The Warrior is the first class players have access to in Loop Hero, and it is the most versatile class of the three available. While the Rogue and Necromancer might offer more unique options for late-game combat, the Warrior shouldn’t be slept on. With the right build, the Warrior can carry a loop and defeat bosses just like the other classes.

A good Warrior build is all about sustainability and survivability. The class offers a lot in terms of health regen and powerful Vampirism stats, but a player should also understand which cards work best with the class in its current state. Here’s our guide to achieving the best Warrior build in Loop Hero.

11 Did The Recent Loop Hero Patch Change The Best Warrior Build?

It appears that the introduction of new cards and tiles hasn’t impacted the success of what we called the “Invincible Warrior Build.” Health is still your most important focus, with plenty of mountains and rock tiles placed down along tiles for extra healing and big HP boosts.

That being said, the Witch Hut and Witch interactions might push you toward picking up the Swamp tiles in your Warrior deck. Why?

Overall, these Witch tiles are hugely impactful, but might a difference if you’re struggling on a particular chapter. The other changes - the introduction of the Maquis tile that interacts with Forest and Desert tiles - isn’t that important for the Warrior, as you shouldn’t be taking Desert tiles anyway.

10 The Invincible Warrior Build

While the Rogue doesn’t offer much sustain, and the Necromancer relies on its skeletons, the Warrior class has the potential to turn into an almost invincible tank. This is one of the most fun builds we’ve played as it can allow for huge loop runs, spiraling way past the boss and into piles and piles of resources.

This build relies heavily on health regeneration. If possible you should structure your camp supplies around health regen and extra potions. This is only available a bit later into the game once you’ve unlocked it via upgrading your camp.

9 Villages And Vampire Mansions

Any healthy Warrior build will need the Village and Vampire Mansion cards. When a Vampire Mansion is placed next to a village it transforms the tile into a Ransacked Village. Survive the onslaught of the vampire and its ghouls for three loops and the tile transforms again, this time into a Count’s Lands.

This not only offers better quests with the potential to get better loot, but it also provides excellent healing when you pass through the tile. There is a variation of this build that also includes Wheat Fields for extra healing.

8 Rocks And Mountains

Health, health, health, this Warrior build is all about health. Rocks and Mountains grant a flat bonus to your character’s max HP. When placed in a 3x3 square, this transforms into a Mountain Peak tile, which offers even more HP.

Aim to build your Mountain Peak early. Watch out for the Harpies that this formation of rocks spawns. They can be quite deadly in the early game, as they evade hits and can cancel out any healing you have from Vampirism.

7 Meadows

This is the most basic card in Loop Hero and is accessible right from the start of the game. While this card struggles to find a place in most Rogue and Necromancer builds, it is an essential part of a powerful Warrior build.

A Meadow tile provides a small amount of healing per day, and if placed next to another tile (of any type) this healing is improved. When paired with a Temporal Beacon or a River tile, you can heal quickly, as the days are sped up and the healing bonuses are doubled.

6 Use River Synergy

The River card is incredibly powerful. It doubles the effectiveness of landscape cards placed adjacent to the tile. If you create a weaving pattern with your River, you can hit the same landscape tile more than once.

Place Meadows and Rocks by the river to increase your max HP and daily healing. This is an essential part of creating a Warrior build that feels pretty much invincible.

5 The Trusty Spider Cocoon

This is a card that is finding its way into most of our decks, for any class, and for any build. At the start of the game, we were put off by the sheer number of spiders spawned by the cocoon, and the rate at which the eight-legged beasts attacked often ended a run prematurely.

However, with more time put into the game, it’s clear that Spider Cocoon is probably one of the best cards available. Spiders spawn regularly and up to four per tile. The more monsters you kill, the more cards you get.

4 Grove And Blood Grove, Essential To Any Build

The Grove and Blood Grove are two cards that are available from the start of the game, yet they remain important throughout all four chapters of Loop Hero. From the weakest level to the hardest, the Grove and Blood Grove are incredibly useful. Blood Groves destroy any enemy that falls below 15 percent health, including the boss. Use Blood Groves (and Hungry Groves, created by placing two Blood Groves next to each other) to clear out all the spiders, and then put them next to your Cozy Camp to help with the boss.

So at a glance, the best cards for a Warrior build are Villages, Vampire Mansions, Rivers, Meadows, Rocks, Groves and Blood Groves, and Spider Cocoons. Additional options include the Temporal Beacon (to speed up your daily healing) and later in the game a Bookery to cycle cards more quickly. You can also use the Arsenal to grant an extra gear slot if you have reached that stage of the game.

3 Focus On Health Regen Gear

Vampirism gear might carry you through the early game, but a good Warrior build relies on Health Regen into the mid and endgame of your loop. Your main focus should be collecting and stacking as much health regen as possible. A good number to aim for is anything above six regeneration.

You can get better gear by completing the quest given by the Count’s Land village tile improvement. If you feel like you haven’t got the gear you need yet, you can delay spawning the boss by keeping all your cards in hand.

2 The Best Perks For A Warrior Build

This really varies on which kind of Warrior build you’re going for, but there are a few perks that you should always pick up if you see them. Card Sharp is a great perk to get early in the game as it means you might get more than one use out of your useful cards.

Survivalist is another great perk for a regeneration build. This enables double regeneration when your character falls below 30 percent health, perfect if you’ve stacked plenty of Health Regen items. Blade of Dawn, the perk that boosts your first attack each day to deal area-of-effect damage, is another handy one to pick up.

1 Loop Hero Is All About Experimentation

This Warrior build works brilliantly for a tanky Warrior, but there are plenty of other options for this versatile class. A stacked Vampirism build also works very well, and depending on the cards you opt for, Damage to All can be very useful, as well as Evasion.

You might want to play around with different cards, as well. Forest and Thickets are useful for an Attack Speed build, whereas Deserts and Sand Dunes can make enemies a bit easier to kill. Good luck with your loops.

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