While PvE seems to be a more common way to play Mercenaries, PvP is also a big part of it. A lot of pro players have decided to try their best and grind ranks, competing against each other for spots in Mercenaries leaderboards. But even if you aren’t aspiring to appear there, you can still have a lot of fun with the mode. Mercenaries PvP is heavily based on mind games – you try to predict what your opponent is going to play, and at the same time counter their prediction so the moves they pick are least successful.

But one of the most common questions is – which Mercenaries work best? What are the strongest heroes you can add to your comp to be successful? You should find your answers below!

This tier list is based on the official data published by Lead Data Scientist Tian Ding from players over 6500 MMR (Top 5%), not counting vs AI games. Keep in mind that the game mode is still fresh and the meta is changing dynamically! We’ll be updating the Tier List later when we get a new batch of data. Previous “tier lists” could only be based on pro players’ opinions, because Mercenaries is so new that no one has gathered enough data to draw meaningful conclusions before. Opinion-based tier lists aren’t wrong per se, but they always include individual biases, so it’s better to back everything up with solid data.

P.S. Mercenaries you get for free seem very underwhelming according to this Tier List. While most of them aren’t great anyway (with an exception of Samuro + Xyrella), there might be something more going on – for example, F2P players who didn’t rank them up and play with weak starter comps might be driving their win rates down (after first grinding to higher MMR vs AI). Of course, it’s just speculation, but I definitely wouldn’t put some of them on the very bottom of the list.

If you’re looking for the best Mercenaries PvP Party Compositions, check out this post!

Table of Content

Tier S – Overpowered

• Tavish Stormpike (Rare)

Tier A – Great

• Varden Dawngrasp (Rare)
• Jaina Proudmoore (Legendary)
• Diablo (Legendary)
• Baron Geddon (Epic)
• Cairne Bloodhoof (Epic)
• Vol’jin (Epic)
• Ragnaros (Legendary)
• Antonidas (Epic)

Tier B – Good

• Alexstrasza (Legendary)
• The Lich King (Legendary)
• Natalie Seline (Epic)
• Rexxar (Legendary)
• Blink Fox (Rare)
• Malfurion Stormrage (Legendary)
• Gruul (Epic)

Tier C – Okay

• Tamsin Roame (Rare)
• Prophet Velen (Epic)
• Guff Runetotem (Rare)
• Bru’kan (Rare)
• Anduin Wrynn (Legendary)
• King Mukla (Epic)
• King Krush (Epic)
• Thrall (Legendary)
• War Master Voone (Epic)
• Uther (Legendary)
• Sylvanas Windrunner (Legendary)
• Kurtrus Ashfallen (Rare)

Tier D – Below Average

• Mannoroth (Epic)
• Varian Wrynn (Epic)
• Saurfang (Epic)
• Blademaster Samuro (Rare)
• Brightwing (Epic)
• Scabbs Cutterbutter (Rare)
• Lady Anacondra (Rare)
• Xyrella (Rare)
• Rathorian (Rare)
• Mutanus (Epic)

Tier E – Bad

• Illidan Stormrage (Legendary)
• Morgl the Oracle (Rare)
• Garrosh Hellscream (Legendary)
• Tirion Fordring (Epic)
• Old Murk-Eye (Rare)
• Lord Jaraxxus (Legendary)
• Gul’dan (Legendary)

Tier F-G – Horrible

• Tyrande (Epic)
• Grommash Hellscream (Legendary)
• Cariel Roame (Rare)
• Rokara (Rare)
• Cornelius Roame (Rare)
• Millhouse Manastorm (Rare)

Tier S – Overpowered

Tavish Stormpike

Tier A – Great

Varden Dawngrasp

Jaina Proudmoore

Diablo

Baron Geddon

Cairne Bloodhoof

Vol’jin

Ragnaros

Antonidas

Tier B – Good

Alexstrasza

The Lich King

Natalie Seline

Rexxar

Blink Fox

Malfurion Stormrage

Gruul

Tier C – Okay

Tamsin Roame

Prophet Velen

Guff Runetotem

Bru’kan

Anduin Wrynn

King Mukla

King Krush

Thrall

War Master Voone

Uther

Sylvanas Windrunner

Kurtrus Ashfallen

Tier D – Below Average

Mannoroth

Varian Wrynn

Saurfang

Blademaster Samuro

Brightwing

Scabbs Cutterbutter

Lady Anacondra

Xyrella

Rathorian

Mutanus

Tier E – Bad

Illidan Stormrage

Morgl the Oracle

Garrosh Hellscream

Tirion Fordring

Old Murk-Eye

Lord Jaraxxus

Gul’dan

Tier F+G – Horrible

Tyrande

Grommash Hellscream

Cariel Roame

Rokara

Cornelius Roame

Millhouse Manastorm