Passives

Passives are Heroes' unique attributes that started as small mechanics for the Hero of the Month as innate resistances against enemy Special Skills before expanding into other Heroes and Families. They are displayed on the Hero Card with an icon in the lower left corner.

Resistances

See also: Status Effects

Heroes with innate resistance passives will always negate a status ailment or a collection of effects that affect the listed attribute. These initially appeared in the 2019 Heroes of the Month but has expanded to other Event Heroes, such as Tower of Styx and Season of Love.

Passive	Innate Resistance Against	Hero(es)	Effect(s)
Accuracy	status ailments that affect Accuracy; doesn't apply to status effects from allies	Onatel Grimble Bertila Turgruk Anoushka
Defense	status ailments that affect Defense; doesn't apply to status ailments that affect Elemental Defense	Kunchen Skargremar
Attack	status ailments that affect Attack	Frida Raffaele Russell
Mana Slow	status ailments that affect mana generation; doesn't apply to status ailments that stop mana generation or steal mana	Anzogh Reuben
Dispel	dispel of buffs	Margaret Devana
Poison	poison damage	Ranvir Clarissa Viselus Uthragan Astral Elves
Mana Reduction	direct mana reduction	Seshat Chakkoszrot Zora
Silence	status ailments that block Special Skills	Miki Klaern Skargremar Areax Gladius Sini Cupids
Healing	status ailments that affect healing	Grazul Alexandrine Suzuna Chloris
Burn	burn damage	Kingston Frosth Grace
Mana Stop	status ailments that block mana generation	Neith Uthragan
Minions	negative effects and damage from Minions	Vela Devana Viscaro
Health Steal	status ailments that steal health	Jean-François Malicna Arfanias
Minion Removal	minion removal	Telluria Silvaria Bo & Runt
Water	water damage	Zocc Yang Mai Areax Beach
Minion Effects	status ailments that are from Minions	Bai Yeong Ithar
Sand	sand damage	Zulag Uraeus
Buff Immunity	status ailments that block new buffs	Glenda Balbar
Attack	status ailments that affect Attack; applies also to status buffs that affect Attack	Zagrog
Mana	status ailments that affect mana generation; applies also to status ailments that block mana generation or steal mana	Zagrog
Defense	status ailments that affect Defense; applies also to status ailments that affect Elemental Defense	Kara Styx
Bleed	bleed damage	Tahir Aviana
Max Health Reduction	max health reduction	Celidana Leadria
Mana	status ailments that affect mana	Gilligan
Fiends	fiends	Suzuna
Insanity	insanity	Woodland
Attack Reduction	status ailments, stacks, and Wither effects that affect attack

Abilities

Innate ability passives were introduced through Underwild Heroes to perform specific mechanics under certain conditions. Ability passives are:

