Argent Twilight Heroes Tier List – Best Heroes to Use Ranked in Order
Argent Twilight, the free-to-play tactical turn-based RPG is currently in a soft launch state where players can experience the game by trying it out themselves. The game runs smoothly at 60 FPS at Full HD with the help of Unreal Engine 4. Being developed and published by Nexon, the mobile gaming giant that announced its focus on mobile titles at the start of the year 2022, Argent Twilight is the infamous Project SF2 that was announced at the end of 2021. Players can enjoy breath-taking sceneries and fluid animations in Argent Twilight as the game boasts a crystal-clear resolution and anime-stylized graphics. Argent Twilight is available on both the Google Play Store and iOS App Store.
Argent Twilight’s gameplay system is quite reminiscent of old-school JRPGs where players can drag to move their characters on a grid-like map that is divided into multiple squares. Players can move their characters when it’s their turn and when their action bar is full. The game boasts some massive quality-of-life features as well such as 2X Speed and Auto-Repeat battling which helps players farm the different content of the game easily and hassle-free. Argent Twilight is also a gacha game where players are required to summon different rarity of heroes at different rates from the innate summon system. The summoning system in Argent Twilight is pretty straight-forward and quite punishing for the free-to-play players. The rates of obtaining the best heroes in Argent Twilight are quite low and the pity system isn’t exactly something to be thrilled about either. Here are the different rarities of heroes and the rates to obtain them from summoning:
- 5-Star Heroes – 0.5% chance of summoning them
- 4-Star Heroes – 7.9% chance of summoning them
- 3-Star Heroes – 91.6% chance of summoning them
In this tier list for Argent Twilight, we will be ranking the best heroes in the game according to their usage in different PvP and PvE game modes. The majority of the ranking will be done according to the base stats of the hero as well as their skill sets. Naturally, the 5-Star heroes will be coming out on top in all of these departments, so expect to see a lot of them. We recommend players choose the heroes they want to take in their formations according to their requirements and liking, taking inspiration from this tier list.
S Tier Heroes
Let’s take a look at some of the Heroes in this tier:
Stern Einid
Stern Einid is a 5-Star hero and the Light elemental version of Einid. She is classified as an Attacker in-game. Her passive ability Noxious Skill states that if there are any enemies ahead of Einid, she dashes and deals light elemental damage to all enemies in her path. Further, if the enemies hit have lesser speed than Einid, she will counterattack them. Her ultimate ability Noxious Sling is an AOE-targeted damaging skill that deals light elemental damage to all enemies and has a 50% chance of inflicting Attack Down and Speed Down debuffs lasting for 2 turns each. Afterward, Stern Einid receives a Shield buff for 2 turns and the Shield strength is equal to 75% of her Attack.
Zealous Para
Zealous Para is a 5-Star hero and the Fire elemental version of Para. He is classified as a Defensive unit in-game. Zealous Para’s passive ability Max Unstoppable Wave states that he has 30% increased effectiveness. Additionally, each time he lands a critical hit, he fills 15% of his action gauge. His ultimate ability Binding Twister is an AOE targeted damaging skill that deals fire elemental damage to enemies caught in the twister-like projectile. He further has a 20% chance of inflicting Attack Down and Movement Down debuff to all enemies for 2 turns each. The damage dealt by this skill is directly proportional to his Max Defense. Further, Zealous Para grants all allies with 25% Action Gauge boost.
Brave Aseha
Brave Aseha is a 5-Star hero and the Fire elemental version of Aseha. She is classified as a Controller in-game. The Aseha’s are those heroes that can transform under different conditions. Being a demon during transformation, Brave Aseha’s passive state she attacks all enemies in a certain space and inflicts the Burn debuff on all enemies. Her ultimate ability Spatial Sword states she launches an AOE-targeted damaging attack on all enemies in the near vicinity, applying Defense down debuff for 2 turns. Further, Brave Asesha draws the dark sword and transforms into her awakened form, giving her different abilities. In her awakened form, her ultimate ability changes to Hellfire Blade. This skill is also an AOE-targeted damaging skill that deals fire-elemental damage to enemies in a certain area while also inflicting them with Burn debuffs for 2 turns.
