Hypogean Faction Investment Guide

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This is the ultimate guide for the Hypogean faction.

Last update: Patch v1.141 (May 2024)

Which Hypogean hero should you ascend first?

Lavatune is the highest Hypogean priority to ascend first. Lucilla is also very important and she can work pretty well even at Mythic ascension. Zolrath and Mortas can be ascended via Challenger Store, but Mortas work great even at Elite ascension. You can also get Zolrath copies on Stargazing if you want to. Canisa & Ruke is a very flexible tank and Kalthin is the best hypogean damage dealer. After ascending them, you may want to focus on ascending Olgath or Khazard. But Khazard only needs Mythic ascension. Mehira is another hero that work great at lower ascensions (Mythic and Elite). Lucretia and Ezizh have been falling off, but they’re still good heroes. Framton is situational, so most F2P players will not need him. Awakened Ezizh does his job pretty well at Legendary ascension. You don’t need to worry about getting more than one copy of him. Mezoth, Vyloris, Zikis, and Leofric are not worth it.

PS: To see the full priority list for Stargazing, check our Stargazing Room guide.

PS2: To check which awakened hypogean hero you should ascend first, check our Temple of Time guide.

In which game mode is each hero relevant?

Here you can check a table that shows the usefulness of each hero in the following game modes:

– CR: Cursed Realm
– NC: Nightmare Corridor
– TS: Treasure Scramble
– Rift: Temporal Rift
– AE: Abyssal Expedition
– CP/KT: Campaign and King’s Tower
– FT: Faction Tower

Hero	CR	NC	TS	Rift	AE	CP/KT	FT
Maetria	Decent	Good	Meta	Decent	Decent	Meta	Meta
Awakened Ezizh	Niche	Decent	Decent	Useless	Useless	Decent	Meta
Lavatune	Meta	Meta	Meta	Meta	Meta	Good	Meta
Lucilla	Good	Meta	Good	Meta	Meta	Good	Meta
Zolrath	Niche	Niche	Meta	Meta	Meta	Meta	Meta
Mortas	Meta	Meta	Decent	Meta	Meta	Decent	Meta
Canisa & Ruke	Good	Good	Good	Meta	Decent	Good	Meta
Olgath	Niche	Good	Good	Decent	Decent	Decent	Good
Khazard	Good	Useless	Useless	Useless	Useless	Meta	Meta
Mehira	Useless	Useless	Useless	Niche	Useless	Meta	Meta
Lucretia	Niche	Decent	Niche	Decent	Good	Good	Meta
Ezizh	Decent	Niche	Good	Decent	Niche	Niche	Good
Framton	Decent	Niche	Decent	Niche	Niche	Decent	Good
Mezoth	Useless	Useless	Niche	Niche	Useless	Useless	Decent
Vyloris	Niche	Useless	Niche	Useless	Useless	Useless	Niche
Zikis	Useless	Useless	Niche	Useless	Niche	Useless	Niche
Leofric	Useless	Useless	Useless	Useless	Useless	Useless	Niche

How much should you invest on each hero?

Here is a list of recommended investments for each Hypogean hero. You will see in the list below the best breakpoints of signatures, furniture and engravings that we recommend for each hero. The breakpoints in bold are the most recommended investments for most F2P players.

S-tier Hypogeans

Lavatune

Signature: Lvl 20 → Lvl 30 → Lvl 35

Furniture: Lvl 3 → Lvl 9

Engraving: Lvl 30 → Lvl 33 (Haste) → Lvl 38 (ATK, Haste) → Lvl 60 → Lvl 61 (Haste) → Lvl 66 (ATK, Haste)

Lucilla

Signature: Lvl 20 → Lvl 30 → Lvl 40

Furniture: Lvl 0 → Lvl 3 → Lvl 9

Engraving: Lvl 0 → Lvl 30 → Lvl 60

A-tier Hypogeans

Maetria

Signature: Lvl 30 → Lvl 40

Furniture: Lvl 3 → Lvl 9

Engraving: Lvl 60 → Lvl 61 (Haste) → Lvl 67 (ATK, Haste, MP)

Eugene

Signature: Lvl 30 → Lvl 35

Furniture: Lvl 3 → Lvl 9

Engraving: Lvl 30 → Lvl 60 → Lvl 61 (Haste) → Lvl 67 (ATK, Haste, MP)

Zolrath

Signature: Lvl 0 → Lvl 20 → Lvl 30

Furniture: Lvl 3 → Lvl 9

Engraving: Lvl 0 → Lvl 11 (ATK, CDA, PP) → Lvl 41 (ATK, CDA, PP)

Mortas

Signature: Lvl 0 → Lvl 20

Furniture: Lvl 0

Engraving: Lvl 0 → Lvl 33 (AS)

Canisa & Ruke

Signature: Lvl 30 → Lvl 35

Furniture: Lvl 0 → Lvl 3 → Lvl 9

Engraving: Lvl 30 → Lvl 36 (IS, TY) → Lvl 60

Kalthin

Signature: Lvl 20 → Lvl 30

Furniture: Lvl 3 → Lvl 9

Engraving: Lvl 30 → Lvl 60

B-tier Hypogeans

Olgath

Signature: Lvl 20 → Lvl 30 → Lvl 40

Furniture: Lvl 3 → Lvl 9

Engraving: Lvl 33 (Haste) → Lvl 41 (ATK, PP, Haste) → Lvl 61 (Haste)

Khazard

Signature: Lvl 30 → Lvl 40

Furniture: Lvl 0 → Lvl 9

Engraving: Lvl 0

Mehira

Signature: Lvl 0 → Lvl 30

Furniture: Lvl 0 → Lvl 3 → Lvl 9

Engraving: Lvl 0 → Lvl 30

C-tier Hypogeans

Lucretia

Signature: Lvl 30

Furniture: Lvl 0 → Lvl 3 → Lvl 9

Engraving: Lvl 30 → Lvl 38 (ATK, PP) → Lvl 60 (Haste) → Lvl 66 (ATK, PP)

Ezizh

Signature: Lvl 0 → Lvl 10 → Lvl 20 → Lvl 30

Furniture: Lvl 0 → Lvl 3 → Lvl 9

Engraving: Lvl 0 → Lvl 21 (Haste) → Lvl 36 (Haste)

D-tier Hypogeans

Framton

Signature: Lvl 20 → Lvl 30 → Lvl 35

Furniture: Lvl 3 → Lvl 9

Engraving: Lvl 30 → Lvl 38 (ATK, IS) → Lvl 60

Awakened Ezizh

Signature: Lvl 0 → Lvl 20 → Lvl 30

Furniture: Lvl 0 → Lvl 3 → Lvl 9

Engraving: Lvl 0 → Lvl 60

F-tier Hypogeans

Do not invest on Mezoth, Vyloris, Zikis, and Leofric. The maximum investment you should put into these heroes is signature level 10 or 20, in case you have a lot of emblems left in your bag.