Granblue Fantasy Tier List – All Characters Ranked

Not sure which characters to add to your party? Our Granblue Fantasy tier list is here to help. In this guide, we rank all of the characters from S tier to D tier so that you can use only the best. We …

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Not sure which characters to add to your party? Our Granblue Fantasy tier list is here to help. In this guide, we rank all of the characters from S tier to D tier so that you can use only the best. We break each tier down into the different elements, and keep it updated as often as there are new characters or balance changes. So we recommend that you bookmark this page and check back often, ensuring that you always have the best party.

Granblue Fantasy is a gacha RPG by Cygames. You collect characters – each of which is assigned to a specific element – and battle enemies, charging special attacks that deal a ton more damage. You can summon friends and enemies to assist you in battle, and time attacks carefully to pull off a ‘Chain Burst’. If you’re a fan of gacha RPGs, you’ll love this.

You can learn more about Granblue Fantasy on the official site. We cover plenty of the genre here. Make sure to check out our Eroica codes, Heroes of Crown codes, and Stickman Awakens codes.

Granblue Fantasy Tier List

Last updated on March 28. 

Tiers Explained

Before we move onto the tier list though, we thought we’d quickly explain what our tiers mean:

  • S Tier: These are the best characters currently available in the game, and you should definitely aim to add them to your party. They should also be the first choice to level up and gain access to equipment.
  • A Tier: These characters are perfect for filling gaps in a party – particularly when you haven’t unlocked enough S tiers, or there aren’t enough S tiers to fill a party in the first place. You should investigate these characters and see which one will counter your party’s weakness.
  • B Tier: Characters in this tier can really help during the early phases of the game, when you haven’t unlocked many characters, but they fade later on. Definitely use them when you lack S and A characters, but swap them out as much as possible.
  • C Tier: The only real difference between C and D tier is that C tier characters can occasionally have niche uses. They may be great at a particular game mode, or be exceptionally powerful early on. A late-game party shouldn’t have any though.
  • D Tier: We don’t recommend using these characters under any circumstance, unless you absolutely have to because you have nothing else. They underperform at all stages of the game, and in all game modes.

Below, we’ll rank all of the characters from the heights of S tier to the depths of D tier.

S Tier

These are the best characters in the game, and are well worth rerolling for.

Earth

  • Alexiel
  • Cain
  • Dante and Freiheit
  • Leona
  • Mahira
  • Pengy
  • Vira
  • Zeta and Vaseraga

Wind

  • Andira
  • Grimnir
  • Meteon
  • Monika
  • Nezahualpilli
  • Tiamat
  • Yodarha
  • Yurius

Light

  • Ferry
  • Hallessena
  • Halluel and Malluel
  • Ilsa
  • Io
  • Jeanne d’Arc
  • Kumbhira
  • Melissabelle
  • Noa
  • Robomi
  • Zooey

Dark

  • Amira
  • Anthuria
  • Black Knight
  • Clarisse
  • Helel ben Shalem
  • Kolulu
  • Olivia
  • Predator
  • Rei
  • Vania
  • Vikala
  • Wulf and Renie

Fire

  • Anila
  • Athena
  • Metera
  • Shiva
  • Siegfried
  • Zeta

Water

  • Altair
  • Cagliostro
  • Europa
  • Grea
  • Katalina
  • Lecia
  • Lily
  • Lucio
  • Narmaya
  • Sturm
  • Vajra
  • Vane

A Tier

These characters are perfectly capable of filling gaps in your team while you wait for S tier characters to take their place.

Earth

  • Aletheia
  • Ayer
  • Baal
  • De La Fille
  • Eugen
  • Eustace
  • Hallessena
  • Jessica
  • Ladiva
  • Medusa
  • Sara

Wind

  • Albert
  • Gawain
  • Heles
  • Kokkoro
  • Lennah
  • Levi
  • Morrigna
  • Naoise
  • Selfira
  • Seruel
  • Societte
  • Stan and Aliza

Light

  • Amira
  • Danua
  • Dorothy and Claudia
  • Juliet
  • Levin Sisters
  • Mary
  • Percival
  • Rosamia
  • Sandalphon
  • Sarunan
  • Shitori
  • Silva
  • Zeta

Dark

  • Azazel
  • Black Knights and Orchid
  • Joker
  • Kou
  • Lady Grey
  • Lunalu
  • Narmaya
  • Nicholas
  • Orchid
  • Rosetta
  • Seox
  • Tanya
  • Vaseraga
  • Veight

Fire

  • Abby
  • Aoidos
  • Beatrix
  • Colossus
  • Drang
  • Ghandagoza
  • Grea
  • Illnot
  • Ilsa
  • Kallen Kouzuki
  • Lancelot and Vane
  • Magisa
  • Mugen
  • Percival
  • Rackam
  • Reinhardtzar
  • Satyr
  • Scathacha
  • Tabina
  • Teena
  • Therese
  • Tsubasa
  • Yuel
  • Yuisis
  • Zahlhamelina

Water

  • Aglovale
  • Anne
  • Aqours Second-Years
  • Arulumaya
  • Charlotta
  • Diantha
  • Izmir
  • Kolulu
  • Lancelot
  • Macula Marius
  • Milleore and Sahil Lao
  • Pholia
  • Romeo
  • Sandalphon
  • Shura
  • Silva
  • Vania and Malinda
  • Yngwie
  • Yuel

B Tier

Characters in this tier are solid enough, and will likely carry you through the game.

