AFK Arena Endgame Tier List
AFK Arena Endgame Tier List
Patch 1.31
Overview
Last Updated: January 21, 2020.
This is a hero tier list for AFK Arena that focuses purely on endgame. The heroes have been tested by players that own very high-end accounts and are previous winners of the Legends’ Championship.
However, as with any tier list it’s entirely subjective. There are certainly some ratings that are debatable. The main goal of the list is intended to give you an insight into the overall value of each hero for progression.
The important thing to remember is that all heroes are viable at endgame for PvE progression. There is very little power creep in AFK Arena, as Lilith generally don’t nerf old heroes or constantly release new ones that are more overpowered. The Legends’ Championship is an exception to this rule, but very few players will ever compete in it.
The ratings assume that that heroes are:
- Level 300+.
- 5 Star Ascended.
- Full Mythic+ Gear.
- Signature Item +30.
The exact point at which endgame begins is somewhat debatable, but at the very minimum it starts at level 240. This is when heroes have all of their skills unlocked and they start leveling at the same time via the resonating crystal.
Notes
- The heroes are ranked from S+ (highest) to F (Lowest).
- Guild boss ratings aren’t really that important because the rewards don’t scale well.
- The faction bonus is far more important at endgame. This makes celestial heroes automatically very strong, but also devalues factions such as graveborn that don’t have healers.
- Khazard & Wu Kong have not been fully tested, but are very strong on paper.
- Arthur is a very situational hero.
- Athalia is by far the most valuable hero for progress. Her opener is too good.
- Lucius is essential, his ability to both tank and heal is unmatched by any other hero.
- Shemira is still good for PvE and Guild Bosses, but her overall value is diminished at endgame.
- Brutus is not the hard carry that he once was, but his immunity and debuff is still useful.
- You’ll reach a point when you don’t need a healer for Wrizz.
- Currently Elijah & Lailah, Mehira, Zolrath, Orthros, Talene & Khazard are not realistically obtainable without spending a lot of money on the Stargazer.
| Hero | Overall | PvE | PvP | Lab | Wrizz | Soren | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Talene | S+ | S+ | S+ | S+ | S+ | S+ | Celestials | Continuous Damage | Agility | Support |
 Athalia | S+ | S+ | S+ | S+ | S+ | S+ | Celestials | Assassin | Agility | Ranger |
 Mehira | S+ | S+ | S+ | S+ | S+ | S+ | Hypogean | Control | Intelligence | Mage |
 Elijah & Lailah | S+ | S+ | S+ | S+ | S | S | Celestials | Buffer | Intelligence | Support |
 Lucius | S+ | S+ | S+ | S+ | A | S+ | Lightbearers | Regen | Strength | Tank |
 Rowan | S+ | S+ | S+ | S+ | S | S | Lightbearers | Buffer | Intelligence | Support |
 Tasi | S+ | S+ | S+ | S+ | F | F | Wilders | Control | Intelligence | Support |
 Eironn | S+ | S+ | S+ | S | S | S | Wilders | AoE | Agility | Ranger |
 Ferael | S+ | S+ | S+ | S | S | S | Graveborn | Continuous Damage | Agility | Ranger |
 Lyca | S | S | S+ | S | S | S | Wilders | Buffer | Agility | Ranger |
 Ezizh | S | S | S+ | S | A | A | Hypogean | Debuffer | Strength | Support |
 Safiya | S | S | S+ | S- | S+ | S+ | Maulers | AoE | Intelligence | Mage |
 Orthros | S | S | S+ | S | B | A | Celestials | Tank | Strength | Tank |
 Shemira | S | S | A+ | S | S+ | S+ | Graveborn | AoE | Intelligence | Mage |
 Nemora | S | S | S | S | B | S | Wilders | Regen | Intelligence | Support |
 Brutus | S | S | S | S+ | A | A | Maulers | Tank | Strength | Tank |
 Wu Kong | S | S | S | S | B | B | Celestials | Tank | Melee | Strength |
