Every hero has their own life total, a passive, two abilities that are not cards, and a campaign. You pick one to start; the rest you unlock by playing.
BrakkaIron Fury
Aggro through the weapon
Builds fury turn after turn and unleashes it in one devastating blow. Every attack cuts through part of the enemy armor.
Life28
PassiveRelentless Edge
Brakka's attacks ignore 1 point of enemy armor.
Abilities
Cost:2energyUnleashed Fury
Your next attack this turn deals +1 damage. Stacks: you can use it several times in the same turn. Does not consume your turn action.
Cost:6energyDevastating Blow
Attack immediately with +5 bonus damage. Counts as your attack for the turn.
CampaignThe Iron Trial
BoosterThe Iron Roar
Sablethe Guardian
Tank through armor
The highest life in the game. Armor lasts longer, gets riveted back every turn and, when the time comes, the wall itself becomes the battering ram.
Life32
PassiveTemper
armor Sable equips gains +1 extra durability.
Abilities
Cost:1energyRivet
Repairs 1 durability on your equipped armor, never above its original durability. One use per turn; does not consume your turn action.
Cost:6energyColossus Slam
Attack with +2 bonus damage plus your equipped armor's value. Counts as your attack for the turn.
CampaignThe Shield's Oath
BoosterThe Wall's Temper
Yrennathe Arcane Weaver
Control through trinkets and energy
Turns trinkets into extra energy, strikes straight past armor and rebuilds the whole hand when it is needed.
Life26
PassiveResonance
at the start of her turn, if she has a trinket with charges left, she gains +1 extra energy that turn.
Abilities
Cost:3energyVoid Lance
Deals 2 direct damage to the enemy hero; direct damage ignores armor. One use per turn; does not consume your turn action.
Cost:6energyReweave
Return your hand to your deck, shuffle it and draw the same number of cards. One use per turn; does not consume your turn action.
CampaignThe Loom of the Possible
BoosterThe Weave of the Void
Shounythe Deadly Shadow
Disrupting the enemy hand
Empties the enemy's hand and feeds on every discard. With the lowest life in the game, Shouny has to win before getting caught.
Life24
PassiveShadow Siphon
when the enemy hero is forced to discard cards on your turn, Shouny gains 1 energy this turn (once per discard action, not per card).
Abilities
Cost:2energyUnravel
The enemy hero discards 1 random card. One use per turn; does not consume your turn action.
Cost:6energyMidnight Execution
Attack immediately with +2 bonus damage, plus +1 for each card the enemy hero is missing to reach 5 in hand (up to +7 total). Counts as your attack for the turn.
CampaignThe Price of Silence
BoosterThe Threads of Penumbra
KrunkFist of Demolition
Demolishing enemy gear
Dents and breaks enemy gear, draws a card for every piece wrecked and finishes with everything that ended up in the discard pile.
Life30
PassiveWreckage Spoils
whenever the enemy's equipment breaks, Krunk draws 1 card (all three ways count; his own equipment never triggers it).
Abilities
Cost:2energyDent
The enemy weapon loses 1 durability. One use per turn; does not consume your turn action.
Cost:6energyDemolition Strike
Attack immediately with +2 bonus damage, plus +1 for each equipment card in the enemy's discard pile (up to +7 total). Counts as your attack for the turn.
CampaignContempt for the Forged
BoosterThe Forge's Spoils
Vhassathe Pactbound
Life as a resource
Pays with her own life to hit harder: her Blood Tribute costs her life so her next attack lands heavier, and she can repeat it in the same turn. Her Crimson Rite hits harder the more life she is missing.
Life30
PassiveBlood Fervor
whenever Vhassa loses health to her own cost during her turn, her next attack this turn gains +1 (stacks; once per cost, not per health point).
Abilities
Cost:1energyBlood Tribute
You lose 2 health. Stacks: you can use it several times in the same turn. Does not consume your turn action. Can kill you.
Cost:6energyCrimson Rite
Attack immediately with +2 bonus damage, plus +1 for every 4 health you are missing (up to +7 total). Counts as your attack for the turn.
CampaignThe Price of the Pact
BoosterThe Pact's Offerings
Values match game version 0.8.0 and may change with balancing before launch.
