With our tier list State of Survival heroes in 2022, you can make good choices and avoid wasting your resources. In this SoS hero guide, I'll introduce you to all the hero types, their specialisations, the prerequisites to level them up, improve their rank and make the most of their situational skills.
First of all, it is important to group the heroes by category. Each type of hero has a natural bonus linked to it.
Major
In our tier list heroes State of Survival, there are currently 3 major survivor types, recognizable by the icon next to their in-game name:
Shooter, represented by the aiming icon - the shooter grants bonuses to Hunter units in your army, such as Lucky.
Brawler, illustrated by the clenched fist icon - this type focuses on boosting Infantry troops, on foot;
Scout, identified by its knife icon - the scout increases the stats of the Riders troops, your cavalry against zombies.
While some heroes have a very specific use, others benefit from several sub-types that make them versatile. Our main tip is therefore to make sure you have a certain balance in your team between the different specialities, major and minor.
SoS hero rarity and power level
Then, the heroes are divided by rarity. This rarity may seem incidental, but it actually defines their maximum power and therefore influences our tier list of State of Survival heroes.
In reality, a hero of the epic or legendary type evolved at the same stage will have a similar utility, but in the long run most heroes of higher rank are a better investment because you won't reach a power ceiling too quickly. Rarity can be recognised on each hero by the colour of its icon.
Elite / Rare (blue) - You can get these heroes very easily by following the game's starting line. They are quite weak and will not be of much use to you, but can be used in the early game, especially for resource collection.
Epic (purple) - These heroes are available relatively easily. With a medium power level, they can still be very effective depending on the current level of development of your state. You can obtain epic SoS heroes through scouting missions and hero research.
Legendary (orange) - Legendary heroes are difficult to obtain and some even require payment. However, this translates particularly well into more bonuses and more power than heroes of other rarities. Therefore, they generally occupy a prominent place in our tier list of State of Survival heroes.
Resonant - Resonant heroes are legendary heroes with the ability to copy the advancement of another hero. This means you can use them later in the game when you unlock them and you don't have to invest in them as you can simply have them copy the advancement of your most advanced hero. As a result, they will instantly be on par with the rest of your composition, very handy!
Which heroes to improve in State of Survival?
As in all games with a gacha system, the best advice I can give you is this: don't spread yourself too thin. Avoid wasting your hero upgrade resources on just anyone. Prepare your strategy and aim for the endgame and the SoS hero generations it brings.
Tier List main State of Survival heroes to improve
Choosing 3 or 4 heroes from the tier list SoS to focus on if you want to use them in the end-game is certainly the best way to proceed. Obviously, you have to take into account the type of each hero to avoid duplicates. Boosting two Shooter heroes to the max and having none of them good enough as a Brawler would leave your army very weak. Therefore, it is better to prepare a hero for each important aspect of the game: garrison, rally, PvP, infected... This tier list of State of Survival heroes focuses primarily on the early/mid-game.
Heroes
Types
Rarity
Information
Travis
Pathfinder, Infected
Epic
Travis is a State of Survival hero to be constantly upgraded as you will never go without him to save stamina. He is a major asset for your development.
Joker
Pathfinder, Headquarters
Resonant
Joker is currently the best Pathfinder hero for boosting Riders. To use him to his full potential, simply resonate him with your most advanced Pathfinder hero. He will be used in PvP in particular.
Maddie & Frank
Scout, Patrol, Rally
Legendary
Maddie & Frank will serve you well. She is one of the best scouts and will prove useful over several generations. Her multiple types make her a particularly useful hero, as her upgrades give you many different uses.
Nanami
Fighter, Harvest
Epic
Nanami can easily replace Chef and will prove her usefulness quickly while remaining useful later as a garrison SoS hero.
Miho (or Zoe)
Scout, Seat, Rally
Legendary
Miho replaces Sarge in the later stages of the game and shines with her versatility, as does Zoe, who takes her place even later in the game.
Nikola
Brawler, Infected, Rally
Legendary
Nikola is one of the best State of Survival heroes specialising in garrison. He can boost tower defence, which is a great advantage.
Jeb
Shooter, Seat, Rally
Legendary
For the rally, Jeb works well, as well as Maddie & Frank, and also boosts the damage of the troops.
Ray & Rolex
Fighter, Patrol, Siege
Legendary
Ray & Rolex is mainly used in garrison.
Eva
Shooter, Seat
Eva is an effective PvP hunter.
Sarge
Shooter, Infected
Epic
Although it will lose its effectiveness over time until generation 3, Sarge is a good starting point for your composition as it is easy to level up.
Best heroes for resource collection
There are four harvesting heroes in State of Survival, each with their own speciality that you will need to exploit to achieve better results.
Heroes
Type
Rarity
Usefulness
Chief (or Nanami)
Fighter, Harvest
Epic
With his flamethrower, Chef, despite his name, specialises in gathering wood. Probably to fuel his stoves. Epically rare, he is a pretty good investment, as is Mike.
Mike
Shooter, Harvest
Epic
A gunfighter by trade, Mike excels at collecting food.
Rusty
Fighter, Harvest
Rare
Rusty focuses on collecting Metal, where he gets the best results.
Ghost
Scout, Harvest
Rare
Phantom is a hero who will serve you well at the beginning of the game, especially in gas harvesting, his speciality. However, he is not a long term asset in your composition so it is better to avoid focusing on him. His rare type is also an important limitation in his evolution.
How do you upgrade heroes and level them up?
The improvement of heroes is essential to find their real use in the team composition. The level is to be dissociated from the SoS hero rank which we will see in the next section. In order toupgrade your State of Survival heroes, you will need to spend your Combat Manuals carefully choosing which survivors to upgrade first.
Early game heroes such as Ghost or Rusty are not worth the investment. Better to save resources for better heroes as you can find them in our tier list SoS survivors. Manuals can be obtained through various means such as events, quests and fights.
Also, don't waste your resources on Eunjoo, Candy, Jane, Becca or Basel who are easily replaceable for the better. To find all our SoS tips and avoid strategic mistakes, take advantage of our State of Survival tips.
All hero ranks and their prerequisites
To optimise your resource expenditure as much as possible, it is important to know exactly how much each rank costs in terms of resources. This helps you to plan better until the end of the game. Here is a table summarising the ranks, sub-ranks and fragments needed to reach them. Please note that in order to rank up a hero, you must have fragments of that specific hero or universal fragments and a certain number of hero badges.
Rank
Max. level
No. of Fragments
Intermediate ranks
Total
Locate a hero
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10
1
10
Cadet
20
2
5
10
2nd Lieutenant
25
3
5
15
1st Lieutenant
30
5
5
25
Captain
40
8
5
40
Major
50
30
5
150
Lieutenant Colonel
60
70
5
350
Colonel
70
120
5
600
General
80
-
-
-
Total
248
36
1200
Badges are fairly easy to collect, which is why they do not appear in this table.
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This means you can better choose which survivors to upgrade based on your needs and those of your state. Thanks to our tier list of heroes State of Survival in 2022, I hope you can better guide your choices for a smooth game without wasting resources. You'll know everything about hero types, rarities, ranks, and specialties with this guide to making the best composition of SoS heroes. For a complete list of survivors, visit the game's constantly updated wiki.
Yaya
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