Lost Sword Tier List 2026: Best Characters Ranked

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).

• 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.