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Hero Companion

A free, offline build planner for City of Heroes: Homecoming that designs, optimizes, and levels character builds from the game's actual combat math — no templates, no account, no AI, nothing sent anywhere.

Get it

⬇ Download the latest release — run the Setup exe (recommended) or unzip the portable version. Windows may warn about a new unsigned app the first time: choose More info → Run anyway.

The app runs in your browser with a tray icon next to your clock (right-click it to open or quit). Your characters are saved in %APPDATA%\HeroCompanion — installs, updates, and uninstalls never touch them.

What it does

  • Build a level 50 — pick archetype, powersets, content, and role; the optimizer produces a complete build with IO-set slotting, searched until no single change improves it. As of v0.11, it's calibrated to the current endgame meta (studied from 4,000+ builds shared by one of the community's top builders): ~35% typed defense with real proc valuation, instead of the old 45%-softcap-everything style — and "classic softcap" in your goal still gets you the old way.
  • Level 1→50 — a per-level walk of the real Homecoming schedule (including the Arachnos Soldier/Widow level-24 respec and Kheldian rules) with cost-smart enhancement advice.
  • Import the character you actually play — type /build_save_file in game; the app finds the save itself.
  • Appraise your drops — recipes and enhancements get keep / convert / sell verdicts with concrete converter paths.
  • Mids Reborn compatible — imports and exports .mbd both directions.

Help & feedback

Credits & license

Built on the work of Mids Reborn, the Unofficial Homecoming Wiki, and City of Data v2 — full credits in CREDITS.md. Free & noncommercial forever (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Unofficial fan project — City of Heroes © NCSoft; Homecoming operates under license from NCSoft.

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