Adam - Hero Wars Dominion Era

Adam hero guide, glyphs, artifacts, skins, best teams, and best counters in Hero Wars Dominion Era.

Adam is an agility marksman and space bounty-hunter who deals physical damage from the middle line in Hero Wars: Dominion Era. His Bounty Lock marks a target for a huge single-target hit, and Fan the Hammer spreads damage to both the main and marked targets, letting him swing between focus and spread damage.

Reactive Screen grants him bonus dodge to survive return fire, while Adaptive Caliber ramps his Physical Attack and Armor Penetration as the fight goes on, so his hits get progressively deadlier against armored front lines.

Adam is a scaling physical carry that wants a tank to peel for him and a healer to keep him firing. His reliance on dodge is also his glaring weakness - dodge-reduction heroes turn his survivability tool into dead weight, and hard control shuts down his ramp.

Pros
  • Huge single-target burst on marked targets via Bounty Lock

  • Adaptive Caliber ramps Physical Attack and Armor Penetration through the fight

  • Built-in dodge from Reactive Screen for self-survivability

  • Flexible between focus and spread damage with Fan the Hammer

Cons
  • Dodge reduction (Lyria) neutralizes his survivability

  • Hard control and stuns stop his ramp before it matters

  • Needs a front line to peel - fragile if reached

  • Armor-stacking tanks blunt his early damage until he ramps

The universe is a big place - there's always work for a bounty hunter. Adam is one of the best, and nothing pleased him more than the sound of space credits pouring into his account. A contract on the deserter Arachne led him to Dominion. Just as he was about to pull the trigger, the Guardians appealed to his better nature. Not everyone with a bounty on their head deserves to die. Canceling the contract, Adam joined the Guardians. After all, work is sweeter when your consciousness is clean - and Dominion gold beats space credits every time.
In-game Adam description in Hero Wars Dominion Era
Adam Characteristics
CharacteristicValue
Main StatAgility
Attack TypePhysical
Main RoleMarksman
PositionMiddle Line
Stone SourceSpecial Event
Max Power121974
Adam Max Hero Stats
StatValue
Intelligence3247
Agility12540
Strength3242
Health385197
Physical Attack53830
Magic Attack9741
Armor24605
Magic Defense6183
Dodge7265
Armor Penetration11450

Adam Skills

Adam Bounty Lock Skill
1st
Bounty Lock
Fires a tracking round at the enemy Hero without Hunter's Mark closest to the center of the enemy team. The shot applies Hunter's Mark and deals 186575 damage.
If the target dies while affected by Hunter's Mark, the ability is immediately reset.
Damage: 186575
Adam Fan the Hammer Skill
2nd
Fan the Hammer
Fires a series of 3 shots at the nearest enemy, dealing 56164 damage with each shot. If there are enemies on the battlefield with Hunter's Mark, the shots ricochet to them, dealing 34632 damage.
Damage to main target: 56164
Damage to marked target: 34632
Adam Reactive Screen Skill
3rd
Reactive Screen
Once every 10 s., when Adam takes damage from enemies, a smoke screen is deployed beneath him for 5 s.. While inside the smoke screen, Adam gains 10583 additional dodge and can evade all types of damage, not just physical.
Additional dodge: 10583
Adam Adaptive Caliber Skill
4th
Adaptive Caliber
Passive skill. When Adam deals physical damage and does not fully penetrate the target's armor, his Armor Penetration increases by 2534. If Adam fully penetrates the target's armor, his Physical Attack increases by 4117.
Both effects stack and last until the end of the battle.
Physical Attack increase: 4117
Armor Penetration increase: 2534
* The hero skills are based on maxed level skill on maxed hero.

Adam Glyph Priority

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
Hero Wars Physical Attack Glyph
Physical Attack
+4340
Hero Wars Armor Penetration Glyph
Armor Penetration
+6500
Hero Wars Dodge Glyph
Dodge
+1995
Hero Wars Agility Glyph
Agility
+1135
Hero Wars Armor Glyph
Armor
+6500

Adam Skins Priority

1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
Hero Wars Ceremonial Skin
Ceremonial
Health
+106645
Hero Wars Default Skin
Default
Agility
+1365

Adam Artifacts Priority

1st
2nd
3rd
Book
adam Book of Illusions
Book of Illusions
Dodge
+2967
Health
+53394
Ring
adam Ring of Agility
Ring of Agility
Agility
+3990
Weapon
adam Starfang Adaptive Pistol
Starfang Adaptive Pistol
Activation chance
100%
Physical attack
+21357

Adam Hero Synergies

Lyria
Lyria
Polaris
Polaris
Fafnir
Fafnir
Sebastian
Sebastian
Sebastian
Sebastian

Sebastian provides critical hits and allows critical hits to deal pure damage.

