Heroes

DragonSword: Awakening has nineteen playable Heroes. Each Hero has a distinct set of Status Ailment abilities, which is the primary thing that differentiates them mechanically from one another.

All Unlockable Through Play

Under the buy-to-play business model for the Western release, every Hero is obtainable through the story and in-game activities. No Hero is locked behind gacha pulls or extra paid purchases beyond the base game. This is a deliberate departure from the Korean F2P version, which used gacha to distribute Heroes.

Where They Fit Into Combat

Status Ailment variety is the clearest way to understand what a Hero does. One Hero might specialise in stacking multiple bleed-style effects, another in chaining debuffs that set up big burst damage. Players can then extend those ailments with Active Skills and close with Signal Skills.