Blue Archive is a mobile role-playing game that offers various characters to players to tackle various enemies.
Players can obtain these characters through gacha. Since gacha can be costly, it is important to know which characters are worth investing in. The characters ranked in the Blue Archive Tier List are unique in their use of various skills and abilities determining their overall utilization.
Key Highlights
- Blue Archive has a huge variety of characters to make teams.
- You can make your teams with DPS, support and tank characters.
- DPS characters are amazing at damage dealing.
- Support characters can bring out the potential of other characters.
- Tanks can hold their ground in the field and are very formidable.
- Blue Archive Tier List will rank these in each category.
Blue Archive DPS, Support And Tank Tier Lists
The Tier List is divided into three categories namely DPS, Support, and Tank. Characters from each category would play a unique role in your team. Characters’ abilities and utilization need to be taken into consideration while building your teams.
| Tiers | Characters |
| S | Iori, Haruna, Cherino, Hibiki, Mutsuki (New Year), Hina (Swimsuit), Azusa, Shun, Karin, Nonomi, Aru, Mutsuki, Serina, Ako, Fuuka (New Year), Himari, Hoshino (Swimsuit), Iroha, Koharu, Kotama, Hoshino, Neru (Bunny girl), Tsubaki |
| A | Nonomi (Swimsuit), Aru (New Year), Kazusa, Izuna (Swimsuit), Arisu, Iori (Swimsuit), Hina. Momoi, Midori, Mashiro (Swimsuit), Azusa, Azusa(Swimsuit), Shiroko, Sumire, Hasumi (Sportswear), Junko (New Year), Asuna (Bunny Girl), Kaede, Nodoka (Hotspring), Akane, Hanae, Atsuko, Yuuka |
| B | Hina (Swimsuit), Karin, Junko, Yuzu, Tsurugi (Swimsuit), Michiru, Tsurugi, Saki, Serika, Chise, Shiroko (Riding), Haruna (New Year), Moe, Saori, Hanae (Christmas), Hatsune Miku, Hifumi, Hiyori, Kokona, Mimori, Noa, Sena, Serina (Christmas), Serika (New Year), UI, Fuuka, Hare, Kirino, Ayane (Swimsuit), Chinatsu, Izumi (Swimsuit), Shizuko (Swimsuit), Tomoe, Marina, Wakamo, Natsu, Yuuka (Sportswear), Haruka |
| C | Mashiro, Pina, Maki, Utaha, Utaha(Cheerleader), Chihiro, Akari, Izumi, Yoshimi, Hinata, Neru, Asuna, Hasumi, Shun (Kid), Saya, Saya(Casual), Fubuki, Misaki, Cherino (Hot Spring), Chinatsu (Hot Spring), Chise (Swimsuit), Hifumi (Swimsuit), Mari (Sportswear), Miyu, Wakamo (Swimsuit), Airi, Ayane, Hanako, Kayoko, Mari, Shizuko, Juri, Kotori, Nodoka, Shimiko, Suzumi, Eimi, Miyako, Tsukuyo |
DPS Tier List
These DPS characters are hard-hitting and it is important to utilize them to inflict great damage on opponents.
| Tiers | Characters |
| S | Iori, Haruna, Cherino, Hibiki, Mutsuki (New Year), Hina (Swimsuit), Azusa, Shun, Karin, Nonomi, Aru, Mutsuki, Serina |
| A | Nonomi (Swimsuit), Aru (New Year), Kazusa, Izuna (Swimsuit), Arisu, Iori (Swimsuit), Hina. Momoi, Midori, Mashiro (Swimsuit), Azusa, Azusa(Swimsuit), Shiroko, Sumire, Hasumi (Sportswear), Junko (New Year) |
| B | Hina (Swimsuit), Karin, Junko, Yuzu, Tsurugi (Swimsuit), Michiru, Tsurugi, Saki, Serika, Chise, Shiroko (Riding), Haruna (New Year), Moe, Saori, Wakamo. |
| C | Mashiro, Pina, Maki, Utaha, Utaha(Cheerleader), Chihiro, Akari, Izumi, Yoshimi, Hinata, Neru, Asuna, Hasumi, Shun (Kid), Saya, Saya(Casual), Fubuki, Misaki, Wakamo (Swimsuit). |
S-Tier
These are the strongest characters in the game, utilize them in your team and you would not be disappointed. They are ranked higher in the Blue Archive tier list because of their immense potential.
