Tier List
How the 24 combatants stack up against each other.
This tier list ranks all 24 combatants from SS (strongest) down to C. Most ranks are cross-checked against at least two independent sources; a few of the newest combatants are too recent for a second source yet and are marked "1 source" — we never publish a rank from a guess, and single-source ranks are always labelled as such.
SS
S
A
B
C
Weapon-style Tier v1.7 · July 2026
Every SS-to-C weapon combo ranked separately from the character tier above (72 combos tracked).
SS
S
Gowther
Staff
Clotho
Rapier
Escanor
Greatsword
Merlin
Wand
Tioreh
Wand
King
Staff
Diane
Gauntlets
Diane
Axe
King
Grimoire
King
Wand
Elaine
Wand
Elaine
Grimoire
Jericho
Lance
Tristan
Longsword
Tristan
Dual Swords
Drake
Greatsword
Guila
Sword & Shield
Guila
Rapier
Hendrickson
Longsword
Mannie
Longsword
Howzer
Gauntlets
Daisy
Wand
A
B
C
Breakdown
Same combos grouped by character, with the pros and cons behind each weapon's rank.
Daisy
- Applies Electric Charge, which increases Lightning damage.
- Normal Attacks can decrease CRIT Resistance.
- Special Attack can increase CRIT Damage.
- Can inflict Wind Seed on enemies after a CRIT, which deals additional damage and decreases Wind Resistance.
- Special Attack can increase the party's CRIT chance and stun enemies.
- Ultimate can decrease enemy Wind Resistance and Block Rate.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
Guila
- Provides barriers to allies.
- Can Taunt enemies and reduce damage taken.
- Increases Fire damage dealt by allies with the barrier.
- Demon Form enhances overall damage.
- Can increase her own Fire Burst Efficiency and Burn damage.
- Reduces the enemy's Fire Defense.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
Diane
- DEF stat-scaling makes her both strong and durable.
- Tag Skill can taunt enemies.
- Ultimate makes her immune to reactions thanks to Heavy Metal.
- Can stun enemies with Breaker.
- Special Attack cooldown gets decreased when used to attack an enemy with Breaker.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
Merlin
- One of the best Burst Applications in-game.
- Can use Ultimate Move without consuming Skill Points.
- Powerful Tag Skill damage.
- Can Freeze enemies with her Special Attack.
- Tag Skill gameplay is smooth.
- Can increase her own Lightning damage.
- Strong Normal Skill damage.
- Overload can increase Defense Shatter.
Drake
- Can increase his own Lightning Attack and CRIT Chance with King's Magic.
- Can decrease his Skill Cooldown with King of the Dracos.
- Powerful Ultimate especially with King's Magic.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
Clotho
- Can get Crit stats through Special Attack.
- Can decrease enemy DEF with Dimensional Erosion.
- Enhanced Basic Attacks are powerful.
- Enhanced Basic Attacks are locked behind Ultimate Move.
- Provides a ton of healing.
- Can increase Cold damage dealt by the party.
- Normal Skill can freeze enemies with Rune Awakening.
- Strong Wind Burst application.
- Can guarantee Crits with Dimensional Rift and Ultimate.
- Can be immune to reactions.
Jericho
- Can Freeze enemies after activating Cold Burst.
- Frozen Saber increases her CRIT Chance.
- Ultimate can decrease Cold Resistance.
- Frozen Breath can increase Defense.
- Normal Skill and Tag Skill provide a Barrier.
- Ultimate can Freeze enemies.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
Elizabeth
- Provides amazing Healing over Time and damage reduction.
- Splashing Around can increase ally Defense and reduce enemy Defense.
- Ultimate Move provides off-field healing and Reaction Immunity.
- Amazing Support for Normal Attack DPS units.
- Can increase the party's Wind Damage.
- Can decrease the enemy's resistance to Wind.
- Burst Efficiency scales off of Crit Damage.
- Can reset all allied heroes' Normal Skill cooldown and increase their Crit Chance.
Gowther
- Powerful Burst Applicator for Lightning teams.
- Can decrease enemy Defense.
- Amazing on enemies with shields.
- Can be a generalist Support that can work on most teams.
- Provides additional damage through Link.
- Ultimate Move can immobilize bosses.
- Strong Support capabilities for Lightning units.
- Normal Skill can remain on the field even if Gowther is tagged out.
