Addis Explanation

Akasha Explanation

Albert Explanation Unfortunately, Albert's spiral is currently very disappointing. Some speculate this to be a result of bugs, but as is he's not worth investing into unless something changes. He's out performed handily by unspiraled Adventurers like Fleur, or by easier investments like Amane.

Althemia Explanation Althemia might have a 100% HP conditional, but you can ignore that. Even without her Passive, she can still put out great damage and provide a high poison uptime. She does require a large upfront investment because of her spiral, but she's a viable alternative for people who don't have limited powerhouses like Galex, Gleo, or Veronica.

Amane Explanation Amane got a spiral. That's cool. Unfortunately, while it did technically improve her, the reality is she's still small potatoes next to basically ever other wand in Light. Better luck next time, kid.

Aoi Explanation Despite easily being the best Pigeon toting ninja in existence, when it comes to damage Aoi can't keep up with titans like Marth or even her buddy Xania, and winds up being middle of the pack.

Botan Explanation

Catherine Explanation Catherine has a unique skill set and attack style, functioning more as a ranged Adventurer despite her lance type. Her S2 is also likely the hardest hitting skill in the game when fully charged up. The problem is that it takes a very, very long time to charge, and if you take any damage, it's potency fall sharply. When the maps Catherine can be used best on have unavoidable damage, this has unavoidable consequences.

Celliera Explanation Normally, Adventurers get more powerful when they get a spiral. That's technically the case for Celliera , but she also got weighed down with the burden of now needing to redline her HP to put out acceptable damage. Combine that with the fact that HBH hates on Melee hard, and Celliera is barely worth spiraling.

Chelsea Explanation While Chelsea once provided the best selfish DPS in the game, these days here edge of your seat playstyle just isn't suited to current content and she's left in the dust by almost the entire Flame roster despite still having good damage potential.

Chitose Explanation Chitose is a solid buffer in Light, he's just not so solid that he's needed for most teams. Gala Euden and Peony in particular will typically be better options in the buffer slot, especially since Chitose's personal DPS is rock bottom.

Curran Explanation

Dragonyule Cleo Explanation Cleo's ability to offer rapid Freeze makes her a prime target for Skill Share. Unfortunately, she's vastly overshadowed by Mitsubu and to a lesser degree Tiki. As such, it's hard to justify using her.

Dragonyule Xainfried Explanation

Eugene Explanation Eugene has a powerful kit, with great DPS and support, but he's just shy of greatness. The primary problem lies in how long it takes to charge up his S2 for use, making his DPS somewhat lackluster, and both versions of Elisanne are better as a pure buffer. Still, he's strong, and certainly can find a use in current content.

Fjorm Explanation Fjorm is a tool with a very narrow range. In maps like HBH where there is a large opening blast, her kit allows her to become a monster for 15 seconds, and her Ice Mirror will inflict massive damage. As such, she's currently the easiest way to cheese even Master High Brunhilda and clear in under 30 seconds reliably with team of her clones. That said, outside of those very narrow parameters, it's dubious that Fjorm will remain as the best option. For now, she's clearly the top Water Adventurer for HBH, but as new content releases she's likely to plummet in the rankings.

Fleur Explanation In Light, Fleur offers some of the highest personal DPS, so why isn't she tier 1? The simple answer is that she just can't keep up with Mitsuhide, who is essentially just Fleur, but better. The difference between the two is slight, but enough that Fleur winds up a tier lower.

Gala Ranzal Explanation

Gala Sarisse Explanation As the first Gala Adventurer, Gala Sarisse is starting to show signs of age. She's still alright, but she's not the powerhouse she once was. Later Adventurers and those with Spirals have largely eclipsed her, though she's still good enough to clear most content.

Halloween Mym Explanation The most notable thing about Halloween Mym is she has an amazing co-ability for Ezelith. Aside from that, she's just not up to par, even with her Gala variant.

Halloween Odetta Explanation Halloween Odetta is a classic case of looking good on paper and performing terribly in reality. Her buffs are potent and her skills could hit hard, but her buff circle is so tiny it's almost impossible to consistently apply them on maps that require frequent movement and repositioning. As such, her actual performance is very lackluster compared to her theoretical potential.

Heinwald Explanation

Hunter Berserker Explanation While Hunter Berzerker has a unique playstyle and destroys Overdrive bars, he doesn't do anything that Euden and Marth do much better.

Hunter Sarisse Explanation With a uniquely mobile Force-Strike based playstyle, Hunter Sarisse offers strong DPS, especially in HBH where there are long periods of downtime to allow for charging, and stretches where ranged are at a distinct advantage. However, she performs poorly in Agito, and since that'st he content that now matters, she's no longer keeping pace with the meta.

Hunter Vanessa Explanation

Ieyasu Explanation

Joachim Explanation

Joe Explanation Say it isn't so, Joe. While Joe got a lot better with a sprial, meaning he's usable now, he just can't compare to Gala Sarisse still, nor the much better Flame ranged nuker in Xania.

Karl Explanation While on paper Karl looks great with buffing and dps, the reality is he just can't compete with Euden and Marth even slightly.

Kirsty Explanation

Kleimann Explanation

Lathna Explanation

Lazry Explanation With a strong Frostbite kit, Lazry is a decent enough option for Water. Sadly, right now she's really held back by her weapon type, as HBH really punishes axe users (especially those that are not Gala Elisanne).

Linnea Explanation Linnea has an interesting Force Strike based playstyle, and if she were in any other element, she'd be a strong contender for top tier. She's in Shadow though, the element of the most broken of the broken, and as such she's merely passable. She does require a Poison user to get the most mileage.

