Archero 2 Tier List – Best Weapons, Skills, Gear, & Characters Explained

We still haven't included the runes. We'll update this post with that info and the best builds list soon!

Archero 2 has a fair few differences compared to the first game, and that means you'll have to devise new builds and strats from scratch. Well, not really, as we've tested out everything for you. So, without further ado, here is our ultimate Archero 2 tier list, explaining the best skills, weapons, gear, and characters in the game!

Archero 2 Skill Tier List

In the image above, you can find the tier list of all skills in Archero 2. The skill choices you make hugely depend on whether you're using Staff, Crossbow/Longbow, or Claw/Knuckles and what quality they are, and the same goes for other gear.

So, consider this tier list as an overall power ranking of all skills in Archero 2. The lower a skill is, the less versatility it has and the harder it is to make it work, and the opposite is true for higher-ranked skills.

Archero 2 Skills List

In the tables below, you can find the list of all skills in Archero 2 separated by rarity, including their stats and effects. You can use it as a cheat sheet when devising your builds, and it will help you understand a bit more why we ranked them in the tier list the way we did.

Fine Skills

Ability	Ability	Ability	Ability
Bane of Bosses DMG dealt to bosses ↑↑↑ Fully heal before boss battles	Demon Slaying Meteor Cast a meteor upon killing monsters	Vampiric Circle Get 2 circling Vampiric orbs	Venom Circle Get 2 circling Venom orbs
Wounded Warrior Greatly increases ATK PWR when damaged, lasts 5s	Pursuit Strike Trigger Strike upon slaying monsters	Fire Circle Get 2 circling Fire orbs	Ice Circle Get 2 circling Ice orbs
Assault Strike Chance to trigger Strike when attacking	Riposte Strike Chance to counter with Strike sword when injured	Thunder Circle Get 2 circling Thunder orbs	Perilous Recovery When HP is below 30%, slowly regain HP back to 30%
Strike Potion Randomly generate Strike potions that summon Strike upon collection	Fairy's Breath ATK SPD ↑	Long-Range Power Your projectiles deal higher DMG when fired from a further distance	Demon Recovery Chance to heal when killing monsters
Breath of the Wind MOV SPD ↑	Restore HP Random amount of healing	Burning Path Your character leaves a trail of flames where they walk	Bouncing Arrow Projectiles can bounce off walls
Strength Blood Max HP ↑	Warrior's Breath ATK PWR ↑	Backward Arrow Backward shooting arrows +1	Frenzy Potion Pick up Frenzy Potion to get ATK SPD ↑↑↑ Crit Rate ↑↑↑ for a duration
Flame Sprite Receive a Flame Sprite	Ice Spike Sprite Receive a Ice Spike Sprite	Venom Meteor Potion Cast Venom Meteor when picking up a Venom Meteor Potion	Flame Meteor Potion Cast Flame Meteor when picking up a Flame Meteor Potion
Venom Sprite Receive a Venom Sprite	Lightning Sprite Receive a Lightning Sprite	Frost Meteor Potion Summon Frost Meteor upon picking up a Frost Meteor Potion	Lightning Meteor Potion Cast Lightning Meteor when picking up a Lightning Meteor Potion

Rare Skills

Ability	Ability	Ability	Ability
Charged Arrow Charge to launch a giant arrow	Venom Projectiles poison monsters	Abundant Potion More potions	Angelic Shelter Max HP ↑ Brief Invincibility after injury
Swift Arrow ATK SPD ↑↑↑↑↑ ATK PWR ↓↓↓ Projectile Size ↓↓↓ Some dispersion	Flame Projectiles ignite monsters	Perilous Fervor When HP is below 50% ATK PWR ↑↑↑↑ ATK SPD ↑↑↑↑	Sprite Boost Sprite ATK PWR ↑↑↑↑
Bolt Projectiles shock monsters	Frost Projectiles freeze monsters	Ricocheting Arrow Projectiles can bounce between monsters, +1 bounce	Bomb Sprite Receive a Bomb Sprite
Underworld Warrior ATK PWR ↑↑ Devil guaranteed to appear after defeating a boss	Lucky Band-Aid Luck ↑↑ Deals DMG to all enemies on-screen and clears enemy projectiles after	Circling Orbs Boost Circling Orbs DMG ↑↑↑	Invincibility Potion Pick up Invincibility Potion, become briefly Invincible
Demon Slayer Increases ATK PWR for a period of time after killing monsters	Lightwing Arrow Projectiles have a chance to sprout wings and deal major DMG to monsters	Lucky Cracker Luck Value ↑↑↑ Dodge Rate ↑↑	Fairy of the Wind ATK SPD ↑ MOV SPD ↑↑
Front Arrow Front shooting arrows +1	Fountain of Life Max HP ↑↑ Fully heal on pickup	Lucky Heart Picking up hearts has a chance to increase Max HP	Cloud Footed Continuously unleash gusts to push back and damage enemies MOV SPD ↑↑↑
Piercing Arrow Projectiles can pierce enemies	Heart of Vitality Max HP ↑↑ Red Heart Heal ↑↑	Warrior's Heart Picking up hearts has a chance to boost ATK PWR	Short-range Strike ATK Range ↓↓ ATK Power ↑↑↑ ATK SPD ↑↑↑
Instant Strike Summon 1 Strike sword per second	Blitz Strike Summon 5 Strike swords per wave	Stand Strong The longer you stand, the higher ATK SPD and ATK PWR	Split Shot Projectiles can split

