Anime Origins Tier List - Best Units [RELEASE]

Our Anime Origins tier list is where I'll separate the units that can carry you from the ones that are mostly there to look nice. Though, to be fair, this game has plenty of unique anime characters compared to your standard ATD lineup. We’ve ranked the best Anime Origins units and traits from S to C tier based on abilities, passives, rarity, and overall value, and I’ll keep updating the list as we test more units and learn the meta.

Best Anime Origins Units Tier List

Cursed Lover (Pure Love) / Yuta game image

Valcrad (Unleashed) / Alucard game image

Pre-release note: This Anime Origins tier list is based on currently available unit information and early kit details. Placements are preliminary and will change as full stats, upgrades, traits, elements, and other details become available.

As I’ve stated above, please keep in mind that this tier list is still in its very early stages and is a work in progress. The game has just launched, and I’m actively testing units as I pull them, while also taking the time to evolve and ascend them. That process will obviously take a while, so for now, the tier list above should be treated more as a rough assessment than a definitive, objective ranking.

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So please, bear with me and make sure to come back over the weekend, as I’ll keep updating the list regularly while I play the game and learn how all the units perform across various game modes. With that said, here’s my early evaluation of some of the most important units in the game right now.

NOTE: This list focuses only on Secret, Mythic, and Exclusive units because those are, as we all know, the ones that are truly important and meta-worthy. When it comes to Legendary and Epic units, with a few exceptions, you’ll mostly use them only during the first hour or so of play, so they aren’t really worth including in the tier list and would only clog up the table.

Unit	Evaluation
S Tier — Meta Units
Cursed Lover (Pure Love) Secret S Tier	Copy is the big reason to watch Cursed Lover. Being able to store up to four copyable Active Abilities gives him ridiculous potential flexibility depending on what other top units can offer. He isn't relying on utility alone either. Lingering Queens Heads adds recurring bonus AOE damage, while Love Beam delivers a five-hit attack worth a total of 300% Damage. His kit already has the kind of ceiling you'd expect from a top-end Secret.
Valcrad (Unleashed) Secret S Tier	Valcrad has an unusually stacked kit: +15% Crit Chance, permanent Range scaling from crits, bonus Damage around bleeding enemies, summons, and progression through Restriction levels. Coffin Trap may be his nastiest utility tool, giving him a seven-second Boss Stun when the target crosses the trap. Each Boss can only be caught once, but that's still a huge control window. Restriction Release also makes him look particularly dangerous in longer stages where he has enough kills to reach his stronger forms.
Madaro (Edo Tensei) Secret S Tier	Madaro looks built for heavy AOE pressure. Every fifth attack triggers an additional 75% Damage strike and applies Calamity, which can repeat part of the damage he deals while the mark is active. Heaven Splitter adds a massive 500% Damage active with reach extending up to three times his normal Range, while his defensive passive can protect him from enemy debuffs and Crowd Control. Yasaka Beads also punish enemies that escape his Range, giving him another layer of damage and a three-second Stun against low-health targets. There's a lot going on here, and almost all of it looks useful.
Bon (Purgatory) Mythic S Tier	Evaluation in progress.
Bluma (Data Analyst) Mythic S Tier	Bluma is the obvious farm pick so far. Units inside her Range generate Training Data through kills, gradually unlocking increasingly strong Income bonuses. The final checkpoint reaches +30% Income at 380 Data, giving her serious scaling potential in longer modes where economy matters more with every passing wave. Her actual value will depend on how quickly Training Data stacks in practice, but the economy ceiling alone makes her a must-have farm unit.
A Tier — Very Good Units
Yoto (Calamity) Exclusive A Tier	Evaluation in progress.

