Cornelius - Hero Wars Alliance - 2025

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Introduction
Skills
Glyphs Priority
Skins Priority
Artifacts Priority
Best Cornelius Teams
Best Cornelius Hydra Teams
Best Cornelius Counters

Cornelius in Hero Wars

Cornelius is a high-intelligence support hero in Hero Wars: Alliance, known for his ability to deal heavy damage to enemy mages and protect his team from magic attacks. Cornelius brings a unique skill set that revolves around targeting high-intelligence enemies, making him a powerful counter to magic-based teams.

His signature ability, Heavy Wisdom, delivers massive damage to the enemy with the highest Intelligence, often eliminating key magic damage dealers like Orion or Helios in a single strike. This makes Cornelius an ideal hero to use when facing teams with mages who rely on Intelligence for their damage output.

In addition to his offensive capabilities, Cornelius also provides significant defensive support to his team. His Protective Barrier skill offers magic defense to his allies, reducing incoming magic damage and helping his team survive against spellcasters. This ability is particularly useful in battles where magic-heavy teams dominate.

While Cornelius is primarily known for his anti-mage abilities, he requires careful positioning in the team, as he is not as durable as tank heroes. He works best when paired with other heroes who can absorb damage while he focuses on countering the enemy’s magic-based threats. Cornelius shines in both PvE and PvP scenarios where magic damage is a significant threat, and his ability to protect and retaliate against mages makes him a valuable addition to any team.

Pros

Massive one-hit damage that destroys mages
Increases magic defense for the whole team
Decreases the magic attack of the hero with the highest such stat

Cons

He needs an armor penetration boost for the best monolith performance

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After the dark mages raided the university, scholar Cornelius Witt was believed to be dead. In fact, he was held captive by the enemy for about two years. The mages' spell tortures not only failed to break him down, but also helped him discover a new ability, the suppression of magic. He used it to escape and joined the ranks of Guardians.

In-game Cornelius description in Hero Wars Alliance

Cornelius Characteristics
Characteristic	Value
Main Stat	Intelligence
Attack Type	Magical
Role	Mage
Faction	Way of Honor
Position	Back Line
Stone Source	Highwayman's Shop
Max Power	176423

Cornelius Max Hero Stats
Stat	Value
Intelligence	16108
Agility	2995
Strength	2921
Health	592700
Physical Attack	25280
Magic Attack	127589
Armor	30114
Magic Defense	45060
Armor Penetration	19800

Cornelius Skills

1st

Heavy Wisdom

Hits the enemy with the highest Intelligence with a monolith, dealing damage proportionally to their Intelligence.

Animation delay: 0.4 seconds

Damage per 100 Intelligence points of the target: 29117.8 (20% Magic attack + 3600)

2nd

Rune of Suppression

An ancient spell which hits the enemy with the highest Magic Attack and reduces their Magic Attack for the next 12.0 seconds.

Keywords: Debuff

Cool down: 12 seconds

Animation delay: 1 seconds

Temporary Magic Attack reduction: 67615.05 (45% Magic attack + 10200)

3rd

Protective Dome

Cornelius casts a barrier on the team, increasing their Magic Defense for 6.0 seconds.

Initial cool down: 12 seconds

Cool down: 15 seconds

Animation delay: 0.6 seconds

Temporary Magic Defense increase: 43676.7 (30% Magic attack + 5400)

4th

Memory Loss

Cornelius curses a random enemy at the beginning of the battle, reducing the level of their first skill. If Cornelius dies, the curse will disappear.

Keywords: Curse

Animation delay: 0.5 seconds

Target´s first skill level decreases by: 95

* The hero skills are based on maxed level skill on maxed hero.

Hero Class

Mage

450/450

The mage starts the battle with 347 energy. When using any ability other than the first one and the regular attack, the mage gains an additional 99 energy.