Epic Skills

Ability	Ability	Ability	Ability
Strike Boost Strike ATK ↑↑↑↑	Weapon Enchantment Your weapon detaches and will automatically attack enemies ATK PWR ↓↓↓ Attack Speed ↓↓↓	Tracking Eye Projectiles can track enemies	Diagonal Arrows Add 2 bullets that shoot diagonally
Super Venom Poison effects greatly enhanced	Super Flame Flame effects greatly enhanced	Wind Blessing MOV SPD ↑ Size ↓↓ Chance of dodging	ATK Increase ATK PWR ↑↑↑
Super Circle Receives 4 powerful neutral non-elemental orbs	Laser Sprite Receive a Laser Sprite	Energy Ring Charge up to release a powerful energy ring	Revive Revive once with full HP upon death
Super Frost Freeze effects greatly enhanced	Slow Field Slow down nearby projectiles and monsters	Circling Laser Orb Get 2 circling Laser Orbs	Giant's Strength Max HP ↑↑↑ ATK PWR ↑↑↑ MOV SPD ↓↓ Size ↑↑
Super Lightning Lightning effects greatly enhanced	Sprite Frenzy All sprite ATK PWR and ATK SPD greatly enhanced	Double Strike Swords Doubles the number of Strike swords summoned	Aqua Flight Can walk on water MOV SPD ↑↑
Rapid Fire Meteors Doubles the chance of casting meteors	Meteor Pursuit Chance of casting a meteor when attacking	Enchanted Strike Strike swords can inherit the element of the main weapon	Wall-Piercing Arrow Projectiles can pass through obstacles
Soul of Swiftness ATK SPD ↑↑↑↑ MOV SPD ↑↑↑↑	/	/	/

Legendary Skills

Ability	Ability	Ability	Ability
Beam Strike Summon a Strike sword that fires lasers periodically	Super Meteor Meteors continuously fall, releasing large shockwaves	Corrosive Field Nearby monsters take damage and become vulnerable	Power Trio Max HP ↑↑↑ ATK SPD ↑↑↑ ATK PWR ↑↑↑
Energy Beam Charge up to release a powerful penetrating laser	Rapid Fire Multishot count +1	Sacred Protection Gain SHLD that blocks 1 hit per wave	Soul of Strength Max HP ↑↑↑↑
Rotating Web All circling orbs form a web	Sprite King Receive a powerful Sprite King	Warrior's Soul ATK PWR ↑↑↑↑	/

Archero 2 Gear Set/Weapon List & Power Ranking

Below, we ranked all the gear sets and weapons in Archero 2 based on their overall strength across all game content. Which gear you use in the early game boils down to which set you have had the highest fusion rank.

Once you start fusing Legendary gear or getting Epic S-Tier gear, then it's time to make a switch based on what kind of passives you want. Anyway, here is the power ranking and the gear/weapon stats and passives:

1. Dragoon Set – Crossbow of the Dragoon

The Dragoon set benefits from having a lot of projectile skills because of its on-hit passives. The whole set is very well-rounded, and it also has in-build healing and shield mechanics. It's a jack-of-all-trades, basically.

