How To Change Your Hero In Hearthstone

Anduin Wrynn with the basic priest Hero Power Lesser Heal

A Hero Ability is a special ability displayed to the right of each hero's portrait. Ordinarily Hero Powers tin can be used in one case per turn and price two mana (or 1 mana for the Demon Hunter), only some effects can change the mana cost of Hero Powers or let the use of a Hero Power multiple times per plow.

Each grade has its own unique Hero Power, which tends to recap its character and playstyle. However, some effects (such as Shadowform or Charged Hammer) are able to supervene upon a Hero Ability with a new 1, while others alter the rules for some specific Hero Powers.

Hero Powers may have a diverseness of effects, such as summoning a minion or dealing damage to a target character. Using a Hero Power will activate related triggered effects, nearly notably friendly Inspire effects.

1 Overview
ii Avant-garde rules
- ii.1 Hero Power Sequence
3 Player Hero Powers
4 Related cards
5 Boss Hero Powers
6 Battlegrounds Hero Powers
7 Strategy
eight Achievements
ix History
10 Gallery
11 See too
12 References

Overview [ ]

The icon for the Hero Ability in the game interface is face when that Hero Power is available to the player, and flips over to a grayish empty space after being used. At the beginning of the actor's plow, it flips support to indicate it is usable in one case more. Regardless of whether it is face up or down, the Hero Power of the player or the opponent tin can be hovered over at any time to read its details.

You can non utilise your Hero Power if:

it is flipped over;
you cannot pay its mana cost;
it would summon a minion but your lath is full;
information technology is targeted but there is no valid target.
your hero power is Totemic Call and you have all 4 basic totems.

Example: Lesser Heal is a targeted Hero Power but, since it does not require a damaged character, it can be used on a full-Health minion as well: although having no healing effect, this still counts every bit a use for Hero Ability-related effects.

Usually you can only use each Hero Power in one case per turn. Your Hero Power flips back upwardly (resetting the "number of times you have used your Hero Ability this plough" counter) at the start of your turn and when replaced with a new one: the new Hero Power can thus be used on that same turn if mana allows (fifty-fifty if it is the "aforementioned" Hero Ability as the replaced one).

Example: A hunter could employ Steady Shot, merchandise Majordomo Executus into an enemy minion, then use Ragnaros'south replacement Hero Power DIE, INSECT! in a single plow.

Example: A histrion already using the Ragnaros hero could use DIE, INSECT!, sacrifice another Majordomo Executus to become a new copy of Ragnaros with his Hero Power, and then use the "new" Die, INSECT! once once more. With additional copies of Majordomo Executus, this is possible even more times.^[one]

In addition, some effects can refresh a Hero Power, assuasive more and then one employ of it each plough:

Coldarra Drake refreshes your Hero Power at Aureola Update (Health/Assail) timing.
Garrison Commander refreshes your Hero Power at Aureola Update (Wellness/Attack) timing if it was used but in one case this plow (i.e., if the "number of times yous have used your Hero Power this turn" counter is 1).
Auctionmaster Beardo refreshes your Hero Ability after you bandage a spell.
Shadowreaper Anduin'south Voidform refreshes itself after the player plays a carte du jour.
Blackwald Pixie refreshes your Hero Power when played.
Anraphet's Core refreshes itself after your hero attacks.

Advanced rules [ ]

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Hero Power Sequence [ ]

"Utilise a Hero Ability" is one of the Thespian Actions that a thespian can actively practice during their turn (the others are: "Play a card", "Assault", "Terminate the turn" and "Concede"), and as such it starts its own Sequence.

To use a Hero Power a player must click on it and, if required, select a target.

Subsequently clicking on a targeted Hero Power (such as Fireblast and Lesser Heal) a cherry-red arrow appears, going from the Hero Power to the player's mouse pointer. It disappears after the player clicks on the called target.
While Mayor Noggenfogger's outcome is active, the red targeting arrow is replaced with a question mark.
While choosing a target the actor can abolish the activity by clicking on the Hero Power once more. This is only possible for targeted Hero Powers: Hero Powers that are auto-targeted (such as Steady Shot) or randomly targeted (such as DIE, INSECT!) or that do not require a target at all (such as Reinforce) cannot be undone this manner.

