Anime Paradox Tier List – Best Units [UPD 3]
Updated on March 16, 2026: Reworked the entire tier list and added Tokyo Ghoul and Fate units. I'll be ranking all units based on their EVO forms and assuming best rolled stats for DPS, Support and Farm categories. In general, you'll need at least one support, one farm and fill the rest with DPS units. Here's my Anime Paradox tier list and guide.Table of contentsAnime Paradox Best Unit Tier ListMeta UnitsS-Tier DPSA-Tier DPSB-Tier DPSC-Tier DPSD-Tier DPSS-Tier SupportA-Tier SupportAnime Paradox Farming Guide (For Everything)Anime Paradox Best Unit Tier List Image by Destructoid The best units in Anime Paradox depend on what role you need whether it's DPS, Support, Farm or starter/beginner. In general, the best units are in the Meta or S-Tier. That said, supports matter as well since enemies will do chip damage to your units every wave. This means that you should bring at least one healer from the support section for harder modes. Not all supports are healers though since Ulquiarro or Kirrua also slow or stun enemies. Let's dive into each individual unit below and discuss their rankings. Disclaimer: I'm assuming EVO and best rolled stats when ranking these units (For example, I assume your SJW is a 3-star). Tier Breakdowns: The Meta tier compared to the S-Tier is just for Paradox units and to differentiate between Secrets that are slighty stronger but both tiers are excellent units to get. A-Tier is for the weakest Secrets and the best Mythics. Then B-C-D are power rankings for the rest of the Mythics. Great for Infinite/Siege: SJW, Igrus (with SJW), Megumo, Sukuna, Zid, Storrk, QSB, Monkey King, Gojo. Easy EVO Units: Kirrua, Asto, Melio, Itachi, Ciel, Megumin, Sky, Idol, Steel. Best Farm Unit Trait: Greed Meta UnitsMeta UnitsRanking NotesStorrk (Resurreccion)Banner Paradox • With the recent fixes and buffs, Storrk is looking incredibly strong• Basically hits the entire map though not like Zid with full AOE and instead chases down all enemies• Also has the Metralleta nuke that deletes almost anything on the level including dealing a massive HP chunk out of almost any boss• Critical attacks also extend each hit's range after each hit by 20%• Amazing for Infinite/Siege• Best Trait: EternalArrogant God (The One True King)Boss Rush Paradox Unit• A powerful DPS/off-support option• With only 2 placements Eternal works really well to buff Gilgamesh's massive DPS and keep his above-80%HP damage buff up• Not only does he deal some of the best damage but he can be a flexible off-Support below 80%HP with buffs, debuffs, enemy slows and debuff cleanse• He's also pretty tanky with a huge HP pool and an evasion/damage reduction passive• Combine him with Enki/Earth's Wanderer for high damage synergy• Best Trait: EternalMegumo (Ten Shadows)Banner ParadoxPity is 25M/20M for VIP• One of the strongest units in the game for Infinite and Boss DPS that comes in two parts, Megumo and his Mahoraga summon• Megumo himself has two self-buff passives with SE and CE for damage and cooldown reduction• He also deals more damage and reduces damage reduction on every 5th attack scaling with attack speed traits and buffs• But his main ability is summoning Mahoraga who stacks damage reduction and damage buffs as he gets to low HP• Mahoraga on low HP becomes a tanky DPS machine dealing a ton of damage and ignoring 30% damage reduction• Best Trait: EternalMonkey King (Crowned)Ragnarok Shop Secret• Has such great damage with Barrage, Leap and Slam that it's worth the Eternal• Basically a self-sustaining unit with auto-dodges and self-heals• That said, if you get unlucky the auto-dodge can stun MK 20% of the time for 2 seconds• But the DPS and tankyness are worth the risk, especially on Infinite/Siege• Best Trait: EternalSukuno (Curse King)JJK Portal Secret• One of if not the best AOE DPS unit in the game that's good both in Infinite and boss DPS• Sukuno has an ebb and flow playstyle where you generate stacks on attack with Energy Flow and then do an ability for a massive damage buff that resets stacks• Also has Black Flash for more DPS, faster Energy Flow charge and self-healing• Malevolent Decree is huge team utility debuffing enemies with damage amplification for your team and reducing their damage• All off this is on top of the Domain Expansion which is a 1000% damage nuke that hits everything on the map• Best Trait: EternalSun Jin Wu (Monarch)Raid Act 3 Secret• An extremely powerful DPS unit that's a bit slow to get going and requires Igrus for the full potential• That said even on his own, he's quite strong having a self massive damage/CDR/Lifesteal self buff on low HP and executing non-boss enemies• He slowly stacks on-kill gaining damage, CDR, Lifesteal, execute threshold and buff threshold/duration at certain kill stack counts• This alone makes him the most powerful unit in longer modes like Infinite and one of the best units in the game• Note that if you have Igrus he'll stack twice as fast becoming viable for faster modes as well• Bes