Earth

  • Aquors First-Years
  • Catherine
  • Herja
  • Ilsa
  • Jin
  • Nezahualpilli
  • Razia
  • Walder
  • Yaia
  • Yggdrasil

Wind

  • Arriet
  • Carmelina
  • Christina
  • Feena
  • Gachapin
  • Juri
  • Kaede Takagaki
  • Korwa
  • Mirin
  • Petra
  • Sen
  • Sevilbarra
  • Suzaku Kururugi
  • Yuisis

Light

  • Baotorda
  • Conan Edogawa
  • Cure Black and Cure White
  • Mikazuki Munechika
  • Pecorine
  • Sophia

Dark

  • Cerberus
  • Forte
  • Freezie
  • Karyl
  • Lelouch Lamperouge
  • Marquiares
  • Skull

Fire

  • Agielba
  • Aquors Third-Years
  • Charioce XVII

Water

  • Chat Noir
  • Cucuroux
  • Lady Katapillar and Vira
  • Lilele
  • Owen

C Tier

These characters can fulfil niche roles, but are otherwise not worth using.

Earth

  • Almeida
  • Galadar
  • Melleau
  • Nemone
  • The Lowain Brothers

Wind

  • Helnar
  • Krugne
  • Mikasa
  • Miku Maekawa
  • Mimlemel and Stumpeye
  • Sevastien
  • Shiki Ichinose
  • Sutera

Light

  • Arusha
  • Bridgette and Cordelia
  • Erica Fontaine
  • Feather
  • Nicholas
  • Tear Gramts
  • Tyre
  • Vermeil

Dark

  • Deliford
  • Elize Lotus
  • Katalina
  • Meg
  • Mika Jougasaki
  • Richard
  • Sarunan
  • Shao
  • Will
  • You
  • Zaja

Fire

  • Aster
  • Dante
  • Danua
  • Ferry
  • Friday
  • Gemini
  • Izuminokami Kanesada
  • Lina
  • Miria Akagi
  • Naoise
  • Sunrise
  • Sutera

Water

  • Cailana
  • Ejaeli
  • Leona
  • Lowain
  • Mina
  • Minami Nitta
  • Morphe and Phoebe

D Tier

Try to avoid using these characters at all costs.

Earth

  • Airi Totoki
  • Anzu Futaba
  • Augusta
  • Carmelina
  • Claudia
  • J.J.
  • Juri
  • Kanako Mimura
  • La Coiffe
  • Laguna
  • Mariah
  • Mimlemel and Pun-Kin
  • Paris
  • Redluck
  • Skull
  • Vanzza
  • Volenna
  • Yamanbagiri Kunihiro
  • Zaja

Wind

  • Arisa
  • Arthur
  • Arthur and Mordred
  • Aster
  • Chloe
  • Eso
  • Goblin Mage
  • Haohmaru
  • Hazen
  • Joy
  • Karteira
  • Keehar
  • Rashid
  • Robertina
  • Ryu
  • Sakura Shinjugi
  • Syr
  • Toru Amuro
  • Tsubasa Kashiwagi

Light

  • Ceylan
  • Daetta
  • Elta
  • Ezecrain
  • Johann
  • Nakoruru
  • Novei
  • Philosophia
  • Sachiko Koshizimu
  • Sakura Kinomoto
  • Soriz
  • Uzuki Shimamura

Dark

  • Ange
  • Koume Shirasaka
  • Ludmila
  • Luna
  • Randall
  • Ranko Kanazaki
  • Rita
  • Stan
  • Yuri Lowell
  • Zehek

Fire

  • Alec
  • Anna
  • Barawa
  • Carren
  • Cassius
  • Dorothy
  • Elmott
  • Ippatsu
  • Jessica
  • Karin
  • Karva
  • Mary
  • Milla Maxwell
  • Mio Honda
  • Nina Drango
  • Rosine
  • Ryan
  • Sarya
  • Stahn Aileron
  • Teru Tendo

Water

  • Anastasia
  • Ange
  • Camieux
  • Chun-Li
  • Erin
  • Farrah
  • Kaoru Sakuraba
  • Lamretta
  • Mishra
  • Mizuki Kawashima
  • Naga
  • Pamela
  • Pengy
  • Rin Shibuya
  • Sahli Lao
  • Sig
  • Suframare
  • Ulamnuran

Granblue Fantasy Tier List FAQ

Now we’ll answer a bunch of questions you may have about Granblue Fantasy or tier lists in general.

What Is A Tier List?

A tier list is a list of characters that you can unlock in a game – particularly a gacha game – ordered from best to worst. We rank from S tier to D tier, with S being best and D being worst.

The purpose of a tier list is to help you, the player, determine who the best characters to unlock are, so you can save time and money. Once you know who the best characters are, you can form a party out of them and ignore the others.

How Did We Pick Our Granblue Fantasy Tier List?

We used a combination of the following factors when deciding on our Granblue Fantasy tier list:

  • Personal experience
  • Community feedback
  • General consensus from other tier lists

However, it’s worth noting that tier lists are subjective by nature. This is based on our experience with the game, but yours may vary. So, we recommend that you take this with a pinch of salt and play Granblue Fantasy for yourself.

How Often Do We Update Our Granblue Fantasy Tier List?

We update this tier list regularly to ensure that it always follows the latest meta. Typically, you can expect an update around the following happenings:

  • A new character releases
  • Balance changes

There may be a small delay between the above two events as we’ll return to the game to check out the new character for ourselves, or to see how the balance patches have affected things.

And that will do it for our Granblue Fantasy tier list. Make sure to grab it via the links at the top of this page, check out the related guides in the third paragraph, and bookmark this page to check back for new characters and balance updates.

Head of Editorial
Glen has over a decade's worth of experience in gaming journalism, writing for Pocket Gamer, Pocket Tactics, Nintendo Life, and Gfinity. When he's not badgering everyone about the dangers of passive text, you can probably find him playing Wild Rift.