Then the following Hero Power Sequence takes identify, in order:

Hero Ability Phase
- The mana toll of the Hero Power is paid.
- If the Hero Ability requires a target and there is a Mayor Noggenfogger in play since the last Aureola Update (Other) Pace, its upshot triggers and randomly selects a valid target; multiple Mayor Noggenfoggers stack.
- The Hero Ability takes effect.
- The Hero Power is exhausted and flipped over (the Hero Power visually seems to flip over before Mayor Noggenfogger triggers, but in the log file information technology is exhausted afterwards having taken result).^[2]
- The "number of times you accept used your Hero Ability this turn" and the "number of times y'all take used a Hero Power this game" counters are increased by 1.
  - The "number of times you have used your Hero Power this turn" counter is reset at the start of your turn and whenever your Hero Power is replaced with a new one.
  - The "number of times you lot have used a Hero Ability this game" counter (which is for example used for the toll reduction of Frost Behemothic) never resets, regardless of your Hero Power existence replaced, upgraded or otherwise modified.

Inspire Phase
- Hero Power-related triggers (listed in the post-obit tabular array) queue and resolve. Nearly of them have the Inspire keyword, which denotes triggered effects that actuate each time the controlling player uses a Hero Power.

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Actor Hero Powers [ ]

Players start each lucifer with the basic Hero Power of their grade (sometimes also referred to as that class' starting Hero Ability).

Alternate heroes use cosmetically altered versions of the bones Hero Powers: although at that place is no functional divergence, the advent and casting animations vary from those used past the standard heroes.

Over the class of the match sure effects can replace a player's Hero Ability with another 1, regardless of that role player'southward grade or hero:

Renounce Darkness replaces your current Hero Power with the basic Hero Power of a random not-warlock grade.
Sir Finley Mrrgglton lets you Discover another basic Hero Power. More precisely, this minion's Battlecry forces you to replace your Hero Power with i among three randomly selected basic Hero Powers, with the exception of the basic Hero Power corresponding to your current Hero Power'southward grade (see the table below).

Example: If you are a priest with the Heed Spike Hero Power, Sir Finley Mrrgglton'due south Battlecry can not offer you Lesser Heal (since it is the basic Hero Power of the Mind Spike'southward class), only it can still offering you the mage basic Hero Power Fireblast.

Justicar Trueheart and Baku the Mooneater replaces a bones Hero Power with the respective upgraded Hero Ability (see the tabular array beneath). It will have no effect if you don't have one of the x bones Hero Powers.
- Sir Finley of the Sands allows y'all to admission the same upgraded Hero Powers, just tin can select whatever instead of directly replacing.
Hero cards supersede your electric current Hero Power with the Hero Card Hero Power of the appropriate class.
Other furnishings (Dinomancy, Vilefin Inquisitor, Shadowform, Charged Hammer, Sulfuras, Lord Jaraxxus, Majordomo Executus, Metamorphosis) supercede your current Hero Power with a specific culling Hero Power.
Sideshow Spelleater replaces your current Hero Power with a copy of the opponent'southward current Hero Power (any it is).
Grizzled Wizard swaps hero powers of both players, then swaps them back on the following turn.
The Quest cards introduced in Saviors of Uldum provide an alternating Hero Power which replaces your current i immediately upon being completed.

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Course	Basic Hero Power	Upgraded Hero Power	Death Knight Hero Power	Mercenary Hero Power		Other Hero Cards		Quest Hero Ability	Alternative Hero Powers
Demon Hunter			-	Source: Kurtrus, Demon-Render		-		-	Source: Metamorphosis
Druid			Source: Malfurion the Pestilent	Source: Wildheart Guff		-		Source: Untapped Potential	-
Hunter			Source: Deathstalker Rexxar	Source: Beaststalker Tavish		Source: Zul'jin		Source: Unseal the Vault	Source: Dinomancy
Mage			Source: Frost Lich Jaina	Source: Magister Dawngrasp		Source: The Astonishing Reno		Source: Raid the Sky Temple	-
Paladin			Source: Uther of the Ebon Blade		Source: Lightforged Cariel	-		Source: Making Mummies	Source: Vilefin Inquisitor
Priest			Source: Shadowreaper Anduin	Source: Xyrella, the Devout		Source: Galakrond, the Unspeakable		Source: Activate the Obelisk	Source: Shadowform	Source: Shadowform (Classic)
Rogue			Source: Valeera the Hollow	Source: Shadowcrafter Scabbs		Source: Galakrond, the Nightmare		Source: Bazaar Burglary	-
Shaman			Source: Thrall, Deathseer	Source: Bru'kan of the Elements		Source: Hagatha the Witch	Source: Galakrond, the Tempest	Source: Decadent the Waters	Source: Charged Hammer
Warlock			Source: Bloodreaver Gul'dan	Source: Dreadlich Tamsin		Source: Lord Jaraxxus	Source: Galakrond, the Wretched	Source: Supreme Archaeology
Warrior			Source: Scourgelord Garrosh	Source: Rokara, the Valorous		Source: Dr. Smash, Mad Genius	Source: Galakrond, the Unbreakable	Source: Hack the Organization	Source: Sulfuras (Burn down Plume's Heart)
Neutral	-	-	-	-		-		-	Source: Majordomo Executus

