Hero Clash: Grade 10 Gear Upgrade and Reforge Guide

To upgrade Grade 10 equipment in Hero Clash, enhance a base red piece to its level cap using fodder gear and gold, confirm or reforge its faction badge to match the wearer, and spend casting stones to ascend the gear into Tier 1 (T1) and Tier 2 (T2). Prioritize your primary damage carry's weapon and boots first to maximize combat effectiveness.

Step-by-Step Grade 10 Upgrade Sequence

Upgrading Grade 10 gear requires alternating between standard enhancement and tier casting. Follow these steps to avoid wasting scarce materials:

1. Check the faction badge: Look at the top corner of the item. Confirm that the faction icon matches the intended hero before investing materials.
2. Reforge mismatched gear: If the piece lacks a faction or shows the wrong alignment, use reforge scrolls or conversion tokens to reroll it. Do not apply casting stones to neutral or mismatched pieces.
3. Enhance to the base cap: Feed surplus purple, yellow, or red fodder gear alongside gold to raise the item to its initial enhancement cap of +30.
4. Ascend with T1 casting stones: In the forge interface, spend the required Tier 1 casting stones to unlock the T1 border, increase base stats, and raise the enhancement ceiling.
5. Re-level and ascend to T2: Enhance the piece to its new level cap, then spend Tier 2 casting stones to reach maximum attribute scaling.

Faction Resonance and Stat Multipliers

Grade 10 gear gains a passive 30% bonus on its base attributes when equipped by a hero belonging to the same faction (such as Wilder, Night, Abyss, or Divine). Because T1 and T2 casting stones are scarce, invest them only into gear pieces that have a confirmed faction match.

Hero and Slot Investment Priorities

Focus your first sets of casting stones entirely on your primary carry rather than distributing upgrades across all six team members. A fully awakened S-tier carry (such as Alvarez) equipped with matched T1 or T2 gear provides significantly more progress in PvE and arena battles than an evenly geared squad.

• Primary Damage Carry (Offense First): Upgrade the weapon and boot slots first. Weapons provide flat Attack and critical strike scaling, while boots increase Speed to ensure your carry acts before enemy units.
• Frontline Tanks (Defense Second): Once the carry's weapon and boots reach at least T1, upgrade the armor and helmet on your primary frontline tank (such as Fagon) to stack damage reduction and total HP.
• Supports: Leave support gear at base Grade 10 until your carry and primary tank have secured their required T1 and T2 pieces.

Never consume Grade 10 red equipment as level-up fodder, even if it rolls an unwanted faction. Store spare pieces in inventory for secondary squads or until reforge materials allow you to change their faction alignment.