Heroic

"Heroic" (ヒロイック Hiroikku) is an archetype used by Nistro in the Yu-Gi-Oh! ZEXAL anime. It involves Warrior-Type monsters with effects that allow them to get stronger that involves original ATKs. Their team symbol is a crimson Phoenix, which also symbolizes the never-dying fighting spirit within this archetype's user Nistro.

In the anime, "Heroic Challenger" and "Heroic Champion" are both archetypes. In the OCG, most of their support cards are changed to be support cards for all "Heroic" monsters.

So far, all "Heroic" monsters are EARTH-Attribute Effect Monsters, except for "Heroic Champion - Excalibur" who is a LIGHT-Attribute monster.