Getting Started - Chapter 3: The Summit

*"If you don't know where you are going, you will probably end up somewhere else."*

* Lawrence J. Peter

## Introduction

Now that you're familiar with most of the game mechanics and daily loops, it's time to delve into the details for deeper progression in My Heroes.

In this guide, we'll be addressing the question: "How should I be building my character to get through higher level stages/content?"

## The goal

In the middle of the city, you'll notice there are pedestals for the different classes with avatars of players on them. Interacting with these will allow you to see the stats and equipment for players who have topped the World Boss rankings. In other words, these are the stats of the best players in your Server and should serve as a rough guide for how you should be building your character.
We'll be examining an example of an endgame build from this.

**Note: Class & Builds**
One of the first major decisions you will have to make as you approach the midgame-endgame is what class and build you plan to progress with. This is especially important for F2P players since resources are limited and your first serious build will likely be the one you spend the most time with.
Before making this decision, it might be useful to check out the various class pages and gameplay videos for the different builds.

One minor caveat to note. While the game tries to balance the various classes and builds, there are always going to be meta classes and builds that are simply better than others. If you're not particular about which build to go for in your class, it's always a safe bet to simply copy the top player's builds. This is especially important if you are aiming to try for the leaderboard rankings in the future.

## Weapons

Weapon objectives:

* 1 x 5⭐ UR Weapon of your class/build
* 2 x 5⭐ UR Weapon (ideally Limited Edition weapons with complementary effects)
* Orange offensive stats on all weapons

To achieve three 5⭐ UR weapons, you're going to need a lot of resources in the form of Sanguinites, Weapons (weapon tokens/shards) and gold. Check out the image on the left for a quick summary of resoures you'll need to upgrade your weapons.
Take note that a UR weapon with poor stat rolls can actually be worse than an SR weapon with decent stat rolls
 **Resource needed:**

* Sanguinites, Weapons/Weapon tokens/Weapon shards

**Obtaining:**

* **Sanguinites**: Daily Adventure, Hunting Grounds, Arena, Layers, Guild Shop,
* **Weapons**: Weapon Tokens (Arena, Guild activities/shop, etc), Weapon Shard (Secret Chamber)
* **Weapon Shard**: Secret Chamber
* **Hamon Stones**: They're everywhere
* **Gold**: Various

*Take note that the sources listed here and subsequently are not exhaustive.*

## Gear

* Build-specific EX Gear for useful/complementary passives
* At least 1-2 natural orange offensive stat
* Has Core Rune slot
* Has 4 Aux Rune slots (preferably)

Similar to weapons, you should aim to reforge your gears to have the best possible offensive stats. Unlike weapons though, you can only reforge one stat on each piece of gear. So to get the best possible gear, you need to obtain gear that naturally has at least 1-2 orange offensive stat depending on the type of gear. Some gears only have 2 types of possible offensive stats.

 **Resource needed:**

* Gear, Heirophant stones, Elemental Catalyst, Elementite, Elemental Essence

**Obtaining:**

* **Gear**: Hell Isle, OOPArts boxes, Layer chests
* **Hierophant stones**: They're everywhere
* **Elemental Catalyst/Elementite/Elemental Essence**: Hell Isle (Strongbox), Hell Isle Treasure Room, Abyss Tokens

## Runes

* Lvl. 7 Core Runes with orange offensive stats
* Lvl. 7 or higher Aux Runes
* > 800 Rune energy of your element

Runes provide huge damage boosts to your builds, especially when you cross the Rune energy thresholds since these unlock damage multiples for every build.

You will need to grind layers until Layer 140 at minimum to unlock forging for Lvl. 7 Core Runes. Aux Runes fortunately, do not require any layer prerequisites. Nonetheless, higher Hell Isle Chapters will have greater chances to drop higher level Aux Runes that will speed up the grind to Lvl. 7 Aux Runes.
 **Resource needed:**

* Core Runes, Aux Runes, Core Rune Shards, Aux Rune Shards

**Obtaining:**

* **Core Runes**: Layer, Hell Isle (equipment/boss rooms), Forging
* **Core Rune Shards**: Splitting unused Core Runes, Events
* **Aux Runes**: Hell Isle (every room)
* **Aux Rune Shards**: Splitting Aux Rune Shards, Events

## Skills

Regardless, Maxing out one skill requires a total of about 18 skillbooks of the corresponding rarity.

Skill Objectives:
* Maxed L60 core skills for your build

**Resource needed:**

* Skillbooks, Elemental Scrolls

**Obtaining:**

* **Skillbooks**: Elemental Scrolls: Skill Trial, Restock Shop

## Levels and Talents

* Higher Offense and Defense stats
* Higher tier talents
* Better rewards from Daily Adventure tasks

Talents give significant bonuses to character stats and some are even crucial for builds to function properly (Priest CD Cut talent for example)
For talents, the eventual goal is to max out every single talent by spending Effigies. There are some class-specific exceptions though. The Mage class for example, has a double-edged talent that can make Stamina management difficult, so most players may choose to not invest in it.

* EXP, Effigies, Gold

**Obtaining:**

* **EXP**: Daily Adventure, Clearing any mobs/bosses
* **Effigies**: Level-up Reward, Medal Shop, Guild Shop
* **Gold**: Many sources

## Soul Cards

Soul Card objecties include:
* 4⭐ UR Soul Cards (as many as possible)
* Good personality Soul Cards (+Crit DMG, CD Cut, Ele ATK)
* +15 Upgrade level for all cards

For F2P player, this may be one of the more difficult build component to farm since Soul Card stats are entirely random and most are only available through the Card Shop/limited materials. It is recommended to only level up Soul Cards with good personalities and the maximum number of initial substats.
This is to avoid the dilemma and extremely expensive task of having to eventually replace a 4⭐ UR card with a terrible personality (like a +HP 4⭐ UR card).

* Soul Cards, Soul Shards

**Obtaining:**

* **Soul Shards**: Soul Hunter
* **Soul Cards**: Soul Hunter, Card Shop

## Pets

* As many 5⭐ pets as you can manage
* Max Level pets

Upgrading pets to higher ⭐ rank and levels gives you additional stats. While UR pets give higher stat bonuses than lower rarity pets, it may be a good idea to plan your builds around one or two UR pets, with the remainder being lower rarity pets.
Reason being UR pets require a lot of material to ascend, while the lower rarity pets are easy to reach 5⭐. Not to mention that some of the lower rarity pets have truly useful effects (Bartender Penguin for Stamina regen).

* Pets, Pet Shard

**Obtaining:**

* **Pets/Pet Shard**: Pet Exploration, Quick Explore, Pet shop

## What's next?

Now that you've gotten an idea of what to build towards, check out the other resource pages on this wiki to explore any components that you're unsure about.

More importantly, grinding's part of this game's core gameplay, so enjoy running the daily loops and challenge yourself with the higher difficulty content as you work your way to the perfect build!