Heart reference

Skill Heart Archetypes

Choose a Heart's permanent behavior first. Then open its focused entry for targeting, timing, geometry, compatible modifiers, and special rules.

29 public archetypes8 automatic5 affinities

Catalog index

Behavior families29 entries

29Public

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Pick the action before the numbers.

Archetype is the one part of a Skill Heart that crafting cannot replace. Start with the role the build needs, then compare the catalog values inside that family.

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Active HeartsManual attacks, movement, zones, summons, and constructed effects for Hearts 1–3.
4
Passive HeartsAutomatic personal bonuses that build, drain, or reset around hero behavior.
4
Aura HeartsAutomatic pulses that apply focused debuffs to nearby monsters.

Start with active Hearts

Every visible archetype, description, and base value comes from the same public catalog used by the live game.

Official Heart tags

Tags classify Hearts for future Class and modifier interactions. They are descriptive today and do not add effects by themselves.

Official Skill Heart tags and their current archetypes
Tag	Hearts
Active	Bolt, Wave, Cleave, Flurry, Lunge, Hook, Shove, Nova, Beam, Field, Blink, Wall, Eruption, Meteor, Storm, Swarm, Orbit, Spiral, Turret, Mine, Summon
Passive	Gentle Spring, Stonebound, Windborne, Empty Throne
Aura	Crooked Horizon, Dread Lantern, Hex of Many Wounds, Absent Hand
Burst	Wave, Cleave, Lunge, Nova, Beam, Blink, Eruption, Swarm, Spiral, Mine
Sustained	Flurry, Field, Wall, Storm, Orbit, Turret, Summon
Projectile	Bolt, Wave, Meteor, Swarm, Spiral
Area	Wave, Cleave, Nova, Field, Wall, Eruption, Meteor, Storm, Mine
Deployable	Field, Wall, Storm, Turret, Mine, Summon
Explosion	Nova, Eruption, Meteor, Mine
Melee	Cleave, Flurry, Lunge, Hook, Shove
Movement	Lunge, Blink
Displacement	Hook, Shove

Active Hearts

Equip active archetypes in Hearts 1–3. Their cards compare the catalog's base hit scale, mana cost, cast time, and cooldown before modifiers or Class bonuses.

Included for every new heroStarter rotation

BOLTBolt

FIELDField

BLINKBlink

Bolt teaches direct targeting, Field teaches area control, and Blink teaches movement through danger.

StarterActive

BOLT

Bolt

Launch a projectile toward the pointer, striking the first enemy within 336 pixels.

Damage: 1.8×
Mana: 10
Cast: 0.16s
Cooldown: 0.6s

Active

WAVE

Wave

Unleash a 70-degree wave that expands 190 pixels from the hero.

Damage: 1.6×
Mana: 18
Cast: 0.32s
Cooldown: 3s

Active

CLEAVE

Cleave

Swing a broad, short-range arc that strikes every enemy in a 120-degree cone.

Damage: 1.8×
Mana: 14
Cast: 0.1s
Cooldown: 1.56s

Active

FLURRY

Flurry

Strike three times toward the pointer at 0.2-second intervals; the final hit deals double damage.

Damage: 0.32×
Mana: 18
Cast: 0.192s
Cooldown: 1.92s

Active

LUNGE

Lunge

Rush behind a fast strike, stopping at the first enemy hit; damage scales with distance.

Damage: 1.6×
Mana: 16
Cast: 0.192s
Cooldown: 3.6s

Active

HOOK

Hook

Cast a 150-pixel, 70-wide hook that rapidly pulls struck monsters to within 30 pixels.

Damage: 1.45×
Mana: 20
Cast: 0.32s
Cooldown: 2.7s

Active

SHOVE

Shove

Damage monsters in a forward 60-pixel-wide path and push them to its 120-pixel endpoint.

Damage: 1.45×
Mana: 20
Cast: 0.32s
Cooldown: 4.5s

Active

NOVA

Nova

Detonate a pulse that strikes every enemy within 150 pixels.

Damage: 2×
Mana: 26
Cast: 0.416s
Cooldown: 6s

Active

BEAM

Beam

Pierce enemies with a 13-pixel-wide beam extending 360 pixels.

Damage: 1×
Mana: 10
Cast: 0.16s
Cooldown: 1s

StarterActive

FIELD

Field

Create a targeted zone that pulses every 0.5 seconds for 4 seconds.