 Fawkes | S | S | S | S- | S | A | Lightbearers | Control | Agility | Ranger |
 Nara | S | S+ | S | A | B | B | Graveborn | Assassin | Strength | Warrior |
 Rosaline | S- | S- | S | S- | S+ | S+ | Lightbearers | Buffer | Intelligence | Support |
 Isabella | S- | S- | S+ | S- | S | S | Graveborn | Continuous Damage | Intelligence | Mage |
 Khazard | S- | S- | S- | S | A+ | A+ | Hypogean | Control | Intelligence | Mage |
 Belinda | S- | S- | S- | S- | S- | A | Lightbearers | AoE | Intelligence | Mage |
 Gwyneth | A+ | A+ | A+ | S- | S+ | S | Lightbearers | Continuous Damage | Strength | Ranger |
 Kaz | A+ | A+ | A+ | S+ | S+ | S+ | Wilders | Assassin | Agility | Ranger |
 Lorsan | A+ | A+ | A+ | A+ | S+ | S+ | Wilders | AoE | Intelligence | Mage |
 Khasos | A+ | S- | A+ | A | S | S | Maulers | Continuous Damage | Strength | Warrior |
 Estrilda | A+ | A+ | S | B | S | A | Lightbearers | Burst | Strength | Warrior |
 Seirus | A+ | A+ | S | S | D | D | Wilders | Tank | Strength | Warrior |
 Ulmus | A+ | A+ | S | A+ | B | B | Wilders | Tank | Strength | Tank |
 Vurk | A+ | S | A | S | S | A | Maulers | AoE | Agility | Ranger |
 Warek | A | A | S | A | S | S | Maulers | Continuous Damage | Strength | Warrior |
 Hendrik | A | A | S- | A | D | D | Lightbearers | Tank | Strength | Tank |
 Thoran | A | A+ | A+ | A- | D | D | Graveborn | Tank | Strength | Tank |
 Skriath | A | A | A | A | A | A | Maulers | AoE DPS | Intelligence | Mage |
 Izold | A | A | A | A | C | C | Graveborn | Tank | Strength | Warrior |
 Arthur | A | A | A | B | D | D | Dimensionals | Tank | Strength | Tank |
 Grezhul | A- | A- | A+ | B | S | S | Graveborn | Tank | Strength | Tank |
 Baden | B+ | B | B | S | S+ | S+ | Graveborn | Continuous Damage | Agility | Warrior |
 Skreg | B+ | B | B | A | D | D | Maulers | Tank | Strength | Tank |
 Numisu | B+ | B | A | B | A | S | Maulers | Regen | Intelligence | Support |
 Zolrath | B+ | B+ | A+ | B+ | B+ | B+ | Hypogean | Assassin | Agility | Warrior |
 Rigby | B | A | B | A | C | C | Lightbearers | Tank | Strength | Warrior |
 Tidus | B | A | B | B | B | B | Maulers | Continuous Damage | Agility | Ranger |
 Antandra | B | A | B | B | C | C | Maulers | Tank | Agility | Warrior |
 Kelthur | B | B | A | B | C | C | Graveborn | Assassin | Agility | Ranger |
 Satrana | B | B | C | B | A | A | Maulers | Burst | Intelligence | Mage |
 Thane | C | B | C | A | S+ | S+ | Lightbearers | Assassin | Agility | Ranger |
 Raine | C | C | C | A | S | A | Lightbearers | Buffer | Agility | Support |
 Gorvo | C | C | C | B | C | C | Wilders | Tank | Strength | Tank |
Thanks for the list work,but i think Arthur was really underestimated,cause when he combine with ADC such as Gwyneth and Ferael is really op,no matter the tank ability himself or the speed+ and cri+ the signatureitem offered,or this list is just for single hero,team function is not considered?
Wow Thane with c rank. I have maxed Thane with full gear, and I don’t think so he is bad hero at all. Always do the best with support heroes and a tank. Sometimes he live alone at the end of battle and can win with his skills.
What do you mean by maxed?
For me , I think arthur does no damage , and he is a very tanky tank
Is Arthur really that bad? I’m at level ~260 so admittedly earlier than this tier list suggests, but I’ve found him extremely strong against particular comps.
I think Rosaline should be a solid s+ pvp, so much versatility
The twins vs Talena, which is better? I decide to spend the rest of my life drawing one of them from activity&stargazer.
Mehira is S+ for guild bosses? Wat. Mine’s only Mythic so I haven’t thought to try her, but I guess it’s for her haste/energy boost?