Updated on March 16, 2026: Reworked the entire tier list and added Tokyo Ghoul and Fate units.
I'll be ranking all units based on their EVO forms and assuming best rolled stats for DPS, Support and Farm categories. In general, you'll need at least one support, one farm and fill the rest with DPS units. Here's my Anime Paradox tier list and guide.
Image by Destructoid The best units in Anime Paradox depend on what role you need whether it's DPS, Support, Farm or starter/beginner. In general, the best units are in the Meta or S-Tier. That said, supports matter as well since enemies will do chip damage to your units every wave. This means that you should bring at least one healer from the support section for harder modes. Not all supports are healers though since Ulquiarro or Kirrua also slow or stun enemies. Let's dive into each individual unit below and discuss their rankings.Disclaimer: I'm assuming EVO and best rolled stats when ranking these units (For example, I assume your SJW is a 3-star).
Tier Breakdowns: The Meta tier compared to the S-Tier is just for Paradox units and to differentiate between Secrets that are slighty stronger but both tiers are excellent units to get. A-Tier is for the weakest Secrets and the best Mythics. Then B-C-D are power rankings for the rest of the Mythics.
Great for Infinite/Siege: SJW, Igrus (with SJW), Megumo, Sukuna, Zid, Storrk, QSB, Monkey King, Gojo.
Easy EVO Units: Kirrua, Asto, Melio, Itachi, Ciel, Megumin, Sky, Idol, Steel.
Best Farm Unit Trait: Greed

Storrk (Resurreccion)Banner Paradox
• Basically hits the entire map though not like Zid with full AOE and instead chases down all enemies
• Also has the Metralleta nuke that deletes almost anything on the level including dealing a massive HP chunk out of almost any boss
• Critical attacks also extend each hit's range after each hit by 20%
• Amazing for Infinite/Siege
• Best Trait: Eternal

Arrogant God (The One True King)Boss Rush Paradox Unit
• With only 2 placements Eternal works really well to buff Gilgamesh's massive DPS and keep his above-80%HP damage buff up
• Not only does he deal some of the best damage but he can be a flexible off-Support below 80%HP with buffs, debuffs, enemy slows and debuff cleanse
• He's also pretty tanky with a huge HP pool and an evasion/damage reduction passive
• Combine him with Enki/Earth's Wanderer for high damage synergy
• Best Trait: Eternal

Megumo (Ten Shadows)Banner Paradox
Pity is 25M/20M for VIP
• Megumo himself has two self-buff passives with SE and CE for damage and cooldown reduction
• He also deals more damage and reduces damage reduction on every 5th attack scaling with attack speed traits and buffs
• But his main ability is summoning Mahoraga who stacks damage reduction and damage buffs as he gets to low HP
• Mahoraga on low HP becomes a tanky DPS machine dealing a ton of damage and ignoring 30% damage reduction
• Best Trait: Eternal

