Since we can get books of heroes from multiple sources. Upgrading which hero first using the books will be the best value?
Are you guys using these books one for each hero since every hero takes 8 days anyways Or all of them on one singular hero? And if so, which hero to upgrade first?
Cuz 3 starring consistently without warden is borderline impossible so upgrading him gives the best quality of life but his stats barely increase to be worth booking, and Upgrading other heroes can give better stat increase to make your offense stronger but u can just upgrade most of them one by one anyways.

Warden
Warden first. I can't attack without him.
I just keep my minion prince down since I don't use him often. Hammers and books shift to the other heroes next.
warden as of now
It depends on how which strategy you use, I use rc walk so I use them on rc then other heroes
I'm really enjoying Fireball attacks, whether its meteor golems or the catalyst army (furnace yeti rocket loons)
But even for that I feel like upgrading RC will help more with the attack than upgrading the warden.
But it's just that upgrading warden without books is pain so i will upgrade him using books first.
Yes
1) Warden, he never sleeps, he's the spoiled child who gets everything to himself
2) RC
I personally cycle King/Queen/Prince for upgrades and upgrade one constantly while I use the other 2
This is the way.
warden till it is maxed
Archer queen because all my heroes are seriously underleveled so I focus on one at a time.
Isn't that more reason to upgrade them all ASAP?
For me it depends on the clan. My clan frowned on ‘no heroes’ for war so I did one at a time so I’d continue to get ore, cause let’s be real, it’s clash of equipments. Potions carried until my heroes were caught up 🤷♂️ I suppose everyone has an opinion on this. It’s definitely more efficient to just put them all down and war with no heroes- at least to the 8day mark
I don't really see how underleveled heroes would affect that though, seems like it'd be better to just do bad wars or opt out and try to level up ASAP
If your heroes are underleveled then I can almost guarantee your equipment is too. Since leveling equipment is just as important as leveling heroes, you have to find some middle ground to do both.
It’s good if you have a good clan that you can attack without heroes, but opting out of wars definitely hurts overall attack progression so I did the one at a time and just attacked with weaker heroes and potions for cwl. Level one or two heroes at a time til it takes 8days and level the rest with books.
Like I said, it’s just an opinion in the sea of opinions on the topic 🤷♂️
My equipment isn't as underleveled as my heroes, most of the equipment pieces I use are maxed or nearly maxed. I can consistently get 2 stars in war so personally it's not really an issue in war (fortunately).
Well getting 2 stars consistently is terrible imo
For the average level of my clan it's enough. We don't aim for perfect results. They're already happy when I don't forget to attack...
understandable.
Depends on your attack strategy. Either rc for rc charge or warden for fireball funneling
Selling thenm to buy more shovels
King I can upgrade without books so the other 4, I like minion tanking so him first
I don't know any good th18 armies that don't use warden so...warden.
*th11-18
Sneezy pet prolly
My heroes are severely under leveled so gotta focus on them to upgrade it normally first
Facts
I already maxxed Warden and Queen 🤣 Next up is the RC
U probably get the pass then
Warden, it’s the Hero with the best improvement in stats per level, 2nd after Warden is BK
Yep warden for the fireball meteor golem attacks
We get total 16-18 book of hero in 12 months. From cg and season end book of hero.
My hero upgrade strategy. Upgrade RC , queen to max using book of hero (from previous th, cg , season end) and hammers within first 2 months .(Around 2 book saved from previous townhall this time)
Minion prince normal upgrade.no book or hero.
After rc ,queen max Rest months king and warden upgrade with season end book of hero and clan games book of hero. So practically only MP down for normal upgrade. Rest always available.
Haven't started upgrading my warden yet (imo that elexir is better used for other upgrades first. Eg the guardians) but when i start upgrading him, definitely gonna use the boh on him, since he's the one hero in litterally every attack.
Other then that threw them on the RC currently, since i'm using rc charge
I’m upgrading my four main heroes (omitting minion prince) evenly, so they finish at same time, so use books on whichever is farther from max than the others. But if they’re all equal distance from max, I favor upgrading archer queen…she seems most clutch for my brainless dragon attacks.
Warden > MP > RC > Queen > King
What if I'm not using MP for offense currently. Cuz i can keep him down all the time either way. So upgrading him using books just to make my defense stronger feels not worth it to me.
Ofcourse if you are using the Hydra army then MP is the way.
Warden > RC > Queen > King > MP
This.
Nah IMO best way is warden with books whilst MP is down. Then when warden done RC on books. Mp done then king goes down and i use air armies for a month. Then queen with books. Best way
Slide him all the way right
I have used Hero Books for all heroes for all levels total 25 books.
Thanks for keeping coc free for us. 😁
Wait is there a difference between a whale and a dolphin?
