HEROs is a pretty normal deck with many weaknesses, sometimes fatal weaknesses and many memes based on that, but in Duel Links it's different, with the appearance of Skill. HEROs Enjoyer reached the top of society once again until it was nerfed
How to Play HEROs
Skill
Dragonic Contact (Skill Card) (100%)
Dragonic Contact (Skill Card)
ATK:
0
DEF:
0
You can use this Skill's second effect once per turn if your Deck contains "Rainbow Dragon". 1: You cannot Special Summon monsters, except "Neos", "Yubel", "Elemental HERO", and "Neo-Spacian" monsters. 2: Send 1 Warrior monster or Level 10 monster from your hand or face-up field to the Graveyard, then play 1 of the following monsters from your Deck or Graveyard in face-down Defense Position (its battle position can be changed), and add 1 "Super Polymerization" from your Deck and 1 "Polymerization" from outside of your Deck to your hand. - "Elemental HERO Neos" - "Ultimate Crystal" monster - WIND "Armed Dragon" monster (treated as having been Special Summoned by the effect of an "Armed Dragon" monster)
When using this skill, you can only summon monsters " Neos" , "Elemental HERO", " Yubel " or "Neo-Spacian", which reduces the diversity when building a deck.
CORE
Level 10 monsters
Rainbow Dragon
ATK:
4000
DEF:
0
(This card is always treated as an "Ultimate Crystal" card.) Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by having 7 "Crystal Beast" cards with different names on your field and/or GY. This card cannot activate the following effects the turn it is Special Summoned. (Quick Effect): You can send all face-up "Crystal Beast" monsters you control to the GY; this card gains 1000 ATK for each monster sent to the GY. You can banish all "Crystal Beast" monsters from your GY; shuffle all cards on the field into the Deck.
Armed Dragon Thunder LV10
ATK:
3000
DEF:
2000
If this card was Special Summoned by the effect of an "Armed Dragon" monster, it gains the following effects based on its ATK. ● 1+: Its name becomes "Armed Dragon LV10". ● 10+: Control of it cannot switch. ● 100+: Cannot be destroyed by battle. ● 1000+: Once per opponent's turn (Quick Effect): You can send 1 card from your hand to the GY, then target 1 other card on the field; destroy it, and if you do, this card gains 1000 ATK. ● 10000+: Once per turn: You can destroy all other cards on the field.
Neos Wiseman
ATK:
3000
DEF:
3000
Cannot be Normal Summoned or Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand) by sending 1 face-up "Elemental HERO Neos" and 1 face-up "Yubel" you control to the Graveyard, and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. This card cannot be destroyed by card effects. At the end of the Damage Step, if this card battled an opponent's monster: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to the ATK of the monster it battled, and you gain Life Points equal to that monster's DEF.
Yubel
ATK:
0
DEF:
0
This card cannot be destroyed by battle. You take no Battle Damage from battles involving this card. Before damage calculation, when this face-up Attack Position card is attacked by an opponent's monster: Inflict damage to your opponent equal to that monster's ATK. During your End Phase: Tribute 1 other monster or destroy this card. When this card is destroyed, except by its own effect: Its owner can Special Summon 1 "Yubel - Terror Incarnate" from their hand, Deck, or Graveyard.
Jump straight by skill onto the field (except Du Beo)
E - Emergency Call and Elemental HERO Stratos (x3)
Increases deck stability, can search almost any deck in hand
Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier (x2-3)
Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier
ATK:
1400
DEF:
1300
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can target 1 Level 4 or lower "HERO" monster in your GY, except "Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier"; Special Summon it. If this card is used as Fusion Material for a "HERO" monster, and sent to the GY or banished: You can draw 2 cards, then discard 1 card. You can only use 1 "Elemental HERO Liquid Soldier" effect per turn, and only once that turn.
Elemental HERO Sunrise and Miracle Fusion (Extend Combo)
Elemental HERO Sunrise
ATK:
2500
DEF:
1200
2 "HERO" monsters with different Attributes Must be Fusion Summoned. Monsters you control gain 200 ATK for each different Attribute you control. You can only use each of the following effects of "Elemental HERO Sunrise" once per turn. ● If this card is Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Miracle Fusion" from your Deck to your hand. ● When an attack is declared involving another "HERO" monster you control: You can target 1 card on the field; destroy it.
It seems like after the combo runs out of resources in your hand and field, you search for a card in your hand that allows you to use resources in the grave to fuse.
Elemental HERO Neos (x1-3)
Pulled out by skill, has light attribute so it can be used as fusion material for many monsters, including Sunrise (2 different attributes)
Elemental HERO Great Tornado (x1)
You spread out the field extremely large, opp was negated by your staples, the way for opp to get through your field was to punch, but you played this card and split the ATK/DEF of all opp monsters, making opp extremely helpless.
x1
Elemental HERO Gaia
ATK:
2200
DEF:
2600
1 "Elemental HERO" monster + 1 EARTH monster Must be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. When this card is Fusion Summoned: Target 1 face-up monster your opponent controls; until the End Phase, its ATK is halved and this card gains the same amount of ATK.
Elemental HERO The Shining
ATK:
2600
DEF:
2100
1 "Elemental HERO" monster + 1 LIGHT monster Must be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. This card gains 300 ATK for each of your banished "Elemental HERO" monsters. When this card is sent from the field to the Graveyard: You can target up to 2 of your banished "Elemental HERO" monsters; add those targets to your hand.