Passive	Passive Ability	Hero(es)
Absorb	Memorize up to 5 status ailments that are cast on the Hero; stays memorized until the Special Skill is cast	Myztero
Sparrow Summoner	Summons a Sparrow Minion when the enemy summons a Minion	Noor
Mana Gain on Minion Death	Gains a small amount of mana when a Minion owned by them is destroyed.	Bertila
Health Recovery on Minion Death	Gains 50 HP when a Minion owned by them is destroyed.	Uraeus
Holy Defense Buff on Mana Cut	Gives +30% defense against Holy when the Hero's mana is reduced	Malicna
Special Skill Damage Reduction	Reduces received damage from offensive Special Skills	Gramps Tettukh Dr. Moreau Phileas Fogg
Increase Buff Duration	Increases the duration of status buffs applied to the owner	Helo Mack Elizabeth
Decrease Ailment Duration	Decreases the duration of status ailments applied to the owner	Morris Rokkamush Russula
Increase Special Skill Damage	Increases damage dealt from offensive Special Skills	Poppy Griffin Zila Lei Aouda
Start Battle with Mana	Grants 10% mana when the Hero is brought into Battle	Vollermork Prof. Lidenbrock Captain Nemo
Ailment Cleanse by Minion Destruction	Hero is cleansed of status ailments when their Minion is destroyed	Frosth Masked Gods
Attack Buff on Mana Reduction	Gives +30% attack when the Hero's mana is reduced	Yang Mai Arfanias Sini
Mana on Status Ailment	Receives 5% mana when the Hero receives a status ailment or negative stack	Elradir Zora
Mana Buff per Status Ailment	Gives +24% mana generation when the Hero receives a status ailment	Chakkoszrot
Status Ailment Damage Reduction	Damage caused by status ailments reduced by -50%	Slayers
Health Recovery on Status Ailment	Recovers 10% health when the hero receives a status ailment or negative stack	Alexandrine
Status Ailment on Special	When the hero casts their Special Skill, they have a 50% chance to give -25% mana generation to all enemies; 100% if the Special Skill is fully charged	Dölgöön
Damage on Special	When the hero casts their Special Skill, they have a 50% chance to deal 100% damage to all enemies; 100% if the Special Skill is fully charged	Sergei
Health Recovery on Special	When the hero casts their Special Skill, they have a 50% chance to recover 15% health for all allies; 100% chance if the Special Skill is fully charged	Motega Nadezhda
Mana Recovery on Special	When the hero casts their Special Skill, they have a 50% chance to give 10% mana to all allies; 100% if the Special Skill is fully charged	Milena
Mana on Burn	Gains 5% mana each time an enemy receives Burn damage	Russell
Health Recovery on Buff	Recovers 5% health when the hero receives a buff or positive stack	Balbar Bears Stags
Stoneskin	Every time a Gargoyle Hero casts a Special Skill, the next x times they receive damage, it is dropped by 1; undispellable	Gargoyles * Arco * Bellerive * Budatín * Gaillard * Garten * Goseck * Guffa * Hohenwerf * Kalø * Kemény * Matrera * Peñolite
Mana on Buff	Recovers 5% mana when the hero receives a buff	Hanitra
Cursed Sapling Summoner	When an enemy summons Minions by a special skill, they receive a Cursed Sapling Fiend	Viscaro
Mana on Buff Dispel	Recovers 10% mana each time a buff is dispelled	Iris Kara
Forest Guardian Summoner	When the hero receives Burn damage, they summon a Forest Guardian Minion for themself; Forest Guardian Minion has 35% HP and 35% attack inherited from the caster	Silvaria
Moon Dispel	Moon Hero Passive; x% chance to perform the following actions when this hero casts their Special Skill: * Deals 70% damage to all enemies. * Dispels the latest dispellable buff from enemies.	Aqeela El Naddaha
Moon Haze	Moon Hero Passive; x% chance to perform the following actions when this hero casts their Special Skill: * Deals 70% damage to all enemies. * All enemies get -24% mana generation for 3 turns.	Jarif
Moon Blessing	Moon Hero Passive; x% chance to perform the following actions when this hero casts their Special Skill: * Boost the health of all allies by 10%. Boosted health can exceed max HP. * All allies gain a small amount of mana.	Papyros
Sun Aura	Sun Hero Passive; x% chance to perform the following actions when this hero casts their Special Skill: * Boost the health of all allies by 10%. Boosted health can exceed max HP. * Cleanses the latest cleansable status ailments from all allies.	Faiez Rekhetre
Sun Graze	Sun Hero Passive; x% chance to perform the following actions when this hero casts their Special Skill: * Deals 70% damage to all enemies. * All enemies get -34% attack for 3 turns.	Waqas
Sun Storm	Sun Hero Passive; x% chance to perform the following actions when this hero casts their Special Skill: * Deals 70% damage to all enemies. * All enemies receive 246 Sand damage over 3 turns.	Sobek
Power of Sisu	When the Kalevala Hero starts a turn with low health for the first time, they recover 15% health and receive 15% mana	Kalevala
Revival Chance Reduction	Reduces the chance of revival by 50%; applies to all enemies	Phenexa Zhabog