| Character | Attack Type | Combat Class | Discussion |
| Iori | Penetration | Striker | Iori can land serious damage on opponents easily with her EX skill with a lower cooldown time. Her normal skill too is lethal to enemies. |
| Haruna | Mystic | Striker | One of the strongest DPS using mystic attacks. Her EX skill can deal a serious amount of damage. |
| Cherino | Penetration | Striker | Cherino’s EX skill cost 7 but can inflict great damage on opponents around her. Her overall damage potential is great. |
| Hibiki | Explosive | Special | Hibiki’s burst damage potential is great. Furthermore, her skills allow her to deal with a great amount of damage in circular areas. |
| Mutsuki (New Year) | Mystic | Striker | Mutsuki has great low-cost and good-range damage skills. Furthermore, she has good self-buffing capabilities. |
| Hina (Swimsuit) | Explosive | Striker | Hina is a great damage dealer with her EX skill. She can damage multiple enemies with a skill cost of 3. |
| Azusa | Explosive | Striker | Azusa has a highly damaging EX skill that is worth the 5-skill cost. |
| Shun | Explosive | Striker | She starts off with a high skill cost during the start of the battle. Furthermore, her self-buffing skills make her a versatile character |
| Karin | Penetration | Special | Karin is a dangerous damage dealer. Her low-cost EX skill is a force to be reckoned with |
| Nonomi | Penetration | Striker | Nonomi has great self-buffing capabilities. She can deal high damage to multiple enemies with her EX skill. |
| Aru | Explosive | Striker | Aru’ EX and normal skill can inflict a great amount of damage. |
| Mutsuki | Explosive | Striker | Mutsuki is an excellent damage dealer with self-buff skills. |
| Serina | Mystic | Special. | Serina is an excellent low-cost healer. |
A-Tier
While these characters are not ranked in S-Tier, they are certainly not to be underestimated as they can be a great choice for your team.
| Character | Attack Type | Combat Class | Discussion |
| Nonomi (Swimsuit) | Explosive | Striker | Her EX skill is highly damaging but has a high skill cost of 6. |
| Aru (New Year) | Penetration | Striker | Aru’s EX skill can inflict a good amount of damage but has a high skill cost. |
| Kazusa | Penetration | Striker | Great damage dealer and can self-buff well. |
| Izuna (Swimsuit) | Mystic | Striker | She has a low-cost EX skill that can inflict good damage. |
| Arisu | Mystic | Striker | Arisu is a great damage dealer but she needs time to self-buff to increase her potential. |
| Iori (Swimsuit) | Explosive | Striker | Iori is a string damage dealer with her EX and other skills |
| Hina | Explosive | Striker | Hina’s EX skill costs 7 but can inflict good damage. She has good self-buffing skills. |
| Momoi | Penetration | Striker | Momoi has great damaging and self-buffing skills, her damage can increase further if you have Midori on the team. |
| Midori | Penetration | Striker | Midori is a great damage dealer who can target multiple enemies. Furthermore, she can inflict poison damage if you have Momoi on the team. |
| Mashiro (Swimsuit) | Mystic | Special | She can inflict amazing damage while also providing buffs and debuffs. |
| Azusa | Explosive | Striker | Great attacking potential and self-buffs. |
| Azusa(Swimsuit) | Mystic | Striker | Can inflict continuous damage with her EX skill. Furthermore, her self-buff capabilities can increase her attack and crit rate. |
| Shiroko | Explosive | Striker | Great damage dealer and can increase her crit rate. |
| Sumire | Penetration | Striker | Sumire can inflict good damage and her self-buff capabilities are great. |
| Hasumi (Sportswear) | Mystic | Striker | Great damage dealer with good buffs |
| Junko (New Year) | Mystic | Striker | Low-cost EX skill that can inflict good damage. |
B-Tier
These characters can be a good choice for your team as they have decent utilization.
