Tips and Tricks

The only way to win this game is to not play.

Proficiency

The stat gains from raising Proficiency start experiencing diminishing returns very quickly. At the moment, it's not a wise use of Draco to enhance any of your units past +10 at the absolute most, with +7 or +8 being a fair stopping point. The stat gains at around +7 quickly drop and become very minimal. Since it's not easy to farm large amounts of Draco, enhancing units to high + amounts is difficult to recover from, with minimal gain.

Attack Priority

If there are multiple attackable allies within an enemies range, the enemy will always prioritize the ally that was deployed LAST. Because of this, you should never deploy your most easily killable allies last in stages with a lot of ranged enemies. Put down your squishiest units first, and then defend them by deploying your tank units afterwards to draw fire.

You can also use this tactic to deploy a unit near an ally that's about to die so that enemies will turn their attention towards your fresh unit and away from your dying unit. Keep in mind that, of course, your unit must be within the enemy attack range for this to work. Enemies will neither change their pathing, nor attack out of their possible range just to attack the most recently deployed ally.

Depending on the stage, it could also be wise to NOT deploy your last unit at the very front of your defenses. If you do, they will not only take all the damage from ranged attacks, but they will have to deal with the advancing melee enemies as well. If you're on a stage with strong enemies, this could overwhelm them. It could be wiser to spread out the damage instead of having one unit deal with both melee enemy units and ranged.

3-Starring a Stage

In order to get 3 stars on a stage, you must not let a single enemy reach your base, nor allow any of your allies to die. There are no other requirements.
You can manually retreat an ally before it dies and still get 3 stars. Retreating a unit does not count as a death. To make retreating a unit easier, play in 1x speed instead of 2x. This will give you more time to notice a unit is about to be defeated and retreat it. Keep enemy attack priority in mind when doing this to make sure enemies don't switch their priority to an even squishier unit.

Game Performance

If you experiencing issues with lag and performance on the Nox emulator Habbit provides, the first thing you should is try the standalone Nox emulator from the official Nox website instead of the one provided on the AnotherEidos website. The Nox emulator on the AnotherWebsite website doesn't update to later versions.

If you are still experiencing performance problems, try Bluestacks 5. Everyone has different results, but in general, more people report better game performance with Bluestacks emulator than with Nox. For even better performance, download the 64-bit version of Bluestacks if your system supports it, and create a 64-bit instance when starting it up. Allocate as much memory as in you can in Bluestacks Settings. The games .apk can be installed with a simple drag and drop. Ask the Discord if you need help. If you experience crashes and bugs that you didn't before on Nox, switch back to Nox. If neither is working out for you, try either MEmu or Mumu Player.

Note that you should only switch from Nox if you are having noticeable problems with Nox. Bluestacks can perform better, but it also tends to have more loading and hanging issues with AnotherEidos.

Previously, playing the game in Widescreen or Ultrascreen offered a better viewing area of each battle stage. After the 4/07/2022 patch, playing in Ultra/widescreen no longer has any advantage and now adds obtrusive black bars, so it's better to play in Landscape (for Bluestacks) or Tablet mode (for Nox).

Character Ratings

A rating of each individual unit and notes about them. Ratings do take their star rarity into account to some extent (a 6-star is expected to be able to perform well, while it's acceptable for a 1-star character to be below average). Note that these ratings are opinions, not fact. Use whatever units you want. You should only use this section if you're struggling and need help clearing a stage. The game is more fun when you try to clear using only the characters you like!

