If you are confused about which hero you should use in the Cup Heroes game then in this post we will share a complete Cup Heroes Tier List which will tell you which hero is best in games.
Cup Heroes Tier List 2025 – Best Hero for Mid and Late-Game
S TIER – THE BEST OF THE BEST
FELORC
FELORC has very high base stats and one of the highest direct damage. the highest DoT damage, guaranteed stun, and Hellfire skill is the strongest skill for any hero. Insane AoE even without AoE skill cards.
Cons: No lifesteal card, so must rely on items or single heal skill cards.
EIVA
An actual railgun, can infinitely stack wisps for insane damage, very high healing, wisps can attack AoE style even without AoE card. Works well with headshot build.
Cons: Very low defense (prone to one-shot), most skill cards rely on healing, and damage cards are very low chance.
A TIER – THE ELITE
MAMMON
This hero has Built-in lifesteal, extra spins, extra projectile cards, 50% crit card, versatile with any build.
Somewhat low base defense, needs certain cards for high effectiveness, no true AoE card (only one with a 20% chance to proc).
COWBOY
Pros: Ridiculous damage output, “pew pew.” Great AoE skill cards, very good base stats, versatile playstyles (including fun headshot build), has a legendary armor skill card.
Cons: No lifesteal card, reloading can be tedious, lacks rare or better crit chance cards.
BARBARIAN
Pros: Highest base stats in the game, strong return damage, effective defender armor build, very high damage, built-in AoE, and multi-attack fury build is nuts.
Cons: Must run to target (knocks him from higher tier); needs speed increase card for effectiveness (a 2-point card).
B TIER – STILL FUN STILL CAPABLE
SUNNA
Pros: Burn damage, small AoE, legendary armor card, block chance skill.
Cons: No crit cards, no lifesteal cards, burn damage is low, AoE must be upgraded, level 7 skill needs level 8 skills to be effective (design flaw), and talents are mediocre.
ROGUE
Pros: Very hard to kill with shadow clone stacks, tons of knives, great AoE.
Cons: Low damage ceiling, relies on shadow clones to be effective, no clones = low damage/easy death.
WOODIE
Pros: Great AoE skill cards, multi-gear style, has all essential skill cards, built-in crit chance, great for early game.
Cons: Needs correct skill cards to be strong, requires snowballing, low total damage compared to others.
C TIER – WON’T GET YOU FAR BUT ARE FUN TO PLAY AT LOW LEVELS
DRUID
Pros: Can skip enemy turns, fun treant skill cards, 200% AoE opportunity, treant death skills.
Cons: Treants are fragile (borderline low tier); treant skill cards for death and use need improvements, no lifesteal or crit skill cards.
REXX
Pros: DoT damage, built-in AoE, bears provide multiple attacks per turn, great early-game potential.
Cons: Bears are easily one-shot; no bears = Rexx is ineffective; most skill cards focus on fragile bears without protection or healing.
GUDAN
Pros: Skeleton army! Can weaken enemies, and it has a legendary armor skill card.
Cons: Skeletons are fragile with weak damage, no lifesteal cards, constantly require upgrades, the merged skeleton can lose progress, lacks healing options, melee skeletons lack dash, poor AoE, and no rare crit cards. The only strength is having a cool skeleton army.
Cup Heroes Best Hero Builds
Cowboy
The build looks great! Here’s a build for Cowboy which I’ve found to be effective. Build starts slow as it revolves around maximizing the headshot card but after early waves, blazes through the rest esp. if you get the headshot card early.
PERK CHOICE
-talent: diagonal shot
-skills: Rifle Shot
-perma card: magazine size or reload
-all heroes bonuses: all but prioritize defense
-ultimate card: Optional
Rifle shots will be the core of this build. Will be used to clear early waves and ensure cowboy stays alive until you get your first headshot card.
GEAR CHOICE
Set Bonus: Tactician (600 balls on start)
-weapon: warrior (Lifesteal and main source of healing).
-ring: Tactician (Skill selected on game start)
-helm: collector (Skill selected on game start)
-chest: Tactician (skill discount, chance for extra card)
-gloves: Tactician (skill discount and free rerolls)
-boots: Tactician (skill discount and free rerolls)
Gear choice ensures the legendary armor card with an extra card before the game starts. High chance to select an extra skill after every card draw. Lowest skill costs. Free card rerolls (Max 3).
DECK CARD CHOICE
-On Start: Legendary armor card + 1 extra card(reload/health/armor)
-priority a: Headshot, magazine size, reload, damage reduction
-priority b: Ricochet, armor, health, overdrive
Barbarian Build
Barbarian is a melee powerhouse capable of doing large are splash damage while reflecting any damage that comes his way. Barbarian can be played in every chapter of the game, however, is not as effective as others.)
DECK CARD CHOICE
(work on rage and defense)
-always 1st : armor card
-priority a: move speed, rage attack, multi-attack chance, fury
-priority b: rage power, raging axe, rage lifesteal, lifesteal
(after chapter 170, use these cards)
-always 1st : armor card
-priority a: move speed
-priority b: defense, damage reduction, lifesteal
PERK CHOICE
(taking advantage of reflection and moving
-talent: return damage
-skills: rage decreased cooldown
-perma card: move speed
-all heroes bonuses: all of them
-ultimate card: good
(after chapter 170, use these perks)
-talent: return damage
-skills: tough
-perma card: move speed
-all heroes bonuses: all of them
-ultimate card: good
GEAR CHOICE
(high damage, and lots of hitting)
-weapon: rogue (for extra projectile)
-ring: warrior (for extra projectile and life steal)
-helm: collector (for armor card)
-chest: warrior (damage and armor penetration)
-gloves: warrior (damage and passive bonus)
-boots: warrior (damage and bonus first attack)
(after chapter 170, build this)
-weapon: defenders (for reflection)
-ring: warrior (for lifesteal)
-helm: collector (for armor card at start)
-chest: defenders (extra defense)
-gloves: defenders (for reflection)
-boots: defenders (for reflection)
weapon: tactician
ring: tactician
helmet: collectors
chest: tactician
glove: defender
boots: tactician
skills:
return
tough
damage reduction
If you don’t get the armor card to start just restart. Then work on lifesteal and tackiness to clear it
EIVA HEADSHOT BUILD FOR WHEN NOTHING ELSE IS WORKING
The Eiva Headshot Railgun build for the underleveled (I just cleared Chapter 131 with this):
You need a legendary Rogue Ring (for the 5% headshot) and epic Collector Hat (for the free skill card at the start). Legendary Rogue Bow and the full Collector set to finish out the loadout is just kinda nice to make things a little faster and rewarding.
Standard Eiva build (Healing Tide, Misty Step, and +2 Wisps).
Your first skill card needs to be armor or you’ll die to the first archer. Pause and leave until that happens. Then, just fish for more wisps, more balls (for rerolling cards), more attacks/targets, and your defenses (+armor, +evasion, +HP, +damage reduction). You’re just going to kill via headshot, so ignore damage and crit cards.
Your might be able to do this with Cowboy or Felorc since they can fire a ton each round, but Eiva has innate healing to recover every wave.
I hope you enjoyed my list for the current patch! If you disagree with anything, feel free to reply with your thoughts. I hope this helps both new and veteran players. Have fun and good luck out there!
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