| Character | Attack Type | Combat Class | Discussion |
| Hina (Swimsuit) | Explosive | Striker | Hina can inflict a decent amount of damage, her passive and sub-skills can increase her damage. |
| Karin | Explosive | Striker | Karin has a high-skill cost EX that inflicts decent damage to multiple enemies. Her self-buffing skills can make up for the high skill cost. |
| Junko | Penetration | Striker | Junko has to sacrifice a lot of her hp to inflict great damage. |
| Yuzu | Penetration | Striker | Yuza has decent attacking and self-buffing skills. |
| Tsurugi (Swimsuit) | Mystic | Special | Tsurugi has decent damage-dealing potential in addition to her tanking capabilities. |
| Michiru | Mystic | Striker | Michiru’ EX can inflict a lot of damage on a single enemy. Her passive can increase the crit rate. |
| Tsurugi | Penetration | Striker | Tsurugi’s skills are not much impressive when it comes to damage dealing. |
| Saki | Penetration | Special | Great damage dealing potential over a wide area and can increase the attack of all allies. |
| Serika | Explosive | Striker | She is a great damage dealer with her self-buffs. |
| Chise | Mystic | Striker | Can inflict damage continuously and can increase her attack. |
| Shiroko (Riding) | Mystic | Striker | Can inflict great damage on multiple enemies. |
| Haruna (New Year) | Explosive | Striker | A good damage dealer that can self-buff and take down multiple enemies. |
| Moe | Penetration | Special | Decent damage dealer and provide attack buffs to the allies. |
| Saori | Explosive | Striker | Great damage dealer who has amazing self-buffing capabilities. |
| Wakamo | Mystic | Striker | Wakamo is a high damage-dealing DPS character capable of total assault. She is a character who is a Tsubaki killer in player vs player battles. |
C-Tier
These characters should be picked on a low priority as they are lacking in their skills and abilities. As they lack potential, they are ranked lower than other characters in the Blue Archive tier list.
| Character | Attack Type | Combat Class | Discussion |
| Mashiro | Explosive | Special | A decent damage dealer that can also increase the accuracy of your allies. |
| Pina | Penetration | Striker | Decent self-buff and healing capabilities. |
| Maki | Penetration | Striker | Maki can inflict good damage but her EX skill costs a lot. |
| Utaha | Penetration | Special | Overall a weak damage dealer compared to other characters. |
| Utaha(Cheerleader) | Mystic | Striker | A weak damage dealer with a high-cost EX skill. |
| Chihiro | Penetration | Special | Decent damage dealer that can increase the CC Strength of your allies. |
| Akari | Explosive | Striker | She is a decent damage dealer but her self-buffs depend on rng. |
| Izumi | Explosive | Striker | A weak damage dealer compared to many others but can self-heal. |
| Yoshimi | Penetration | Special | Decent damage dealer that can buff your allies. |
| Hinata | Mystic | Striker | Overall a weaker character with a high-cost EX skill. |
| Neru | Penetration | Striker | Most of Neru’s attacks depend on her being angry. |
| Asuna | Mystic | Striker | Decent damage dealing and self-buff capabilities. |
| Hasumi | Penetration | Striker | High-cost EX skill but she can increase her critical damage and crit rate. |
| Shun (Kid) | Explosive | Striker | High-cost EX skill that inflicts decent damage. |
| Saya | Explosive | Special | High-cost EX skill that deals poor damage. |
| Saya(Casual) | Penetration | Special | Decent damage dealer that can increase the critical damage of your allies. |
| Fubuki | Penetration | Striker | Decent damage dealer with mediocre buffs. |
| Misaki | Explosive | Striker | High-cost EX skill that inflicts poor damage needs a lot of buffs to perform well. |
| Wakamo (Swimsuit) | Penetration | Striker | She can stun a single enemy and make herself squishier in exchange for a higher amount of damage. |
Support Tier List
You would definitely need a few support characters to bring out the maximum potential of various characters in your team.
| Tiers | Characters |
| S | Ako, Fuuka (New Year), Himari, Hoshino (Swimsuit), Iroha, Koharu, Kotama |
| A | Asuna (Bunny Girl), Kaede, Nodoka (Hotspring), Akane, Hanae |
| B | Hanae (Christmas), Hatsune Miku, Hifumi, Hiyori, Kokona, Mimori, Noa, Sena, Serina (Christmas), Serika (New Year), UI, Fuuka, Hare, Kirino, Ayane (Swimsuit), Chinatsu, Izumi (Swimsuit), Shizuko (Swimsuit), Tomoe |
| C | Cherino (Hot Spring), Chinatsu (Hot Spring), Chise (Swimsuit), Hifumi (Swimsuit), Mari (Sportswear), Miyu, Airi, Ayane, Hanako, Kayoko, Mari, Shizuko, Juri, Kotori, Nodoka, Shimiko, Suzumi |
S-Tier
These are the best support characters, their wide utilization and multiple buffing abilities would bring out the potential of characters effortlessly. These characters are ranked higher in the blue archive tier list due to their wide variety of buffs.