Monkey King (Crowned)Ragnarok Shop Secret
• Basically a self-sustaining unit with auto-dodges and self-heals
• That said, if you get unlucky the auto-dodge can stun MK 20% of the time for 2 seconds
• But the DPS and tankyness are worth the risk, especially on Infinite/Siege
• Best Trait: Eternal

Sukuno (Curse King)JJK Portal Secret
• Sukuno has an ebb and flow playstyle where you generate stacks on attack with Energy Flow and then do an ability for a massive damage buff that resets stacks
• Also has Black Flash for more DPS, faster Energy Flow charge and self-healing
• Malevolent Decree is huge team utility debuffing enemies with damage amplification for your team and reducing their damage
• All off this is on top of the Domain Expansion which is a 1000% damage nuke that hits everything on the map
• Best Trait: Eternal

Sun Jin Wu (Monarch)Raid Act 3 Secret
• That said even on his own, he's quite strong having a self massive damage/CDR/Lifesteal self buff on low HP and executing non-boss enemies
• He slowly stacks on-kill gaining damage, CDR, Lifesteal, execute threshold and buff threshold/duration at certain kill stack counts
• This alone makes him the most powerful unit in longer modes like Infinite and one of the best units in the game
• Note that if you have Igrus he'll stack twice as fast becoming viable for faster modes as well
• Best Trait: Eternal

Earth's Wanderer (Nature's Perfect Form)Banner Secret
• For the off-supporting aspect you have 3-second stuns with his chain traps which are really good since they refresh each wave
• For the DPS, Enki is pretty good against bosses by himself but he gets crazy mob clear if you combine him with Gilgamesh for the synergy move
• Great for late-game content
• Best Trait: Eternal

Zid (Atomic)Banner Secret
• He deals amazing DPS too and has massive stats thanks to being a secret
• Especially strong for Infinite/Siege
• Best Trait: Eternal

Richy (LionHeart)Legend Stage World 3 Act 2 Secret
• King Charge, Crowned Slash and Sovereign Light all deal massive AOE damage
• I would recommend doing Richy's stage after getting Gilgamesh though since Gilgamesh is better late-game
• Best Trait: Eternal

Ishtor (Celestial Empress)Legend Stage World 3 Act 3 Secret Unit (On EVO)
• On EVO you have a lot of high burst damage actives
• Alternatively go Vamp for self-sustain for harder stages
• Best Trait: Angelic/Vampiric

Death Reaper (Souls)Hades Dungeon Portal Secret
• Once you stack him fully he deals some of the best DPS in the game
• Plus, he doesn't need a healer that much because of Vampiric and he gains massive damage reduction and heals on low HP
• One of the best units from the Ragnarok update
• Best Trait: Vampiric

God Slayer (Awakened)God Slayer's Domain Portal Secret
• Has a ton of single-target sustained DPS with God Slayer and the Bleed that increases damage taken and reduces enemy regen
• That said, it's best to place God Slayer in an isolated position else he'll reduce damage of your ally units that deal more damage than him
• That's why Eternal is so good both for one placement making GS placement easier and a possibility that he'll be the top DPS unit so that he doesn't debuff you
• Best Trait: Vampiric or Eternal

Kanbeki (Kajuka)Raid 2nd Map Act 1 Secret
• Vampiric works best for self-sustain that combines well with his counter for high defense
• Overall a self-sustaining powerhouse that's sub-Meta dealing and tanking a ton of damage
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Bumta (True Love)Banner Secret
Pity is 20M/16M for VIP
• He's all about high damage reduction below 35% HP and reducing enemy damage reduction by 25% on-attack
• Plus he stacks up a chunky 40% damage buff decently fast that you can keep up as long as you heal him and he's not downed
• Best Trait: Eternal

