[Hero Wars Guide]Aidan

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A member of the Ashen Elves who wields fire magic. Brother of Kayla.
One of the typical floating, lightly armored heroes in Hero Wars.
He serves as a hard counter to enemies that break through the frontline.

Aidan’s Strengths and Team Composition Theory

Once his fourth skill is unlocked, Aidan can share Health with Kayla, or with the frontmost ally if Kayla is not present.
As long as the shared Health pool remains, neither hero can be defeated. However, if the shared Health pool reaches zero, both heroes are defeated simultaneously.
This Health-sharing mechanic dramatically increases frontline durability, enabling non-tank heroes to function as tanks.
As a result, Aidan greatly expands team-building options and becomes a core unit in burst-oriented compositions.
While Health is shared, incoming damage rapidly fills Aidan’s energy gauge, allowing his armor buff to activate quickly.
Combined with his healing, Aidan effectively functions as both a pseudo-tank and a healer, enabling tank-like battle pacing even without a true tank.
The well-known Amira tank composition relies heavily on Health sharing between Amira and Aidan, with Amira positioned on the frontline to deliver massive burst damage.
Aidan is a strong counter to Ishmael.
He is commonly paired with Alvanor, Electra, Krista, or Amira for Health sharing.
In particular, sharing Health with Alvanor can shut down an Ishmael that has already charged his skills.
As battles progress, Phoenix Glyphs are often applied to the enemy team, dealing Pure damage over time.
This is especially effective against heroes such as Heidi and Ishmael, who struggle against sustained pure damage.
Aidan has excellent synergy with Albus as a patron.
Albus amplifies Phoenix Glyph damage, making this pairing standard when Ishmael cannot be quickly defeated.
If your team lacks other sources of pure damage, assigning Albus to Aidan is highly recommended.
He works well in Dante tank setups.
Aidan can also serve as a healing option for players seeking unconventional or challenge-oriented builds, including newer players experimenting with advanced compositions.
Strong synergy exists between Aidan and Corvus.
Corvus’s Altar deals pure damage based on his maximum Health; however, when Health is shared with Aidan, the shared Health value becomes the damage reference.
This makes the combination effective even against Guild Raid bosses with extremely high armor.
While Aidan’s raw healing output is not particularly high, he excels in comprehensive survivability through shields, armor buffs, and Health sharing.
Because of this, he is less affected by healing suppression from heroes such as Celeste or Jet, making him valuable in defensive setups without clear counters.
In some cases, Aidan can mitigate aggressive frontline burst combinations, such as Lylia and Lara Croft, provided the team survives the initial exchange.

Aidan’s Weaknesses

Because his kit revolves around Health sharing, Aidan can support underdeveloped allies.
However, if Aidan himself is underdeveloped, both units will simply die together.
He only becomes reliable after significant investment in Health and upgrades to his first artifact.
While he greatly expands team-building options, this assumes you already have a well-developed hero roster.
Aidan is extremely powerful for strategic players but demands strong game knowledge and matchup awareness.
He has a higher skill ceiling than most healers.
Beginners may regret investing in him too early, as his value is not immediately apparent without proper setup.
Although he can be used in Qing Mao tank compositions, Thea often performs better in those setups.
Despite his lore connection to Kayla, they are often used separately.
Aidan can function in physical teams but performs best in magic-oriented compositions, resulting in poor overall synergy with physical DPS Kayla.
He has poor synergy with revival-based heroes such as Astaroth or Rufus.
If a revival triggers during Health sharing, only one hero revives, which undermines the mechanic’s value.
Aidan can use Khorus as a patron, but the synergy is weak because Aidan deals little magic damage, so Khorus’s damage reduction rarely activates.
Merlin can also be used as a patron but offers limited benefit, as Aidan does not rely on magic-damage scaling.
His first artifact grants armor, making him strong against certain physical teams.
However, he remains weak against magic teams in both offense and defense.
His base healing is low, so outside of PvP, he often depends on Corvus-based combinations.
Without Corvus, his standalone PvE value is limited.
Overall, Aidan is a top-tier sustain unit, but his effectiveness depends heavily on investment planning, team composition, and matchup knowledge.
A player’s understanding of how to utilize Aidan ultimately determines his true value.

Flavor Text

How amusing… I’m the Great Lord of a land that no longer exists – a barren, scorched wasteland that spells death. I was much too young when I was forced to discover the cruelty of fire – and the power of sibling bond… Kayla and I are bound by more than blood, for we share one life between us.

Skill

Phoenix’s Embrace

Aidan casts a shield on himself and the farthest ally. The shield absorbs any damage for 5 seconds. On deactivation, the ally’s shield explodes, dealing magic damage to nearby enemies and casting the Phoenix Glyph on them.

Immolation

Casts the Phoenix Glyph on the nearest enemy without a Glyph. If all enemies have the Phoenix Glyph, Aidan strikes out sparks from the nearest enemy, dealing magic damage to enemies near the target. The Phoenix Glyph applies Burn to the enemy, dealing pure damage over 6 seconds.

Inner Fire

Aidan unleashes a fire wave, healing all allies except himself. He also recovers health once every 2 seconds starting from the beginning of the battle, boosting the next healing fire wave. The wave’s effectiveness scales with the amount of health Aidan has recovered. Once Aidan’s health drops below 30%, he self-ignites, doubling his health regen. He stops burning once his health is above 60%.

Bonds of Flame

Establishes a mutual bond with the farthest ally, or with Kayla if she is on the allied team. The bound ally becomes the target of Phoenix’s Embrace. The heroes have shared health, passing any healing or damage taken to each other. They also gain a bonus that scales with their basic Armor and Magic Defense stats. The bond is established at the start of the battle and severed on death.