GrandChase – Beginner's Guide to Heroes

The original GrandChase came out in Korea back in 2003, and it was a 2D side-scrolling MMORPG. 
GrandChase has more in common with other popular gacha games, than the original MMO, but that doesn't make it any less unique. Most notably, it provides a way more meaningful grinding experience that its counterparts, and a quite fair & balanced F2P model.
Now that the global version is also launched, I believe that users in many other countries can't wait to experience the game. Of course, in order to let you master the game skills faster and get a better experience, we will provide a hero guide for beginners, which will be of great help to you, let's take a look!

 

 

Heroes – How to Upgrade & Level Up

A hero collector RPG can be as good as its hero lineup right? Unless you have a distinct hate for well-made and vibrant anime characters, you won't be displeased with the roster!

 

Hero Classes

GrandChase uses classes to identify each hero's abilities and role in combat, so it's (usually) wise to build a balanced team, with the holy trinity of tank / healer / dps. The 5 classes are:

 

• Tank – Their role is to stay at the front lines, and absorb most of the enemies' damage, while protecting the other party members. They will usually be the last men / women standing, so you want to make sure that you prioritize their upgrades, just after your main DPS hero.
• Healer – If you ever been a part of a dungeon party in an MMORPG, you know how important the role of the hearer is! He / she will increase your party's sustainability by a long, long margin, long enough to help you unlock new content faster. Leave him last for upgrades, but that doesn't mean it's not a must-have in your party (unless you are on grinding mode).
• Assault – Melee physical DPS. Since both other DPS classes are ranged, it makes sense to use an Assault hero as your 1st DPS, but it doesn't mean you have to do it (I personally don't).
• Ranger – Ranged physical DPS. You need at least 1 ranged DPS in your team, so that you can unleash some powerful skills while being safe from harm. RNG & preference will be the deciding factors here.
• Mage – Ranged magic DPS. Same as above, personal taste will be the deciding factor of your DPS classes (don't forget there's more battle modes that will let you use more than 4 heroes in your team).

 

Hero Ranks

A Hero's rank, is synonymous with its rarity – therefore its power – to a great extent. There are 4 different ranks in GrandChase:

 

• B Rank – The worst rank. Your best bet is to sell them for Prestige Points (Inventory -> Hero -> Sell Hero) to advance your main heroes, or for occasional Fusions (Inventory -> Hero -> Fusion).
• A Rank – Don't let the fact that Kyle – the story's main hero – is an A rank fool you. They will just provide you with more Prestige Points, and can get you better Fusion rates for S / SR than B Ranks can.
• S Rank – Starting out, and for a really long time, S Ranks will be your bread & butter! They are relatively easy to acquire by progressing through the game's thousands of quests / rewards / events, so you just want to make sure that you decide on your main S ranks quite early. You will need a lot, a lot of copies in order to advance them, so better start collecting the same ones early on (you will get a lot of Select Tickets, which let you select the S rank hero you want for free).
• SR Rank – SR is the dream, as in most gacha games! These are quite, quite rare to stumble upon, so if you get to choose one, make damn sure you know who you're getting!

 

Hero Evolutions

As you would expect from a hero collector RPG, heroes come in different evolutions, depicted with stars!

 

A hero can have 3, 4, 5 or 6-stars, which also change his sub-name, appearance and portrait, and of course make him more powerful! All heroes you can get from Summons or Tickets are either 3 or 4 stars (or 5 stars for SR rank), but you can evolve them up to 6 (check out Hero Evolve below).

 

You will need the precious Evostones in order to evolve your heroes, so make sure you don't waste them carelessly!

 

Hero Growth

There's many, many ways to upgrade your heroes in GrandChase, and all of them feel balanced and rewarding, without the need for extreme grinding in order to progress.

 

They don't earn XP through battle, and their growth relies on acquiring various materials, copies of the same hero etc. Let's see all the ways you can upgrade your heroes in more detail:
 

Hero Upgrade

Each hero can be upgraded from +1 to +12, gaining better stats with each level, and being limited by its Evolution:

 

• 3-star heroes can be upgraded up to +3
• 4-star heroes can be upgraded up to +6
• 5-star heroes can be upgraded up to +9
• 6-star heroes can be upgraded up to +12

 

In order to upgrade heroes, you have to use Monster Cards as upgrade materials. Simply open the Party interface, choose the hero you want, then tap on Manage, then Hero Growth. The first tab you are going to see, is the upgrade tab.