Gear	Fine Stats	Rare Stats	Epic Stats	Legendary Stats	Legendary 3 Stats	Mythic Stats
Crossbow of the Dragoon	ATK PWR +5%	30% chance to trigger AoE explosion on hit	Blast DMG +200%	ATK PWR +10%	Weapon's base stats increased by 20%	Doubles the chance to trigger AoE explosion on hit
Amulet of the Dragoon	ATK PWR +5%	CRIT DMG +12%	Randomly detonates 2 monsters on the field every 2s	ATK PWR +10%	Amulet's base stats increased by 20%	Randomly detonates 4 monsters on the field every 2s
Ring of the Dragoon	ATK PWR +5%	CRIT Rate +3%	Chance to drop a landmine when killing an enemy, which explodes after a short time	ATK PWR +10%	Ring's base stats increased by 20%	Guarantees landmine drop on enemy kill
Armor of the Dragoon	Max HP +5%	Barrage DMG REDUC +5%	Gain 1 Flame Shield that lasts for 10s; when damaged it shatters and explodes upon being hit again	Max HP +10%	Armor's base stats increased by 20%	Slowly restore HP while Flame Shield is active
Helmet of the Dragoon	Max HP +5%	Red Heart Heal +20%	Each monster kill causes the next attack tto trigger AoE explosion	Max HP +10%	Helmet's base stats increased by 20%	Monsters within the explosion radius are ignited
Boots of the Dragoon	Max HP +5%	Dodge +5%	Triggers an explosion on the attacking monster when dodging	Max HP +10%	Boots's base stats increased by 20%	Dodge +10%

2. Griffin Set – Griffin Claw

The Griffin Claw and the rest of the Griffin set focus on short-range damage and can benefit skills such as Circling Orbs. Of course, you can use any other skill and just play in melee, though auto-shooting skills are still necessary if you want to dodge enemy abilities efficiently.

Gear	Fine Stats	Rare Stats	Epic Stats	Legendary Stats	Legendary 3 Stats	Mythic Stats
Griffin Claw	ATK PWR +5%	The closer, the higher DMG, up to 10%	The closer, the higher CRIT Rate, up to 9%	ATK PWR +10%	Weapon's base stats increased by 20%	The closer, the higher CRIT Rate, up to 18%
Griffin Amulet	ATK PWR +5%	CRIT DMG +12%	Counter with 2x DMG to nearby monsters	ATK PWR +10%	Amulet's base stats increased by 20%	Counter with 4x DMG to nearby monsters
Griffin Ring	ATK PWR +5%	CRIT Rate +3%	CRIT Rate increases with more nearby monsters, up to 9%	ATK PWR +10%	Ring's base stats increased by 20%	CRIT Rate increases with more nearby monsters, up to 18%
Griffin Armor	Max HP +5%	Barrage DMG REDUC +5%	Deals continuous DMG on enemies within 7 meters	Max HP +10%	Armor's base stats increased by 20%	Doubles continuous DMG on enemies within 7 meters
Griffin Helmet	Max HP +5%	Red Heart Heal +20%	The closer, the higher CRIT DMG, up to 36%	Max HP +10%	Helmet's base stats increased by 20%	The closer, the higher CRIT DMG, up to 72%
Griffin Boots	Max HP +5%	Dodge +5%	CRIT DMG increases with more nearby monsters, up to 36%	Max HP +10%	Boots's base stats increased by 20%	CRIT DMG increases with more nearby monsters, up to 72%

3. Echo Set – Beam Staff

The Echo set relies on constantly hitting skills to ramp up Combo (consecutive skill hits; resets after 2s of no hits) and get the bonus stats from its passives. The skills that come to mind are Lasers, Sprites, and Circling Orbs, though you'll have to go into melee if you're focusing on the last option.

Gear	Fine Stats	Rare Stats	Epic Stats	Legendary Stats	Legendary 3 Stats	Mythic Stats
Beam Staff	/	ATK PWR +5%	DMG increases with Combo, up to 10%	For every 5 Combo, CRIT Rate increases by 2%, up to 8%	Weapon's base stats increased by 20%	/
Echo Amulet	/	ATK PWR +5%	CRIT DMG +12%	For every 5 Combo, the next DMG is doubled	Amulet's base stats increased by 20%	/
Echo Ring	/	ATK PWR +5%	CRIT Rate +3%	For every 5 Combo, ATK SPD increases by 2%, up to 8%	Ring's base stats increased by 20%	/
Echo Armor	/	Max HP +5%	Barrage DMG REDUC +5%	For every 5 Combo, the next hit gains 2 diagonal arrows	Armor's base stats increased by 20%	/
Echo Helmet	/	Max HP +5%	Red Heart Heal +20%	Gain 2x Combo on CRIT	Helmet's base stats increased by 20%	/
Echo Boots	/	Max HP +5%	Dodge +5%	Crit DMG increases by 32% when Combo exceeds 30	Boots's base stats increased by 20%	/

4. Destruction Set – Heroic Longbow

The Destruction set is virtually the same as the Dragoon set, though you get the passives only once you fuse your gear to Legendary rarity.