Louise Explanation Whereas once she was the superior wind bow, even after her spiral Louise just can't hold a candle to Hawk. It doesn't help that she's HP gated, a fate that makes her extremely hard to use without being propped up in fights where you take constant chip damage. She's alright for autoing, but that's just not enough to save her.

Maribelle Explanation

Mikoto Explanation Once, Mikoto was probably the best DPS in the game. Now he's somewhere near the middle of the pack in flame and in desperate need of a spiral.

Naveed Explanation Naveed has sadly always been something of a runt in Flame. For a brief time he did fairly well when his spiral came along, but people quickly switched over to Euden, and then Marth came out and buried him for the foreseeable future.

Nefaria Explanation Neferia is perhaps one of the biggest success stories when it comes to Spirals. Her kit at launch was frankly worthless, and she was widely considered a joke and one of the worst 5★s in the game. With her Spiral, Neferia is now a viable option for endgame, though she's not quite up to par with limited bombs like Galex or Gleo. Even so, with proper investment, Neferia is a great option in Shadow.

Nevin Explanation Nevin has pretty decent buffing options, and as Master Kai Yun has a tendency to spend most of the fight in the middle of the map, he's an alright pick. The problem is that there are far better buffer options (Patia comes to mind) and for supper Delphi is always there. For DPS, Bellina and Vice are just head and shoulders above Nevin, even with his sigil unlocked. In the end, he just can't keep up.

Odetta Explanation

Pipple Explanation Despite being a semi-sentient plant, Pipple is surprisingly powerful. He's best known for his ability to cheese HBH in a quad comp that puts out fairly ridiculous numbers, though he's not a terrible option all on his own.

Ramona Explanation A tough, high damage kinda gal, Ramona has fallen of late with the release of mana spirals and new Flame Adventurers who out power her. She's still an alright pick, but as of late she's really out of favor at the moment and is waiting on her own spiral.

Renelle Explanation While Renelle's spiral made her usable by fixing her terrible affliction, it didn't make her competitive. Ezelith is far better, as are other budget options like Xania.

Ricardt Explanation Ricardt's spiral is alright, but it's only alright. In the end, it doesn't improve him all that dramatically, and Jiang Ziya is still going to be the go to option for Water healers.

Rodrigo Explanation

Sha Wujing Explanation

Sharena Explanation As a welfare Adventurer, Sharena is surprisingly powerful. Her kit is decent, and she's strong enough to clear HZD with little trouble. Her co-ability is even amazing for most Light teams, though often you'll want to use her brother or another strong Light Adventurer in co-op or as your active choice instead.

Student Maribelle Explanation Despite studying hard, Student Maribelle needs to hit the books and learn about spirals before she's worth consideration.

Su Fang Explanation

Summer Amane Explanation Despite using an axe, Summer Amane is still very much a healer and support Adventurer. She's not bad at the role, it's just that Lowen and Tobias are incredible, and thus there is little reason for any but beginners to use her. Though being free and getting to 50 mana node her during her event does make her a nice option on a budget.

Summer Mikoto Explanation Even with an oddball playstyle, for the moment Mikoto is at the top of the world in Light. This is, however, faint praise, as Light is by far the weakest element at this moment in time.

Summer Verica Explanation

Tiki Explanation While Tiki in her dragon drive is a literal monster, outside of it she's a little girl with a shiny rock. In situations where she can sustain her dragon form she's powerful, but current Flame maps do not lend themselves to this very well with their extended periods of downtime.

Verica Explanation Hard as it is to believe, Verica used to be the gold standard in healers. These days, she's so far below H!Lowen that you don't even remember she exists most of the time.

Victor Explanation With powerful support buffs and a nasty Bleed, Victor long reined supreme as Wind's top DPS. Spirals have changed that, and these days Victor has fallen out of favor. He's still good and can clear the hardest content, but you're better off using someone with a Spiral or Tobias.

Vixel Explanation

Wedding Aoi Explanation

Wedding Elisanne Explanation Wedding Elisanne does it all: She can heal her team, she can drop her enemies Defense by a significant amount, and she breaks Overdrive bars like a kitkat. Sadly, this just doesn't compete with the power that spirals offer, and as such Wedding Elisanne has been reduced to a maid of honor.

Wedding Xania Explanation

Xander Explanation Hail to the king, baby! Well, not quite. While Xander's spiral did dramatically improve him, he's still shy of being a top meta pick, or of being the best Water has to offer. He's still strong and with the right buffing support can perform well, but others do his job slightly better.

Xiao Lei Explanation

Yachiyo Explanation Like her longtime partner Fleur, Yachiyo lost out to a limited 5★ Adventurer, in this case Gala Luca. Yachiyo is unfortunately significantly worse than Gala Luca, and she really can't keep up with new Light Power Houses like Spiral Alfonse.

Yukata Curran Explanation While Curran is indeed a tier 1 dad, he's sadly not doing any better as a Light Dagger than as a Shadow Axe in the performance department.

Yurius Explanation Yurius offers Water a ranged Adventurer who also has a Dragon Drive, a unique combination. He's fairly strong, but he just doesn't quite get there compared to Hunter Sarisse. He's still viable and a great choice for HBH, especially since he enables Frostbite Punisher for his team.

Zardin Explanation After his Spiral, Zaradin has received a significant boost to his abilities, but he's still not caught up with the rest of the meta. Overall, his kit is basic stuff, but what holds him back is the Full HP requirement for his Strength boost. Even if he can maintain it though, others just do his job better.