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For Wild format listings, see Hero Power/Wild format

The following cards generate, modify, respond to or otherwise relate to Hero Powers and their use.

Boss Hero Powers [ ]

Almost non-playable bosses take their own Hero Power. Take a chance bosses have both Normal and Heroic versions, with the latter usually featuring enhanced versions of their Hero Powers. Some bosses gain unlike Hero Powers over the course of the encounter due to cards or the Hero Powers themselves.

Boss Hero Powers vary in price and may price anywhere from 0 to 8 mana. Some boss Hero Powers are "auto-cast" automatically as the boss's kickoff action each turn, bold information technology has enough mana. This means that the boss is not able to choose the best time to make utilise of the Hero Power, or to forgo using information technology on any given turn. Auto-cast Hero Powers take a special ongoing visual effect. Typically machine-cast Hero Powers are inexpensive, including the majority of those that toll 0 mana. Other dominate Hero Powers are passive, causing a free ongoing or triggered effect rather than existence used at one particular time.

For full lists of boss Hero Powers, see Dominate card.

Examples

Battlegrounds Hero Powers [ ]

Main article: Battlegrounds

Each hero in Battlegrounds has their own Hero Power, which entirely defines how they play. Active Hero Powers can be used during the Recruit Phase, and generally accept a Gold cost.

There are a broad variety of Hero Powers available in Battlegrounds, including a big number of Passive effects and effects that can only be used a limited number of times per game. Since in that location are no decks in Battlegrounds, the unique Hero Powers give each hero their own specific play fashion. Not-passive Hero Powers typically toll between 1 and ii Aureate, although some can be equally high every bit iii, or cost 0 and have other restrictions. Because of the higher complexity and often greater amount of text, the bolded words "Hero Power" are omitted from Battlegrounds Hero Powers.

For a total list of Battlegrounds Hero Powers, see Battlegrounds hero power list.

Examples

Strategy [ ]

Available each and every plough, Hero Powers can allow players to proceeds carte du jour advantage by taking actions without expending cards. Players can choose to utilize a Hero Power instead of playing a card, sacrificing some tempo in exchange for a larger hand. Hero Powers can also be used often in gild to go along pace while belongings dorsum cards to build toward a combo, or to make full gaps when no other strong play is available. Hero Powers should generally be used whenever there is sufficient spare mana.

Bones Hero Powers are designed to offering a reliable but underpowered effect. For almost all basic Hero Powers, it is possible to identify cards that attain more for less mana, and cards that do significantly more for ii-3 mana. This mana inefficiency prevents Hero Powers from being directly superior to cards in most cases, making them reliable secondary options rather than first choices each plough. Generally speaking, Hero Powers are effects at the value of a 0-Toll carte du jour, every bit evident past comparison the paladin Hero Power Reinforce with the minion bill of fare Wisp, or the mage Hero Ability Fireblast with the spell card Moonfire. The extra 2 mana is effectively a surcharge for gaining the effect without consuming a card.

