Hero Draft is a free solo draft game. You build a nine-card superhero team one slot at a time, choosing one of five random heroes for each slot. No friends needed, no waiting, and you can draft again as often as you like.
How does a draft work?
The team board has nine slots: a Leader, six role slots and two bench seats. Tap a slot and five random heroes are dealt for it. Compare their stats, pick one, and move on to the next slot. Once all nine are filled you submit the team and get its rating.
The six roles each lean on one stat: Brain (intelligence), Powerhouse (strength), Speedster (speed), Tank (durability), Blaster (power) and Fighter (combat). In a role slot that stat counts for 70% of the hero's score. The leader counts one and a half times and the bench counts half, so the leader is the most important pick on the board.
What is chemistry?
Heroes from the same universe work better together. Chemistry measures how much of the team shares a universe with each card, from 0 to 100, and a full-chemistry team gets up to 15% on top of its rating. A team of all Star Wars or all Middle-earth heroes scores 100 chemistry, but only if the stats hold up too.
What can I win?
Every day there are three challenges, such as reaching a team rating, drafting a number of heroes from one universe or using all four universes. Each one pays coins the first time you complete it. Your best team of the week also goes on the weekly leaderboard, and the top teams win coin prizes when the week ends.
Coins buy Hero Packs, so a good draft grows your card collection. See collecting and trading cards.
Tips for a high rating
- Spend your leader pick on the best all-round hero you are offered.
- In a role slot, pick for that one stat. A specialist beats a famous name.
- Decide on a universe early if two of your first picks share one.
- Bench seats count half: take the strongest leftover, whatever the role.
Hero Draft is one of several modes. The main game is a live auction for 2 to 5 players, you can duel another player 1v1, and every day there is a new hidden hero to guess in Heroedle.