Starku (Primordial) Mythic A Tier	Evaluation in progress.
Tojei (Sorcerer Killer) Mythic A Tier	Evaluation in progress.
Melio (Assault) Mythic A Tier	The Absorbed Commandments makes Melio an extremely flexible hybrid support, cycling through a different Commandment every 10 seconds. His rotation can pull enemies back, Petrify, Burn, Slow, shred 50% Magic or Physical Resistance, or buff allied units with +15% Damage and +10% Range. Patience also gives Melio a huge +150% Damage boost at the cost of +50% Cooldown. The rotating effects make him less predictable than a dedicated support, but the sheer amount of utility comfortably earns him an A-tier spot.
Gyutari (Upper Moon) Mythic A Tier	Death From Afar gives Gyutari a Blood Cut projectile for every 10 enemies defeated within his Range, unleashing the stored projectiles once he reaches four. The passive distributes Blood Cuts between weaker enemies, stronger enemies, and bosses, giving him extra AOE pressure on top of his regular attacks. When no Boss is present, the Boss-targeted Blood Cuts empower the remaining projectiles with +20% Damage and Bleed, which ticks seven times and becomes stronger with each tick. That combination of AOE and scaling DoT gives Gyutari excellent wave-clearing potential.
Aneko (Queen) Mythic A Tier	Evaluation in progress.
Sosuke (Eternal) Mythic A Tier	Evaluation in progress.
Noroto (Linked) Mythic A Tier	Nine-Tails' Cloak gives Noroto a strong recurring power spike after he builds 10 Chakra, boosting Damage by 25%, reducing Cooldown by 20%, and increasing Range by 15% for 20 seconds. During the transformation, every third attack also triggers a small AOE burst for 50% Damage, so the Cloak boosts both his raw output and wave-clearing potential. The downtime between transformations keeps him below the obvious S-tier kits for now, but his powered state looks excellent on paper.

B Tier — Decent Units
Zeldo (Piety) Mythic B Tier	Evaluation in progress.
Vegita (Super) Mythic B Tier	Evaluation in progress.
Roxi (Mage) Mythic B Tier	Evaluation in progress.
Konpatchi (Unleashed) Mythic B Tier	Evaluation in progress.
Itsugo (Dangai) Mythic B Tier	Evaluation in progress.
Igritto (Commander) Mythic B Tier	Evaluation in progress.
Goju (Honored One) Mythic B Tier	Goju's known kit is utility-heavy. Infinity nullifies attacks directed at him, potentially making him extremely difficult for enemies to disrupt. Infinity Expansion applies a 30% Slow for six seconds to enemies that stay inside his Range long enough, which could be useful against tanky targets and long paths. The problem is that I don't yet know enough about his actual damage output. Until then, his defensive tools and delayed Slow are easier to justify in B than among the top carries.
C Tier — Mid Units
Goki (Super) Mythic C Tier	Evaluation in progress.

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Best Anime Origins Traits Tier List

