NCSOFT caved and made a team-based tactics Gacha game (we're drowning in these) but it's pretty good and I'm here to show you the best heroes in Blade and Soul Heroes. All heroes are quite good in at least one game mode so the strongest ones are actually those that are good for most or all game modes. Here's my Blade and Soul Heroes tier list based on team role compositions, elements and overall power.
Blade and Soul Heroes Hero Tier List
There's so many heroes in Blade and Soul Heroes that I had to do three tier lists to cover everything well. Here's how the Hero system works: Basically I cannot do a traditional tier list since all the Heroes can be good for certain game modes. Therefore, calling a Hero the most powerful in the game would be misleading since what someone would consider the weakest hero can be quite strong for a single game mode. That said, the rankings I chose rely on the strongest and highest-rated Heroes being powerful in as many game modes as possible with:
- Tier 0 & Tier 1: These two Tiers are currently the strongest characters for Leaders and/or within their role/element that are good for any mode in the game.
- Tier 2 & Tier 3: These are good for most modes and require a bit of team-building around elements or are fillers if your 5-man team lacks a DPS or Support. They're usually not the best leaders.
- Tier 4: These are picks that are only really good in one mode.
Below I'll talk about the best teams in Blade and Soul Heroes by analyzing the best Heroes by Role and Element.
Blade and Soul Heroes: Best Heroes Ranked by Element
The meta in this game is to build teams around elemental synergies. Here you can check out the best heroes in Blade and Soul Heroes for these team comps and then you can fill in blanks with Supports and other DPS heroes from the tier list above. Here are my recommendations for each element:
- Best Fire Team: Fire is really easy to build and use as a beginner and I would without a doubt put Sehwa as leader and then do Sansu, Ukaha, Chawoong/Hongbi and Uwon/Boryn.
- Best Poison Team: Poison is quite strong and also easy to build around Yura/Seomyeong with Ashjaw, Yonkai, Dark Striker and a support.
- Best Lightning Team: Inlang as leader, Salkhi, Golden Deva, Choi Jina and a support.
- Best Dark Team: Go for Mushin as leader and then Gwihan, Dura, Ayura and a support.
- Best Water Team: Water is less plentiful on good picks like Dark but a good team would be Yusol/Harin then Gwen and Gwon with a filler and then Boryn.
Blade and Soul Heroes: Best Heroes Ranked by Role
Your team composition consists of a Leader and then 4 members out of which I would put 3 DPS and 1 Support. Of course there's no set rule apart from the Leader but in general you want at least 1 healer/support/defender and then fill the three positions with DPS. Here are the best Heroes by role in Blade and Soul Heroes.
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For Fire I would without a doubt put Sehwa as leader and then do Sansu, Ukaha, Chawoong/Hongbi and Uwon/Boryn.
Water is a bit niche on picks but a good team would be Yusol/Harin then Gwen and Gwon with a filler and then Boryn.
This is one of the easier set-ups to do like Fire and it's quite strong. Use Inlang leader, Salkhi, Golden Deva, Choi Jina and a support.
Go for Mushin as leader and then Gwihan, Dura, Ayura and a support.
Build around Yura/Seomyeong with Ashjaw, Yonkai, Dark Striker and a support.
Gordan loves to dive into the nitty-gritty of roleplaying games whether it be a massive title like Baldur's Gate 3 or a hidden RPG gem on Roblox. You can always find him in the nooks and crannies of multiplayer games searching for secrets. That is when he's not running D&D for his friends.