Compendium

Playable characters, unlocked by account level, by descending in the campaign, or by a strong Arena run. They differ in more than a stat line: what you're really picking is a weapon (arrows, a sword wave, fire, frost bolts, a piercing bolt driver), how fast the cold gets to you, and how much mana you have to spend before you have to walk to the fire — and, once you build an Armory, two hand-authored upgrade ladders that nobody else can buy. Jump to the ladders.

Ash the Ranger

Balanced hunter with a quick bow.

Available from the start

Stats Weapon Upgrades

Health 20

Mana 3

Damage 2.25

Speed 5.60

Armor 0

Cold Resist 0%

Damage1.5

Attack rate1.50/s

Range15 m

Projectile speed22

Knockback1

Theoretical DPS2.25

The weapon a hero starts with — projectile arrow. Everything past this is bought a rung at a time on the Upgrades tab.

Weapon 10 rungs

Armor 7 rungs

Starts the match with 62

Sir Baldric

Armored bruiser. Slow, sturdy, hits hard up close.

Unlocks at level 4

Stats Weapon Upgrades

Health 32

Mana 2

Damage 4.00

Speed 5.00

Armor 4

Cold Resist +10%

Damage4.0

Attack rate1.00/s

Range5 m

Projectile speed15

Knockback1

Theoretical DPS4.00

The weapon a hero starts with — projectile sword wave. Everything past this is bought a rung at a time on the Upgrades tab.

Weapon 10 rungs

Armor 7 rungs

Starts the match with 662

Vex the Pyromancer

Frail flame-caster with deep mana and inner warmth.

Unlocks at level 7

Stats Weapon Upgrades

Health 16

Mana 4

Damage 3.13

Speed 4.50

Armor 0

Cold Resist +25%

Damage2.5

Attack rate1.25/s

Range10 m

Projectile speed12

Knockback1

Theoretical DPS3.13

The weapon a hero starts with — projectile fire bolt. Everything past this is bought a rung at a time on the Upgrades tab.

Weapon 10 rungs

Armor 7 rungs

Starts the match with 62

Yll the Frost Warden

Icy sentinel whose bolts chill everything they touch.

Unlocks at level 10

Stats Weapon Upgrades

Health 25

Mana 3

Damage 2.81

Speed 4.60

Armor 2

Cold Resist +35%

Damage2.3

Attack rate1.25/s

Range11 m

Projectile speed16

Knockback1

Theoretical DPS2.81

The weapon a hero starts with — projectile frost. Everything past this is bought a rung at a time on the Upgrades tab.

Weapon 10 rungs

Armor 7 rungs

Starts the match with 621

Copper the Tinker

Rapid-fire bolt driver that drills through ranks.

Unlocks at descent depth 10

Stats Weapon Upgrades

Health 30

Mana 2

Damage 1.56

Speed 4.25

Armor 3

Cold Resist 0%

Damage1.3

Attack rate1.25/s

Range10 m

Projectile speed12

Knockback2

Theoretical DPS1.56

The weapon a hero starts with — projectile wrench. Everything past this is bought a rung at a time on the Upgrades tab.

Weapon 10 rungs

Armor 7 rungs

Starts the match with 683

Daemon the Infernal

Fiery incubus wielding powerful short-ranged magics.

Unlocks at descent depth 25

Stats Weapon Upgrades

Health 25

Mana 3

Damage 3.00

Speed 4.50

Armor 1

Cold Resist +20%

Damage5.0

Attack rate0.60/s

Range8 m

Projectile speed9

Knockback2

Theoretical DPS3.00

The weapon a hero starts with — projectile meteor. Everything past this is bought a rung at a time on the Upgrades tab.

Weapon 10 rungs

Armor 7 rungs

Starts the match with 1032

Sable the Riftborn

Rift-touched skirmisher. Attacks fast and is never short of mana.

Unlocks at descent depth 50

Stats Weapon Upgrades

Health 20

Mana 5

Damage 1.88

Speed 5.00

Armor 0

Cold Resist -15%

Damage1.5

Attack rate1.25/s

Range12 m

Projectile speed20

Knockback0

Pierce1

Theoretical DPS1.88

The weapon a hero starts with — projectile shadow bolt. Everything past this is bought a rung at a time on the Upgrades tab.

Weapon 10 rungs

Armor 7 rungs

Starts the match with 61

Mori the Gravechant

Soul-singer of the Arena. Slow health regeneration, but high cold resistance.

Unlocks after a 7-win arena run

Stats Weapon Upgrades

Health 20

Mana 3

Damage 2.20

Speed 4.80

Armor 0

Cold Resist +50%

Damage2.2

Attack rate1.00/s

Range13 m

Projectile speed14

Knockback1

Theoretical DPS2.20

The weapon a hero starts with — projectile soul orb. Everything past this is bought a rung at a time on the Upgrades tab.

Weapon 10 rungs

Armor 7 rungs

Starts the match with 662

Every card has three views. Stats is the same six bars the lobby draws, on the same scales. Weapon is what the hero starts holding. Upgrades is both Armory ladders — ten rungs of weapon, seven of armor, walked strictly in order, with a gold double arrow where the next block needs a Grand or Runed Armory. Hover any tile for its name, what it does and what it costs.

Side by side

Freeze rate multiplies how fast warmth drains — below 1.00 is warmer. Weapon DPS is damage × attack rate for the weapon a hero starts with, before a single Armory rung, so it says much less about a hero than it looks like it does — see each card's Upgrades tab.

What a hero doesn't decide