Maeto (True Form)Banner Mythic to Secret EVO
• He applies a 20% damage amplification debuff on enemies thus buffing all your units
• Plus he's better at executing enemies since he gets another damage buff against enemies below 50%
• He's quite tanky too due to the Distorted Form damage reduction spam and fixed Black Flashes
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Ito (Kajuka)Raid 2nd Map Act 2 Secret
• For example, the AOE stun is really strong but you can only do it at 30% HP
• The increased damage mark is really strong but it's a bit awkward to proc
• That said, overall, Ito is a DPS powerhouse, especially once below 70% HP for the attack speed boost
• Best Trait: Eternal

Brojo (Six Eyes)JJK Portal Secret
• Infinity is your main slow and damage buff and you can use Limitless Mastery to buff your actives for massive DPS
• Once you get your Domain Expansion you get a full AOE massive stun which is the best support ability in the game
• Plus, Brojo cannot be stunned and is immune to all status effects
• Excellent support to bring for Infinite/Siege
• Best Trait: Eternal

Igrus (Elite Knight)Siege Shop Secret
• Stacks a damage buff on-kill for up to a 100% damage increase
• Also has a self-heal and deals heavy Bleed damage and synergizes with Sun Jin Wu in two ways
• First, he deals more damage to enemies above 40% HP which gets them lower faster for SJW's execute
• Second, if you also have SJW placed Igrus gains more damage and CDR
• He's not as reliant on SJW as SJW is on Igrus for speed since without SJW Igrus still gets a damage reduction buff
• That said Igrus has a much lower power potential than SJW
• Best Trait: Eternal

Qun Sha Buang (Awakened)China's King Portal Secret
• That said, requires a lot of sustain so get Vampiric ASAP
• Plus, has in-built off-support capabilities since he can both slow enemies and increase the damage they take
• Excellent on Infinite/Siege
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Ichuga (Vasto Lorde)Legend Stage Hollow Act 3 Secret
• Plus, the buff also self-heals him every 15 seconds so he can take a lot of hits
• The self-sustain makes him really tanky so he can hold his own if there's no healer nearby (You still need a healer)
• Outdamages Mythics since he can deal anywhere from 10k DPS to 20k depending on if his buff and bleeds are active
• That said weaker than SJW and Igrus in a longer game since they outscale Ichuga
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Alcodes (Divine Executioner)Legend Stage World 3 Act 1 Mythic
• All the actives deal massive damage
• Plus you get a Bleed attack every 5th hit for bonus damage
• I'd still go for Gilgamesh first but Alcodes is a decent alternative
• Best Trait: Eternal

Sea God (Storm)Ragnarok Shop Mythic
• Buffs himself if he's the strongest unit within his range so placement is important
• Very decent damage but not a must-have, especially because his active is bugged right now
• Best Trait: Eternal

Chaso (Blood Bath)Banner Mythic
• Also has damage reduction like Yuta/Bumta on low HP
• Underated Mythic
• Best Trait: Eternal

Kasheemu (Electric)Banner Mythic
• Scales with attack speed from traits and buffs due to the bonus damage on every 5th attack
• Overall can ramp up damage and be one of the best Mythics in the game
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Happyolyta (Warrior Queen)Banner Mythic
• Plus she boosts ally damage in the aura when she defeats an enemy
• You want her on the field dealing damage and buffing allies so Vampiric works great for self-sustain
• I don't recommend Eternal so that you can spread the Aura where you need it with 3 placements
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Arimo (Kajuka)Raid 2nd Map Act 3
• Self-buffs damage for every unit you place near him and also has a crit chance
• Plus the Quinque modes and the actives deal excellent DPS
• Best Trait: Eternal

Juzu (EVO)Raid Shop Mythic
• Synergizes slightly with Kaneki since he deals bonus damage on Bleeding units
• Works best with Vampiric both for self-sustain and so you can spread the Bleed around with multiple placements instead of having only one
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Betu (Parade)Banner Mythic
• He also self-buffs and self-sustains with his built-in heal
• And as a cherry on top you also have some off-support as he reduces enemy damage within his range making your units tanky
• Best Trait: Eternal

