AFK Journey character tier list

AFK Journey features many units for you to field, and the meta is still evolving with so many heroes to collect; knowing who you should field might need to be clarified depending on the content. Fortunately, we have made a Tier List guide to help you find which units would fit your composition perfectly. 

How This AFK Journey Tier List Is Made

This guide is based on each significant content in the game. We currently have Story Mode, Dream Realm, and PvP, and each emphasizes specific kits and synergies that differ from each other. If you want a more accurate and efficient team composition, check the list for the content you want to run. Here are the AFK Journey Tier Rankings for each mode:

Overall

Units that can perform great throughout any content are limited, so if you have them, you should consider yourself lucky. These characters can be used in most, if not all, game modes and will require a few alterations to their build.

S Tier

• Dionel
• Scarlita
• Granny Dahnie
• Temesia
• Rowan
• Odie
• Koko
• Reinier
• Thoran

A Tier

• Hewynn
• Shakir
• Vala
• Cecia
• Carolina
• Bryon
• Eironn
• Smokey and Meerky
• Cassadee
• Rhys
• Parisa
• Lyca
• Seth
• Korin
• Viperian
• Marilee

B Tier

• Berial
• Igor
• Lumont
• Brutus
• Antandra
• Silvina
• Niru
• Kruger
• Mirael
• Walker

C Tier

• Atalanta
• Damian
• Satrana
• Lucius
• Valen
• Arden
• Fay
• Salazer
• Kafra

Story Mode

For Story Mode characters, you want units that can deal strong DPS paired up with units with good sustain. Fights shouldn’t last that long, so you want to balance everything out. There will be moments when you might have to swap out units depending on the current story, boss fights, and content. 

S Tier

• Hewynn
• Vala
• Rowan
• Odie
• Thoran
• Cecia
• Reinier
• Koko
• Bryon
• Granny Dahnie
• Lyca
• Eironn
• Korin
• Scarlita
• Dionel
• Shakir
• Smokey and Meerky
• Carolina
• Silvina
• Igor
• Viperian

A Tier

• Arden 
• Temesia
• Marilee
• Valen
• Seth
• Antandra
• Brutus
• Berial
• Cassadee
• Rhys
• Niru
• Kafra
• Walker
• Lucius
• Mirael

B Tier

• Parisa 
• Fay
• Kruger
• Satrana
• Salazer

C Tier

• Chippy
• Hammie
• Atalanta
• Lumont

Dream Realm

In the Dream Realm, you want a team that can deal with massive amounts of DPS and DoTs. The key is to use units that excel in prolonged fights, so any character with damage over time and sustainability will be good here. Units with high single-target DOS will be rated higher in this content. Teams that continuously land buffs and debuffs would also have higher ratings in this mode. 

S Tier

• Marilee
• Korin
• Kruger
• Smokey and Meerky
• Odie
• Thoran
• Reinier
• Koko
• Temesia
• Cassadee

A Tier

• Byron
• Lyca
• Damian
• Walker
• Vala
• Rowan
• Scarlita
• Seth
• Shakir
• Rhys
• Cecia
• Hewynn
• Eironn
• Lucius
• Dionel
• Satrana
• Brutus
• Berial
• Mirael
• Salazar
• Carolina

B Tier

• Granny Dahnie
• Parisa
• Fay
• Valen
• Antandra
• Niru
• Silvina
• Igor
• Viperian

C Tier

• Chippy
• Hammie
• Arden
• Kafra
• Atalanta
• Lumont

PvP

For PvP, you want units that can end fights quickly. It would help if you had a powerful frontline here to tank all the initial damage. Meta supports should have buff skills and cleanse skills to remove any debuff. Units that deal large AoE and burst damages shine intensely in this content. 

S Tier

• Thoran
• Reinier
• Koko
• Hewynn
• Arden
• Vala
• Seth
• Shakir
• Berial
• Silvina
• Igor
• Viperian
• Cecia

A Tier

• Byron 
• Grannie Dahnie
• Temesia
• Dionel
• Antandra
• Smokey and Meerky
• Brutus
• Salazer
• Lyca
• Parisa
• Walker 
• Marilee
• Lucius
• Korin
• Cassadee
• Rhys
• Niru

B Tier

• Kafra
• Fay
• Valen
• Kruger
• Satrana
• Mirael

C Tier

• Chippy
• Hammie
• Atalanta
• Lumont

Tier Rating Explanations

For this tier list, we only divide the units into four rankings: S, A, B, and C. S-tier units are considered the meta for their specific comps. You want to use them more frequently in your chosen content, and they should perform well throughout your runs. They will require little investments to work optimally and outshine most units if they have optimized sets.

A Tier characters are good overall and require minimal investments to be efficient in content. However, they will need good team synergies and sets to compete evenly with those in the S-Tier. When built right, they can work better than those in higher rankings. 

B Tier characters require more investments and planning to work correctly. You can consider them during niche situations, and they are very situational. You generally only want to use them early in the game, but should replace them when you get better units. 

C Tiers are those that you only use in the beginning. They don’t have any value in higher-difficulty content. They will hardly perform well even if you spend so much resources on them. Once you get any unit B Tier above, you should replace the ones in the C ranking. 

How Many Hero Levels Are There

Hero Journey only features two types of hero levels: S-level and A-level. S Levels are rarer, while A tiers are more familiar units. You can only pull them through tickets and summoning tokens. Hero levels have little impact on unit efficiency when characters are built properly.