# Hero Class Benefits - when are they applied?

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hero-class-benefits-when-are-they-applied/4510>\
**Category:** Gameplay Chat (PC/Mobile)\
**Created:** [March 11, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hero-class-benefits-when-are-they-applied/4510 "2016-03-11T21:56:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Windigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Windigo](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Windigo)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hero-class-benefits-when-are-they-applied/4510/1 "2016-03-11T21:56:50Z")

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I am a bit confused about the Hero Class and what the benefits are. If I don’t have the hero in my current team, are any of the perks, traits, or bonuses applied? If I don’t have the hero in my team, does it matter which hero class I choose and is there any benefit to leveling up the hero using souls?

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**Author:** ![GemsCollector](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@GemsCollector](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/GemsCollector)\
**Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hero-class-benefits-when-are-they-applied/4510/2 "2016-03-11T22:10:42Z")

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No, the class bonuses apply only to hero as a troop. So if you don’t use him it doesn’t matter.

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**Author:** ![Dorgath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@Dorgath](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dorgath)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 12:52pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hero-class-benefits-when-are-they-applied/4510/3 "2016-03-14T12:52:26Z")

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> [@Windigo](#):
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> is there any benefit to leveling up the hero using souls?

Kind of related to this, but is the hero leveled up once, no matter what the class, or does each class need to be leveled up?

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**Author:** ![Esoxnepa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/esoxnepa/32/1837_2.png) [@Esoxnepa](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Esoxnepa)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hero-class-benefits-when-are-they-applied/4510/4 "2016-03-14T12:59:46Z")

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The hero levels, and keeps levels, if in a class or not. The Hero Levels are separate from the experience your hero gains.

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**Author:** ![Dorgath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@Dorgath](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dorgath)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 1:01pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hero-class-benefits-when-are-they-applied/4510/5 "2016-03-14T13:01:33Z")

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Thanks! I just managed to unlock all of the classes but was holding off on leveling until I knew exactly how it worked 🙂

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**Author:** ![ZIGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/e19adc/32.png) [@ZIGS](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/ZIGS)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hero-class-benefits-when-are-they-applied/4510/6 "2016-03-14T13:42:45Z")

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Are you sure? I thought you have to level each class separately

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**Author:** ![Dorgath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@Dorgath](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Dorgath)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2016, 1:44pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/hero-class-benefits-when-are-they-applied/4510/7 "2016-03-15T13:44:27Z")

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Yes, it now looks like they level separately. I leveled Warden up to level 2 just to see and on the class screen, it shows level 2 for it while all the rest are level 1.