Rufus - Hero Wars Alliance - 2025

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

Rufus in Hero Wars

Rufus is a tank hero in Hero Wars Alliance who can absorb all magic damage with his shield and restore his health by devouring magic.

He has a demon named Rakashi trapped in his shield, who became his friend after Rufus won a drinking bet with him. Rufus is good against teams that rely on magic damage and can only be killed by physical damage. You can get Rufus by spending Grand Arena coins in the Grand Arena shop.

Pros

Protects the whole team with a shield that absorbs massive amounts of magic damage
Can regenerate health when receiving magic damage
An excellent tank that is designed to fight against magic teams

Cons

Often loses against physical packs
A situational hero that can’t be used in every battle, only against mages

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Who could've imagined that Rufus, that merry drunkard, would become one of the revered Guardians? He made a bet with Rakashi the demon, put his soul at stake, and chose a reliable method to win, by drinking his opponent down! Rufus won the bet, and the demon, confined within his shield, became his faithful friend and protector.

In-game Rufus description in Hero Wars Alliance

Rufus Characteristics
Characteristic	Value
Main Stat	Strength
Attack Type	Magical
Role	Tank
Faction	Way of Mystery
Position	Front Line
Stone Source	Grand Arena Shop
Max Power	191063

Rufus Max Hero Stats
Stat	Value
Intelligence	3807
Agility	2912
Strength	16285
Health	1329029
Physical Attack	25522
Magic Attack	82598
Armor	41965
Magic Defense	24221
Toughness	7780

Rufus Skills

1st

Rakashi's Barrier

Rufus covers the team with a shield which absorbs all magic damage.

Keywords: Shield

Animation delay: 0.9 seconds

Shield capacity: 423586 (215% Magic attack + 246000) damage

2nd

Rakashi's Mockery

Strikes the enemy with the greatest magic power, dealing damage over time.

Cool down: 12 seconds

Animation delay: 0.56 seconds

Damage: 81749 (75% Magic attack + 19800) for 4.0 seconds.

3rd

Devourer of Magic

Part of the damage absorbed by Rakashi's Barrier is converted into the hero's health.

Health recovered: 84% of damage absorbed by the shield

4th

Rakashi's Oath

Rufus can now only be killed with physical damage. If the last attack against the hero dealt magic damage or pure damage, they resurrect with a portion of health restored.

Keywords: Resurrection

Recovered health: 633160 (35% Health +168000))

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

Hero Class

Tank

450/450

Every 10 seconds, the effect is applied to the ally with the lowest health percentage, increasing armor and magic defense by 35790.29 (1% Health + 22500) for 5.0 seconds.This ability can be used on the tank itself and depends on their maximum Health stat.

Rufus Talisman

Talisman of Oath

Main Stat

Strength

+2000

Slot 1

Health

+60500

Slot 2

Health

+60500

Slot 3

Health

+60500

Talisman of Languor

Main Stat

Armor

+12000

Slot 1

Magic Attack

+6600

Slot 2

Magic Attack

+6600

Slot 3

Magic Attack

+6600

Rufus Hero Sets

Intelligence

+759

Agility

+838

Strength

+689

Health

+25180

Physical Attack

+3363

Magic Attack

+3671

Armor

+2878

Magic Defence

+2588

Rufus Glyph Priority

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

Health

+122800

Strength

+2110

Armor

+12850

Magic Attack

+12850

Magic Defence

+12850

Rufus Skins Priority

1st

2nd

3rd

4th

5th

6th

7th

Spring+

Toughness

+5920

Angel

Health

+106645

Winter

Health

+106645

Default

Strength

+1365

Barbarian

Magic Attack

+10650

Beach

Armor

+10650

Rufus Artifacts Priority

1st

2nd

3rd

Weapon

Rakashi's Shield

Activation chance

+100%

Armor

+32040

Ring

Ring of Strength

Strength

+3990

Book

Tome of Arcane Knowledge

Magic attack

+10680

Health

+53394

Best Rufus Teams

Offense

Fafnir

Artemis

Tristan

Rufus

Luther

Fafnir

Artemis

Tristan

Julius

Rufus

Phobos

Faceless

Amira

Jorgen

Rufus

Fafnir

Artemis

Tristan

Galahad

Rufus

Jet

Sebastian

Keira

Andvari

Rufus

Martha

Amira

Celeste

Satori

Rufus

Lilith

Dorian

Phobos

Iris

Rufus

Fafnir

Aidan

Kayla

Tristan

Rufus

Martha

Faceless

Jorgen

Satori

Rufus

Fafnir

Artemis

Tristan

Astaroth

Rufus

Defense

Jet

Sebastian

Keira

Andvari

Rufus

Fafnir

Artemis

Tristan

Rufus

Luther

Jet

Sebastian

Tristan

Galahad

Rufus

Fafnir

Artemis

Tristan

Rufus

Cleaver

Fafnir

Artemis

Tristan

Julius

Rufus

Fafnir

Artemis

Tristan

Rufus

Chabba

Fafnir

Artemis

Tristan

Galahad

Rufus

Fafnir

Artemis

Tristan

Astaroth

Rufus

Fafnir

Artemis

Tristan

Rufus

Ziri

Fafnir

Dorian

Keira

Andvari

Rufus

Best Rufus Hydra Teams

Even though Rufus has no specific meta team in Hydra battles, he can be a good pick due to his ability to absorb magical damage.

Martha

Mojo

Nebula

Jhu

Rufus

Thea

Orion

Nebula

Galahad

Rufus

Dorian

Dark Star

Fox

Daredevil

Rufus

How to counter Rufus in Hero Wars Alliance?

Rufus is vulnerable to physical attacks from heroes. He can only be killed by physical attack damage. So using any such damage dealer like K'arkh, Yasmin, or Keira should do the job.

Morrigan

Morrgain can block Rufus' resurrection ability due to his 4th skill, Rakashi's Oath.