Elaine
- Can increase the party's Burst Efficiency.
- Ultimate can provide a party-wide damage reduction.
- Can increase her own CRIT Chance on enemies with Wind Burst.
- Special Attack can stagger enemies and decrease Normal Skill Cooldown.
- Normal Skill can increase her own CRIT Damage.
- Earth Burst can Petrify enemies, which increases Physical and Earth damage received.
- Saintess's Mark decreases damage dealt and decreases enemy Earth Burst Resistance.
- Normal Skill provides a barrier to allies.
Meliodas
- Can increase his own Darkness Attack.
- Can decrease Darkness Burst duration and deal additional damage on enemies with Darkness Burst.
- Ultimate is stronger on enemies with Darkness Burst.
- Demonic Power can deal additional damage and restore some HP.
- Attacking enemies while on Demonic Power can increase the damage dealt through Hellfire.
- Special Attack cooldown can be reduced with Demonic Power.
- Special Attack can inflict Demon Energy, which can be removed through the Normal Skill to deal additional damage.
- His Ultimate deals massive damage, especially when there are fewer enemies.
Escanor
- Scales off Defense, providing powerful fire barriers to fight off enemies.
- Shreds enemy fire resistances.
- Despite being a support, needs on-field time to apply effects and upkeep Overheat stacks.
- Scales immensely with HP, becoming both a formidable tank and a powerful DPS.
- He requires a major investment since he needs a lot of Crit Rate and Damage. Because of this, you also need to surround him with supports that provide Crit buffs, such as Mannie, which makes team comps somewhat limited.
- Increases DoT for the team and takes major advantage of the burn status.
- Status as a Holy unit makes team-building tricky as he is required to on-field but requires ample off-field fire units.
Mannie
- Can provide a party-wide CRIT Damage buff with Draco Priestess.
- Can deal additional damage with Punishment.
- Ultimate can decrease enemy All Element Defense with Stigmata.
- Can increase her own CRIT stats by attacking an enemy with Cold Burst.
- Normal Skill can enhance Normal Attacks
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
King
- Can increase his own Attack stat with Bloom.
- Gets Defense Shatter with Full Bloom.
- Ultimate deals increased Crit Chance if Full Bloom is active.
- Can decrease damage received by the party and increase healing output.
- Can inflict Mark of the Forest on enemies, which increases the Earth damage taken.
- Ultimate grants Forest's Protection on allies, which grants a barrier and restores HP.
- Can increase Earth allies' Attack and Defense.
- Special Attack restores the Magic Gauge and increases ally Defense.
- Normal Skill can increases ally Earth damage through Forest Fairy.
Dreyfus
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
Hendrickson
- Can increase the party's Defense and Shatter Resistance.
- Can restore HP to allies.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
Tristan
- Can increase the party's Wind Attack after activating Wind Burst.
- Special Attack can inflict Bleed on enemies, which reduces their Healing Efficiency.
- Ultimate can increase the party's All Elemental Burst Efficiency.
- Can increase the party's Fire Attack when Fire Burst is activated.
- Special Attack can decrease Fire Defense.
- Ultimate can increase the party's All Elemental Burst Efficiency.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
Tioreh
- Tag Skill and Normal Skill provide HP restoration.
- Special Attack can increase the party's Defense.
- Ultimate can inflict Burn on enemies.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
Dredrin
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
Gilthunder
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
Slater
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
Griamore
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
Bug
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
Howzer
- Can increase the party's Wind DMG on Bleeding enemies.
- Special Attack can decrease CRIT Resistance.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
No detailed pros/cons published for this combo yet — rank only.
Criteria
Weapon-style tiers weigh raw damage output, how much a combo supports the rest of the team (buffs, debuffs, Burst application), and how easy the kit is to play around bosses and mob waves. A combo that needs heavy investment (Crit stats, specific partners) to perform is ranked more conservatively than one that works out of the box. Ranks are cross-checked across independent community sources where possible; where sources disagree by a wide margin, the more conservative tier is kept.
Our Methodology
Most ranks here are cross-checked against at least two independent community sources that agree — if they disagree, we take the lower (more conservative) tier. The 4 newest combatants (Escanor, Merlin, Elizabeth, Clotho) are currently confirmed against only a single community reference because the two performance-based sources haven't rated them yet — those four are marked "1 source" below and will be upgraded once a second source rates them. We never invent a ranking from a guess.