Mehira can actually deal a lot of single target damage. She also gains a 40% damage reduction against one enemy, which would be the boss.
Awesome. I’ve since gotten mine to M+since the Winter event, been saving up gems for stargazer so hopefully getting her to Ascended won’t be a pipe dream anymore.
Talene even as a basic 4* no upgrade with full 5-star enhanced equipment is extremely powerful (over lvl 240 ofc) can hard carry team as a great tank/healer.
What do you mean by “basic 4* no upgrade”?
Why is Antandra so low on the list? Her SI is decent and she was rank A before late game
I’d like to know too, mine’s only 1 * and level 266, but I use her as a tank/assassin to pick off certain threatening back line heroes.
If Belinda is S, Gwyneth definitely deserves the same ranking. I’ve used her for most of my tower of light and ch 28 progression. Gwen helps to crowd control and deal damage way before Belinda can get an ult up. I have videos of my progression with her (Youtube: Aesyr Gaming)
Very bad end-game tier list especially that Thoran and Gorvo rating. This one is way more better than your: https://www.reddit.com/r/afkarena/comments/dq46x3/end_game_hero_tier_list_tips_and_line_up_ideas/
Tier lists are subjective, if you want to use Thoran and Gorvo at endgame then go ahead
You don’t say ? Thoran 1-hit strategy help me clear many walls from ch.24 to 26 especially the ones with Warek in it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ViR8Y3oKsKo
Same with Gorvo, his cc kit is game-changer.
Mate you don’t know what you are talking about… the list you are calling way better is dreadful… My guess is that you are not at end game lvl 300 or above…
Belinda and twins should be S+ for Wrizz/Soren, the current endgame meta for guild hunts is Belinda, Lorsan, Rosaline, Rowan and twins.
Belinda also main dps for the new hot trend LB meta comp at end-game pve.
Thoran also doesn’t deserve that B tier. The Thoran one-shot cheese strat is very popular nowaday its kinda weird you rank him that low.
All winning comps in championship have a Graveborn team with always Grezhul Nara and Ferael in it. Most of the time, if there isn’t an Hypogean or Celestial to complete the Graveborn team, Thoran and Isabella are the ones that are used for a 5 members team. Not Shemira. The tier list is inaccurate about that for PvP. Same with the wilders (there is always a wilder comp) but the list reflects their presence this time (except for Ulmus being seen more than Kaz and Lorsan but maybe it’s because they may have the gear for him and not for… Read more »
The heroes all use the same premade gear in LC, but yes you’re right, Isabella is better than Shemira for PvP.
As for Ulmus vs Kaz, he already ranks higher than her for PvP on the current list.
The synergy of Ulmus, Tasi, and Nemora is a nightmare, if Lyca manages to survive and cast her third ult, it’s very hard to defend
And then Eiron damage output, Wilders are really strong
Is gorvo still one of the worst, after his union buff?
Pretty much. Seirus benefits much more from the union buff though.
Is Gorvo really that horrible? I’m trying to decide whether to Mythic Gorvo, Lyca or Nemora. I have 4 extra copies of Gorvo so he could become Ascended. Only 2 of Nemora and only 1 of Lyca. So I could Ascend him, or M two of them. (My crystal is 253/285). (I could buy Nemora from the Lab though.) Would Gorvo improve teamed with Lucius? As Gorvo’s SI says he improves ALL shields (I’m told it was changed from Gorvo’s shields, so assume it works on the entire team now?) People used to say Seirus was horrible but I never… Read more »
I found a couple of minor errors, imho:
– Rigby is not shown when the filter is set to Lightbearers.
– Warek should be above Antandra as they have identical ranks up to Lab but then Warek has ‘S’ in Wrizz and Soren and Antrandra has ‘B’.
Anyway, the list is great and really useful, keep up the good work!
Corrected, thanks!
Ferael and Eironn have the exact same rankings, but Eironn is an overall S and Ferael is an overall S+. Is this an error?
Fixed, thanks!
We need an update on this. A lot of ppl saying how good Thoran and Grezhul is but I don’t feel it. Is it true?
They are good, but graveborn don’t fit into the overall meta that well.
The faction bonus is much more important at endgame, which means your team will generally have at least 3 of the same faction (celestials being the exception).
