AFK Journey Tier List for best characters

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Antandra is the best A-level tank who can taunt, CC and debuff enemies while protecting allies with shields. She shines in double tank teams and her only issue is her faction being full of strong characters, so adding her to the wishlist is hard to justify early on.

Arden is a late-bloomer who can drastically increase his damage output when paired with characters who use CC - without them he is below average. He is part of the Eironn meta comp in both PVE and PVP.

Atalanta is outperformed even by lower rarity characters - both her damage and utility are lacking. Honestly, just don't bother.

Berial is an Assassin who prays on isolated enemies, quickly dealing with them. His issue is that he gets easily countered by formations that 'stay together' and despite his single target focus, he doesn't do that well on bosses.

Brutus is all about his immortality which lets him buy a few seconds for the rest of the team. Sadly once it ends, he often dies instantly as he has nothing else to keep him alive. While he can also reduce the enemies' PDEF, both the value of the debuff and its uptime are worse than what other characters offer.

Bryon is a magic Ranger who can summon a Falcon and who focuses on debuffing enemies while killing them quickly. Once you unlock his EX weapon he also gains the ability to revive once per battle.

Carolina is a damage dealer who specializes in debuffing and CCing enemies and who has synergy with other CC characters. She's a late bloomer who is part of the Eironn meta team.

Cassadee is an AoE focused mage who also can buff her allies. She shines in Magical teams as she also can reduce the enemy's MDEF, which makes her pretty good in Dream Realm.

Cecia is a summoner who can deal great damage and CC enemies. Thanks to her summon, she can turn the battle into 6vs5 and keep the backline occupied. While she's great in the story from start to end, in other modes her performance drops past the early game. She's heavily reliant on her Ultimate and if she can't use it, she's useless - and she's quite slow, so it takes a while for her to use it.

Damian is Support who can heal and buff allies and debuff enemies. While early on he is just average, things change once he unlocks EX weapon - that's where he becomes one of the best PVP characters in the game as he can Haste the whole team, allowing you to win the Ultimate race.

While Dionel's damage output is great, he lacks a dedicated buffer that can allow him to use his kit fully and you need to stack 2-3 different buffers to bring him fully online. As a C/H character, raising him will take you much longer compared to other factions, but his damage output is insane if you manage to do so.

Eironn early on feels terrible to play, but everything changes once he unlocks his EX weapon. After that he can instantly gather enemies in one place at the start of the battle and debuff them, setting up his team for a combo wombo. He is part of the current strongest PVP (with Carolina and Arden) team and also works great in PVE.

Fay is a Support who can both heal and buff her allies. Sadly compared to other supports, both her healing and buffs are underwhelming - she's trying to do both and fails at both.

You can consider Florabelle as Cecia's sister. Both focus on summons and their performance is very similar across the modes - they have the same advantages and disadvantages. Still, what sets Flora apart is the synergy with other summoners once you get her EX to +10.

Granny is a great tank who is only inferior to Thoran, but in some teams she actually outperforms the undead menace. On top of being a great tank, she can also debuff and CC enemies and heal herself, allowing her to outlast the enemy team.

Hewynn is the best healer in the game whose heals can affect the whole battlefield, making her easy to slot in any composition. Once she unlocks her EX weapon, she also gains the ability to reduce the damage her allies take, making her even stronger. Her only issue is that it takes her some time to unleash her Ultimate, so early on you often pair her with another support.

Igor is one of the most annoying enemies you will face in PVE and PVP. He jumps around the battlefield, cheating death while at the same time chipping at your team's HP. While he was nerfed just before the game's release, he is still a menace on PVP defense.

Kafra is a niche damage dealer/healer/debuffer hybrid who specializes in supporting melee-focused teams as he can only heal allies that are close to him. On top of the heals, he can also CC enemies and decrease their defense, allowing him to do many things at once. But remember that you need a specific melee-based team to make him shine.

Koko is an amazing support who can reduce the damage her allies take by staggering it. Early on, she won't feel that impactful as she's not that 'flashy' and because you can overpower whatever you face with strong DPS, but later on, her real value will be revealed and she will shine in both Story and Dream Realm (and even in PVP content as she can remove CC and counter the Eironn meta team).

Korin is one of the best Dream Realm damage dealers, but only once he unlocks his EX weapon. He can be also used in the story and other PVE content, thanks to his ability to protect the weakest ally with a shield and the constant CC.

Kruger is the best PDEF debuffer in the game who is the cornerstone of most Dream Realm teams.Sadly, outside the Dream Realm, he is not used anywhere else. Early on, a few copies of him will let him do his job, as his debuff is permanent so he needs to only apply it once and even if he dies, it will remain on the boss.

Lucius is a tank who shields his allies. While early on, he does a great job, he quickly gets overshadowed by other tanks and is relegated to the off tank/shield bot role as he's not strong enough to solo tank.

Lumont while on paper looks like a great tank with all the shields, debuffs and CC, when you actually play him, you realize something isn't right. He has big issues staying alive compared to other tanks and even if you heavily invest into him, this doesn't change.