Oh I see. The difference is obamium
I would consider dolphin as someone who buys gold pass + event pass + many good offers from shop every month and have at least 1 set of cosmetics.
Whale is someone who buys every single shop offers unless they are absolutely horrible (loot and resource potions etc) on top of what dolphins already spend. Have multiple different skin sets and sceneries, buy stuff across multiple accounts and hoard the books to max out an update within a month.
Goldfish is just Gold pass havers.
I see. Obamium wasn't the answer after all :'/
That's what I do as well. Why upgrading any without books if there are only 25 new hero lvls pro year?
Warden
Warden then RC
I already maxed King, Queen and Warden so the next in line is RC then MP
damn 🗿
Warden, RC and MP are maxed so Queen.
After all defences done now ive put 3 lvls on mp with builder,rc maxed with books,aq and bk next and warden last all with books since its such a small upgrade i dont wanna be down heroes at all
By this point, all heroes except MP have already been upgraded to the maximum.
I maxed my king first because he had the highest increase in dmg and hp out of the other heroes. Now I’m doing warden then rc then queen
Rc on all my accs cuz its lowest level and easiest to upgrade. Also my every atk starts with rc charge so it helps masively then warden.
but why are you using hero books on the shortest upgrades? shouldn't you be doing the opposite?
Tbh on 3 accs i rushed af for few months and keep all heros down all the time so by the time my builder base is done(using hero books on the chopper) my rc i already around 30ish lvl and then book her for 20 lvl idk lol i just got back this year to game and found rc charge so fun last time i played it was qeen charge meta
I’ve been doing warden and rc at once. Already maxed rc from event, gold pass and saved CWL medals and warden is at 78.
Warden and RC mostly
Did my queen, then warden.
Rc is 4 lvls away from max.
And i just use builders for minion and king.
I love my king its level 85. Queen is at level 74 champion 28 and warden 54
I maxed my heroes last hammer jam except the MP. Only reason I upgraded early to th 18 was so that I could use my books on the warden. He is too important for any army. I would rather use my books to have the warden up for 24 days rather than using those books on the MP.
All
GW, RC are max, MP needs 1 more level, after that BoH for queen/king
Warden then Champion. I already have my queen maxed.
RC=warden>queen>king=prince
Grand warden since he is irreplaceable. Then I am going to either do queen or RC.
All of them, just finished making them all yesterday
Warden, King, Queen, RC, MP based on importance to my attack
Already maxed queen and rc, working on warden and king depending on which resource I have more of
Warden
I always max the queen first, then the warden, then the champion, then alternate between the prince and king depending on what army I'm practicing at the moment.
None maxed all of them alrdy
Warden, but I'm a whale so I have everyone maxed but the Prince. So I guess then I'm spending them on Sneezy or Frosty.
I maxed my rc now warden
Immediately maxed my RC for the RC charge
Then did king because he gets better stat increases.
Now I'm doing queen. Last warden.
I'm booking or using hammers, I'm not staying without my heroes in LL
Only got queen left to max, so her
Archer queen because I recently unlocked the champion so I wouldn't get as much value from using it on her
MP since RC and warden are maxed. But I maxed the warden first.
RC > Warden > Archer Queen > King > Minion Prince
Just finished my warden, now working on RC. After that I don't care which order.
DE i do RC first. Spare elixir obviously goes to warden. Then I do MP AQ and lastly BK
Warden baby!
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King 🎀
Royal champ and warden
Pet 👀
Warden, Queen
By order of importance to my attacks:
Warden -> RC -> Bk -> AQ -> MP
king
Every hero except the one you don't use in your strategy. I haven't had a hero I use down in years. You get enough free hero books and gems to buy hero books every year to cover 20 hero levels before the next TH.
with gold pass, event pass, and clan games (ones including heros book), you can realistically max all heroes by June-July 2026 using books only, you get 2 books from gp and ~3 from ep every other month, plus occasional ones from cg or chests. If your heroes were already max for TH17, it's basically inevitable-no need to keep heroes down, just use books as they come
If your heroes are already TH17 max, does 5 extra levels really make a difference at TH18? The DPS and HP is minimal
Used 5 books on my warden and maxed him first, any books from now will be used for king or queen
What is the one in the top right corner?
Used all the books I have on Warden and RC (Both maxed now).
MP on normal upgrade.
BK and AQ get any books I may acquire from now and onwards.
