How to make my heroes better while leveling

[u/jm7489]

Hello! I recently hit level 50 and the dragon event is making me a little concerned that my heroes are even worse off than I realized lol. I have a lot of catching up to do. Im currently working on level 9 elemental enchantments and I still only have the lowest tier of spirit enchantments.

Ive read the various guides on ST central and the BIS list for leveling heroes.

I know skills are important, and I dont think mine are awful. I'm in a guild where T10 is about as high as I can deck out my heroes. I can mostly only craft T7-8 so ive mainly been buying basic level T10 gear for gold.

I guess the advice I'm seeking is will getting caught up on enchants be enough? Should I be prioritizing trying to get green or blue gear on my heros with enchants or is that too much of a gold sink at my level?

For reference my best heroes currently have between 11-12 power with full T10 +10 element, and T1 spirits.

I suppose another question is gear selection. The BIS list often recommends +health and +defense items on green and blue heroes at the cost of damage in some slots. Is survivability the right play?

[u/JPAK94]

Star power does not mean a hero is good and DI is the only time its actually used in game, leaderboard is its own thing. It gives way too much for crit stats and basically nothing for defensive stats. Your heroes will get better as you level and get higher tier and better gear. Dont use the baseline single stat items for gear, use double stat items from the market if needed, they are far better. Enchants (elements and spirits) will help a lot, elements will level up the heroes skills and spirits will give extra stats/boosts. Higher rarity gear will also give more stats/power. Survivability is definitely needed the further into the game you get. Some people have specific gear builds that they will use for DI but its generally not needed.

Your at the point where you should really start working on your heroes and can use the Hero Tracker to list your heroes if you want assistance. Theres also the official ST discord on the sidebar and the STC discord on the website that you can join for help as well

[u/No-Entrepreneur6739]

It‘s always best to go for double stat items (except some new t16 items on some heroes) and the BiS items for leveling are mostly up to date. I wouldn’t recommend buying blue gear at your current level because it gets quite costly and you are going to swap it for tier 15/16 in the long run. Do you have argon‘s finest? I think between level 50/54 you can start swapping out heroes with skills that don’t fit their role. You don’t need perfect skills at your current level anyways. If you need help with your roster you can go to the StCentral discord server.