Expedition of the Guild hero rarities come in three tiers — Epic, Legendary and Elite — and the demo roster of 43 heroes split 6 Epic, 18 Legendary and 19 Elite. That makes Elite the most common tier and Epic the rarest, and Epic is also the one the game is still adding: "Add more Epic heroes" is on the roadmap under future updates.
Expedition of the Guild hero rarities: the three tiers
Three tiers are in use, and the hero list screen stamps every hero with its rarity next to its class:
- Epic — the rarest tier, and the one being added to.
- Legendary — the middle tier, and the one that shows up as an individual reward.
- Elite — the most common tier, and the bulk of any roster.
The split from the demo build — 6 Epic, 18 Legendary and 19 Elite out of 43 — is the clearest picture of the ratios the game works with. The full launch roster is 83 heroes, so the rarest tier stays a small group inside a much larger one.
How many of each tier the demo build had
The demo roster was 43 heroes, and here is how they fell across the three tiers:
| Rarity | Heroes in the demo build |
|---|---|
| Epic | 6 |
| Legendary | 18 |
| Elite | 19 |
Elite heroes outnumber Legendary ones, and Epic heroes are a handful. Since a full raid can field up to 20 heroes, a roster built purely from Elite heroes covers a party and little more — the interesting heroes are the rare ones you have to choose between.
Epic is the tier that is still growing
The roadmap lists adding more Epic heroes under future updates, which says two things at once: Epic heroes are the scarce resource, and the roster is still being expanded at that tier.
Legendaries arrive differently. They turn up as individual rewards rather than as a bulk you assemble, and the Wishlist reward is one of the places a Legendary shows up — a Legendary Priest, for example, arriving from that reward rather than from a shop or a pull you can repeat.
The achievement list only counts the roster in bulk, from 10 heroes recruited up to all 83, so rarity is something you read on the hero card rather than something the achievements track. The get more heroes guide covers the achievement ladder and where new heroes enter the roster, and the heroes you are not fielding wait at the Inn — the inn hero storage guide covers that side.
Where you see rarity on a hero card
Rarity is a tag on the hero, in the same place as the class tag, and it shows up on the hero list screens at the Inn. That is the same list that shows who is on your current roster, which makes it the place to compare two heroes you own — and the get more heroes guide covers how a new one joins that roster in the first place.
When you are deciding who to field, rarity is a weak signal on its own — a low-rarity hero in the right role can beat a rare one sitting in a slot you do not need. The role the hero fills is what decides a party, and the classes and roles guide covers how the roster splits across Tank, DPS and Healer.
The heroes you are not fielding are not lost. They stay at the Inn, which is where the inn hero storage guide covers the rules for swapping them in and out.