1-Star Units ☆

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• Aerial Goblin: 7/10
  Fast attack speed with flexible attack range, and placeable anywhere. Aerial Goblin also has 0 Block, which means melee enemies will not attack him, making him basically invincible if placed correctly.
• Bandit Ballista: 7/10
  Long range makes him easy to place and contribute without having to be supported.
• Goblin Archer: 5/10
  Standard archer with a basic skill.
• Goblin Fighter: 9/10
  Bugged to always ignore defense when he attacks. While he is fragile, he can defeat most things before they defeat him. Surprisingly good back-up if your team is missing damage and, outside of his fragileness, is better than most higher star units due to his bug.
• Goblin Rider: 6.5/10
  Extremely low cost and fast cost gain, but weak as an actual fighter.
• Mage Goblin: 4/10
  Below-average Caster character with a basic skill. Relies too much on his Skill just to be average.
• Pays Blanc Archer: 6.5/10
  For 1 star shooter, he has pretty high Attack, and low Cost makes him easy to use.
• Pays Blanc Soldier: 3/10
  Mediocre. Having a Nature that increases his HP but decreases his Defense is almost the same as not having any Nature at all.
• Pays Blanc Sorcerer: 5/10
  Standard Caster with a basic skill. Has high Cost with not much payoff. Like most Skills, his is poorly worded and increases his damage by 50%, not 150%.

2-Star Units ☆☆

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• Archer Mummy:3.5/10
  The Charge time on his Skill is very long considering the minor effect it has. Not worth it.
• Imperial Artillery Soldier:
• Large Mummy:5/10
  Gains COST while still being a fighter. He is slower than the average fighter and that hurts his dps. He is okay, but not great at any role.
• Mage Mummy: 4/10
  Costly and slow. Has an okay skill but that is about all that is note worthy.
• Mummy: 6/10
  Standard fighter with a self heal.
• Obsidonian Imperial Archer: 3/10
  He was great until his attack speed was fixed. Now he is one of the weaker overall archers.
• Obsidonian Imperial Cavalry: 1/10
  Both weak in combat and as a COST battery. The worst vanguard. There isn't much reason to use him over goblin rider if you want a mob vanguard.
• Obsidonian Imperial Halberdier: 4/10
  Decent starter guard.
• Pirate Medic: 6/10
  Very standard healer. Is good enough for the current meta, and perfectly usable if you like his design, but not the best.
• Pirate Musketeer: 8.5/10
  Very fast Attack Speed with wide range makes him a very flexible unit, especially for a 2 star.
• Pirate Sorcerer: 7/10
  Easily the best mob mage.
• Pirate Swordsman: 6/10
  Good filler fighter. Nothing too special about him just solid.

3-Star Units ☆☆☆

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• Amorey: 6/10
  Decent archer with an easy to use skill that helps. His Skill is slightly bugged however.
• Arcana: 6/10
  The slowest healer, but he does have good Attack with his Skill. Usable, with a sort of decent Nature.
• Bantu: 8/10
  Has pretty decent damage, and his Trait allows him to attack multiple enemies at once without splitting the damage, effectively doubling his DPS if placed well. However, he has one of the lowest HP amounts among Fighters.
• Baran: 8/10
  Generally decent all-around. Flexible range, a Skill that's easy to use and never turns off, good DPS, and is easily obtained from Flyers. Skill has a long charge time, but Baran still has a use.
• Charlotte: 7/10
  Standard heal-per-second rate. His Nature is not very helpful, and the Attack Speed and Defense buffs from his Skill are very small. Even though it's a Skill that can only ever affect a single character, it's weaker than most AoE buff skills. However, he is the only Healer in the game to buff somebody else and not himself, so even though his Skill is weak, it can be better than nothing.
• Dyne: 3/10
  Extremely basic Guard. Guards, and that's it. Has a kind of cool deploy animation at least.
• Elaine: 6/10
  Heals everyone just by being on the field, however the amount healed is fairly pitiful. Still usable, but there's no longer anything special about her. Should become stronger after rank-ups.
• Flet: 6.5/10
  Useful Nature and extremely useful Skill. Unfortunately his Skill has such a high SP cost that it can only be used sparingly. Good for short, tough stages.
• Gymnos: 7/10
  Would probably be at least a 9/10 if his Skill worked on himself. Because it doesn't, he can be a little awkward to use due to the fact that he only works at optimum efficiency if you're leaking units, which is something you want to avoid in the first place. If you put him behind another unit so he can use his Skill, he can heal, but then his HP and Defense go to waste. If you put him in front, then he can't use his Skill as much because most things should hopefully die before they leak through him. Even though he's only useful in suboptimal situations, he is still very good in those situations. He pairs best with Vanguards that have high DPS but low Block.
• Kongoh: 8/10
  Not great for cost generation, but his Skill does have a wide range and stuns for a noticeably long time. Can be a life saver in a pitch. When paired with Kagura, he makes an efficient blocker as well. Unfortunately, Kagura must be placed first for Kongoh's Nature to work, and as Kongoh is a Vanguard that's usually the opposite of what you want to do.
• Robin: 8.5/10
  One of the fastest healers in a meta where speed is usually more important than raw Attack value. Has a fairly useful Skill despite only being a 3 star. He does have the lowest Attack among Healers, but outside of certain 4 star stages, his Attack is still high enough to fully mitigate most enemy attacks. His Skill also helps offset his low Attack.
• Seals: 8/10
  Has better DPS, defense, and cost generation than Lute despite being a lower rarity, and he costs less than Lute as well. His cost generation is Skill is only a tiny bit better, however, and he has less Block.
• Yurt: 7/10
  Has average healing ability and is good enough to suit current healing needs. The slow from his Nature is nearly non-existent, but the slow from his Skill is at least better than nothing. Unfortunately Yurt's Slow is vastly inferior to Dakkar's Slow, and it does not appear to stack with Dakkars, making Yurt superfluous if you have him.