AQ>RC>Warden>BK>MP
AQ: has the highest level Equipments (Mirror/ Action Figure) RC: walk still broken, also works well with totem Warden: Stats not that important, only need the invincibility and heal BK: EQ Boots and Spiky Ball for Funneling not that important for me MP: No idea, never used him. Maxing only for completion on Clash Ninja
rc then warden, but it usually doesnt matter because I get enough books to never have a hero down manually (except MP)
Since I'm rushed the one who take the longest time receive the book
Warden ofc
I never use it on KING
Warden then champion then minion prince then queen
Used books on warden then RC then on queen. Now 5 levels on king are left and 3 levels for the minion prince.
I use books on almost every hero. They only one I don't book is the one I'm not currently using. When I was doing ground smash exclusively, I would upgrade the Minion Prince the normal way. Now I'm doing air attacks, so I upgrade the King the normal way. Everyone else gets books.
My comp isn't using the King, so the King gets upgraded by hand. This leaves 5 lvls x 4 heroes = 20 levels to upgrade.
I celebrate maxing each Hero with a Hammer, 16 levels left.
Over the 12 months to TH19, we'll get 12 (silver pass) + 2 (games) = 14 Hero Books
So I bought 2 books w/ gems (got a few in chests but not many) and now I'll slow-walk the rest w/ free books.
Order of upgrade is : RC, then Warden or Prince (depending on what ressource I have when I get the book), Queen last. King gets a dedicated Builder until he's maxxed (currently 103-104 on various accounts); that builder will move on to storages then collectors.
GW
Warden’s the obvious choice, but I’m personally using books on my RC (and then Warden) since that alone can take out a major chunk of a base.
Gonna put everybody down at once though. Just using books on my RC when possible. Then Warden, then Queen, then Prince, and finally King.
AQ or GW
it's either Warden or RC
Warden ,RC done... No books left... 😅
My highest priority always been:
Warden, then king. Rc and queen are max.
Pets
💀
The pets I use are all maxed out except Frosty who needs 5 levels, I ain't spending books to upgrade that then have nothing left of use to upgrade in pet house.
Queen, King, Warden, Champion, Prince, in that order.
King & Warden, the RC, Queen, Minion.
I have just only one book of hero to read to the 4 heros of my great Harry army
I never upgrade heros without books. So all of them?
I'm willing to slow upgrade BK, AQ and MP one at a time, but not to attack when it matters without GW or RC so those are what I'm using hero books on. If I skip a tournament week, or get all my attacks done on day 1, I might try to get multiple slow hero upgrades going.
All of them
All of them
Warden, and nobody else.
Got my warden to his new max. Followed by my RC.
Now have my king at 103 about to get another book to send him to 104. Then I’ll do my queen.
None they max. Be using it on a pet instead
I have my king, rc, and minion prince maxed. Meteor golem meta in LL has shelved the MP for now but still nice to have on defense. GW is next. Finished yesterday top 4k global btw.
I did all of them on Sneezy tbh, cuz damn that takes a while to Max her put
Grand warden > RC > AQ > BK = MP
As a th10 player
Warden
The ones im upgrading
Honestly it might be viable to just use free magic items for the heroes now and not use any resource or builder beyond that. Wait for hammer jam then knock all the rem out. If we assume 2 books per months (f2p) in 11 months you can get 22 level for free bassically(remember thou its not consistant the book in clan game).
Whichever one is the highest level since they will have the longest upgrade time to skip
I usually do all my ranked attacks in the first 1-2 days of a league week, and then for the rest of the week and beginning of the next week I’m upgrading heroes that take 7-8 days, and then the next week I do all my league attacks in the LAST 1-2 days.
This way I always have my heroes up for league attacks, and I don’t really need heroes for regular farming attacks
All on warden
Warden > RC > Queen > King
IMO best way is warden with books whilst MP is down. Then when warden done RC on books. Mp done then king goes down and i use air armies for a month. Then queen with books. Best way
But for everyone at the moment
Queen cuz she’s the highest level, therefore the most value
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I have two books in inventory already. If I get another, it'll be for pets I guess.
My heroes are maxed already
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It's just gems to me
I just sell it 😂
Warden
It's always the warden mate.
Warden, rc, and prince. 1 for each
Im just upgrading heroes with books, so I used first on Royal Champion because I got so much DE hanging around, and shes on 99% of attacks. Now im using on queen for the same reason. Probably will max warden next
RC (maxed) > Queen (104) > Prince > Warden > King
Fighter, warden, queen, king, and prince.
warden first coz no substitute also with warden charge being in meta it makes a significant diff
queen or rc next
mp and king last priority (both are generally interchangeable in a wide variety of strategies) would suggest to always upgrade one of them manually
AQ. Maxed AQ and some freeze spells can take out half the base. Then Warden, BK, RC. Rc first cause she has fewer levels and is faster to max.
RC > King > Warden > Other 2
I dont upgrade those 3, only use books. Id rather wait than not being able to participate in wars. I get enough hero potions from gold pass, I can boost heroes in CWL.