Graveborn are basically the “burst” faction. They’re good for PvP and certain stages, but overall they lack support.
That doesn’t mean you can’t use them and progress, but there are better options.
Twins vs maid who’s betterand why?
twin ult is awesome for boosting whole team haste, maid ult + signature item make her an extremely powerful companion for your carry such as shemira, will make shem re-open her ult and burst down whole enemy heroes
Don’t forget about maid’s ability that does damage based on enemy hp. Does a ton of dmg to Wrizz and Soren.
Twins is easily the best overall, but extremely expensive to acquire.
Kaz can be used as tank in the late game?
Yep
Hello! I just had Belinda and Gwyneth, which is best as DPS ? My team is 4 Light and Nemora as healer. Ty
over time, i would say gwyneth but belindas ultimate can wipe out half an enemy team. also, gwyneths ultimate only works if there are enemies on the other side of the battlefield, so keep that in mind.
So I carry Belinda (currently level 246) – if you can’t position her in range of your primary target, you need to “pull” that target with one of many chars capable of that. Examples are Nara, Athalia and Einronn, to just name a few. Einronn squishes annwntire triangle into prime firing position, but your timing has to be good…because in so doing you just invited the football team to a chess party.
Some heroes who are underwhelming early on become much better than expected at endgame, like Estrilda, in some of my battle, she takes almost twice the damage that Lucius takes, and the team buff just keeps getting, better, Fawkes now sometimes put out damage similar to Belinda, and faction bonus keeps getting more and more important later on.
Which is the current meta team for endgame?
The most successful teams I’ve seen have been either mostly or all lightbearers. They just have such strong synergy. Check out this recent Reddit post.
https://www.reddit.com/r/afkarena/comments/dg9rnx/late_game_full_lightbearers_team_guide/
Thank you
Team synergy is incredibly important to push further in the campaign/tower, especially at endgame when you can no longer overlevel your carry and survive just long enough for them to ult. The meta shifts and as a result so does the usefulness of several heroes. Brutus, for example, is a staple of the stall game early on, but at endgame is often replaced for several reasons. -The mauler faction, as a whole, makes the worst team comp (check your faction tower leaderboard if you don’t believe me). Picking an in-faction tank will make everyone else better. -Besides being an wall… Read more »
Some heroes who are underwhelming early on become much better than expected at endgame, like Estrilda, in some of my battle, she takes almost twice the damage that Lucius takes, and the team buff just keeps getting, better, Fawkes now sometimes put out damage similar to Belinda, and faction bonus keeps getting more and more important later on.
I think the list underestimate some heroes when they reach 30lv signatures: grezhul, isabella, thoran(?wtf thoran have B at pve in late game)
Thoran + Athalia or Nara can net you a really quick kill on the lowest hp unit. He’s definitely underestimated.
Between Serius, Kaz, and Eironn, who would you fodder if you really had to? I have a ton of Wilders (including ascended Lyca, Nemora, and Tasi) and cant use or grow all of them.
Serius. The other two are amazing.
Agree with this. I wouldn’t food any of them, since Serius can play some really cool niche roles in late game PVP, but if you gotta do it, then food Serius WAY before Eironn or Kaz.
If I really had to, I would still wait for actual fodder. At this point in the game you need as many ascended heroes as possible, even the ones you’ll never use.
If you are building gwyneth, use kaz as food
What is the best team comp for Wrizz and Soren?
Wrizz is probably something like:
Elijah & Lailah, Belinda, Rosaline, Raine, Rowan
This gives you a full LB faction bonus & allows Belinda to machine gun her ult which deals additional damage to Maulers.
Soren is a bit different as avoiding his CC can be tricky. You need minions &/or shielding.
Elija & lailah, Baden, Lucius, Belinda, & Rowan would probably do pretty well together. If Soren targets baden’s minions with his 1st scream (50/50 chance) I think Lucius would permashield you for the rest of the fight.
gwyneth can do well at cc and single target dmg
What’s up with the low PVE rating of endgame Grezhul? He’s arguably the best graveborn for PVE/Lab past 240.
