[ Guide ] Blue Archive Tier List: Making Judgment Calls

Thanks to the power of foresight and the confirmation of a slightly accelerated tempo, here’s a Blue Archive tier list to help you plan your future pulls.

Any names may be subject to localization changes.

Without further ado, here’s the all-inclusive Japan release Blue Archive tier list, inclusive of event characters. For reference, at time of writing:

• Global has the Vol 3. Eden Treaty Ch. 4 Pt. 1 update.
• Exact schedules and timing will depend on Nexon.

STRIKER

TIER	NAME	ROLE	NOTES
S	HOSHINO (SWIMSUIT)	Supporter	Can get up to 1.5x damage multiplier, speed up cost recovery, sub-tank capabilities. Damage will still come from a DPS-oriented unit.
	CHERINO	DPS	Powerful and focus target. Large spread attack comes at high skill cost.
	IORI	DPS	Generally strong at all levels, even if she doesn't START there.
	TSUBAKI	Tank	Get her her T4 equipment and 3-star for even more durability.
A	ATSUKO	Tank	Has healing for allies around herself. Provides evasion to allies, herself also being more of a dodge tank.
	MUTSUKI (NEW YEAR)	DPS	Low cost skills, buffs herself when EX skills hit enemies.
	IORI (SWIMSUIT)	DPS	High single target damage. Lacking in range.
	AZUSA (SWIMSUIT)	DPS	High power Mystic attack, brings defense debuff.
	KOHARU	Healer	A frontline healer, low cost skill.
	AZUSA	DPS	Especially tailored as a boss killer with high firepower and defense debuff.
	AKANE	Supporter	Brings great defense debuff against Total Assault bosses.
	ARU	DPS	Basically go pew pew, if a little fragile.
	SHIROKO	DPS	Low cost, no frills skills. As the game matures, she's somewhat dropped off besides in Total Assault.
	SHUN	DPS	One of the "better" characters in PVP. Low cost skills, increases skill gauge at start of battle.
	HARUNA	DPS	High power Mystic attack, notable to counter Tsubaki in PVP as well.
	HOSHINO	Tank	Offers high durability once geared up.
	MUTSUKI	DPS	High firepower, peak potential held back by random placement of mines.
	YUUKA	Tank	All purpose tank. Lower defenses can't be compensated with equipment.
	HARUNA (NEW YEARS)	DPS	Has both direct hit and ranged damage with valuable SS frame defence debuff
	KAYOKO (NEW YEARS)	Supporter	Can increase crit value of a single ally with NS.
	MIKA	DPS	Guarantees critical hit and damage increase in SS.
B	SHIGURE	DPS	Area attack and continuous damage in a line and can also buff ally attack. Normal attacks lacking DPS unless her subskill gets upgraded.
	YUUKA (SPORTS FES)	Tank	EX skill can relocate and grant shield. Having attack speed and Mystic attack type can generate high firepower for a tank. High evasion and defense thanks to equipment.
	HASUMI (SPORTS FES)	DPS	Can ramp up firepower by increasing her skill cost, which can also be a weakness.
	HIBIKI (CHEER)	DPS	High firepower with wide range and continuous barrage. Weaknesses include high EX cost and low attack speed.
	NOA	Supporter	Can provide focused fire and defense debuff, and can extend debuff duration. A bit too support focused, not an "active" attacker.
	KOKONA	Healer	Low cost recovery skill and can lower skill cost for allies. However, the activation requirement for lowering skill cost is somewhat steep at 100 hits.
	KAZUSA	DPS	Good Urban terrain attacker, requires high investment.
	SAORI	DPS	Good skills, but needs to be built around.
	IZUNA (SWIMSUIT)	DPS	Pretty simple kit that leans to single-target / boss-focused use.
	NONOMI (SWIMSUIT)	DPS	Has support capabilities in raising ally attack speed, high damage multiplier but reload time may be finicky.
	MARINA	Tank	Skills make her a dodge tank. Can make herself "immortal", and can see good use in PVP.
	UI	Supporter	Useful across a variety of game modes due to her cost-reducing EX skill (maximum 2 times).
	WAKAMO	DPS	High damage for Total Assault. A Tsubaki killer in PVP.
	ARU (NEW YEAR)	DPS	Best in swarms, reduces CD after defeating a number of enemies.
	NATSU	Tank	Self heal and can clear Peperodzilla's debuff.
	ASUNA (BUNNY)	Supporter	Brings defense debuff on AOE damage.
	NERU (BUNNY)	Tank	Has taunt, can change position. Low HP.
	IZUMI (SWIMSUIT)	Supporter	Best in stages where stuns can work.