 

Here, you can choose Monster Cards on the right, that you want to use in order to upgrade your heroes. Depending on your hero's evolution (stars), and the Monster Card's evolution, you will have a bigger / smaller chance of succeeding the upgrade.

 

Keep in mind, that each successful upgrade attempt, will cost you the corresponding amount of gold that shows up. This won't be an issue when you're starting out, but later on gold is going to be scarce, and correct management will make a big difference into how you progress into the end-game.

 

Hero Evolve

In order to upgrade a hero past its upgrade limit, you have to evolve it. The lowest hero evolution is 3-stars, and the highest 6-stars.

 

Each evolution offers better stats, and costs a special item called Evostones. Each class get its own version of Evostones, so for example in order to evolve a 3-star Tank hero to 4-stars, you need to use the Tank Evostones.

 

There's many ways you can acquire Evostones, which we'll discuss below, but with some pre-planning you won't have a hard time getting them. This is the amount you need for each evolution:

 

• To evolve a 3-star hero to 4-stars you need 2 Evostones & 5,000 Gold.
• To evolve a 4-star hero to 5-stars you need 10 Evostones & 60,000 Gold.
• To evolve a 5-star hero to 6-stars you need 40 Evostones & 100,000 Gold.

 

Hero Prestige

 

After reaching the max level of evolutions and upgrades, which is 6-stars +12, you can start leveling his Prestige level.

 

Prestige can go up to 100 levels, and in order to upgrade it you need a special item called Prestige Points (and of course gold). The best way to acquire these, is by selling heroes you don't need through Hero Sell in your Inventory, or by using Request Points (more on that below).

 

Prestige levels provide a great buff to your hero stats, so make sure to get as many as you can afford for your mains.

 

Hero Traits

Every 10 Prestige levels you get, you will also acquire 1 Trait point you can use to provide certain passive buffs to your hero.

 

You are quite limited into your choices, since you can only get a max of 10 points, letting you max out just 2 passives, or allocate them as you see fit. Fortunately, depending on your hero class, it is usually clear where you want to invest:

 

• Skill Attack Damage Reduction > Basic Attack Damage Reduction for Tanks
• Increase Healing Magic Recovery Amount > Skill Cooldown Reduction for Healers
• Basic Attack Damage Increase > Basic Attack Speed Increase > Crit Chance for Ranged & Assault
• Skill Attack Damage Increase > Casting Speed Reduction > Skill Cooldown Reduction for Mages

 

However not all heroes are the same, so make sure you understand your heroes' skills, strengths and weaknesses before moving forward with allocating trait points. Some DPS heroes might need that extra survivability, or a Healer might benefit from going Hybrid and getting more damage.

 

Keep in mind that you can reset your traits for 150,000 Gold, so it's not the end of the world if you take the wrong decision.

 

Hero Awakening

 

I guess you already noticed some heroes with pink stars – these show the hero's awakening level.

 

Hero Awakening unlocks at the same time with Prestige levels (that's when you attain a 6-star evolution and a +12 upgrade). Then, you are allowed to use one identical hero and a large sum of gold, in order to awaken your hero.

 

Identical, means the same hero, at 6-stars +12. Fortunately, it's way less painful & grindy than it sounds, at least for S Rank heroes!

 

There's also a special hero called Splendid Shiny, and if it's the same class & rank with your hero, it can be used instead of an identical one in order to awaken (these are quite rare, so when you get the choice, think carefully which one you will choose).

 

Hero Promote

Last but not least, a 6-star max awakened hero, can be promoted to the next rank with 1,000,000 Gold! That means that you can promote your S Rank to a SR Rank, providing the maximum potential, and.. starting all over!

 

Promoting S to SR shouldn't be taken lightly, as it's the first expensive upgrade so far, that will downgrade your hero! This happens because promoting strips away your Awakening levels, and as it's normal an unawakened SR hero, is way weaker than a 6-star awakened S hero.

 

What's more, don't forget than in order to awaken your newly acquired SR hero, you will need an identical hero. You guessed right, you have to go through the whole process of promoting the S rank copy to SR, before you can awaken just one level.

 

Is it worth it? Well, by the time you reach your first 6-star awakening, you will know better how much time you needed for it, and if it's really that worth it. Sure, pure SR heroes are even harder to come by, so the best advice here is to make sure you have at least 3 additional SR copies of your hero, so that you can get him / her to 3-star SR awakening at once, and not ruin your Battle Points.

 

The above is our hero guide about GrandChase, I hope it can be of great benefit to you. If you want to experience the game, you can play GrandChase on PC with MuMu Player.

 

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