Julius
Julius

Protects the team with his defense matrix which helps Adam to build momentum.

Electra von Grave
Electra von Grave

Creates a shield that absorbs incoming damage.

Nebula
Nebula

Increases Adam's physical attack and significantly boosts his dodge.

Lyria
Lyria
Lyria’s 2nd skill links her to the ally with the highest physical attack granting both heroes Vampirism for stronger sustain. Her 4th passive reduces enemy Dodge and adds bonus Physical Damage, helping Adam’s attacks hit more consistently and deal greater damage.
Fafnir
Fafnir
Provides a Runic Shield, giving Adam additional protection and increasing his damage output.
Polaris
Polaris
Polaris’s Northern Lights weakens enemy reactive abilities, reducing their ability to disrupt Adam’s damage. Her aura also extends allied control effects, giving Adam more time to stack Hunter’s Marks and maintain pressure.

Best Adam Teams

Dorian
Dorian
Adam
Adam
Jorgen
Jorgen
Sebastian
Sebastian
Julius
Julius
Guus
Guus
Sebastian
Sebastian
Adam
Adam
Iris
Iris
Adam
Adam
Nebula
Nebula
Lyria
Lyria
Julius
Julius
Dorian
Dorian
Adam
Adam
Sebastian
Sebastian
Isaac
Isaac
Lyria
Lyria
Fafnir
Fafnir
Adam
Adam
Sebastian
Sebastian
Lyria
Lyria
Julius
Julius
Fafnir
Fafnir
Adam
Adam
Sebastian
Sebastian
Lyria
Lyria
Dorian
Dorian
Lara Croft
Lara Croft
Adam
Adam
Sebastian
Sebastian
Lyria
Lyria
Dorian
Dorian
Adam
Adam
Sebastian
Sebastian
Julius
Julius
Fafnir
Fafnir
Dorian
Dorian
Adam
Adam
Sebastian
Sebastian
Astaroth
Astaroth
Fafnir
Fafnir
Dorian
Dorian
Adam
Adam
Sebastian
Sebastian
Isaac
Isaac

How to counter Adam in Hero Wars Dominion Era?

Lyria
Lyria

Lyria reduces Adam's dodge with her Shackles of Doom aura, stripping away Reactive Screen and leaving him exposed to physical damage.

Heidi
Heidi

Heidi deals pure damage that bypasses Adam's dodge, completely starving his Cain-energy engine and slowly killing him.

Iris
Iris

Iris melts Adam's fragile health pool with massive pure damage, rendering his smoke screen and energy loop useless.

Fluffy hard counters Adam by using the violet skill Usurpation to cancel Adam's Bounty Lock ultimate entirely and punish him with heavy magic damage. Additionally, Fluffy's white skill Deal with the Devil protects your team by making them immune to basic physical attacks and reflecting that damage right back at Adam.
Mushy and Shroom
Mushy and Shroom

Mushy & Shroom has a massive armor wall to block Adam's early physical hits, then unleash a devastating magic storm to vaporize him.

Alvanor
Alvanor

Alvanor rapidly stacks high armor defenses to neutralize Adam's opening damage and halt his early-game momentum.

Arachne
Arachne

Arachne stuns Adam early and keeps him locked down, denying the ramp on Adaptive Caliber before it comes online.

Polaris
Polaris

Polaris exploits Adam's weak magic defense with overwhelming magical pressure, wiping his team out before his dodge engine can trigger.

Nebula
Nebula

Nebula disrupts Adam's positioning and damage windows, buying her team time to focus him before his marks land.

Adam Pet Priority

Cain

Adam’s Blue skill, Reactive Screen, deploys a smoke screen that grants him massive extra dodge and allows him to evade all damage types. Cain’s Violet patronage skill, Dark Patron, grants his master bonus energy every single time they successfully dodge.

Axel

Axel distributes heavy physical and magic damage across the entire team. This prevents Adam from getting one-shot early, keeping him alive long enough to scale up his passive.

Oliver

Great for campaign challenges or survival-focused teams. Oliver provides constant physical healing to keep Adam healthy through early pressure.