Ascended Grezhul with a +20 Sig:
-is practically immortal with a great health pool & self healing
-distracts enemies with a stream of minions
-has an aoe cc ult that can interrupt enemy ults
-passively reduces magic damage dealt to the entire party (30% for graveborn including himself & 15% for non-graveborn)
-occasionally shields an ally & reduces enemy energy when it breaks
-steals 15% def & attack from his target
-does surprisingly decent damage for a tank
I agree, Grezhul is amazing, his attack motion is also very cool
I hate to look at these kind of tier list, because really, each hero has his weakness and stenght, and counters. Some heroes will be really good in certain match ups, in certain synergies, while some godlike heroes will be bad in certain match ups. The only one that are good in almost all situations are Elijah & Lailah, and Athalia, can’t deny this.
Where da bard at?
This is an end game tier list; ‘da bard’ caps at level 160 and can’t even level to end game, much less rate in a tier list.
More than a week since patch 1.24 and still on patch 1.22….
Where is Antandra tho. Im (kinda) new and just pulled her
shes pretty new
Is SKreg that bad endgame ? Not gonna lie he REALLY allowed me to climb up til my current heroes lvl (200+) in PVE like there’s no tomorrow I invested a lot on him <_< And found he was the best of my frontlines so far
His sustain and dmg combined…anyway I'm sad now, thanks for the datas so I can correct my endgame champs pool and anticipate it better 
He still useful, this is based on maxed heroes comparison and their power oppose to combinations of heroes.
He just can’t keep up with the current damage meta, but I agree, he’s a cool hero, and it looks like he’s getting a rework soon, so keep your head up!
Did Skreg’s buff help him?
Is brutus really S+?
I’m not in endgame, but legends championship damage charts make him seem mediocre. Frankly, this could be a consequence of maulers having a relatively weak team…
He’s a tank bro
His *overall* survive/damage ratio is unparalleled in this game.
Brutus is insane when it comes to late game. My guess is that u have probably already quit the game considering that u do not have any patience to wait and grow ur heroes. smh. All factions are good in my opinion. It depends on how u use them. Think before commenting or u will end up like a fool.
This list needs a better ‘spread’ of rankings, probably by using a standard deviation approach. In campaign, most of the S+/S are are op or viable, with some of the S-/A+ having niche roles. But below that everything else is sub-par. Also, I feel like you need to be harsher on your grades. An example… I feel like Isabella is a B in PVE, not S-. She provides no CC. Her DR buff will target the character with the highest HP, which will probably be a backline not a tank. The only thing she does ‘well’ is her SI allows… Read more »
Totally agree. Do you want to team up to come up with an alternative ranking so they can use it on the next update? Else I believe its hard for OP to revamp it without anything to base it on.
I think a ranking with numbers would be wonderful, for example, both are S+, but one is ranked 6 and the other 7, it means hero ranked number 6 is better overall
Lmao Skreg xDDD
I would say shemira is still S+. Reached chapter 27 with a level 289 team with shemira included. As much as her signature isn’t op she’s still a disgusting hero overall.
Honestly doesn’t make sense for nara to be S+ when she actually fills in a more niche role compared to shemira
For an end game scenario lucius can only be S- for wrizz. No one really care about healers in wrizz at this stage, it’s all about getting as much damage as possible doesn’t matter if you end the fight with only 1 or 2 hero as long as you deal more damage. He’s still a S+ for soren though. Estrilda can possibly push for an S+ tier in wrizz though. The additional attack rating boost is quite important. Lyca and nemora should drop to S- as well. Same reasoning for nemora used for lucius. Lyca is a one trick pony… Read more »
I agree with everything here, except one thing, I would sub Rowan for Estrilda if we’re talking Lightbearer buffs.
Oops, read it wrong, the 2 aren’t exclusive, so yes, also agree on Estrilda, though she does cap out pretty hard against Rowan’s buff imo.
could we see your team comp beyond lvl 27? thanks
Can you share your team members?Cause in the later game the maid just don’t follow Shemira,thats a big problem
Vurk has only ‘S’ and ‘A’ ratings, yet his overall rating is A-. Can you explain it better?
Toran is A+ or even s for PVE for late game. Why B lol?
