to increase your divine power faster, so you can summon your faction's god before the enemy does. If the enemy conquers an obelisk, their divine power will increase faster.
*The towers at the enemy base are quite powerful, but in the game, heroes (in high levels and using powerful items) and elite enemies are strong enough to deal with them. Also if the attacking army is big enough, towers won't be able to resist for too long. There are many towers at the enemy base enhanced with wards that increases their attack, their damage or their life regeneration, so you better destroy those wards first in order to weaken them enough to destroy them faster, this wards are found near the enemy towers, and they can enhance several towers in a small area around them. You can also buy items at your base that allows you to place similar wards near the towers of your faction, to enhance them.
*There is an invisible enemy shrine in the map that allows your opponent's towers to deal double damage, before launching an attack against their base you must find and destroy it, otherwise you'll have a hard time trying to pierce through your enemy's defenses. The Shrine is located outside the enemy base and is not found at any of the principal lanes.
All heroes have an ability that allows them to detect invisible units, which can be unlocked, buying the "Glyph of Knowledge Level B" at the "Sacred Statue of Divinity".
Also, as long as it remains on the battlefield your enemy's "Divine Power" will increase faster than yours.
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Things to know about shops:
*The "Blacksmith" sells items to boost your heroes attributes.
*The "Magic Shop" sells consumable items used to boost your hero, as well as other items that grants permanent bonusses.
*The "Chaos Laboratory" sells items used for tactical purposes, and it sells wards that you can use to enhance the towers at your base and other wards that serve as towers.
*The "Vault of Relics" sells powerful items that can change the course of war.
*The "Sacred Satue of Divinity", sells several upgrades and powerful items that you can use to nuke enemies from any distance.
*The "Idol of War" allows you to hire troops controlled by the computer to battle and conquer bases.
*The "Mercenary Camp" allows you to hire powerful units that can grant you tactical advantage.
*You can buy the "Rocket Launcher" at the "Chaos Laboratory", which you can use to deal great damage or destroy enemy units, structures and wards from a long range.
*You can also buy the "Staff of the Storms" at the "Sacred Statue of Divinity", to do the same thing, with the difference that it can be cast anywhere on the map, from any distance.
*You can buy the "Incendiary Bomb" at "Chaos Laboratory", which you can use to deal great damage to structures, wards and small groups of enemies.
*You can also buy the "Scepter of Judgement", sold at the "Sacred Statue of Divinity", which deals massive AOE damage and can also be casted anywhere on the map.
You can hire powerful mercenary units at the mercenary camp found at your base, use them to conquer neutral bases or to deal with bosses and armies. Even though, heroes are extremely powerful, some mercenaries will grant you great tactical advantage and some of them will allow you to deal with enemies your hero won't be able to kill with ease, like the "Mystical Fire Hawk" and the "Sky Dragon", which are mercenary units you can hire at your base, whose attack is capable of killing "immortals", which are very hard to kill.
Every 1300 seconds, a great battle will take place at the center of the battlefield, where both factions will summon great armies to fight. The power of each army depends on the number of neutral bases controlled by each faction. The time remaining for the "Great War" will be displayed on a window.
You can buy "Glyphs of Knowledge" to unlock special abilities of your hero, and special powers of the Shinning Palace that is the main building found at your base. All players share control of this structure and it has a special set of abilities you can use, by selecting it and making click on the avaible spell you want to use. The spells of the Shinning Palace can be casted at any point on the map or they have extreme long cast ranges and they have very powerful effects.
*If you play it in single player, the game will show 4 difficulties to choose from and if you are playing it in multiplayer, the game will adjust the difficulty according to the number of players, but you can also make click into the icon that says "Easy Mode" found among the abilities and commands of your wisp at the beginning of the game, to play in easy mode in multiplayer. I added different difficulties, due to the fact that some people have told me it is too hard.
*You will find many tips in the quest menu about the game, as well as the credits for the resources used in this map. After choosing your hero, you will get an item called the "Book of War", which contains many tips about the game as well.