Cornelius Talisman

Talisman of Wisdom

Main Stat

Intelligence

+2000

Slot 1

Magic Attack

+6600

Slot 2

Magic Attack

+6600

Slot 3

Magic Attack

+6600

cornelius

Main Stat

Health

+2200

Slot 1

Armor Penetration

+6600

Slot 2

Armor Penetration

+6600

Slot 3

Armor Penetration

+6600

Cornelius Hero Sets

Intelligence

+759

Agility

+734

Strength

+655

Health

+20130

Physical Attack

+3048

Magic Attack

+3671

Armor

+2038

Magic Defence

+2588

Cornelius Glyph Priority

Cornelius’s glyphs enhance his ability to deal damage to enemy mages and protect his team from magic damage. Properly prioritizing his glyphs is essential to maximize his effectiveness. For this reason, you should consider leveling up first his Magic Attack and Magic Defence glyphs. Here’s the recommended priority for all of the Cornelius’s glyphs:

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

Magic Attack

+12850

Magic Defence

+12850

Intelligence

+2110

Health

+122800

Armor

+12850

Cornelius Skins Priority

Cornelius’s skins provide valuable stat boosts that enhance his effectiveness as a support and mage-counter hero. Prioritizing the right skins will improve his survivability and ability to deal heavy damage to enemy mages. Here's a recommended priority for Cornelius’s skins:

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

Angel

Magic Attack

+10650

Stellar

Health

+106645

Cybernetic

Magic Attack

+10650

Masquerade

Magic Defence

+10650

Default

Intelligence

+1365

Solar

Armor

+10650

Cornelius Artifacts Priority

1st

2nd

3rd

Book

Tome of Arcane Knowledge

Magic attack

+10680

Health

+53394

Weapon

Archivist's Staff

Activation chance

100%

Magic defense

+32040

Ring

Ring of Intelligence

Intelligence

+3990

Best Cornelius Teams

Cornelius thrives in teams where he can focus on eliminating high-intelligence mages while being protected by strong tanks or supported by healers and energy manipulators. He pairs well with:

Tanks like Astaroth, Galahad, or Rufus who can absorb damage and protect Cornelius.
Damage dealers like Keira, K’arkh, or Ishmael can focus on physical damage while Cornelius eliminates magical threats.
Support heroes like Jorgen, Nebula, and Martha, who help control the battlefield, provide healing, and boost team survivability.

Cornelius’s best synergies revolve around teams that require strong magic defense or are built to counter magic-heavy opponents. Pairing him with heroes who can protect him while he focuses on eliminating enemy mages maximizes his utility in battle.

Offense

Phobos

Faceless

Cornelius

Morrigan

Corvus

Phobos

Cornelius

Iris

Morrigan

Corvus

Phobos

Faceless

Cornelius

Jorgen

Morrigan

Phobos

Cornelius

Jorgen

Morrigan

Corvus

Phobos

Faceless

Cornelius

Jorgen

Celeste

Faceless

Cornelius

Amira

Jorgen

Celeste

Lilith

Phobos

Cornelius

Xe'Sha

Celeste

Phobos

Cornelius

Xe'Sha

Morrigan

Corvus

Phobos

Cornelius

Amira

Jorgen

Celeste

Faceless

Cornelius

Nebula

K'arkh

Astaroth

Defense

Phobos

Faceless

Cornelius

Morrigan

Corvus

Cornelius

Yasmine

Tristan

Luther

Cleaver

Phobos

Cornelius

Iris

Morrigan

Corvus

Fafnir

Artemis

Cornelius

Tristan

Galahad

Martha

Cornelius

Celeste

Satori

Astaroth

Fafnir

Artemis

Cornelius

Tristan

Luther

Phobos

Cornelius

Jorgen

Morrigan

Corvus

Cornelius

Jorgen

Celeste

Satori

Astaroth

Martha

Cornelius

Jorgen

Satori

Astaroth

Fafnir

Cornelius

Yasmine

Tristan

Cleaver

Best Cornelius Hydra Teams

Cornelius is rarely used in Hydra battles and there is no meta team with this hero so far that can counter any Hydra. However, he can be used in your runner-up teams.

Cornelius

Nebula

Celeste

Qing Mao

Markus

Martha

Cornelius

Nebula

Keira

Luther

Martha

Cornelius

Mojo

Jhu

Andvari

How to counter Cornelius in Hero Wars Alliance?

Sebastian

Sebastian's shield will block Cornelius' Memory Loss skill, which will try to curse a random enemy at the beginning of the battle.

Jorgen

Jorgen can block Cornelius' ability to gain energy and stop him from using his monolith.

Jhu

Jhu targets the back line where Cornelius is positioned. This makes Cornelius an easy target to die early in the game.

K'arkh

Fafnir

Fafnir can be used to make sure K'arkh stays alive. Be sure that K'arkh is the only hero with agility stat so Fafnir's runic shield will target K'arkh.

K'arkh also gains additional energy with its shield on each attack, so he will reload energy faster.

Both heroes are not Cornelius' targets because their main stat is not intelligence.