Mana Increase Reduction	Reduces the amount of mana increase by Special Skills by 50%; applies to all enemies	Rhys Narcisa
Defense Ailment Reduction	Reduces the effect of defense ailments by 50%; applies to all enemies	Winifred
Hunter's Mark	Gives a Hunter's Mark on a random enemy when the Hunter Hero casts their Special Skill; if the target already has this effect, the duration will refresh and the damage is increased	Plains Hunters Abyss Hunters Jungle Hunters
Hunter's Shield	10% chance to drop the direct damage received from Special Skills to 1	Plains Hunters
Mana on Taunt	Each time an enemy receives a Taunt status effect, this hero's mana is increased by 10%	Grace Norman
Boost Health on Enemy Special	When an enemy casts their Special Skill, this hero has a 50% chance to boost their health by 100.	Celidana Chloris
Steal Buffs	When the Morlovia Hero casts their Special Skill, they have a 50% chance to steal the newest dispellable buff from a random enemy that has buffs; if no enemy has buffs, deals 70% damage to all enemies	Morlovia
Troop Mastery	The hero's Troops deal extra elemental damage against the weaker element (offense) The hero receives less elemental damage from Troops of the stronger element (defense)	Super Elementals
Mana on Health Boosting Special Skill	Gains 5% mana each time an enemy casts a Special Skill that boosts health	Morax Nogu
Fiend of the Familiars	When a Minion is summoned to any ally, the Mighty Pets Hero gains 5% health and 5% mana; activates only once per turn	Mighty Pets
Wrath of Pets	When a Fiend is summoned to any enemy, the Mighty Pets Hero deals 85% damage to all enemies; activates only once per turn
Memorize Enemy Minions and Fiends	Memorize any Minion or Fiend summoned by the enemy; stays memorized until the Special Skill is cast	Enigmo
Heal on Bleed	Regenerates 20 HP each time an enemy receives Bleed damage	Balur
Cover	When the Musketeer Hero receives damage from Special Skill or in place of a Hero in over, there's a 60% chance to deal 20% of the received damage on all enemies.	Musketeers
Hunter's Sense	When the Abyss Hunter Hero casts their Special Skill, they transfer the newest cleansable status ailment from themself to the target; if the Special Skill cannot target an enemy, a random enemy is chosen instead; if the hero has no cleasnable status ailments, they recover x% health	Abyss Hunters
Mana on Health Recovery	Receives 5% mana each time their health is recovered	Roughian & Nurgib
Eat Minions and Gain Mana Over Time	Every 3 turns, eats all Minions from a random enemy and gains a small amount of mana for each eaten Minion
Disable Minion Abilities	Attacks and abilities of all Minions owned by enemies are disabled	Lunar Year
Health Boost on Poison	Boosts health of the hero and nearby allies by 2% for each enemy inflicted with Poison at the start of each turn; boosted health can exceed max HP	Viselus
Mana per Enemy Buff	Gains a small amount of mana for every active status effect buff that the enemy team has at the start of each turn (maximum of 20 buffs)	Gilligan
Hunter's Vigor	When the Jungle Hunter Hero casts their Special Skill, they get +20% attack; this effect is active in addition to other effects that alter Attack	Jungle Hunters
Increased Special Skill Damage	The first time the hero casts a Special Skill that deals damage, an additional 50% is added to its power	Turgruk Meresankh
Stack on Special	When the hero casts their Special Skill, all enemies get -5% mana generation stack; two stacks if the Special Skill is fully charged	Becky Camilla Lucy Ray Roxia Telonius Willow
Defenders' Passive	50% chance to perform the following actions when the Defenders Hero casts their Special Skill: * Deals 80% damge to all enemies. * All allies get +21% critical chance for 3 turns.	Defenders
Nightmare's Passive	50% chance to perform the following actions when the Nightmare Hero casts their Special Skill: * Deals 80% damage to all enemies. * The caster gets +x% mana generation for 3 turns.	Nightmare
Water on Special	When the Beach Party Hero casts their Special Skill, all enemies receive x Water damage over 2 turns.	Beach Party
Attack Ailment Reduction	Reduces the effect of defense ailments by 50%; applies to all enemies	Celimene
Heal on Ailment Expiration	Receives 10% health each time a status ailment expires or is cleansed, removed, or reallocated from them; activates only once per turn	Opera
Corrosive Core	The Corrosive Core activates each time the hero's Special Skill is cast. The poison damage is scaled by the amount of charge in the Core; all charge is exhausted when the Core is activated. * All enemies receive Corrosive Poison for 3 turns. With a fully chareged Corrosive Core, the Corrosive Poison deals 124 Poison damage and lowers the target's mana generation by -13% each turn.	Ferrus
