Heroes

Hero Management
​Heroes can speed up activities or increase the strength of attacks and defense In all of these, you can re-assign that hero to do something else once the activity is started
 * Research - assign your highest hero to start research in a city (in Great Hall)
 * Training - assign your highest hero to train troops in a city
 * Construction - assign your highest hero to start construction or upgrade a building
 * Resource Production - this only speeds up production while a hero is assigned.

Defense

 * Keep your highest hero here if you open your city regularly, or just don't want to forget to put it on training
 * Since growing might is the most important activity, keeping highest here means less hero-swapping
 * If you want to enhance production, use second highest hero and you'll get some boost

Leveling up
Every attack gains a hero 20 xp, and at lower levels, repeat-hitting a lvl 2 city (abandonded) will get you up pretty fast. Each level is harder to gain, so eventually, the only way to make serious progress is with "Train With" runes.

Train with Warriors = 1,000 xp

Train with Archers = 10,000 xp

Train with Gandalf = 50,000 xp

Hero's Glory and Renown Items
The Hero's Glory and Renown look alike but do completely different things to a hero.

A Glory item takes the hero directly to the level indicated. A Hero's Glory 220 will take any hero to level 220 at no cost. Use this item on a lower hero (or your favorite)

A Renown Item only adds one level to a hero, but never beyond the level indicated. A Hero's Renown 220 will take a level 212 hero and upgrade to level 213. It will also work on lower level hero's but this isn't recommended since it's easier to use a train with or use the hero for attacks at lower level.

The value of the Glory items is signficant, but the Renowns are more of a bling item since they only add 1/2 percent power to a hero's abilities. They "finish off" heroes that land at the 212 or 215 levels so they can get to higher levels.

Renown 215
Hero level 212 - 214

Renown 220
Hero level 215 - 219

Renown 225
Hero level 220 - 224

Renown 230
Hero level 225 - 229

Renown 235
Hero level 230- 234

Renown 240
Hero level 235 - 239

Renown 245
Hero level 240- 244