r/heroes3 • u/Cezaros Factory! • Oct 11 '24

Question Favourite unpopular heroes?

Forget Solmyr, forget Crag Hack and Tazar. What are your favourite relatively unpopular heroes and why do you like them so much?

For me it's definitely Lorellai - 35 harpy hags on day 1 with that +1 speed can take a lot of otherwise impossible battles, including f.e. XP shops. Also Leadership is quite useful for kiting with harpies, because you go back to position after the morale turn anyway.

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u/Mitkoztd Oct 11 '24

Gurnisson - hear me out - if you are playing on 200% on a template that is poor in resources. 4 starting attack + ballista can snow ball nicely. You just need to find Centaur's Axe, +3 sword or Gnoll's Flail for +4 and at level 5-6 you can do crazy damage with the ballista. Gurnisson is also a Barbarian so very high chance you get Earth Magic for Slow, which also help tremendously with tempo and clearing the map.

When I was a kid I really liked Dace as he is pretty consistent, but when I joined this sub and started watching pro games I realized Dace is just a poor man's Shakti. (kinda obvious, but I had overlooked it)

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u/AnilDG Oct 11 '24

Good shout. If you start as Stronghold, there are many other heroes that you'd prefer to start with over him, but the amount of times I have ended up transitioning into a Gurny main is pretty crazy. I find I do it the most with other towns on Jebus Cross. For example if you play as Castle, their heroes kind of suck, so Gurny is pretty effective. Sure, you'd rather get a different hero that is better, but more often than not, he's super solid and puts in work.

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u/Mitkoztd Oct 11 '24

Completely agree with you - if I am playing Castle on a rich template and I get a Barbarian in my tavern.. I am happy! :)

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u/subservient-mouth Oct 11 '24

Gurnisson - hear me out -

Nothing to hear out here, Gurnisson is not an unpopular hero.