Lost Sword Tier List

Categories

Here are the categories we're rating the characters in:

• PvE (Early) tier list rates the character performance in the following content:
• Normal Campaign Chapter 1 - 34 (when SH9 is unlocked).
• Hard Campaign Chapter 1 - 30.
• Hell Campaign Chapter 1 - 20.
• PvE (Late) tier list rates the character performance in the following content:
• Normal Campaign Chapter 35 Onwards.
• Hard Campaign Chapter 31 Onwards.
• Hell Campaign Chapter 21 Onwards.
• Raids tier list rates the character performance in the following content:
• Daily Raid - Cockatrice, Cow Queen, Death Lord, Kraken, Medusa, Tiamat, Watcher.
• Reincarnation of Stars.
• Avalon - Elaia, Mercia, Isiel, Camelot, Tintagel, Sacred Titania.
• PVP tier list rates the character performance in the following content:
• Arena

Criteria

• Manual Play.
• Using optimal team composition/ support characters.
• Skills are all assumed to be Level 3.
• Characters are rated at T0 (No Dupe).
• Characters are rated with general Cards (No Character Exclusive Cards).

Roles

• DPS - Characters' whose primary role is to deal damage. Includes both Ranged and Melee DPS.
• Support - Characters whose primary role is to amplify team damage or reduce the enemy damage dealt. Includes Buffers, Debuffers and CC units.
• Healer - Characters whose primarily role is to keep your Team alive by Healing, Shielding and other means (in Raids Healer role is rated by 'keeping Party alive with minimal Raid Score loss').
• Tank - Characters whose primary role is to keep your Team alive by tanking the damage dealt by the enemy team.

Ratings explained - PvE Early/Mid and PvE Late

• S+ - Powerful, versatile units that can be used to brute force almost all Campaign stages and other generalist PvE content. They either possess insane damage output, or they have unrivaled supporting capabilities. They have a comprehensive kit that barely has any weaknesses.
• S - Strong units featuring remarkable DPS and supportive capability. Best choices to replace units from S+ tiers. They are slightly less usable compared to units in S+, and are used situationally depending on Stage Conditions or Element.
• A - These units are much more situational compared to their S counterparts but can be used with success if you have no access to better alternatives. They function more as replacements, but can be the Main DPS when it's their own Element or a situation heavily favoring them. Otherwise, their performance is weaker, and pushing with them will not feel as rewarding/comfortable.
• B - These units are rarely effective, and are technically out of the actual meta for PvE. They cannot compete with the top units, but occasionally might be able to help progress in a stage or two.
• C - These units are very hard to use and should be replaced as soon as possible.
• D - Just Don't.

Ratings explained - Raids

• S+ - Powerful, versatile units that have an insane damage output regardless of Element allowing them to dominate in most Raids or are Universal Supports that can be used in any Raid. (Healer - Greatly Increases Damage)
• S - Strong units that are often the second choice. They possess impactful damage regardless of Element while excelling in selected few along with Supports that can be highly effective (Healer - Increases DMG).
• A - Units that have decent DPS in general but can be BiS in certain Elements or have acceptable supportive capability but are secondary to their big sisters in the S rank (Healer - Causes some Damage loss).
• B - Units that are waiting for that one Raid. Highly specific units that are used when the right time and situation comes. However, in other scenarios, these units will falter (Healer - Causes sizable Damage loss).
• C - They Exist (Healer - Causes significant Damage loss).
• D - They Don't.

Ratings explained - PvP

• S+ - Meta Defining, staple of all PvP rosters. You can say that you are bricked if you don't have one of them. Queens of PvP.
• S - These units have strong overall performance, and some of them occupy a certain niche where no other units can replace them.
• A - Units from this tier and below are starting to show weakness when used in PvP. Either they require a specific setup, demand high investments, or are easily counterable.
• B - These units have average performance but are nowhere near impactful as units above them.
• C - They have niche uses if at all.
• D - Just Don't.

21/Mar/2026

Character Rating Adjustments:

PVP

• Lisa (DPS) - A to S- Following a month, we've decided to bring Lisa's rating up to bring her in line with other DPSes. Lisa's damage output paired with Morgana Dispel can wipe out enemies with the right setup.

PvE (Early/ Late)

• Lisa (DPS) - A to S - Bringing her rating up to reflect updates in the meta/ balance patch.
• Lohen (DPS) - A to S - Balance Patch has brought Lohen to roughly Palamedes damage output, while still being on a safer position - this change is meant to reflect this.
• Cristina (Support) (Late) - A to S - Brought up to reflect her changes from balance patch.

