Ascension Seasons Breakdown in Hero Wars Dominion Era
Big news is landing in Dominion, and it is aimed squarely at the heroes many of you have loved for years: Ascension Seasons are on the way. In this Ascension Seasons breakdown, we will cover how the new system works, what you earn, and why Astrid & Lucas are first in line. Dominion never stops growing, and every fresh batch of heroes, teams, and mechanics tends to leave a few veteran favorites drifting toward the bench. Some have gone years without a single new Ascension Skill; a good chunk of the rest never adjusted to how far the game had shifted underneath them. This is the studio’s fix for exactly that problem, and it reshapes how sidelined heroes fight their way back into the conversation.
Rather than saving attention for the rare full-kit overhaul, the team wants to check in on older heroes on a steady basis: dropping fresh skills here, patching up creaky mechanics there, and dragging beloved-but-benched characters back into lineups people actually run. The aim is regular upkeep instead of one dramatic overhaul every blue moon.
Ascension Seasons Breakdown: What They Are
Every season puts a single hero under the spotlight and ships two brand-new Ascension Skills, giving you roughly 25 days to test-drive and level them. If that hero is due for deeper care, the team may also rework chunks of the base kit at the same time, so the whole thing lands as a real refresh instead of a bolt-on. Picture each season as a focused rescue mission aimed at one veteran at a time.
First up: Astrid & Lucas. The pair lands two fresh Ascension Skills, a set of base-ability tweaks, and a spot in the newly created Hunter group next to Adam. What that shake-up means for physical marksman lineups deserves its own write-up, so we are holding the full detail for a dedicated Astrid & Lucas and Hunter synergy article very soon.
How Does an Ascension Season Actually Work?
Anyone who has played a recent progression event will recognize the shape of this immediately. A season lasts 25 days and lays its loot out along a progression ladder, and — importantly — there is no standalone mode to slog through. You rack up Season Points just by playing the game you already play, and fielding the featured hero bumps those gains higher still.
The modes that feed your Season Points include:
- Arena and Grand Arena
- Guild War
- Clash of Worlds
- Campaign
- Plus other familiar activities you run every day
Climbing the ladder hands you the usual rewards plus two fresh currencies — Ascension Dust and Ascension Shards. Here is the part worth flagging: neither currency advances the reward ladder at all. Their only job is powering up the pair of new skills. And because the two skills level on independent tracks, banking enough for an upgrade on one lets you cash it in straight away, with no need to hold off for its partner.
Season Resources at a Glance
| Resource | What It Does |
|---|---|
| Ascension Dust | A skill-upgrade currency — it feeds the new skills, never the reward track. |
| Ascension Shards | The second skill-upgrade currency, spent the same way on the new skills. |
| Season Points | Earned from normal modes; the featured hero grants a bonus. |
Already own the featured hero when the season opens? Then both skills land in your kit right away at their starting rank. Each one climbs a ladder of upgrade stages after that, hitting harder the more you invest, and the juiciest effects sit near the very top — which gives you a real incentive to chase the finish line rather than coast partway.
What Happens When a Season Ends?
Relax — none of your effort evaporates when the timer runs out. Everything you leveled sticks around, and the season is best read as a head start on abilities you would be building anyway. After it closes, you hold onto the skills as long as one of three things is true: you leveled the relevant Ascension branches yourself, you claimed the Ascension Season Golden Ticket, or you grabbed one of the seasonal offers.
Sitting on a stockpile is fine too. Any Ascension Dust and Ascension Shards you did not burn through get converted automatically as the season wraps, so ending with a surplus never costs you anything.
Why Ascension Seasons Matter for Veterans
Astrid & Lucas are just the opening act. The entire idea behind the system is to keep circling back to familiar heroes on a steady rhythm and handing them new tools, and if plans hold, the studio is targeting a pace of about one hero a month. If your roster is stacked with aging favorites gathering dust, that is a genuinely thrilling promise. That steady rhythm is the real heart of this Ascension Seasons breakdown: forgotten heroes getting a reason to matter again, on a schedule you can plan around.
Mark the calendar: the opening season should land sometime in the first half of September. Expect a lot more from us on Astrid & Lucas shortly — their reworked kit, and the reason these two will suddenly want to keep a close eye on each other mid-fight. That is where we will park this Ascension Seasons breakdown for now; the full deep dive on the duo is up next. 👀
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