| Character | Attack Type | Combat Class | Discussion |
| Ako | Mystic | Special | Can provide healing and increase critical damage and crit rate. |
| Fuuka (New Year) | Penetration | Special | Fuuka can support your allies in various ways including decreasing their EX cost. Furthermore, she can increase critical damage, healing, and attack. |
| Himari | Penetration | Special | Himari can provide cost recovery and attack buffs useful in combat. Furthermore, she can also decrease the evasion of enemies. |
| Hoshino (Swimsuit) | Explosive | Striker | Can increase the allies’ attack and has a good cost recovery sub-skill. |
| Iroha | Mystic | Special | Can provide great attack buffs to your allies. |
| Koharu | Explosive | Striker | She is an excellent healer. |
| Kotama | Explosive | Special | She can provide great attack buffs to the entire team. |
A-Tier
These support characters are second to none and their abilities are unique enough to support a wide variety of characters in your team.
| Character | Attack Type | Combat Class | Discussion |
| Asuna (Bunny Girl) | Mystic | Striker | Can provide defense, hp, and attack buffs. |
| Kaede | Explosive | Special | Can provide good healing to your allies in addition to limited defense buffs. |
| Nodoka (Hotspring) | Explosive | Special | Nodoka can be a good healer and she can also increase the attack of all allies. |
| Akane | Penetration | Stiker | She can decrease the enemies’ defense and evasion leaving them vulnerable to your attacks. |
| Hanae | Explosive | Special | Hanae is a great healer and she can boost the critical damage of all allies. |
B-Tier
While not as great as the above tiers, these support characters can still play a vital role depending on your team.
| Character | Attack Type | Combat Class | Discussion |
| Hanae (Christmas) | Mystic | Special | She is a good healer and can also increase the critical damage to your allies. |
| Hatsune Miku | Explosive | Special | She can provide good healing to the team. Furthermore, she can also increase the attack and crit rate of allies. |
| Hifumi | Penetration | Striker | Hifumi can reduce the accuracy of your opponents and has the ability to taunt them. She can also attack to some extent. |
| Hiyori | Explosive | Special | Can increase the allies’ attack and reduces the damage done by enemies. |
| Kokona | Penetration | Striker | Kokona is a good healer, however, her potential is limited as players are required to inflict 100 critical hits and gather hanamaru stamps to use her at her full potential. |
| Mimori | Mystic | Striker | Increases defense and attack of allies. Furthermore, she can also provide decent healing. |
| Noa | Mystic | Striker | Noa can debuff enemies and can increase the debuff duration leaving them vulnerable. Furthermore, she can also apply focused fire to one enemy. |
| Sena | Mystic | Special | Sena can be a good support character as she can provide both healing and attack buffs to your allies. |
| Serina (Christmas) | Penetration | Striker | Serina is a unique support character. She would provide a random gift that can increase critical damage to your allies after 21 normal attacks. She can also give allies a special penetration damage bonus against enemies that are vulnerable to it. |
| Serika (New Year) | Penetration | Special | Serika can increase the attack and critical damage resistance of your allies. |
| UI | Explosive | Striker | She can reduce the EX skill cost of one ally greatly. Furthermore, she can increase the critical rate of all allies. |
| Fuuka | Explosive | Special | She can position characters within her healing range to provide healing. Furthermore, she can also increase defense and critical resistance of allies. |
| Hare | Explosive | Special | She can provide evasion buffs to the allies and can decrease the enemy’s recovery rate. Furthermore, she can also stun opponents. |
| Kirino | Explosive | Striker | She can reduce the accuracy and recovery rate of the enemies. |
| Ayane (Swimsuit) | Penetration | Special | She can damage decently ignoring enemies’ defenses. Furthermore, she can increase critical damage to all allies. |
| Chinatsu | Penetration | Special | Can provide defense buffs and healing to allies. Furthermore, she can also provide limited evasion buffs. |
| Izumi (Swimsuit) | Explosive | Striker | Decent attack and is good at stunning. |
| Shizuko (Swimsuit) | Mystic | Special | She can provide critical damage and attack buffs. Furthermore, she can pull allies in her range to give them a shield. |
| Tomoe | Penetration | Striker | She can provide critical damage, critical rate, and movement speed buffs. |
C-Tier
These characters are limited in their support potential and buffing capabilities. As they are not recommended they are ranked lower than other characters in the Blue Archive tier list.