Raids

• Ria (Support/ Healer) - A to S - Ria has jumped up in popularity lately as another healer/ buffer that works well with the current dominant archer comps. This change is to reflect that.
• Dian (Healer) - S+ to S - It is currently a Wizard/ Archer/ Lueira Hybrid dominated meta, and this change reflects this, with little to no showings from Dian in the past 2 to 3 months. Will go back if a strong DPS knight shows up.

20/Mar/2026

Yumi Added to the tier list.

09/Mar/2026

Asuka, Hikage Added to the tier list.

Isabel, Cristina Ratings updated as per Balance Patch.

22/Feb/2026

Character Rating Adjustments:

PVP

• Palamedes (DPS) - S+ to S - with Lueira and MLF bringing up the DPS, Pala has dropped off in priority for all the required effort needed to keep her alive.
• Claire (Support) - S+ to S - Despite Claire climbing back to prominence with the introduction of MLF, the nerf on recovery has diminished her importance and turned her into more of a defensive pivot than a determinant game changer.
• Lilith (Support) - S+ to S - Lilith's now more of a walking speed control stat stick and does little else to affect the game. She and Claire are basically interchangeable in that regard in the current MLF meta.
• Dian and Erin (Support)- S+ to S - This is to set a gap between those 2 and Percival, who not only has 2 shields, but can cast her first one (Dian also can do that but has a fairly lackluster ult in the PvP context) quite quickly to mitigate incoming damage in this sped up MLF meta.
• Morgana (DPS) - C to S - The dominance of shield meta has brought forward some unlikely competition - Morgana's dispel can remove a lot of defensive and offensive potential with her spammable 8 second actives. She is still squishy but with proper gearing and protection, may be the key factor to breaking some of the more dominant meta comps.
• Lisa (DPS) - B to A - Meet the new Lancelot. She is much squishier and does need Morgana to enable her, but her ultimate is one of the fastest to cast and deals a ton of damage.

PVE

• Merlin (PvE Early - Support) - S+ to S - NEO Bedi exists and does more (aside from DEF shred) than just CC and Crit Chance.
• Dian (PvE Early/ Late - Support) - S+ to S - Pala dropping in priority for newer players = Dian dropping alongside her. Will go back up again if a strong knight dps shows up.

Raids

• Palamedes (DPS) - S+ to S - With changes to Raid adding several CC immune bosses and the dominance of MLF + Lueira comps, Palamedes fell off pretty hard, having only some degree of representation in the past month (Magic Resistant MLF Raid).
• Estheria (Support) - S+ to S - Estheria has always risen and fallen with the tides. With Lueira being so dominant right now, there has been lesser need for Estheria's wizard associated effects. Don't worry, she will be back. Probably.
• Galahad (Tank) - S to S+ - with MLF's release, Galahad has jumped back into the fray as a top tier tank with buffing capability and cheese potential. This position is however being threatened by the presence of Lueira, who favors Belsey and Erin more as tanks for that role. Should still be pretty active for the time being at least.
• Lisa (DPS) - A to S+ - Lisa's balance patch brings her DPS contribution to close to/ exceeding Nesha's output, allowing her to stand in as a DPS in several raids. Read our updated Review for the full story.

06/Feb/2026

Nesha Added to the tier list.

31/Jan/2026

Character Rating Adjustments:

• Lancelot (Tank/ DPS PvP and PvE) - S+ to S - while she's still quite strong, a lot of the newer releases have diminished her value considerably. With the required starting investment needed for her to shine, it's hard to recommend her in her current state.
• Eva (DPS - Raid) - S+ to S/ Eva (DPS - PvE) - S to A - Newer releases having better Damage output than her. Ran being out of the meta has also lowered the need for constant shock application. Without other forms of utility, she has far lesser showings than previously. This change is meant to reflect this.
• Ran (DPS - Raid) - S+ to S - Ran was previously dethroned by Palamedes just 2 weeks after her damage patch. While her utility is still very good, she has far lesser showings in recent comps and was adjusted in response to this.
• Lua (DPS - Raid) - S to A - Lua used to have showings in the Kraken raid, but fell off in favor of Eva. With zero showings since then, and no showings in the new season, we decided to lower her rating accordingly.
• Vivien (DPS - Raid) - S to A - Similar to Lua's situation, where her output started to fall behind newer comps. With zero showings since then, we decided to lower her rating accordingly.
• Lohengrin (DPS - Raid/ PvE) - S to A - Similar to Lua's situation, where her output started to fall behind newer comps. With zero showings since then, we decided to lower her rating accordingly.
• Anessa (DPS - Raid) - S to A - Anessa used to have a niche where her high attack speed could shred the immunity hitcount of the Cowqueen Raid. With the changes to the raid line up in Season 2, there is little need for this. She will make a showing if the Stars align (in Star Reincarnation), but for now, yeah she's dropping.
• Lisa (DPS - Raid) - A to S - this one is shakey, but thanks to Failnaught, Lisa is still relevant for the Chimera raid, who has 200% Crit Res! who woulda thunk.
• Kay (Tank - PvP) - S+ to A - Although she still has her powerful 2nd life, she does very little to actually make use of that. This rating drop reflects this.