Repair Core	The Repair Core activates each time the hero's Special Skill is cast. The healing is scaled by the amount of charge in the Core; all charge is exhausted when the Core is activated. * With a fully charged Repair Core, boosts the health of all allies by 25%.	Haulstone Blossom
Increased Attack per Non-Nature Enemy	At the start of the battle, the hero's Attack is increased by 5% for each enemy that is not of Nature element; in battles with multiple waves, this effect is refreshed at the beginning of each wave	Cinisia
Destructive Core	The Destructive Core activates each time the hero's Special Skill is cast. The damage is scaled by the amount of charge in the Core; all charge is exhausted when the Core is activated. * With a fully charged Destructive Core, deals 180% damage to all enemies.	Brimstone Hornfel
Dodge Special Damage	The hero has a 10% chance to dodge Special Skills that deal damage	Ithar
Goblin Missiles	Goblin Hero passive; x% chance to perform the following actions when this hero casts their Special Skill: * Deals 90% damage to all enemies. * All enemies get -25% accuracy for 3 turns.	Goblin
Ignore Taunt	The hero's Special Skill is not affected by Taunt	Neema Norman
Toon	+75% extra chance to resist all status ailments, +75% extra chance to resist mana reductions, +75% extra chance to resist buff dispels; calculated independently of other similar checks	Classic (Toon Costumes)
Boost Health on Minion Destroyed	The hero receives 50 boosted health when a minion owned by them is destroyed	Leadria
Cleanse of Special	On Special Skill cast, cleanse the newest status ailment from all allies.	Aegir Aeron Alasie Alberich Ares Delilah Evelyn Seshat
Dispel on Special	On Special Skill cast, dispel the newest buff from all enemies.	Athena Gravemaker Gregorion Hel Khiona Musashi Natalya Perseus Thoth-Amun Zimkitha
Increased Damage Against Boosted Health	After Special Skill cast, all allies' normal attaks and Special Skills deal +70% damage against targets with boosted health for 4 turns.	Aouda Captain Nemo Dr. Moreau Elizabeth Garjammal Morel Octros Phileas Fogg
Boost Health on Special	On Special Skill cast, boost all allies' HP by 10%.	Lepiota Passepartout Prof. Lidenbrock Xnolphod
Poison on Special	On Special Skill cast, all enemies receive Poison damage over 4 turns.	Finley Lady Locke Marie-Thérèse Sargasso
Mana on Enemy Defensive Buffs	Gain 10% mana when any enemy receives a defensive status buff	Gladius
Extra Chance for Effects on Special Skill	Any Passive Skills that grant extra effects on Special Skill cast have 3 chances to activate	Ma'at Horus
Guaranteed Effect on Special Skill	Any Passive Skills that grant extra effects on Special Skill cast are guaranteed to activate	Anubis Hathor Hetepheres Ahmose
Mana Generation Ailment Protection	All status ailments and negative stacks that affect mana generation will be replaced with +30% mana generation for 3 turns; doesn't apply to status ailments that stop mana generation or steal mana	Norman
Health Boost on Enemy Health Boost	Boosts the health of the character when an enemy performs a health boosting Special Skill	Nogu
Softskin	Every time a Gargoyle Hero casts their Special Skill, all received damage is reduced by -90%, resist all status ailments and mana reduction for the next n turns; undispellable	Gargoyles *Betty * Garten * Grumbl * Mena * Pophit * Uwe
Health Boost on Ally Cleanse	All allies receive boosted health when an ally attempts to cleanse a status ailment; activates once per turn	Lazara
Damage on Enemy Cleanse	All enemies receive damage when an enemy attempts to cleanse using Special Skill
Mana on Bleed	Gain 8% mana each time an enemy receives Bleed damage	Zarga
Health Boost on Fiend Summon	The character receives boosted health when a Fiend is summoned; activates once per turn	Ramona
Mana on Fiend Summon	The character receives +5% mana when a Fiend is summoned; activates once per turn
Old Ones' Mark	All damage is reduced by 5% per 10 Insanity for the character, up to a maximum reduction of 50%	Investigators Cultists
Wonderland's Madness	Upon Special Skill cast, the hero has a 10% chance to give a random enemy Mindless Attack for 3 turns	The Hatter
Guard Rally	Every 4 turns, all Wither effects on allies is removed	Garrison Guards
Mana on Minion Summon	Gain 5% mana whenever an ally summons Minions	Bo & Runt
Damage on Enemy Special	All enemies receive 100 damage if the target is Average mana speed or faster casts a Special Skill	Mistra
Unstoppable Minions	resistance against minion removal, prevention of receiving minions, and the disabling of minion attacks and abilities	Diaochan Zhuge Liang
Slime Minion Sacrifice	When the character is defeated, summons Slime Mega Minions to nearby allies with 51% health and 40% attack inherited from the defeated character	Slime
Slime Minion Split	If the character loses more than 25% of their max health at once, summon a Slime Mega Minion with 51% health and 40% attack inherited from the character