Trait	Evaluation
S Tier — Best Traits
Immortal Secret S Tier Secret chance: 0.1% Secret pool rate: 100% Pity: 1300 +200% Damage -15% Cooldown +20% Range +25% Income Placement Limit: 1	The clear jackpot trait. +200% Damage alone puts Immortal in another league before accounting for Cooldown, Range, and Income. Its special effect can instantly kill nearby non-boss enemies, while other enemies are knocked back and Slowed. It activates once per match after Wave 10. Only one unit per team can have Immortal, but if you roll it on a premium carry, you're probably done rerolling that unit for a very long time.
Overseer Mythic S Tier Mythic chance: 4.05% Mythic pool rate: 4.1% Pity: 900 +20% Damage -5% Cooldown +10% Range +30% bonus True Damage	The strongest conventional Mythic trait for a general DPS carry. You get Damage, Cooldown, and Range with no downside, plus bonus True Damage equal to 30% of damage dealt. Overseer doesn't require a specific build or mechanic to work, which makes it one of the safest best-in-slot rolls in the game.
Rupture Mythic S Tier Mythic chance: 4.05% Mythic pool rate: 12.5% Pity: 550 +30% Crit Chance +35% Crit Damage	An absurd offensive roll for units that can make good use of Crit. +30% Crit Chance dramatically improves consistency, while +35% Crit Damage pushes the payoff even further. It loses some universal value on units whose kits don't care about Crit, but on the right carry Rupture has legitimate best-in-slot potential.
Decay Mythic S Tier Mythic chance: 4.05% Mythic pool rate: 16.5% Pity: 425 +40% DoT Damage -10% Cooldown +10% Range	Potentially the premier trait for Bleed, Burn, Poison, or other DoT-focused units. Even before the huge +40% DoT bonus matters, -10% Cooldown and +10% Range are excellent general stats. It's more specialized than Overseer, but the right unit can squeeze enormous value out of all three bonuses.
Ascendant Mythic S Tier Mythic chance: 4.05% Mythic pool rate: 19% Pity: 325 +35% Boss Damage +10% Damage +10% Range	A fantastic boss-killing trait thanks to its massive +35% Boss Damage bonus on top of +10% regular Damage. The additional Range makes it even easier for your carry to stay on bosses for longer portions of the map. It isn't as dominant during ordinary wave clearing, but for boss-focused content Ascendant can be one of the best traits available.
A Tier — Excellent Traits
Hustler Mythic A Tier Mythic chance: 4.05% Mythic pool rate: 22% Pity: — +15% Range +30% Income	The obvious premium economy trait and potentially S tier on dedicated farm units. +30% Income is the main attraction, while +15% Range is a useful bonus rather than dead weight. Don't waste its potential on a pure DPS unit if you have an economy unit that can actually exploit the Income bonus.
Stride Mythic A Tier Mythic chance: 4.05% Mythic pool rate: 14.5% Pity: 475 -10% Damage -10% Cooldown +5% Range Tempo: -2% Cooldown per stack, up to -20% Max Tempo: +10% Range Tempo resets after 5 seconds without attacking.	Stride trades some raw Damage for potentially ridiculous attack frequency once Tempo gets rolling. At full stacks, the additional -20% Cooldown combines with its base -10%, making this extremely attractive on units that attack continuously. Its weakness is downtime: if the unit goes five seconds without attacking, Tempo disappears and you have to build it again.
Joker Mythic A Tier Mythic chance: 4.05% Mythic pool rate: 11.4% Pity: 700 +5% Damage -5% Cooldown +5% Range Every wave, each stat receives a random 0%-25% modifier. Wave modifiers do not carry over.	Joker has excellent upside but sacrifices consistency for it. The baseline Damage, Cooldown, and Range bonuses are already useful, then every wave can randomly push the unit much further. Strong enough to keep, but the RNG factor makes it harder to rank alongside the completely reliable top Mythics.
Ace Legendary A Tier Legendary chance: 9% Legendary pool rate: 20% +10% Damage -5% Cooldown +10% Range	Probably the best general-purpose Legendary trait. All three bonuses matter on almost every conventional DPS unit, with no gimmicks or requirements attached. A great stopping point if you don't want to burn hundreds of rerolls chasing a Mythic.
Nimble Legendary A Tier Legendary chance: 9% Legendary pool rate: 18.5% -20% Cooldown	A simple trait, but -20% Cooldown is an enormous single-stat improvement. Particularly strong on units whose damage, status effects, or passives scale directly with attack frequency. It lacks Ace's rounded stat package, but the raw Cooldown reduction can easily be more valuable on the right carry.

