Hero Wars Iris Guide

Hello heroes of Dominion, here is Zeus again with another hero to analyze. Today’s guide is about the new hero Iris. Probably most of you already have tested her skills and it is easy to come to the conclusion that Iris is a very good hero. In this video we are going to analyze Iris more in depth and I will show how to use her in battle with the best combinations.

We will start this guide with Iris Skills. Power of Iris we analyze is fully maxed red +2 , fully maxed ascension levels and branch level 44

Expose Soul

Iris exposes an unprotected part of the Soul in the nearest enemy’s body for 13 seconds. All damage taken by the Soul is transferred to its owner as pure damage.

Max health exposed Soul: 912710 (depends on Health)

This skill of Iris is mind blowing, the soul takes full damage from any attack and converts to pure damage. The soul can’t be protected with armor, magic defense or dodge. This will be very effective against all heroes. 

The health of the created soul can be increased by using Oliver patronage. Oliver adds to Iris 99576 health.

Exposed Soul 912710 / Iris Health 433555 =2.1

Iris health 433555 + Oliver patronage 99576 = 533131

Exposed Soul health 533131 x 2.1 =1119575

Otherworldly Creature

Summons a familiar next to the farthest enemy on the battlefield. The familiar then makes its way back to Iris, biting enemies along the way. Each successful bite deals more damage than the last.

Damage for the first bite 47697 (depends on magic attack)

Each subsequent bite increases damage by 12797 (Depends on magic attack)

Demonic Synergy

Upon returning to Iris, the familiar grants her the Soul Fury charges accumulated by successful attacks, boosting her next basic attack.

Extra damage for each charge: 39976 (Depends on magic attack)

Seed of Destruction

Iris partly absorbs the health of all enemies on the battlefield and conjures a Seed of Destruction. The Seed is then launched at the nearest enemy, dealing physical damage equal to the total health absorbed

Health absorbed from each enemy: 36919 (depends on magic attack)

Iris first artifact

When Iris uses the Expose Soul skill in combat, t can it will trigger an effect that gives bonus stats to the whole team for 9 seconds. Magic attack +32040

Iris Pet Patronages

Iris can be patronaged by Oliver, Albus and King Biscuit. Iris first skill depends on health, Oliver patronage increases Iris health by +99576 (max developed Oliver).

Iris’ last 3 skills depends on magic attack. Both Albus and King Biscuit increase Iris Magic attack by +9957.

Our favorite pet to patronage Iris is Albus, because of Albus’ third skill Pure Victory. Increase Pure Damage dealt by the master. Adds 74.998%

The last skill from Iris “Seed of Destruction” becomes more powerful with Albus patronage.

Which Iris Skill is the best one?

At a first look Iris first skill Expose Soul looks like her best skill, but we figured out with the right support, Iris best skill actually is her last skill Seed of Destruction.

In our tests inside Olympus, we found out that Iris Seed of Destruction skill becomes very powerful and dangerous if supported by Albus patronage and Nebula’s Equilibrium skill. To explain in more detail we will do some math:

Iris Stats in max development including ascension and branch:

Intelligence 17179

Agility 2631

Strength 3286

Health 433555

Physical attack 22491

Magic attack: 106074

Armor 18084

Magic defense 31203

Armor Penetration 26220

Magic penetration 3490

We need Magic attack to understand how last skill is calculated

Magic attack 106074 x 25% +10400 = 36 918

Now we are going to add patronage addition of magic attack and nebula support

Iris Magic attack 106074 + Albus patronage stat 9957 + Nebula Equilibrium 163275

Total 279306

Now we are going to find out how much pure damage the last skill will add

279306 x 25% + 10400 = 80227 damage per hero

Now we will add Albus’ third skill, this will increase Pure Damage dealt by the master. Adds 74.998%

80227 + 74.998%= 140395 damage per hero

Iris attacks 5 heroes with last skill, so 5 x 140 395 = 701975 total pure damage.

In this calculation we didn’t add Iris artifact Magic Attack.

This is the first part of damage, but we are not done yet. Iris partially absorbs the health of all enemies on the battlefield and conjures a Seed of Destruction. The Seed is then launched at the nearest enemy, dealing physical damage equal to the total health absorbed

Which means,  701975 absorbed health now launches a seed to the nearest enemy dealing physical damage.

Total damage from skill 4 is 701975 pure damage and 701975 physical damage

This number will increase, if you add other supportive heroes  with magic attack artifacts.

Seed of Destruction skill physical damage requires armor penetration to one shot any hero with 701975 damage. If the first skill is activated “Expose Soul”,  there is no need for armor penetration.

You may consider using Martha to speed up Iris skills + to protect Iris from not being in the last position, which makes her very vulnerable to Jhu.

Conclusion: Iris 4^th skill “Seed of Destruction” is the most powerful skill if it gets supported correctly. 

Combinations

Iris possible combinations.

Aurora, Celeste, Sebastian, Iris, Martha.

Corvus, Morrigan, Nebula, Iris, Martha.

Corvus, Morrigan, Nebula, Iris, Phobos.

Rufus, Isaac, Nebula, Iris, Martha.

Arachne, Dante, Nebula, Iris, Martha.

Astaroth, Khark, Isaac, Sebastian, Iris.

Astaroth, Nebula, Iris, Lian, Martha.

Rufus, Alvanor, Nebula, Iris, Martha.

Aurora, Isaac, Nebula, Iris, Martha.