Pick up enemy monsters to summon these cards, both stealing enemy monsters and giving your team +1 body to defend more firmly.
Super and Polymerization and Polymerization (Yugo)
Poly : fusion,... well, no need to bring it because the skill automatically creates this card for you to use.
Elemental HERO Solid Soldier and Elemental HERO Blazeman (x0-3)
Elemental HERO Solid Soldier
ATK:
1300
DEF:
1100
When this card is Normal Summoned: You can Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "HERO" monster from your hand. If this card is sent from the Monster Zone to the GY by a Spell effect: You can target 1 "HERO" monster in your GY, except "Elemental HERO Solid Soldier"; Special Summon it in Defense Position. You can only use this effect of "Elemental HERO Solid Soldier" once per turn.
Elemental HERO Blazeman
ATK:
1200
DEF:
1800
If this card is Normal or Special Summoned: You can add 1 "Polymerization" from your Deck to your hand. During your Main Phase: You can activate this effect; you cannot Special Summon monsters for the rest of this turn, except Fusion Monsters, also send 1 "Elemental HERO" monster from your Deck to the GY, except "Elemental HERO Blazeman", and if you do, this card's Attribute and ATK/DEF become the same as the monster sent to the GY, until the end of this turn. You can only use 1 "Elemental HERO Blazeman" effect per turn, and only once that turn.
Other HEROes with good effects support good gameplay, depending on whether you like to play or are suitable for this gameplay or not, it can bring
Staple
Mystical Space Typhoon (x1-3)
no limit and no once per turn, good spell/trap destroyer, good on turn 1 or 2, strongest on turn 2
Book of Eclipse (x0-3)
Book of Eclipse
Change all face-up monsters on the field to face-down Defense Position. During the End Phase of this turn, change as many face-down Defense Position monsters your opponent controls as possible to face-up Defense Position, then your opponent draws cards equal to the number of monsters changed face-up by this effect.
Turn all face-up monsters into face-down monsters. If used at the right time, it will slow down the opponent by 1 turn, and in the next turn, you will OTK the enemy with extremely strong field clearing ability from HERO and Armed Dragon.
Effect Veiler and D.D. Crow (Hand trap)
cards thrown from the hand to make things difficult for the opponent
Forbidden Droplet (x0-3)
Forbidden Droplet
Send any number of other cards from your hand and/or field to the GY; choose that many Effect Monsters your opponent controls, and until the end of this turn, their ATK is halved, also their effects are negated. In response to this card's activation, your opponent cannot activate cards, or the effects of cards, with the same original type (Monster/Spell/Trap) as the cards sent to the GY to activate this card. You can only activate 1 "Forbidden Droplet" per turn.
Blocks enemy monster effects and splits ATK/DEF so you can sweep their field easier. If you discard monsters/spells or traps to use this card, the enemy will not be able to use monsters/spells or traps to get in the way of this card.
other interesting leaves
Lost Wind
Target 1 face-up Special Summoned monster on the field; negate its effects, also its original ATK is halved. If a monster is Special Summoned from your opponent's Extra Deck, while this card is in your GY (except during the Damage Step): You can Set this card, but banish it when it leaves the field.
Winged Kuriboh LV6
ATK:
300
DEF:
200
(This card is always treated as an "Elemental HERO" and "Favorite" card.) Cannot be Normal Summoned/Set. Must be Special Summoned (from your hand or GY) by banishing 1 "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monster or 1 "Winged Kuriboh" from your hand, face-up Monster Zone, or GY. You can only Special Summon "Winged Kuriboh LV6" once per turn this way. When an opponent's monster declares an attack, or when your opponent activates a monster effect on the field (Quick Effect): You can Tribute this card; destroy that monster, and if you do, inflict damage to your opponent equal to its original ATK.
Elemental HERO Core
ATK:
2700
DEF:
2200
3 "Elemental HERO" monsters Must be Fusion Summoned and cannot be Special Summoned by other ways. Once per turn, when this card is targeted for an attack: You can make this card's ATK become double its current ATK until the end of the Damage Step. At the end of the Battle Phase, if this card battled: You can target 1 monster on the field; destroy it. When this card is destroyed by battle or card effect: You can target 1 Level 8 or lower "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monster in your Graveyard; Special Summon it, ignoring its Summoning conditions.
Ghost Mourner & Moonlit Chill
ATK:
0
DEF:
1800
If your opponent Special Summons a monster(s) face-up (except during the Damage Step): You can discard this card, then target 1 of those face-up monsters; negate its effects until the end of this turn, also if that face-up monster leaves the field this turn, its controller takes damage equal to its original ATK. You can only use this effect of "Ghost Mourner & Moonlit Chill" once per turn.
Elemental HERO Grandmerge
ATK:
0
DEF:
0
2 "HERO" Normal Monsters Must be Fusion Summoned. Gains ATK/DEF equal to the combined original Levels of the materials used for its Fusion Summon x 300. When this card destroys an opponent's monster by battle: You can Tribute this card; Special Summon 1 "Elemental HERO" Fusion Monster from your Extra Deck, ignoring its Summoning conditions, but it cannot attack monsters with an equal or lower Level than it.
depending on the player, there are different playing styles, these are cards that are rarely used and are only used by a few people, usually only 1-2 cards. To put it bluntly, you can put any card in the staple :/