Three Kingdoms: Overlord is an old-school strategy game set in the historical Three Kingdoms era. Players can create different team compositions and lead their armies to victory! The game’s core highlights are conquering new territories and expanding your domain further. To do so, you will require a strong set of heroes that can lead your armies to victory. In this tier list, we have segregated the best heroes and ranked them according to their usability in the current meta.

S		NAME	FACTION
		Guan Yu	Shu
		Cao Cao	Wei
		Lu Bu	Neu
		Zhuge Liang	Wu
		Sun Ce	Shu

A		NAME	FACTION
		Sima Yi	Wei
		Hua Tuo	Neu
		Gan Ning	Wu
		Zhao Yun	Shu

B		NAME	FACTION
		Xu Chu	Wei
		Lady Zhen	Wei
		Jiang Wei	Shu

S-Tier Heroes

Let’s take a look at all of the heroes included in this tier:

Guan Yu

Guan Yu is a special-grade hero from the Shu faction. His active skill, Warm Wine, allows him to deal 160% of physical damage to 3 random enemies, dispel all their buffs, and increase his base critical hit rate by 100%.

Cao Cao

Cao Cao is a special-grade hero from the Wei faction. His active skill, Replace Head with Hair, allows Cao Cao to deal special damage of 200% to all enemies and apply Steady Rock to himself.

Lu Bu

Lu Bu is a special-grade hero from the Neu faction. His active skill, Super General in Chaos, allows Lu Bu to deal 100% physical damage to 3 random enemies, increase the damage of all allies in a row by 20%, hesitate those allies for 1 move, and grant those allies 1 extra move.

Zhuge Liang

Zhuge Liang is a special-grade hero from the Wu faction. His active skill, Pivotal Strategist, deals 180% special damage to the 3 enemies with the fewest troops, dispels all their buffs, and grants 1 random ally Collective Intelligence and an extra move.

Sun Ce

Sun Ce is a special-grade hero from the Shu faction. His active skill, Decisive Tactic, deals 150% physical damage to all enemies, increases damage by 100%, and purifies all debuffs.

A-Tier Heroes

Let’s take a look at all of the heroes included in this tier:

Sima Yi

Sima Yi is a special-grade hero from the Wei faction. His active skill, Mastermind of Schemes, states that Sima Yi deals 150% of special damage to 3 random enemies, provokes them for 2 turns, applies Exhausted Wisdom and Weakness to them for 2 moves, and makes them deal 50% less physical damage and special damage. He also purifies all his debuffs and gets 50% damage resistance to himself for 2 turns.

Hua Tuo

Hua Tuo is a special-grade hero who hails from the Neu faction. His active skill Divine Physician states that Hua Tuo makes all allies restore 80% of troops HP, apply Protection to them, and purify all their debuffs.

Gan Ning

Gan Ning is a special-grade hero who hails from the Wu faction. His active skill, Tiger Generals of Jiangdon, states that Gan Ning deals 100% of physical damage to 4 random enemies, transfers all their buffs, and depresses them for 2 moves.

Zhao Yun

Zhao Yun is a special-grade hero who hails from the Shu faction. His active skill Pierce Through Clouds states that Zhao Yun deals 120% of physical damage to 1 random enemy, transfers all his buffs, grants himselDragon’s’s Valor for 2 turns, makes an extra move by himself, and there is a 60% chance for yourself to get an Assassination Mark.

B-Tier Heroes

Let’s take a look at all of the heroes included in this tier:

Xu Chu

Xu Chu is a special-grade hero from the Wei faction. His active skill, Crush the Opposition, states that Xu Chun deals 100% of physical damage to all enemies, increases allies’ physical and special attacks by 20%, purifies all debuffs of all allies, and grants all allies High Morale for 2 moves.

Lady Zhen

Lady Zhen is a special-grade hero from the Wei faction. Her active skill, Driving Wind, deals 70% special damage to 4 random enemies, dispels all their buffs, applies Whirl to them for 2 moves, making them receive 80% of special damage when casting any type of skill, and enables allies opposite them to restore the same amount of troops.

Jiang Wei

Jiang Wei is a special-grade hero who hails from the Shu faction. His active skill, Swirling Flow, states that Jiang Wei deals 100% physical damage to all enemies, increases their range by 1, applies Whirl to them for 2 moves, making them receive 70% of physical damage after casting any skill, and enables all allies in a row to restore 1 Rage.

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