Ive already maxed RC, close to maxing King, then its wardens turn.
I choose King over warden because the stats for upgrading King are actually decent.
None of them, they are already max level 😄
RC
As someone with all heros except barb king maxxed, i first used on warden>RC>Queen>King
if you dont use prince in your attacks you can safely slow upgrade him and in ranked attacks it will default to previous level
Rc
Warden was first then the King and then RC followed by the Queen and now I’m stuck with MP at 91 and I use him now for a Dragon rider attack
Im at 18 so it doesnt matter since with gp ud have spare books before 19 comes out. I did rc, into prince, warden then, prolly queen and then king
King.
Warden -> RC -> AQ -> MP/BK -> MP/BK
The last two depend on attack strategy
my champion is closest to being max level so her first i suppose
me who isnt even th18 yet. these walls man
Warden > king > champion > queen.
Based on my current strat, this is this priority list
warden
Warden and RC first. Now topping off king and queen. Minion prince will be last.
Warden and RC priority using books/hammers
Once both RC and warden are maxed, books go into queen to max out
MP and King are upgraded normally and just use armies that swap them out
All of them. Duh
Warden and Queen for me. The others I can switch between air and ground attacks to make work, but those 2 I use in all my attacks. Action Figure is just too good for the Queen to nap, and nothing works without the Warden.
book to rc,hammer to queen,mp down in cwl,wwarden maxxed,barb 10 level so i will upgrade after maxxing all
I have more books of herons than I know what to spend on
Warden or rc, I'm still using invi walk even tho is not the strongest strategy anymore but I'm th 17 so i can't use the new meta anyway.
I spent my books on rc first. And minion prince is down first and I upgrade my air attacks. Then once minion done king will go down.
I did Royal Champion then Warden, now working on Queen. All books or hammers. I did MP without any but builder apprentice.
I did RC first (slightly better DPS and HP increase over AQ), AQ just finished, and then I’m doing BK next because he gets the most DPS and HP per upgrade.
Warden is the most important hero to have up 24/7, but his stat gains really don’t make a difference at all unless you do FB. So MP (will be 85 when I stop upgrading him manually) and warden will slowly be maxed with GP and CG books.
I’ll have 20 8 day levels to do between MP BK and GW, and I’m guaranteed 2 books a month from GP and the free pass, so I’ll easily max heroes without spending additional money or having any heroes down, and only wasting a handful of books converting to gems before 19 drops. And for important attacks I can always hero pot up if I really need that last little boost. I haven’t had any problems with TH17 maxed heroes in ED32 or Champs 3.
Rc
I use them for gems
Warden or rc
The main 4 I use, only need 1 more for 105 king then all that’s left is minion prince but he will be after all attack buildings are updated. First week I put champion warden and queen and used as many builder potions as I could to get them maxed out before joining ranked battles.
Books + Hammer (at the end of the month): RC -> GW -> AQ -> BK
Upgrade cycle: MP (always on upgrade until maxed) -> BK -> AQ
Buy the Research Potion and the Builder Potion to speed up the upgrades
When MP is on upgrade, use ground attacks more, and air attacks work without MP as well, but with MP, overall speed + efficiency of the air attacks is better
Once MP is maxed out, try switching to using air attacks, while hybrid armies perform well with AQ or BK swapped out with MP
Attacks I have been using lately:
1. Fireball + Throwers (MP was down)
2. Fireball + Furnace + Yeti Kill squad (BK is down)
BK. If more than 1 hero is down it's not like i'll win anything outside of no modifiers, and BK speeds up farm hits nicely
AQ. My attacks start with a Queen Charge, so without the Queen I can’t do anything.
Most of the time the ones that i am upgrading...
Queen, champion, warden, prince, king. In that order.
My heros are max
I can attack as long as I have my warden the support he gives is just to good so warden
Warden then RC
My mom (no seriously)
Warden and queen
Warden, RC, Queen, Prince, King
AQ > RC > Warden > BK all books
MP on regular timer, 1 more level 'til max
AQ and RC maxed now. Warden 2 more books 'til max.
King,warden,rc,queen minion prince is almost max always on the 6th builder upgrading
All on warden
All of them, only thing besides starry ore worth spending gems on. I haven't hard upgraded a hero in years. Priority goes to warden or champion depending on what resources ive got.
None any more but aq first then warden.
Warden then queen then king. MP can just upgrade after defenses.
warden then RC then queen then prince then king
RC>GW>BK>AQ.. I won’t use hero books on MP cuz I’m not an air attacker.
AQ = GW > MP = RC > BK
Queen maxed
My heros are max already so none
King queen warden and jawline thrower are upgraded successfully . Only that minions king is left
Queen, then King, then Warden, then Royal Champion.