Misc. changes - with zero showings up until now, in the spirit of the New Year, we decided to do a bit of spring cleaning of our own~

• Vivien (DPS - PvP) - A to B
• Lua (DPS - PvP) - A to B
• Tristan (Support - PvP) - A to B
• Ria (Support - PvP) - A to B
• Lisa (DPS - PvP) - A to B

24/Jan/2026

Lueira Added to the tier list.

13/Jan/2026

Character Rating Adjustments:

• Estheria (Support) - PVE Late: A -> S | Raids: A -> S+ - Morgan le Fay’s release breathed new life into Estheria’s relevance. With her powerful Magic ATK passive that boosts MLF’s abilities and her reliable fear debuff for crowd control, she proves to be an excellent partner for MLF.

12/Jan/2026

Lilith added in Support Role:

• Lilith - Support: PVE Early/Late: C | Raids: C | PVP: S+ - Lilith has been a core part of some top teams for a while, but her use case has been limited since she mainly counters offensive teams by reducing the enemy team's ASPD. With MLF's release, however, Lilith has become an even stronger option for winning the ASPD battle and being the first to activate NEO skills. Her role is similar to Claire's but achieved differently. Claire counter-stuns Morg-NEO teams, while Lilith lowers their ASPD to secure the advantage.

09/Jan/2026

Morgan Le Fay Added to the tier list.

Character Rating Adjustments:

• Claire - Support (PVP): A -> S+ With Morgan/NEO/Pala Teams being prevalent. Claire has returned to being a definite slot as a counter-stun tool to prevent quick wipes from Morgan le Fay's Passive.
• Ria - Support (PVP): S > A

11/Dec/2025

Estheria Added to the tier list.

Character Rating Adjustments:

• Palamedes - DPS (PVE Early+Late): A -> S
• Palamedes - PVP: B -> S+ - She can wipe waves after waves with the right set up and team (Belsey+NEO). Making a lot of adventure stage be cleared faster. Just be prepared to invest on having two different gear sets for her, Tanky for PVE & PVP, DPS for Raids.
• TiamatDPS (PVE Early+Late): S+ -> S - Continues to be less relevant for even Adventure clears. She can still do her job fine but having Belsey and Lancelot in Adventure just makes her completely irrelevant in most cases.
• Cristina, Kay, Lisa, Lua, Ran, VivienDPS (PVE Early+Late): S -> A - Similar to Tiamat, these units no longer scale as effectively in current content. This adjustment better reflects their actual performance and aligns the tier list with their true power level.

17/Nov/2025

Palamedes Added to Tierlist

Raid Rating Watchlist (Changes we are considering given state of Meta ):

Raid Rating Adjustments:

• Galahad(S+ to S) - Currently eyeballing for several reasons - Blurring of Archer/ Wizard vs Knight division for comps (ie. Eva + Ran; Anessa + Summer Merry) + not as many Archer/Wizards at high end raid. Many of the newer characters offer more impactful utilities (Shred, DMG amp). Also, not as many showings on newer higher ceiling comps due to recent releases being heavy Knight focus.
• Lohengrin(S+ to S) - Dropping off in favor of DPSes offering additional utility on top of sheer damage.
• Cow QueenSupport & Tank: S->S+ - With the release of Palamedes who benefits a lot on consistent application of Stuns, She has shown up to be a good support and tank to further improve your team's raid damage.
• TiamatDPS: S+ -> S - Current Meta doesn't seem kind with Tiamat's kit. Her selfish nature has made her less picked over other DPS characters and the dominant Knights team meta in Raids doesn't have any place for her compared to how Eva can be slotted in both Wiz/Knight Teams.
• CristinaSupport: A -> S - Despite already having a decent kit, she continues to get buffed. Her recent changes gives her a Crit Resist Reduction debuff along with having a good team-wide ATK%+ Passive makes her a good pick for Tiamat Raid teams and occassionally on Element Advantage Raids.
• MerlinSupport: S+ -> S - She hasn't shown much use outside of the Crit Stacking team with Palamedes in Tiamat Raid. NEO Bedivere just does her job a lot better while providing survivability for the team.
• Katrin, Lilith DPS: A -> B
• Morgause DPS: B -> C