4-Star Units ☆☆☆☆

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• Alec: 8/10
  Only has average stats, but his Skill has a low SP cost for its effect, boasting a wide range of effect and good damage. Extremely useful for helping to clear out hordes of weaker enemies. (Skill is currently bugged. Rating is based on when he wasn't bugged)
• Fu: 8/10
  Very strong mage in both base stats and skill/nature.
• Kagura: 8/10
  The only Healer that can be put on the ground. Has very high defense. Only has 1 Block, but he can Block nearly anything forever as long as he doesn't have to split his healing.
• Karetovi:
• Leonhart: 10/10
  One of the highest DPS units in the game, if not THE highest, and given for free. Because he kills so quickly, he's a better tank than most Guards.
• Lute: 7/10
  Powerful COST battery. Weak in combat.
• Nitro: 6/10
  High Attack, but slow Attack Speed combined with AoE damage splitting means he usually doesn't do as much damage as one might expect. His Skill has an element of randomness to it and can potentially miss, making him a bit awkward to use.
• Ornis: 4/10: When he has to heal multiple units, his healing spreads himself too thin and weak most of the time. He has the most problems keeping a team healed. Has a unique healing range that can make him easier to place in some scenarios, but makes him harder to place in most. Due to the low magic damage enemies already do, his Nature is actually helpful in reaching the damage reduction cap for magic attacks, but it's still a small effect.
  
• Patty: 5/10
  His self-heal Skill is very powerful, but very poor DPS. While not being able to be healed by others can seem like a large downside, this ability helps not distract Healers from healing other allies while Patty heals himself, so they do not waste heals. Patty can also be healed by indirect forms of healing such as with Thomas and Elaine.
• Pugi: 7/10
  Decent Fighter that sacrifices DPS for good survivability thanks to his Skill. His Nature doesn't have much use (currently there are no enemies that stun, and if you take down 7 enemies with Pugi you probably don't really need the attack speed boost anyway) but it still helps.
• Rai: 2/10
  Ultra slow and costly while not amazing on the damage. His stun also only affects the main target and is pretty short so it doesn't make that much of a difference.
• Thorkell: 4/10
  Has good range and can be put on the ground, which is rare and helpful, but his Nature is borderline useless (it doesn't work much differently than if he just had a +5% Defense buff) and doesn't make a lot of sense (you don't want him to get hit anyway) and his Skill doesn't work. Even if his Skill did work, it wouldn't suit a Supporter and would be borderline useless.

