Anime Vanguards Trait Tier List – Meta Traits

See which traits are best to use with our Anime Vanguards Trait Tier List. All traits are beneficial to your units, but some are better than others!

Give your favourite units a trait in Anime Vanguards! New to how traits work in tower defense games? We have an Anime Vanguards Traits guide which summarises each one and how to roll for them.

Anime Vanguards Trait Tier List

Save trait rerolls for your best and rarest units! All traits have a drop rate chance, so make sure you’re only rerolling when you need to. It’s possible to go from a Mythical trait to a Rare one, which isn’t ideal.

If you don’t like your current traits, you can roll for new ones with a Trait Reroll. This resource is a reward for completing game stages and challenges, but you can also obtain them by redeeming active codes and working through the in-game battlepass.

S Tier

The best traits to equip an Anime Vanguards unit with!

• Ethereal
  • Mythical rarity
  • 0.175% drop rate chance
  • +20% DMG
  • Speed per attack decreases by 20%
  • +5% Range
• Deadeye
  • Mythical rarity
  • 0.375% drop rate chance
  • Critical Chance +30%
  • Critical DMG +50%

A Tier

These traits give you a nice range of buffs.

• Monarch
  • Mythical rarity
  • 0.1% drop rate chance
  • +300% DMG
  • Speed per attack decreases by 10%
  • +5% Range
  • The unit that has this trait equipped is limited to a placement of 1
• Solar
  • Mythical rarity
  • 0.5% drop rate chance
  • +10% DMG
  • Speed per attack decreases by 5%
  • +20% Range
• Marksman
  • Legendary rarity
  • 6.5% drop rate chance
  • +30% Range
• Scholar
  • Legendary rarity
  • 10% drop rate chance
  • +50% EXP

B Tier

With all traits being beneficial, the B-tier doesn’t mean they’re bad, but their benefits are just less impressive than the tiers above.

• Blitz
  • Legendary rarity
  • 1.85% drop rate chance
  • Speed per attack decreases by 20%
• Fortune
  • Legendary rarity
  • 2.5% drop rate chance
  • +20% Gold
  • Units equipped with this trait cost 10% less (unless they’re a farm unit)
• Vigor
  • Epic rarity
  • 26% drop rate chance
  • 1
    • +5% DMG
  • 2
    • +10% DMG
  • 3
    • +15% DMG

C Tier

More common with weaker benefits.

• Swift
  • Rare
  • 26% drop rate chance
  • 1
    • Speed per attack decreases by 5%
  • 2
    • Speed per attack decreases by 7.5%
  • 3
    • Speed per attack decreases by 12.5%
• Range
  • Rare
  • 26% drop rate chance
  • 1
    • +5% Range
  • 2
    • +10% Range
  • 3
    • +15% Range

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