Kemono Friends: Kingdom Tier List

Our Kemono Friends: Kingdom tier list ranks all of the animal girls from S tier to D tier, including a description of each tier.

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So you’ve just started playing Kemono Friends: Kingdom and aren’t sure which of the animal girls are worth taking into battle? Well, you’re in luck, as that’s exactly what our Kemono Friends: Kingdom tier list is here for. In this guide, we rank all of the animal girls from S tier to D tier, with S being best and D being worst. We’ll also include a description of the tiers so you know what they actually mean.

Kemono Friends: Kingdom sees you explore Kingdom, an abandoned theme park in which a wide variety of animal girls live. In fact, there are over 400 of them, and you can befriend them, getting to know each of their backstories and personalities. There’s also a plot that sees you battling sky blue monsters by putting together a party of your favourite animal girls.

You can grab it right now from the App Store or Google Play. We also recommend checking out our Survivor.io tier list, WoW Dragonflight tier list, and Monster Hunter Now tier list.

Kemono Friends: Kingdom Tier List

Before we move onto the tier list, here’s a description of what the tiers mean to help you make sense of it.

What Do Our Tiers Mean?

Here’s a brief explanation of each of our tiers:

  • S Tier: Animal girls in this tier are the absolute best that the game has to offer.
  • A Tier: These animal girls are still great in their own right, but they lack a little in power when compared to an S tier. Use them when you need to, but drop them when you unlock something better.
  • B Tier: These characters are solid, if unremarkable. Definitely swap them out for A tiers and S tiers, but they make great party fillers if you’re light on the best.
  • C Tier: This is when we get into bad character territory. C tiers are, much like D tiers, some of the worst characters in the game, but they often have niche uses. They might be really strong in a particular game mode, or during a certain phase of the game. Take a close look at their skills and judge accordingly.
  • D Tier: Characters in this tier are the worst in the game, suffering from severe balance issues.

Disclaimer: Please note that Kemono Friends: Kingdom has only just launched, so we’re still familiarising ourselves with the characters. As such, you will likely see a lot of movement in this tier list over the next few days. Keep checking back!

S Tier

God tier characters.

A Tier

Solid characters that aren’t quite as effective as S tiers.

B Tier

These characters start strong but fade later on. Don’t be ashamed to use them, but do swap them out as you unlock S and A tiers.

C Tier

In certain game modes, or at the beginning, characters in this tier can excel. Mostly, they’re useless though.

D Tier

Never use D tiers unless you can’t avoid it. They’re awful at all game modes, and at all phases of the game.

Kemono Friends: Kingdom Characters

Here’s a list of all of the characters we’re aware of at the moment:

  • Black Rhinoceros
  • Blue Whale
  • Caracal
  • Chevrotain
  • Common Raccoon
  • Emperor Penguin
  • Fennec
  • Gentoo Penguin
  • Gray Wolf
  • Hippopotamus
  • Indian Peafowl
  • Jaguar
  • Japanese Crested Ibis
  • King Cobra
  • Mexico Salamander
  • Plains Zebra
  • Rockhopper Penguin
  • Royal Penguin
  • Serval
  • Shoebill
  • Small-clawed Otter
  • White Rhinoceros

Kemono Friends: Kingdom Tier List FAQ

Still unsure about our tier list? Got questions about Kemono Friends: Kingdom in general? Hopefully our FAQ can help!

What’s A Tier List?

A tier list is, quite simply, a list of all of the characters in a specific game ranked from best to worst. In our case, S is the best with D being the worst, and A, B, and C fill the gaps.

The purpose of a tier list is to help you determine which characters to use at all stages of the game. We try and make our tier list as useful as possible by explaining our tiers.

For example, there are instances where certain characters excel during the beginning of a game, but fade later on. Or, they could be good at a certain game mode. We’ll always try and make this clear.

How Did We Select Our Kemono Friends: Kingdom Tier List?

We used a number of different sources when selecting our Kemono Friends: Kingdom tier list, but, primarily, we judge based on our personal experience with the game. As a result, it is bound to be quite a subjective list, but there’s no getting around that.

To determine the rankings, we both experiment with the characters in the game (if unlocked), as well as theory-craft based on descriptions and raw statistics. That’s why you’ll see our tier list change so much when a game first launches, as we’re in the testing phase.

It’s also worth noting that we do scour communities, like Reddit and YouTube, for community feedback. If the general consensus is that a specific character is strong or weak, we will reflect that in our tier list. That way, it’s got a certain degree of objectivity.

It is worth noting that tier lists are subjective by nature. Your experience may vary completely to ours, so take it with a pinch of salt.

When Do We Update Our Kemono Friends: Kingdom Tier List?

You can expect to see an update to our Kemono Friends: Kingdom tier list whenever a new character is introduced. It might take us a while to test the character though, so expect a brief delay in adding it to our tier list.

We also update the list whenever a big balance patch hits, as this will upset the meta. Again, there may be a brief delay as we experiment with the changes and update our rankings.

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