5-Star Units ☆☆☆☆☆

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• Barlitz:4/10
  Weak. He has a nature that requires constant breaks in combat and doesn't really do enough to care about it. His skill is a pure gamble that the only upside is that it might clear some difficult 4 star missions. His stats are nothing special overall either.
• Brute:
• Hanzo: 9/10
  Powerful DPS for a Supporter. One of the few units with range that can be put on the ground. His Skill helps add even more DPS and helps him become a good blocker. Bansho can also be put in a lane to help delay enemies further.
• Harimau: 8.5/10
  Very fast attack speed, good damage, and an AoE heal Skill. The heal is not very substantial, but it helps.
• Hulk: 8.5/10
  His Skill recharges fast and makes him sustainable nearly on his own while dealing high damage. Basically a slightly inferior Theodor, but his low Defense means he can get overwhelmed against high damage enemies much easier.
• Morgan: 7.5/10
  Has very low range, making him hard to place efficiently, but he is the most efficient Healer for keeping a small row of units alive. Morgan has the fastest Attack Speed among the Healer class and the highest Attack. While he is the beat Healer by far for keeping a unit alive, at the moment having a large attack range is generally more important.
• Ragnar: 8.5/10
  His ability to automatically heal himself and all Vanguards makes him surprisingly sustainable. Has extremely fast attack speed, and good damage. His Skill isn't as good as Rooks (they both become invincible, but whereas Rook continues to block enemies, Ragnar does not), but it can still be used to save himself.
• Romanes: 6.5/10
  The standard good range and good attack but slow attack speed most Healers have. He does have the second highest heal-per-second rate, but in the current meta extra utility is more useful than a singular big heal. His Skill is currently bugged and doesn't work the way it should, but it's not completely broken and still helps. Nature is useful and pairs well with Zacharoff, but there aren't enough redeploy tricks to abuse it. While he's not any worse than most other Healers, for a 5-star unit, he falls a little short of expectations until his Skill is fixed.
• Rook: 9/10
  Low cost, above-average DPS, efficient Cost gain skill. His Skill makes him invincible while active, making him a better block than most Guards if timed correctly. His Nature can potentially be detrimental, but overall it increases his survivability.
• Sasuke Sarutobi: 8.5/10
  A slightly worse Hanzo, but still good. Another high DPS with range that can be put on the ground. Has slightly higher DPS than Hanzo naturally, but Skill isn't quite as useful due to low damage output and randomization. Unlike Hanzo, he can hit aerial units, so in some stages he is better than Hanzo.
• Sol: 4/10
  Despite being a 5-star there's nothing special about him. His Skill and Nature both have little impact and his DPS on his own is poor. He takes hits well and that's it.
• Stalon: 7/10
  High damage, but very squishy with low Defense. Very much a glass canon. Unlike most Fighters he only blocks 1 unit.
• Wrecker: 6.5/10
  At base he's unimpressive for a 5-star. His Attack stat is lower than Pays Blanc Archer, a 1 star, and his DPS is lower than Pirate Muskeeter, a 2 star unit. However, his Skill does increase his attack speed a very noticeable amount, and is bugged to increase it by far more than it's supposed to. With this bug he's at least a 8.5/10 unit with his Skill on, but a 3/10 without it.
• Yabsakha: 5/10
  Standard mage. While he was okay stats, when you consider that he's a 5 star unit, he underperforms and has below average DPS with a subpar skill.