Damage: 0.4×
Mana: 30
Cast: 0.512s
Cooldown: 8s

StarterActive

BLINK

Blink

Blink 180 pixels, striking along an 8-pixel-wide path and within 60 pixels of your destination.

Damage: 1.3×
Mana: 16
Cast: 0.128s
Cooldown: 4s

Active

WALL

Wall

Raise a 180-pixel wall that damages crossing enemies for 3 seconds.

Damage: 0.48×
Mana: 24
Cast: 0.384s
Cooldown: 6s

Active

ERUPT

Eruption

Plant eruptions 50, 80, and 120 pixels ahead, 0.45 seconds apart; each can hit.

Damage: 1.5×
Mana: 20
Cast: 0.352s
Cooldown: 4.5s

Active

METEOR

Meteor

Mark a 126-pixel radius, then crash a meteor there after 1.2 seconds.

Damage: 3.4×
Mana: 32
Cast: 0.64s
Cooldown: 7s

Active

STORM

Storm

Call a 4-second storm over a 125-pixel radius that repeatedly strikes enemies.

Damage: 0.45×
Mana: 32
Cast: 0.512s
Cooldown: 8s

Active

SWARM

Swarm

Release five seeking motes; ailment and Root proc chances are halved.

Damage: 0.42×
Mana: 22
Cast: 0.288s
Cooldown: 4s

Active

ORBIT

Orbit

Summon three motes that orbit at an 82-pixel radius for 4 seconds, hitting on every pass.

Damage: 0.55×
Mana: 28
Cast: 0.32s
Cooldown: 7s

Active

SPIRAL

Spiral

Launch two long, curved blades that spin together; each can strike every monster once.

Damage: 1×
Mana: 24
Cast: 0.384s
Cooldown: 5s

Active

TURRET

Turret

Deploy a turret that fires for 5 seconds; ailment and Root proc chances are halved.

Damage: 0.38×
Mana: 28
Cast: 0.384s
Cooldown: 8s

Active

MINE

Mine

Place a proximity mine with a 90-pixel blast radius that lasts up to 8 seconds.

Damage: 2.2×
Mana: 20
Cast: 0.288s
Cooldown: 5s

Active

SUMMON

Summon

Summon a damage-aligned ally for 30 seconds; ailment and Root proc chances are halved.

Damage: 0.7×
Mana: 34
Cast: 0.64s
Cooldown: 12s

Passive Hearts

Passives occupy Heart 4 and operate automatically. Their effects respond to resource shortages, casting, movement, damage, standing still, or loadout composition.

Passive

SPRING

Gentle Spring

Passive: restore 1 Mana per second, doubled while no equipped Active Heart is affordable.

Stonebound

Passive: stand still for 3s to gain +24 Armor and Magic Resistance, pause Sustained Heart durations, and grant Area Hearts +30% Area. Moving or taking a hit over 5 HP breaks Stonebound; Active Hearts deal 20% less damage while unbound.

Windborne

Passive: move for 3s to gain +18% movement speed, +10 Evasion, mobile casting, and +30% Projectile or Movement Heart damage. Sustained Hearts deal 25% less damage, and Active Hearts deal 20% less while Momentum is not full. Stopping for 0.25s or taking direct damage removes Momentum.

Empty Throne

Passive: each empty manual slot grants Active Hearts +35% damage and +20% Mana cost.

SlotHeart 4

ActivationAutomatic

Aura Hearts

Auras also occupy Heart 4. They pulse automatically, select nearby monsters, and apply one cataloged debuff at a time.

Aura

CROOK

Crooked Horizon

Every 2.3 seconds, distort one monster within 220 pixels, Blinding it and slowing the recovery of its basic attacks and special abilities by 20%.

Dread Lantern

Mark one monster to deal 35% less damage and take 50% less until it hits you, then take 50% more for 3 seconds.

Hex of Many Wounds

Every 1 second, Hex one monster within 220 pixels based on its distinct non-Aura conditions.

Absent Hand

Each pulse marks one monster: Deployables deal +70% damage; other hero damage deals 35% less.

SlotHeart 4

ActivationAutomatic

Affinity and defense family

Each Heart carries one of five affinities. Earth and Force interact with Armor Rating; Fire, Ice, and Lightning interact with Magic Resistance Rating. Automatic Hearts use the same labels for visual and crafting identity.

Affinity

Earth

Armor Rating

Affinity

Fire

Magic Resistance Rating

Affinity

Ice

Magic Resistance Rating

Affinity

Lightning

Magic Resistance Rating

Affinity

Force

Armor Rating