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.

05/Sep/2025

Rating Adjustments

• Dian Cecht Healer PVE (Early/Late): A -> S - With High Investments, Dian can fit both Hybrid and Full Knight Comps in PVE as a sole healer in most cases. The shields and damage reduction she provides helps with mitigating burst damages in PVE.
• Erin Raid/PVE (Late): S -> S+ The little fluff ball has proven her versatility with the value she brings on both of the popular Raid archetypes. She’s been seen as one of the best support for both Knight Teams and Gala-Tia Teams. Giving both teams an edge with more survivability and damage increase.

29/Aug/2025

Lohengrin Rating Adjustments

• PvE (Late) S -> S+ - She has stepped up to be the Knight Team's Sustained DPS. Perfect Character to replace Tiamat on Stages that has very high Magic Defense like Abyss 17F.
• PVP A -> S Although She doesn't have an Invulnerability on her Cheat Death mechannic like Kay's Immortality Passive, She can survive Lancelot's Ultimate and more when partnered with Supports like Claire & Isabel.
• Raids S -> S+ Her Release has sprouted another Raid Team option other than the classic Tia-Gala. Sometimes even being used together for the consistent sustained damage. Knights Team with the use of Dian and Ran has become a staple in a lot of the current Raids because of her existence.

Isabel - PVE Late / Raids- DPS B -> A - When built with CDMG, she can deal comparble damage to a lot of the good DPS while still being able to provide immense damage buff and survivability from her skills.

23/Aug/2025

Added Lohengrin to the tier list.

11/Aug/2025

• NeoB (Support) Raised to S+ in Raids. We are seeing a lot more use for NEO B All across daily raids due to her very consistent timing on Root that can cancel out Boss Skills and similar to Merlin's crit chance buff for team.
• NeoB (Support and Healer) Raised to S in PVP. Same reason with the Raids, her consistent and quick root application is very good to delay opponent's in PVP. Coupled with Healing and a bit of damage she really showed up to be a very versatile character.
• Percival A (PvE Late and PVP) - The buffs made her an actual good option even in Late game. Not as much as Galahad but a good choice to use as an alternative for more survival. In PVP can help survive Lancelot Nuke a bit.

03/Aug/2025

Vivien has been raised from A to S tier in PVE/Raids, her recent buffs have made her a very strong pick in Root Teams and strong outside them too.

25/Jul/2025

Added Summer Merry to the tier list.

15/Jul/2025

We have added the high investment tag ($) to the characters that require dupes/gear/skill levels/teammates to reach their full potential.

12/Jul/2025

Added Neo Bedivere to the tier list and updated the ratings of Vivien (who was buffed on the Global release) and Anessa. On top of that, we have overhauled the Healer column since Neo Bedivere release changed a lot of things.

• NeoB for S (PvE Early) - She can function perfectly as a solo healer very early in the game while dishing out damage consistently.
• Isolde S (PvE Late) - She's seen a lot of use in hard/hell pushes with Lancelot comps due to some comps not using Galahad. She has dmg reduction companied by a good chunky heals.
• Neo-BEDI S+ (Raid) - She's not a pure healer but she can still heal while doing decent damage, CC and buffing Crit Rate.
• Isolde - C (Raid). Current meta doesn't really need healer. Bringing her doesn't do anything but survive longer and deal less damage.

04/Jul/2025

Initial release of the tier list.