| Character | Attack Type | Combat Class | Discussion |
| Cherino (Hot Spring) | Explosive | Special | Can provide buffs with a little damage potential. |
| Chinatsu (Hot Spring) | Mystic | Striker | She isn’t too functional as she mostly provides attack speed buffs. |
| Chise (Swimsuit) | Mystic | Striker | Good at stunning enemies. |
| Hifumi (Swimsuit) | Penetration | Special | She can increase the attack speed of all allies and deals a low amount of damage. |
| Mari (Sportswear) | Mystic | Striker | Mari can be a decent healer, however, the allies need to be in her healing range. |
| Miyu | Penetration | Striker | She can inflict decent damage and can debuff the enemies exposing their weak points. |
| Airi | Explosive | Special | She can decrease the attack speed of enemies and increase the attack speed of allies. |
| Ayane | Penetration | Special | Limited healing potential in a specific range, Furthermore, she can increase critical hit resistance for allies. |
| Hanako | Penetration | Special | Healing is limited by area. |
| Kayoko | Explosive | Striker | Her support capabilities are limited but she can inflict fear on enemies. |
| Mari | Mystic | Special | Mari can increase the Hp of all allies, furthermore, she can also provide a shield for an ally and remove all debuffs. |
| Shizuko | Mystic | Light | She can increase the accuracy and crit rate of allies. |
| Juri | Explosive | Special | She can increase HP for all allies and has the ability to decrease the enemies’ attack speed. |
| Kotori | Penetration | Striker | She can provide a shield for your allies. |
| Nodoka | Explosive | Special | She can provide accuracy buffs to the allies. |
| Shimiko | Explosive | Special | Provides defense buffs and also has limited shielding potential. |
| Suzumi | Explosive | Striker | She can stun and inflict decent damage. |
Tank Tier List
The Tank characters can keep your other characters safe by taking in the opponent’s attacks. They are vital if you want to keep your DPS and Support characters on the field for long. These tanks in our Blue Archive tier list are worth it.
| Tiers | Characters |
| S | Hoshino, Neru (Bunny girl), Tsubaki |
| A | Atsuko, Yuuka |
| B | Marina, Natsu, Yuuka (Sportswear), Haruka |
| C | Eimi, Miyako, Tsukuyo |
S-Tier
These are the best tank characters, their abilities would allow them to withstand for long on the battlefield.
| Character | Attack Type | Combat Class | Discussion |
| Hoshino | Penetration | Striker | She can be an excellent tank with her defense buffs, healing, and shielding abilities. |
| Neru (Bunny girl) | Explosive | Striker | Neru can taunt enemies directing attention to herself. Furthermore, she has evasiveness buffs and shielding EX skill. |
| Tsubaki | Penetration | Striker | Great defense buff and self-healing capabilities. Furthermore, she can reduce the damage taken. |
A-Tier
These tanks are not to be underestimated as they are still formidable in the field against enemies.
| Character | Attack Type | Combat Class | Discussion |
| Atsuko | Explosive | Striker | Can increase the evasion for herself and her allies. Furthermore, she can also heal allies. |
| Yuuka | Explosive | Striker | She can self-heal. Moreover, she has defense buffs and shielding capabilities. |
B-Tier
These tank characters have decent abilities and they can hold their ground against enemies decently.
| Character | Attack Type | Combat Class | Discussion |
| Marina | Penetration | Striker | She can gain immortal status for a few seconds when her health is low. Furthermore, she can increase her evasiveness. |
| Natsu | Mystic | Striker | She has good hp buffs and self-healing abilities. |
| Yuuka (Sportswear) | Mystic | Striker | Great self-healing and shielding capabilities. |
| Haruka | Explosive | Light | Good defense and Hp buffs. |
C-Tier
These characters are limited in their tanking abilities and should be less prioritized.
| Character | Attack Type | Combat Class | Discussion |
| Eimi | Explosive | Striker | She can be a decent tank as she can heal herself and increase the healing received to withstand attacks. |
| Miyako | Penetration | Striker | She can reduce the enemies’ damage. Furthermore, she has a Hp buffing ability and can stun opponents. |
| Tsukuyo | Mystic | Striker | She has a Hp buff ability and can recover healing. Furthermore, she can reduce enemies’ defenses. |
All characters are ranked in the Blue Archive Tier List. They were ranked in various tiers according to their capabilities and strengths. The tier list was drafted after researching the abilities and utilization of characters so they can be ranked with as less bias as possible. Let us know your favorite characters in the comments below!
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