Kirrua (Godspeed)Banner Mythic
• That said he also deals great DPS so he's a DPS/Support hybrid
• This is due to high attack speed that scales really well with his Godspeed self buff on every 8th attack to gain damage and more CDR for massive DPS
• Best Trait: Eternal

Brolu (Super)Banner Mythic
• Takes a while to get going since he's a stack-based unit that buffs his own damage on-kill
• You'll need 25 kills to reach the threshold for Unstable Power which doubles all the damage buffs
• With his base moves this makes him deal massive AOE damage and some of the best AOE DPS in the game
• He's not S-Tier though because Unstable Power has a 30-second cooldown
• Amazing for Infinite/Siege
• Best Trait: Eternal

Tuji (Heavenly Pact)Banner Mythic
• Plus he gets more damage to enemies with active buffs and a damage burst every 4th attack that synergizes with attack speed traits & buffs
• Best Trait: Eternal

Joegu (Volcanic)Banner Mythic
• The actives and burn deal impressive damage
• Plus you get a bit of slowing for off-support potential
• Great to use until you get higher tier units
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Ciel (Super)Banner Mythic
• Viable DPS across all upgrade levels stacking damage and HP on kill
• He even self-heals and buffs his speed at max stacks which is pretty good
• That said, what makes him really strong is that he becomes Full AOE on upgrade
• Overall, the best beginner unit in the game that I would rush to EVO outclassed only by Meta, S-Tiers and some A-Tiers
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Ulquiarro (Murcielago)Banner Mythic
• He's also very tanky because both hitting enemies with Fear and his High Speed Regeneration passive actually heal
• You want to keep him above 80% for a damage buff too so he's a Support DPS hybrid leaning toward the Support side more
• Best Trait: Eternal

Bacardi (Gambler)Banner Mythic
• Lucky Streak is pretty good though with his AOE skills now that it has been fixed
• Still, Bacardi isn't as reliable as higher-tier DPS units since even when you win on the RNG, the DPS increase isn't that impactful
• Best Trait: Eternal

The Hollow (Flames)Battlepass (Tier 50) Mythic
• Plus, has a self-sustain feature that goes well with Vampiric thus reducing the need for a healer
• But overall not the best DPS unit
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Eryu (Antithesis)Banner Mythic
• He's still overall usable outputting decent damage from the backline
• Best Trait: Eternal

Itochi (Eternal Flame)Banner Mythic
• Plus it's not that powerful and triggers only once per wave
• That said the DPS is quite decent
• Best Trait: Eternal

Freezo
Banner Mythic
• This makes Freezo deal a ton of full AOE dps around him and apply Burn
• He would be A-Tier if both his self buff and AOE burst didn't have long cooldowns
• Best Trait: Eternal

Chae-In (Light)Banner Mythic
• Then becomes weaker and offers no utility
• Got buffed but still isn't the best unit though she's better than most D-Tiers
• Best Trait: Eternal

Sky (Enhanced)Battle Pass Level 25 Exclusive
• On max stacks he gets a massive damage and attack speed/CDR buff for 12 seconds and resets stacks
• That said he's really slow to get going and outside of Infinite he's really awkward to play requiring a lot of support and setup which just isn't worth it
• Best Trait: Eternal

Seth (One-Winged)Battle Pass Level 50 Exclusive
• He doubles up on skills for some nice burst damage but the cooldown is too long
• He also relies on being low HP for max DPS due to his passive but he doesn't have Lifesteal like SJW so he's highly reliant on a healer
• Overall can be situationally good but he's not as reliable as other DPS units since you have to get him low and then heal him
• Best Trait: Eternal

Melio (Wrath)Banner Mythic
• I would Evo Ciel or Meliodas as a beginner since they will carry you if you cannot get higher-tier DPS units
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Ohma (EVO)Valentine Shop
• Overall not reliable and awkward to use
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Natzo (Lightning)Valentine Shop
• Brilliant Flames applies stack on a single target that bursts into AOE damage on 3 stacks
• Overall a beginner mix of single and AOE damage that you can use as a starter
• Best Trait: Eternal