Gear	Fine Stats	Rare Stats	Epic Stats	Legendary Stats	Legendary 3 Stats	Mythic Stats
Heroic Longbow	/	ATK PWR +5%	30% chance to trigger AoE explosion on hit	Blast DMG +200%	Weapon's base stats increased by 20%	/
Amulet of Destruction	/	ATK PWR +5%	CRIT DMG +12%	Randomly detonates 2 monsters on the field every 2s	Amulet's base stats increased by 20%	/
Ring of Destruction	/	ATK PWR +5%	CRIT Rate +3%	Chance to drop a landmine when killing an enemy, which explodes after a short time	Ring's base stats increased by 20%	/
Armor of Destruction	/	Max HP +5%	Barrage DMG REDUC +5%	Gain 1 Flame Shield that lasts for 10s; when damaged it shatters and explodes upon being hit again	Armor's base stats increased by 20%	/
Helmet of Destruction	/	Max HP +5%	Red Heart Heal +20%	Each monster kill causes the next attack tto trigger AoE explosion	Helmet's base stats increased by 20%	/
Boots of Destruction	/	Max HP +5%	Dodge +5%	Triggers an explosion on the attacking monster when dodging	Boots's base stats increased by 20%	/

5. Decisiveness Set – Agile Knuckles

Similarly to the Destruction set, the Decisiveness set is virtually the same as the Griffin set, though you get the passives only once you fuse your gear to Legendary rarity.

Gear	Fine Stats	Rare Stats	Epic Stats	Legendary Stats	Legendary 3 Stats	Mythic Stats
Agile Knuckles	/	ATK PWR +5%	The closer, the higher DMG, up to 10%	The closer, the higher CRIT Rate, up to 9%	Weapon's base stats increased by 20%	/
Amulet of Decisiveness	/	ATK PWR +5%	CRIT DMG +12%	Counter with 2x DMG to nearby monsters	Amulet's base stats increased by 20%	/
Ring of Decisiveness	/	ATK PWR +5%	CRIT Rate +3%	CRIT Rate increases with more nearby monsters, up to 9%	Ring's base stats increased by 20%	/
Armor of Decisiveness	/	Max HP +5%	Barrage DMG REDUC +5%	Deals continuous DMG on enemies within 7 meters	Armor's base stats increased by 20%	/
Helmet of Decisiveness	/	Max HP +5%	Red Heart Heal +20%	The closer, the higher CRIT DMG, up to 36%	Helmet's base stats increased by 20%	/
Boots of Decisiveness	/	Max HP +5%	Dodge +5%	CRIT DMG increases with more nearby monsters, up to 36%	Boots's base stats increased by 20%	/

Archero 2 Character List & Power Ranking

Here is our ranking of all the characters in Archero 2. Generally, Dracoola and Otta are considered the best characters in the game, though the extra skills you get with Seraph can also provide value. On the other hand, Alex, Nyanja, and Helix all provide niche bonuses that aren't felt as much during gameplay.

Tier	Character	Lv. 1 Boost	Lv. 2 Boost	Lv. 3 Boost	Lv. 4 Boost
C	Alex	Increases Red Heart Drops	Increases ATK SPD by 10% for 10s	Increases in-game EXP gain by 10%	Guarantees a CRIT on the next attack after taking DMG
C	Nyanja	Increases MOV SPD by 10% and periodically releases Swift Wind to push away and damage enemies	Increases Swift Wind range and doubles Swift Wind DMG	Triggers an explosion upon contact with monsters during Swift Wind	Significantly reduces Swift Wind cycle
B	Helix	The lower the HP, the higher the ATK, up to 20% increase	Increases ATK SPD by 20% for 5s after taking DMG	Increases ATK by 20% for 10s after taking DMG	Increases ATK SPD by 20% when HP is below 50%
A	Seraph	50% chance to encounter the Valkyrie at the start	Chance to get another skill when Healing is selected during the encounter with the Angel	Chance that Max HP is not reduced when making a pact with a devil	Easier to get higher grade abilities when acquiring new abilities
S	Dracoola	Chance to absorb enemy HP during attacks	Excess healing will be converted into damage on the next attack	When HP is over 50%, MOV SPD +20%	At full HP, ATK +40%
S	Otta	The higher the enemy's HP, the easier it is to land a CRIT.	After taking DMG, CRIT rate increases by 40% for 5s	CRIT hits can instakill minions below 30%	The farther the range, the higher the CRIT rate, up to 15%

And that concludes our Archero 2 tier list. If you need more gems to roll for that S-Tier gear and get everything else in the game, be sure to redeem the Archero 2 codes we collected.

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