Here are some examples for illustration:

Hero Power	Cheaper card analogue	Stronger card analogue
Armor Up!	Fe Hide	Shield Block
Dagger Mastery	Calorie-free's Justice	Fiery War Axe
Demon Claws	Pounce	Shadowhoof Slayer
Fireblast	Moonfire	Darkbomb
Lesser Heal	Regenerate	Healing Bear upon
Life Tap	Kobold Librarian	Novice Engineer
Reinforce	Wisp	Bloodfen Raptor
Shapeshift	Hook	Bite
Steady Shot	Sinister Strike	Heed Smash
Totemic Telephone call	Due north/A	Tuskarr Totemic

Note that the Totemic Call's randomness itself also makes the Hero Ability comparatively weaker than a well-called equivalent in the hand. Nevertheless, each Totem other than Healing Totem tin exist compared unfavorably to cards, merely as with other Powers:

Totem	Cheaper card analogue	Stronger card analogue
Searing Totem	Wisp	Bloodfen Raptor
Stoneclaw Totem	Target Dummy	Frostwolf Grunt
Forcefulness Totem	North/A	Principal Swordsmith

Healing Totem'due south effect is unique so it cannot be said to be strictly worse than examples like the Darkscale Healer or Lightwell. But once again, due to the randomness of Totemic Call and situational usefulness of the summoned Totems, it is clear that it shares other basic Hero Powers' weaknesses with respect to tempo.

Achievements [ ]

Category	Proper noun	Description	Rewards
Gameplay - Core - Classes	Killer Headache	Deal 100 impairment with your Hero Power while in Shadowform.	x
Gameplay - Core - Classes	Killer Headache	Deal 300 harm with your Hero Power while in Shadowform.	20
Gameplay - Barrens - Mage	It'southward Not "Spamming", It's Art	Deal 75 damage with your Hero Power as Mage.	10
Gameplay - Barrens - Mage	It'southward Non "Spamming", Information technology's Art	Deal 150 damage with your Hero Power as Mage.	ten
Gameplay - Barrens - Mage	It's Not "Spamming", It'south Art	Deal 300 impairment with your Hero Power as Mage.	20
Gameplay - Barrens - Rogue	Identity Theft Is Not a Joke	Yoink! all 10 Hero Powers.	20
Gameplay - Stormwind - Hunter	How Many Arrows Do You Have?!	Deal 12 damage with your Hero Ability in one turn equally Hunter.	twenty
Gameplay - Stormwind - Priest	Bring together the Dark Side	Deal 45 damage with your Hero Ability every bit Priest.	10
Gameplay - Stormwind - Priest	Bring together the Nighttime Side	Deal ninety damage with your Hero Power equally Priest.	10
Gameplay - Stormwind - Priest	Join the Dark Side	Deal 180 damage with your Hero Ability equally Priest.	twenty
Gameplay - Alterac Valley - Demon Hunter	Smash that Fury Button	Apply your Hero Ability vii times in one plough every bit Kurtrus, Demon-Render.	200 , 20
Gameplay - Alterac Valley - Mage	HONORABLY DIE, INSECT!	Bargain 8 damage in a single utilize of your Hero Power as Mage.	200 , 20
Gameplay - Alterac Valley - Shaman	i-800-ELE-MENT	Telephone call upon the Elements 100 times with Bru'kan and his Hero Ability.	200 , 20

History [ ]

Hearthstone has included the basic Hero Powers for its nine classes since the very beginning. Although these "starting Hero Powers" have not inverse, the diverseness and availability of Hero Power-related furnishings has increased over the years, including effects that replace the starting Hero Powers completely.

The Archetype set included the priest's Auchenai Soulpriest, Shadowform and Prophet Velen, also as the warlock's Lord Jaraxxus - ii cards that replaced Hero Powers, and 2 cards that affected all healing and/or damage effects including Hero Powers, all course-specific. Steamwheedle Sniper in Goblins vs Gnomes introduced the first dramatic alter to the way an existing Hero Power worked, although again it was limited to i class and its Hero Powers. Blackrock Mountain'due south Majordomo Executus provided the commencement neutral Hero Power-related carte du jour, with an effect very similar to Lord Jaraxxus'.

The 1000 Tournament expansion had a particular focus on Hero Powers, increasing the number of Hero-Ability related cards past a factor of 6 with a multitude of effects and interactions, well-nigh notably the Inspire ability. Since and then, adventures and expansions have slowly continued expanding on Hero Powers with 2 cards from The League of Explorers, three from Whispers of the Former Gods, ii from Hateful Streets of Gadgetzan, two from Journey to Un'Goro, and one for each class in Knights of the Frozen Throne via Hero cards.

Blizzard has consistently introduced new effects that supplant Hero Powers through new card sets, with almost half of Hero Power-related cards outside of The Grand Tournament including such effects. On the other hand, Inspire has non been on any cards since the expansion in which information technology was introduced.