6-Star Units ☆☆☆☆☆☆

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• Bart: 8/10
  He has the highest raw Attack in the entire game and the highest raw DPS in the game (before any Skills or Natures or buffs factor in). Having high Attack means he benefits more from % based Attack buffs more than any other character. However, his Skill behaves oddly and usually doesn't seem to do the damage it should be doing, and sometimes does nothing at all. Also, only being able to place traps within his attack range is a bit superfluous, and he has the lowest range among all Supporters. His Nature is also bugged for now and doesn't work.
• Bashkar: 7.5/10
  Low cost, high DPS. Not great for building up Cost due to not having a Cost-related Skill or Nature despite being a Vanguard.
• Billford: 8/10
  Fairly vanilla, but good at it. He's simply a beatstick with above average stats, boasting high HP, Attack, Defense, and good attack speed. One of the few characters that can 3-star 1-6 without any help or using any Skills.
• Dakkar: 8/10
  He has the most powerful slow in the game that lasts a while. This allows you to stall lanes that are difficult or have bosses in them. He also is pretty good at dps in the meantime. He would be better if there was more high hp threats, but he is good as he is now.
• Edgar: 8.5/10
  Almost ties with Bart for the highest natural DPS in the game. High Attack, fast attack speed, good range, and can hit aerial units. His Skill leaves a little bit to be desired, especially for a 6-star unit, but it has its uses.
• Equus: 3/10
  His Nature works best by placing him early, but he's too expensive to do this optimally. Skill is a basic Cost gain skill and not very useful. It's a bit awkward to use due to the fact that it requires 7 units to already be placed for maximum effect, at which point you rarely even need Cost anymore. Equus is basically a Vanguard that was misclassed as an expensive Guard. For a 6-star unit, which are expected to be powerful, he falls very short. If he was cheaper to deploy, he would at least be useful as a psuedo-Vanguard.
• Jade: 8/10
  Somewhat versatile as he can played as either a Guard, or a Fighter depending on when he's deployed. With his Nature stat boost his stats are similar to Hulk's. Both Jade and Hulk also focus on increasing Max HP. The difference is Hulk's nature increases Max HP while Jade's skill increases Max HP. Jade's skill has a somewhat long cooldown, and is bugged to not activate his Trait boost as soon as it should, but if placed correctly, it can still easily trigger his Trait for a large stat boost. When his Trait and Nature combine, he has one of the higher Attack stats in the game. Overall Jade can be considered a sidegrade to Hulk.
• Jalam: 8.5/10
  His Skill is a little tricky to use and requires some setup, but it is extremely powerful and destroys all nearby enemies when setup and used correctly. His Skill can also hit aerial units, making it good any time you're in a pinch. Only downside is that it's not viable to set up his Skill on every stage, and damaging your own allies has risks.
• Jinnosuke: 9/10
  Has very high damage when his Skill is enabled. Long range that can be put on the ground.
• Pino: 3/10
  His DPS(115) is so low that it's even lower than every 1-star character . The Attack Speed boost from his Skill is insignificant, the cooldown is long for its effect, and it requires positioning around. He's saved from 1 /10 by his long range, and the fact that because his cooldown restarts upon firing his Skill, you can usually have the Attack Speed boost from his Skill up infinitely, which is nice, especially when paired with Healers. Rating should improve at higher Skill levels and promotions in the future. His Nature is okay against tanky enemies but not very helpful against everything else.
• Rasho: 9/10
  Gets an extremely high attack boost when you turn back into human form, giving him the high attack in the game by far. Not useful for much else, and it isn't permanent, but it's still by far the highest Attack in the game.
• Siddeley: 8.5/10
  Similar to Billford, he's a powerful beatstick with good stats and tanking potential, but not much else. Has good DPS with an easy auto skill as well. Could be considered slightly better than Billford due to his ability to hit both of his blocked units at once.
• Theodor: 10/10
  He heals as he hits, and is extremely efficient, and like Leon is able to solo certain difficult lanes all on his own.
• Thomas: 10/10
  The best and fastest healer in the game, despite not being the Healer class. Has high range as well. His Skill has a pretty long Charge time, but even without it he makes other healers obsolete.
• Volund: 8/10
  Very low DPS, but his Skill is bugged to both start recharging instantly, and last 40 seconds instead of 30, basically making it a permanent party-wide buff for your team. Held back by expensive Cost.
• Zacharoff: 7.5/10
  His Nature is too tricky to build around on most stages to be very worth it. Even with the max bonus (+150) his DPS is still lower than some characters at their base, but it's enough to make him the best at AoE splash magic damage. The healing portion from his Skill is usually unnecessary as he won't be getting hit most of the time. A high risk, medium reward character.

Raw DPS Chart

See Max Stats Table
Keep in mind that this only charts Damage per Second without factoring in Natures, Skills, or Traits, or enemy Defense.
Actual in-battle DPS can differ greatly from raw DPS. This should not be taken as a serious indicator of usefulness and is mostly just for fun trivia purposes.