Evertale Tier List: Best Characters Ranked

There is no single best Evertale character — the honest answer is that the top of the tier list is defined by role compression. A unit is S-tier when it does two jobs in one slot (damage plus its own setup, or healing plus resource generation) and it drops a tier the moment your team already covers one of those jobs. If you only build two things this year, build a self-sufficient attacker and the support unit that feeds it; everything else is supporting cast.

One caveat matters more than any individual ranking: Evertale’s roster shifts with every banner and balance patch, so the specific names at the top move around. What stays stable is the shape of the meta. The classes below have been the ones worth investing in across multiple patches, per the in-game unit descriptions and the official patch notes. When a new banner drops, the useful question is not “is this unit good” but “which of these classes does it belong to, and do I already own that class?”

Quick comparison: the tier list at a glance

What actually moves a unit up or down

Tier lists that rank purely on rarity are useless, because rarity buys stats and stats are the cheapest thing to replace. Five criteria do the real work:

• Role compression. A unit that buffs itself and then attacks frees a whole team slot. A unit that needs someone else to buff it costs you a slot and is therefore worth one tier less than its stats suggest.
• Turn-one impact. What does the unit do before the opponent’s first ultimate lands? Units whose value arrives on turn 3 are turn-3 units, and a lot of fights are over before then.
• Resource economy. Skills are paid for out of a shared SP pool that builds over turns. A 3-SP skill that does something useful every turn beats a 9-SP skill that lands once. A unit that generates SP is worth more than a unit that consumes it, because the generator lifts four other slots at the same time.
• Matchup independence. Element advantage is the single biggest swing in a fight. A unit that only performs into one element is a specialist, not a carry.
• Investment curve. The right question is “how good is this at one copy, and how good at five?” A unit that is mediocre until duplicates is a trap for free-to-play accounts.

S-tier: the units worth building around

Best overall: the self-buffing attacker

This is the class that carries accounts. It applies its own attack or crit buff, then converts that into damage without needing a second unit to set it up, which means it is functional on turn one of any fight. It suits players who want one unit to do the heavy lifting in story, events and arena offence at the same time. The trade-off is cost: because it is the most contested slot, it is also the class most likely to appear on a limited banner, and it wants a full evolution before it feels like an S-tier pick. At base level it is an A.

Best for free-to-play: the SP engine

The support unit that generates the team’s ultimate resource is the cheapest S-tier investment in the game. Rarity mostly buys survivability and stats here, and the utility — SP generation, a cleanse, a shield — is carried by the skill itself, so a low-rarity version of the same kit does roughly the same job. It suits anyone with a limited pull budget, and it suits PvP offence where you need to reach an ultimate one turn before your opponent does. Its trade-off is that it wins nothing on its own: pair it with a damage dealer or it is dead weight.

A-tier: strong, but they need a partner

The dedicated healer or reviver is the unit that converts a loss into a win, and it is the difference between clearing a boss on the first attempt and the fifth. It belongs in long fights where damage accumulates faster than you can absorb it. It is A rather than S because it does nothing to advance the clock — in a fast arena meta, a pure healer is a wasted slot.

The control or debuff unit — stun, slow, buff strip — is an A-tier in PvP offence and a C-tier almost everywhere else, because most PvE bosses are either immune to the key status or die before the status matters. Build one if you play arena seriously; skip it if you are clearing story.

Where lower-tier units still shine

• Element-locked events. A C-tier unit of the correct element routinely outperforms an S-tier unit of the wrong one, because the type multiplier dwarfs the stat gap. Keep one cheap unit per element levelled for exactly this.
• Auto-farming and repeat stages. Clear speed matters more than the ceiling. A budget AoE unit that wipes a trash wave in one skill is more valuable across 200 runs than a single-target carry that takes two turns per wave.
• Turn order in arena. A fast B-tier unit that acts first can beat a slow S-tier unit that never gets to act. Speed is a stat, not a tier.
• Specific-debuff bosses. A low-rarity cleanser that removes exactly the debuff a boss applies is a hard counter regardless of its tier.
• PvP defence. The AI will not hold a combo line, so combo-dependent S-tier units underperform there while simple tank-and-revive kits overperform. A B-tier defensive kit is often an A-tier defence.

Decision matrix: what to build, based on your situation

Investment math: what a finished unit actually costs

Before you commit to a banner, run the probability. If a banner advertises a 1% featured rate, the chance of pulling at least one copy in n pulls is 1 − 0.99ⁿ. That works out to roughly 30% at 35 pulls, 50% at 70 pulls and 90% at 230 pulls. The practical rule: budget to the 50% mark for a class you already own a decent version of, and to the 90% mark only when the unit fills the exact slot your team is missing.

Then check the turn count. A unit that needs three turns of SP before its ultimate lands is a turn-3 unit. If your average story fight ends on turn 4 and your arena fights end on turn 2, that unit is S-tier on paper and C-tier in your account — no amount of levelling fixes a clock problem.

The most common ordering mistake is doing these in the wrong sequence. Gear multiplies a unit that already works; it does nothing for a unit sitting at base evolution. Finish the evolution step on two units before you farm a single gear set.

Common mistakes that flatten a good roster

• Building four attackers and no SP generation, then wondering why the ultimates never fire.
• Chasing duplicates before the base kit functions — the first copy is worth far more than the second.
• Ranking by rarity instead of kit. A high-rarity unit with a slow, self-centred kit loses to a mid-rarity unit with a fast, team-oriented one.
• Ignoring turn order. Speed decides more arena fights than attack does.
• Building to match a tier list rather than to fill the gap in your own account. The correct pick is always the class you are missing.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is the Evertale tier list the same for PvE and PvP?

No, and the gap is large. PvE rewards sustained damage, healing and AoE clearing across four or more turns, while PvP rewards turn-one and turn-two impact because fights are short and the AI on defence will not hold a combo. A unit that is S-tier in story content can be a B in arena defence for exactly that reason.

How many units should a free-to-play player invest in?

Two, then three. A self-sufficient attacker and an SP engine will clear the vast majority of story and event content, and the third slot — usually a healer or a control unit — only becomes necessary once you push arena or attempt the hardest event tiers. Spreading materials across eight units is the fastest way to stall an account.

Do I need duplicates to make an S-tier unit work?

No. Duplicates raise the ceiling through passive upgrades and higher stat caps, but a single copy with full levelling and evolution does the core job. Duplicates matter most for units whose entire value is raw damage, and least for support units whose value is a skill effect.

Are lower-rarity units ever worth building?

Yes, in three situations: element-locked events where type advantage beats rarity, auto-farming where clear speed matters more than the damage ceiling, and support roles where the skill effect rather than the stats is doing the work. Build them cheap and do not invest past the point where they stop being useful.

How often does the Evertale tier list change?

Rankings move whenever a balance patch or a new banner introduces a unit that compresses roles better than the current pick. The class structure tends to hold for much longer than individual names, so track the classes you are missing rather than memorising a list of characters.

Should I reroll my account for a specific unit?

Only if the unit is a self-sufficient attacker or an SP engine, since those two classes carry everything else. Rerolling for a high-rarity unit outside those classes usually produces a worse account than simply building around what you already pulled, because the bottleneck early on is resources, not roster quality.