Head Hunter Epic A Tier Epic chance: 30% Epic pool rate: 25% +20% Crit Chance +25% Crit Damage	Basically a budget Rupture, and that's a pretty good thing to be. The combination of Crit Chance and Crit Damage can outperform many straightforward stat traits on Crit-friendly units. For an Epic trait, Head Hunter offers remarkably strong offensive value.
Looting Legendary A Tier Legendary chance: 9% Legendary pool rate: 11.5% +20% Income	A specialized economy trait that becomes extremely valuable when rolled on a unit whose job is making money. It's essentially the budget version of Hustler, trading Hustler's +30% Income and Range for a still-impressive +20% Income. On a normal DPS unit, however, you should usually reroll it.
B Tier — Strong & Situational
Hawkeye Legendary B Tier Legendary chance: 9% Legendary pool rate: 25% +30% Range	+30% Range is massive and can dramatically improve map coverage and effective uptime. The problem is that Hawkeye provides no direct Damage or Cooldown improvement. Great on units where coverage matters, but less attractive than offensive Legendary options for a primary carry.
Haste III Epic B Tier Epic chance: 30% Epic pool rate: 25% -12.5% Cooldown	A strong universally useful Epic roll. More attacks generally means more DPS and more frequent passive or status activations. It's basically Nimble-lite and perfectly usable until you're ready to chase something rarer.
Fury III Epic B Tier Epic chance: 30% Epic pool rate: 25% +15% Damage	No tricks here: Fury III simply gives you 15% more Damage. Reliable and useful on almost any offensive unit, especially early in progression. Good enough to keep temporarily, but Mythic and Legendary traits offer much higher ceilings.
Reach III Epic B Tier Epic chance: 30% Epic pool rate: 25% +15% Range	A respectable Range boost that helps units cover more of the lane and attack for longer. Its value depends heavily on the map and the unit's starting Range. Useful, but generally less impactful than direct offensive traits.
Scholar Legendary B Tier Legendary chance: 9% Legendary pool rate: 25% +50% EXP	Scholar is excellent for progression rather than actual combat performance. +50% EXP can save a lot of grinding while leveling units, so there is real utility here. Once a unit is leveled and you're optimizing the endgame, Scholar becomes an obvious reroll candidate.
C Tier — Usable Early Rolls
Haste II Rare C Tier Rare chance: 50% Rare pool rate: 7.33% -7.5% Cooldown	A useful early Cooldown roll, but ultimately just a stepping stone toward Haste III, Nimble, or one of the premium Mythics.
Fury II Rare C Tier Rare chance: 50% Rare pool rate: 7.33% +10% Damage	A perfectly respectable temporary Damage boost, but there are too many stronger offensive options to settle for it long term.
Reach II Rare C Tier Rare chance: 50% Rare pool rate: 7.34% +10% Range	A modest Range increase that can help awkward placements, but it lacks the impact needed for a serious endgame trait.
D Tier — Reroll
Haste I Rare D Tier Rare chance: 50% Rare pool rate: 26% -5% Cooldown	Better than having nothing, but -5% Cooldown is far too small to justify keeping once you have rerolls available.
Fury I Rare D Tier Rare chance: 50% Rare pool rate: 26% +5% Damage	A tiny Damage bump that's fine on your first few units but should be replaced as soon as you're seriously optimizing a build.
Reach I Rare D Tier Rare chance: 50% Rare pool rate: 26% +5% Range	The weakest Range roll in the pool. It technically helps, but there is almost never a reason to intentionally keep it.

So there you have it, my preliminary Anime Origins Tier List for the release meta. Thanks for reading, and be sure to come back soon, as I’ll regularly update the tier list over the weekend while I keep learning which units are the best in the Anime Origins release meta. While you’re here, don’t forget to check out our other Tier Lists - we have plenty of them!

Anime Origins Tier List – Best Units [RELEASE]

Best Anime Origins Units Tier List

Cursed Lover (Pure Love) / Yuta

Valcrad (Unleashed) / Alucard

Madaro (Edo Tensei) / Madara

Bon (Purgatory) / Ban

Bluma (Data Analyst) / Bulma

Yoto (Calamity) / Yato

Starku (Primordial) / Coyote Starrk

Tojei (Sorcerer Killer) / Toji Fushiguro

Melio (Assault) / Meliodas

Gyutari (Upper Moon) / Gyutaro

Aneko (Queen) / Akeno Himejima

Sosuke (Eternal) / Saske

Noroto (Linked) / Naruto

Zeldo (Piety) / Zeldris

Vegita (Super) / Vegeta

Roxi (Mage) / Roxy M. Greyrat

Konpatchi (Unleashed) / Kenpachi

Itsugo (Dangai) / Ichigo Kurosaki

Igritto (Commander) / Igris

Goju (Honored One) / Satoru Gojo

Goki (Super) / Goku

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