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Everyone is new to the Epic Heroes context. There has only been 1 previous game involving the Epic Heroes Mod, and that only used 12 of the nations. And many of those heroes have changed.

Basically, you just need to make sure you have a good understanding of what your race's Epic Hero brings to the table BEFORE you design your pretender. An Epic Hero should allow you to play a race with many more options than exist without one in terms of pretender selection.

Once the game begins and you encounter other races, it is imperative that you understand what the Epic Heroes of your neighbors bring to the table so you can plan on how to counter them.

While my Epic Hero(Shinuyama) was pretty good in the last game, Dr. P killed him with 2 frozen hearts(: I had fire and lighting protection on him, and some mr items, but Dr. P noted a weakness and exploited it. While tough, any Epic Hero can be killed. As can any thug or sc. It is hard to protect against everything unless you are the Monkey King!