	HINA (SWIMSUIT)	DPS	Unlike her regular version, has low cost attack skill and continues to buff herself on EX skill use.
	SHIROKO (CYCLING)	DPS	Mystic attacker, great against multiple enemies.
	TSURUGI (SWIMSUIT)	DPS	Can be both a tank and attacker.
	ARISU	DPS	Mystic attacker who takes time to ramp up.
	MOMOI	DPS	Can buff self, with strong skill. Synergizes with her sister, Midori.
	MIDORI	DPS	Has heal, AOE damage. Synergy with sister Momoi.
	IZUNA	DPS	Mystic attacker with high damage potential. Somewhat low durability outside of dodging.
	AKARI	DPS	If you need to counter light equipment enemies, bring her. Skills focus on her DPS.
	EIMI	Tank	High durability with self heal. T4 equipment will only further improve defenses.
	JUNKO	DPS	Firepower goes up as HP goes down, with one time immortality.
	SERIKA	DPS	Self buff for more damage, stronger at 3-stars.
	CHISE	DPS	Mystic attacker, brings AOE damage.
	NONOMI	DPS	Great in Base Defense commissions with her attack spread.
	HARUKA	Tank	Best with T4 equipment.
HINA	DPS	PVP use lets her snipe the back. Powerful, but costly skill.
HIFUMI	Supporter	Very useful across all modes, can pull aggro with skill.
MAKI	DPS	Brings powerful debuff.
SERINA (CHRISTMAS)	Supporter	Can increase critical rate, buffs multiple allies and also has a unique buff. It's hard to actually get stacks of her unique buff though.
TOKI	DPS	First Elastic Armour unit. High-powered single skill at 5 cost after the second one.
SAKURANO	DPS	EX for single attack with concentrated fire and enhanced normal attack. Her SS also makes it easier to go against special armoured enemies.
MINE	TANK	Position-specific range attack with defense/evasion debuff in EX
MEGU	DPS	Can attack without reloading for 30 secs, ignoring delay
KOYUKI	DPS	EX attacks in a wide circular range and has high attack power stats
C	MARI (SPORTS FES)	Healer	High healing potential, but EX doesn't heal herself. Heal doesn't reposition allies so they might not get healed anyway.
	UTAHA (CHEER)	DPS	Can provide continuous firepower with long self-buff, but firepower is dependent essentially solely on her own skills activating. While her evasion is high, it's not enough for a Frontline unit.
	CHISE (SWIMSUIT)	Supporter	AOE damage, damage over time. Damage multiplier increases on stunned enemies (EX).
	WAKAMO (SWIMSUIT)	DPS	Can stun a single enemy. Makes herself squishier in exchange for damage. Damage multiplier on low HP enemies.
	MISAKI	DPS	AOE damage, relatively low damage multiplier.
	TSUKUYO	Tank	Self-sustain reliant on getting damaged multiple times.
	MICHIRU	DPS	Powerful single target EX damage skill. Increases critical rate with more Hyakkiyako members.
	MIYAKO	Tank	Provides stun. Highly survivable.
	HINATA	DPS	Wide range attack, though base power isn't that high.
	MIMORI	Supporter	Relocates allies, increases their attack speed. High evasion contributes to survival.
	TOMOE	Supporter	For increasing ally movement speed.
	FUBUKI	Attacker	Firepower increases when allies use EX skills. Has stuns.
	CHINATSU (HOT SPRING)	Supporter	Can buff ATK SPD of allies, but her own attack is low.
	KARIN (BUNNY)	DPS	Has defense ignoring damage, but high skill cost.
	SHUN (SMALL)	DPS	High defense ignoring damage, tailored to Total Assault, considered more for "advanced players" due to buff timing.
	YUZU	DPS	Can see use in PVP due to being able to attack the backline.
	ASUNA	DPS	Would prefer 3-star upgrade for more firepower.
	IZUMI	DPS	Skills considered somewhat anti-synergistic. Still, maybe a self-sustaining DPS could be useful.
	KAYOKO	Supporter	More to PVE environment, with her crowd control. Somewhat costly skill.
	KOTORI	Supporter	Provides cover for allies.
	SUZUMI	Supporter	No frills skills, and that's about it.
	SUMIRE	DPS	Gets better with better gear.
	TSURUGI	DPS	Can bring high firepower, gets more AOE capabilities thanks to EX skill. Best for when there's lots of small fry.
	NERU	DPS	Best against single targets.
	HASUMI	DPS	EX skill is single target damage.
	PINA	DPS	Can fire off rapid consecutive shots.
D	MIYU	Supporter	EX skill that does damage over time that is considered piercing damage.
	KIRINO	Supporter	Provides a lot of evasion buffs, but she herself doesn't bring much firepower.