Megomun (Explosion)Early Access+ or AFK Chamber Exclusive
• Massive burst damage with the explosion
• That said not the best later since the explosion's cooldown is massive
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Executioner (Awakened)BattlePass Mythic
• Executioner is great if you want a mix of a healing and status-based support
• This means you'll get both heals and stuns and excellent DPS
• With a lot of self-sustaining units in Ragnarok, Executioner might be better than Oreheme because you don't need as many heals
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Brojo (Six Eyes)JJK Portal Secret
• Infinity is your main slow and damage buff and you can use Limitless Mastery to buff your actives for massive DPS
• Once you get your Domain Expansion you get a full AOE massive stun which is the best support ability in the game
• Plus, Brojo cannot be stunned and is immune to all status effects
• Best Trait: Eternal

Idol (Pop)Banner Mythic
• The heal also buffs damage and attack cooldowns for an impressive DPS boost inside of her range
• That said don't use her as a starter and place her later
• Buffs don't stack but the duration does
• This is important because her Evo passive Encore extends the buff on buffed unit who gets a kill
• Goes best with Angelic Trait
• Best Trait: Angelic

OrehemeBanner Mythic
• Though Idol is sometimes better due to the damage buff
• Oreheme isn't need in all modes but she's really good when you need a full healer
• Goes best with Blessing Trait
• Best Trait: Eternal

Ulquiarro (Murcielago)Banner Mythic
• He's also very tanky because both hitting enemies with Fear and his High Speed Regeneration passive actually heal
• You want to keep him above 80% for a damage buff too so he's a Support DPS hybrid leaning toward the Support side more
• Best Trait: Eternal

Kirrua (Godspeed)Banner Mythic
• That said he also deals great DPS so he's a DPS/Support hybrid
• This is due to high attack speed that scales really well with his Godspeed self buff on every 8th attack to gain damage and more CDR for massive DPS
• Best Trait: Eternal

The Honored One (Blessed)Ragnarok Shop Mythic
• If you do, meditation both buffs his damage and gives him more HP that goes well with his innate block ability
• Also has supporting abilities with the 25% damage reduction on allies that goes well with Angelic
• Best Trait: Vampiric or Angelic

SteelBanner Mythic
• Overall he's not needed in every mode but he's a pretty useful support unit
• Plus he shields and damage buffs your units which is really good
• Best Trait: Eternal

Amon (EVO)Raid Shop Mythic
• Not really the best late-game since you have other units that deal better damage while still having better supporting options
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Asto (Devil)Banner Mythic
• Offers decent damage and good team utility
• The status effect supports in S-Tier are better support wise but Asto is still an amazing off-DPS
• Best Trait: Vampiric

Shadow VampireAFK Chamber
• Deals decent DPS with The World though it's unreliable at 40% of the time on-hit
• But the status effect is pretty decent so he's still worth running if you don't have better options
• Really easy to EVO so a great beginner unit
• Best Trait: Eternal

Sakura
Banner Epic
• Best Trait: Eternal
- Trait Rerolls: Battlepass with free and premium, Milestone Leveling, Infinite Castle, Achievements, 3 every hour in Gold Shop, Exchangeable in Raid Shop and Siege Shop.
- Gem Farming: I recommend farming Infinite and resetting on Wave 6 for 50 gems every 1:20 minutes.
- Story Mode Nightmare: This is a great grinding method for account EXP, unit EXP, food, Gems and Gold.
- Evo Materials: You can buy Essences from the Merchant using gold every hour. Also, complete Challenges for more. Lastly, you can craft other Essences using Green Essence you farm.
- Legend Stage: The Ichigo stage is also a good place to farm Gems, Gold, EXP, Food and Green Essence with 2% to get Ichigo at around 4 minutes and 20 seconds completion time.
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