Alric

[Taygete]

I think Alric is most powerfull class in game (for now) because he can even summon 3 more sand Warriors and that 60% return dmg woah.. what you think about alric? Or there is some stronger hero then him?

[Samseng Yik]

He seems the most unbalanced. (Not counting the obviously unbalanced Paid Hero)
He is "Boring/Simple but Practical".

Most of his skills are very good for Tower Defense.
Good HP, Good Armor, Good Damage, Summon Tank.

Other Hero may does something better than Alric, but has big setback in exchange.
Alric also don't require much strategy to use well.

[Gear D4C3]

I found Cronan to be more usefull.
The rhino skill brings incredible crowd control, especially when the enemies are weak they can be even killed by it.

[Taygete]

That's right GearD4C3 but i think Alric can be good combo with Machine he can stop like 4 mobs (with his Warriors) and Machine just do his job.

[Gear D4C3]

Alric is more robust and thanks to flurry he does damage even strong enemies a lot, the sand warriors are definitly nice for crowd control but in my experience strong mobs weren't the real issue but the number of enemies wich are taking away time and focus from your archer and mage tower.
And thanks to this Cronan excels with his rhino skill, stunning and even killing a lot of enemies.
He does also have two boars, so Cronan is also able to at least block three mobs at a certain point.
Altough Alric does have one Sand Warrior more, the lack of something like the rhino skill makes him worse at crowd control overall.

I also like Grawl, he is nearly unkillable for most enemies, does good area damage and his ground stunning is also very handy.
He is just totally immobile.

Nivus is a nice hero because of his teleport abiliy, making fast rescue actions possible.

All other heroes weren't my cup of tea.

I really hated Mirage to level up, she does have nearly no crowd control or ability to holding back enemies.
She is in my eyes the most useless hero.
Her low health and doge ability is forcing you to manage her quite a lot in comparison.

Also I didn't like Dierdre but I think I will try her again now.

[PichuYang]

One thing for sure is Alric is doable to complete Veteran for all stages, since his skill are quite defensive and has single-target nuke.

While Captain Blackthorne is the only hero that allow you earn money faster(given that you play him in a right way), which can made your strategy easier. But his lack in armor and units summon not make him good hero as Alric to guard places such as choke points.

At least Blackthorne has a rifle to kill "Crows"...Which made my favourite hero to use than Alric to complete "Normal" campaign stage.