Lyca is a I-can-do-it-all character who can deal decent AoE damage, buff allies and debuff enemies at the same time. She works really well with other AoE characters to quickly nuke the enemy team.

Marilee is the best Dream Realm damage dealer who sadly is average everywhere else. Once she unlocks her EX weapon, her normal attacks deal True Damage, making her even stronger.

Mirael is a pyromancer who wants to see the world burn. Sadly, she's not as good as her desires and her performance as a damage dealer is a bit underwhelming - her damage is lacking and she doesn't have any utility in her kit to make up for that.

Niru is a unique support who can heal his allies and make them immortal, allowing for interesting combos with other characters that make some PVE content trivial. Still, he really needs his EX weapon to be consistent and it's hard to use him before he unlocks it.

Odie is one of the best A-level damage dealers in the game who shines in both PVE and PVP content. The combination of Poison, the ability to instantly kill enemies on low HP, and the massive Energy recovery that happens when he kills someone, make him a monster who can quickly kill the whole enemy team by himself.

Parisa is a damage dealer and buffer hybrid. While her AoE damage potential is massive, she's heavily reliant on enemy team formation to shine. Still, you can also pair her with Eironn, who will gather the enemies in one spot and she actually works really well in the Eironn meta team.

Reinier is the best C/H character who already works with just a single copy (unlike the other characters in those factions). He can switch positions between ally and enemy, disrupting the backline. Best Dream Realm debuffer with EX weapon unlocked.

Rhys is a damage dealer who traverses the battlefield on his bird, harassing the enemy with a barrage of attacks. His damage potential is decent, but he suffers because he tries to specialize in both single target and AoE damage simultaneously, which leads to him being just okay at both.

Rowan fills exactly the same niche he filled in AFK Arena - an energy battery - and he excels at it, making him a crucial element in any story progression team. While early on, his healing will be good enough to keep the team alive, later on, you will need to pair him with a dedicated healer.

Salazer is a damage dealer who focuses on the enemy with most HP in the battle. Sadly, in a lot of cases, this will be the tank and while Salazer damage scales with the target's HP, he lacks the burst damage needed to actually kill the chunky targets.

Satrana is a damage dealer and buffer hybrid. While the buff she provides to allies at the start of the battle is good as it reduces healing received by enemies attacked by them, Satrana has issues keeping herself alive as she's a melee-type character who is very squishy.

Scarlita is a specialist who at the start of the battle jumps into the air to support her allies with shields instead of fighting beside them. After some time, she gets bored and descends on the battlefield to deal massive amounts of damage. Sadly, a lot of her power is locked behind EX weapon and skill enhancement, so early on her performance is underwhelming.

Seth is an Assassin who early on often dies without doing anything, but once you invest in him, he is able to wipe the team by himself due to his massive damage and the ability to self-heal.  He is pretty universal and can be used in any PVE and PVP content, but he isn't the best anywhere anymore.

Shakir is a bruiser who can deal good damage and support nearby allies at the same time. He can do a lot of things and what's rare, he actually does it all decently well, allowing him to shine in both PVE and PVP. He's a core member of any Mauler-based team.

Silvina is an Assassin who instantly jumps to the enemy backline at the start of the battle. The issue is that if you don't invest in her dupes, this often is a death sentence as she will die before killing anyone. Her EX weapon makes surviving among enemies a lot easier and with it she's a force to be reckoned with in PVE and PVP.

Smokey & Meerky are some of the best supports in the game who can both heal and buff nearby allies. While they are the best support you can bring to the Dream Realm, keep in mind that their aura only affects allies within a few tiles of them, so you're limited in the teams you can run them in.

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Temesia is a very unique character who fights mounted, ignoring the walls and overall being a menace. She's great in the story to disrupt enemy formation and great in Dream Realm as her damage is decent too - so don't think of her as a tank. While early on she also is annoying in PVP, later on, her performance there drops.

Thoran is hands down the best tank in the game. Not only he can cheat death, but also can also deal a lot of damage - sometimes even one shooting the enemy tank/team. He becomes even stronger with his EX weapon as he can form a pact with an ally, taking damage instead of him and in exchange getting healed when the ally deals damage.

Vala is a very unique damage dealer who has two forms. In one she snipes the enemy backline with her rifle, in the other she jumps to the backline to stab and stun them to death. The ability to deal with the backline is crucial as often it's very hard to bypass the enemy frontline. Also, once you unlock Vala's EX weapon, she can become invisible, which drastically improves her survivability.

Valen is a damage dealer who performs very well in the early game, easily killing the whole enemy team alone, but his performance drops drastically once you reach the midgame. Then his burst isn't enough anymore and he doesn't have anything else to make up for it.

Viperian is an AoE-focused damage dealer who often can one-shot the whole enemy team. But on top of the damage, he can also drain energy from the enemies, allowing you to win the Ultimate race. He perfectly fits into the Graverborn core with Thoran and Cecia.

Walker is a damage dealer who focuses on CC. His damage is average, but he makes up for it with excellent crowd-control abilities. So if you need to deal with a pesky caster, Walker is the perfect choice for that job.