Same with Grezhul…
I think it’s better to be harsher on the ratings. Basically every hero is clustered in the S A B rating which decrease the usability of the entire rating system. Would actually be better to spread the ratings all the way out to E. For example heros in the S+ category for wrizz and soren definitely can’t match up to the likes of shemira roselina, rowan or baden. I’m not saying they are bad but these 4 are just plain disgusting. Also brutus is still good in pve but at the end of the day his spot have before more… Read more »
Also I think the focus on lab after 240 maybe even earlier (I spend too much and breeze past the earlier stage of the game) have shifted away from actually clearing lab itself. Its never an issue, I think the more important part is being able to clear a stage with full health and the speed that a stage is cleared making it more convenient and time efficient. So generally healers should be ranked higher. Nara is also an S+ as shes able to help save alot of time on brutus. Lycas haste is also amazing as she able to… Read more »
Khasos is the best hero from the mauler fraction now with his signature item. Heals better, does more damage and is super tanky compared to Brutus. Also warrek does 3-5 more damage than Brutus in the first 10 seconds. His mind control immunity is more important than ever. For me Brutus has fallen off a bit. Also Shemira is now better again with her signature item as it does incredible damage if there are only 1-2 enemies left
How high does Khasos sig item need to be? So in tower you would do Khasos and Warek as tanks?
poor Skreg
Looks like we agree maulers need better heroes. It has been a pain to climb maulers tower. Ohh and skreg I’m not at endgame but I’m just glad I still have 0 skregs
useful as a fodder tbh
Which hero should I focus after Shemira? Hello everyone, I’ve upgraded my Shemira to lv 240 and next week I’ll be able to buy another copy of her from lab store, thus allowing me to get her to 5 stars! Now I wanna know 1.) how to get past lv 240? From what I recall I need all of my heroes in the crystal to be lv 240 aswell, sooo 2.) Should I focus on the ascended heroes I have already or choose the 2nd “carry” after shemira? My collection right now is: Shemira 240 4stars Ferael 200 Ascended Raine… Read more »
Yeah, you need to focus on another faction (probably Wilders) now. Your M+ sans Belinda, Shemira and Nemora are pretty lackluster. Start pulling Wilders and hope for Lyca and Tasi imo.
My problem is you cant give a character an A in one category and still rank them overall S+
It’s determined by majority. The S+ tiers all have more S+ ratings than other letters in the 5 categories.
Absolutely you can. Not all categories are equally important.
Eironn S+ and Shem S? Have a word.
Lemme guess, you’re one of those players who worship Shemira. Go get yourself an Eironn and you’ll understand why..
can someone tell me about nemoras signature item and its value compared to others? like, is it good
Her signature item makes that she heals the weakest ally for 60% of her attack rating, further upgrades to it makes the percentage go up and adds effect when she crits.
So yes, her item is op.
based on this list what would be the best team against wrizz and soren ??
I’d argue Elijah and Lailah should be marked S+ if not “BROKEN” for Wrizz. I replaced a Legendary+ Lyca with a Elite Elijah and Lailah of the same level (200 for me) and it increased my total damage done to Wrizz from around 25 million to 38 million. Their haste buff is massive on Wrizz, and if you let Wrizz do a little damage without immediately healing it, the Unity ability is a really substantial damage increase for your two frontline heroes.
What is Your team power? I’m asking because without using Elijah, I already have 36,9m. Team power 591k, Shemira-Baden-Estrilda-Lucius-Rosaline(she gave amazing boost) .
I use raine instead of baden. Her mark(20%) and her passive damage(12%) were more than my badens contribution. I just got my sig item tier 2 though. I’m around 49mil.
Every hero is strong, only you just need to give them good armor and upgrade them. The commons are bad, don’t use them! Use at least rares. Brutus is very strong. He can kill people very fast, when he is under level 50 he is kind of bad in my eyes. Next up is Rosaline, she is very helpful to the team. As for Tasi, she is amazing! If she uses her power she can make people sleepy for about 3-5 seconds, what is very helpful. Now for Isabella, she is very good with her magic, but if she is… Read more »
Everyone didn’t even try to argue with this poor guy and just click on the thumbs down.. sigh..
It’s more because his comment is irrelevant in the context of this list. This is a list for end game maxed out heroes, for whales and theorycrafters. What he said was just very generic information that doesn’t really add anything that people don’t already know.
Can someone explain why lyca is s+?
Her signature item ability when maxed is rediculus, and she dodges, like just behind kaz interms of dodging.
This list is based on how much money you spend