Anime Expeditions Unit Tier List

Current for Update 1.0 (Warriors Saga).

These ranks sit on the Anime Expeditions Wiki.

The ranking, in one pass

Build around these five. They are not five copies of the same job:

Prodigy (Gohan) — unlock from East Town. Status-team carry. DoT partners feed him.
Dark Mage (Judar) — dedicated lightning DPS if you already have him. Path arc still unique. Prodigy does not replace this job.
Puppet (Gowther) — Puppet Mark is 20% more incoming on the strongest enemy. Keep him.
Vegetable (Vegeta) — Light magical. Sits with transforming Update 1.0 units.
Carrot (Goku) — Physical gale. After the mid-patch, Battle Instinct needs three crits, not four. Fighting spirit drains slower in the transform.

If a unit is not on this page, do not spend pity or crystals on it until these five are online.

Compare units inside one role. A support that deals damage is still a support.
Higher on a role list is stronger.
Support is judged on marks, buffs, and stall — not raw DPS.
Crowd-control is stall (position and speed). Damage is someone else’s job.
Update 0.5 boards are history. Crow is no longer a must-keep. Shadow and 8th Sword stay useful, but they are not the first five.

This site does not keep a full roster. Inspiration nicknames map to index names like this:

Prodigy — Light Physical secret. Status stacks feed him. Pair with a DoT unit such as Crow when you have one. Bioinsect Biogel also feeds Unyielding Spirit.
Dark Mage — Hydro Magical mythic. Cycle into Lightning, set targeting to None, leave the path arc ticking.
Vegetable — Light magical. When an ally transforms in range, patience empties and that ally gets 15% damage. Place him with Carrot, The Drink, Prodigy, or Bioinsect.
Carrot — Physical gale. Three crits now arm Battle Instinct. Transform at 30 fighting spirit. Sits behind Vegetable on this list, in front of leftover mythics.
The Drink — Hydro Physical. Strong single-target next to follow-up teammates. Circle AoE loses to Dark Mage when enemies clump. Not a first gem dump; unlock from Expeditions.
Cursed Student — early Dark Physical mythic. Fine for the first week. Do not spend late-game pity here if Prodigy is still locked.

Update 1.0 DPS names sit far above older mythics. Pick two from the top four and stop rolling.

Puppet — mark the strongest enemy for 20% extra incoming damage. Every board starts here.
Cubert — cube network. After the mid-patch he is the buffer you look at when a slot needs ally damage/range, not Bioinsect.
The Drink — hydro mark + Quick Assist. One copy. Marks do not stack across three placements.
Bioinsect — copies 50% of the strongest ally’s base damage and stalls with Biogel. Ally 10% buffs are gone. Keep him if you already pulled him. Do not rebuild a team around the old buffer role.

Crow — still a DoT partner for Prodigy. Illusion is a single-target store, not a team buff. Dropped from the must-keep row in Update 1.0.
Shadow — expensive Standard Banner secret. Magical teams still like Realm rewind. Not the 1.0 keep list.
8th Sword — farm him from Spirit City when you need a Neutral Physical secret. He is a raid drop, not a banner first-pull.
Cursed Immortal (Zeref) — niche wave-skip. Behind Cursed Student.
Razorjaw (Grimjow) — behind Puppet, about even with Lady Giant.
True Saint — starter-track unit. Do not build him as a late carry.
Lady Giant / Elf Mage — launch leftover DPS. Use them to clear story, then replace.

Unlock Prodigy from East Town. Grab Wish Orbs on the same map while you are there.
Keep Puppet and Dark Mage if you already have them.
Spend gems on Vegetable or Carrot only after those three are placed.
Farm The Drink from Expeditions. Do not buy him with early pity.
Put leftover copies into Ascension. Do not sell mythics.

Full kits live on the unit pages. First-hour clicks live on the beginner guide.