SPECIAL

TIER	NAME	ROLE	NOTES
S	HIMARI	Supporter	Can speed up cost recovery simply by being in the party. Her attack buff duration is a little short, can be slightly improved with her unique weapon.
	IROHA	Tactical Support	Can call in a 6-cost tank with upgrades.
	AKO	Supporter	Buffet of buffs.
	SERINA	Healer	Cheap and relatively frequent healing.
	HIBIKI	DPS	Handles swarms or single targets equally well.
A	NODOKA (HOT SPRING)	Healer	Multi-proc heal considered valuable, along with her ally buff.
	KOTAMA	Supporter	Buffs considered mandatory for DPS races.
	HANAE	Healer	Regeneration over burst heals.
B	AKANE (BUNNY)	DPS	Can buff ally attack simply by being in the party. Deploys a mine deploying AOE Mystic damage on EX. Has even more attack buffs, but limited to Mystic attackers only.
	MOE	DPS	Easy damage, buffs party attack just by being in party. Competes directly with Saki.
	SHIZUKO (SWIMSUIT)	Supporter	Can reposition allies and grants them shield.
	AYANE (SWIMSUIT)	Tactical Support	Brings team buffs, has defense-ignoring attacks.
	HIYORI	Supporter	Synergizes with her schoolmates, has team buffs, defense reduction.
	SAKI	DPS	Has a stun. Attack buff works similarly to Kotama's and Karin's.
	SERIKA (NEW YEAR)	Supporter	Wide spread attack great against many enemies.
	SAYA (CASUAL)	DPS	Great against many / stationary enemies. Also great team buff.
	MASHIRO (SWIMSUIT)	DPS	Best suited for PVP modes as a tank counter (e.g. Tsubaki)
	CHINATSU	Healer	Great single target recovery. Can buff ally defense at 3-stars.
	KARIN	DPS	High damage single target skill, buffs ally ATK.
	HANAE (CHRISTMAS)	Healer	Has regeneration like her original version up to 60 seconds, but has lower numbers; as such, won't work well in situations of burst damage. Does buff crit rate when in the party.
C	KAEDE	Supporter	Can provide shields. Low utility until there is content that requires high durability.
	SENA	Tactical Support	Brings good buffs, but can be hard to use depending on the stage.
	CHIHIRO	DPS	Stun only affects heavy armour enemies. Almost wholly tailored to HOD.
	CHERINO (HOT SPRING)	Supporter	Tactical support by summoning in a tank, also powerful ally buff.
	HATSUNE MIKU	Supporter	Provides area healing, but considered inferior to more specialized characters.
	MARIE	Supporter	Skill cleanses Peperodzilla's debuff.
	HANAKO	Healer	Can set a continuous healing area, but may prove a hassle if you need to keep moving.
	NODOKA	Supporter	Increases ally accuracy and decreases enemy evasion. Manual control probably preferred.
	SHIZUKO	Supporter	Increases accuracy while protecting allies with a shield. Shield currently not seen as useful.
	MASHIRO	DPS	Raises accuracy of allies to counter evasion-based defenses.
	AIRI	Supporter	Best utilized in Bounty missions thanks to her debuffs. 3-star recommended for use in Total Assault.
	AYANE	Healer	Area healing on some delay, can miss repositioning characters.
	UTAHA	DPS	Turret can draw aggro. Also regularly summons turrets.
	SAYA	DPS	High skill cost, but also high damage over time potential. Manual control recommended.
	SHIMIKO	Supporter	Can summon cover and shield allies. Shield currently not seen as useful.
	HARE	Supporter	Stuns and buffs ally evasion rate.
	FUUKA	Healer	Relatively easy to upgrade, healing helps reposition characters.
	YOSHIMI	DPS	Stuns considered valuable.
D	HIFUMI (SUMMER)	Supporter	Can provide high firepower, but 10 cost is really steep.
	JURI	Supporter	Draws aggro and damages enemy with EX skill.

Regardless of the tier list, as previously noted in the reroll tier list, a game like this is really best when you pull for “waifu” over meta. If you’re a player who wants to get the most out of your Pyroxene, then by all means use this as a guideline.

Good luck to all Senseis!

Made in reference to gamerch’s tier list.

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