Sweet Aseha
Sweet Aseha is a 5-Star hero and the Wind elemental version of Djur. She is classified as an Attacker in-game. Aseha’s mechanics state that she can transform into her awakened form. Sweet Aseha’s passive ability Max Without Resent states that every time she takes damage from enemies, her Attack and HP are increased by 6% each per stack. She can gain 10 such stacks, granting her an extra 60% Attack and HP to work with. She is a monster on the battlefield due to this passive. Sweet Aseha’s ultimate ability Malignant Sword is an AOE-targeted damaging skill that deals wind elemental damage to enemies hit and inflicts them with Movement Speed down and Taunt debuff that lasts for 2 turns. Further, if 1 or more allies are dead when she uses this skill, she transforms into a new form with new abilities. The ultimate ability changes to Blood-Laden blade, an AOE-targeted damaging skill that deals damage proportional to Sweet Aseha’s max HP.
Hostile Jacques
Hostile Jacques is a 5-Star hero and the Fire elemental version of Jacques. He is classified as a Controller in-game. Hostile Jacques has one of the largest ranged abilities in-game if not the largest. His ultimate ability Mission – Rout is an AOE-targeted damaging skill that deals Fire elemental damage to all enemies on the map, hitting 5 times each. Every attack has a 20% chance of inflicting a Movement Slow debuff on them for 2 turns. His passive ability Max Charge! is a great attack gauge boosting skill that states Hostile Jacques increases 10% Attack Gauge of all allies excluding himself every turn he takes. Further, adjacent allies get an extra 10% Attack gauge.
A Tier Heroes
Let’s take a look at some of the Heroes in this tier:
Defiant Jacques
Defiant Jacques is a 5-Star hero and the Dark elemental version of Jacques. He is classified as an Attacker in-game. Defiant Jacques is quite the rare hero, being a Dark elemental 5-Star unit. His skill set is definitely nothing to be laughed at. His passive ability Max Charisma! is a great damage-boosting ability that states Defiant Jacques attacks can ignore up to 100% of the enemy’s Defense based on his current HP status. Hence, if he starts the turn with 100% current HP, his attacks ignore 100% of the enemy’s Defense. His ultimate ability Crippling Shot is a single-targeted damaging skill that deals dark elemental damage to the enemy. This skill deals more damage according to the number of debuffs the targeted enemy has. Further, he reduces the Attack Gauge of the enemy by 5% per debuff.
Jolly Elektra
Jolly Elektra is a 4-Star hero and the Fire elemental version of Elektra. She is classified as a Support in-game. Deemed as one of the best 4-Star heroes to collect and use, Jolly Elektra proves her worth as a great buffer and support hero. She is also one of the few Defense based heroes who deals more damage according to her Defense. Her passive ability Red Blades states that Jolly Elektra deals fire elemental damage to nearby enemies after her turn has ended. This damage is proportional to her Defense. Her ultimate ability The Queen’s Procession is a buffing skill that states she grants a single ally with Defense Up buff and Speed Up buff for 2 turns. Further, she grants the ally a Shield buff for 2 turns where the Shield strength is directly proportional to her own Defense. Her basic skill Advancing Blades is a single-targeted damaging skill that deals fire elemental damage to the enemy according to her Defense. Further, she gets a Defense buff for 1 turn on herself.
Elegant Elektra
Elegant Elektra is a 4-Star hero and the Light elemental version of Elektra. She is classified as a Support in-game. Being one of the best supports in the game is a pain for little Elektra but she does her job just fine. Her passive ability Light Blades states that Elegant Elektra provides healing and movement speed-up buff for 2 turns to all allies excluding herself. Her ultimate ability The Queen’s Blessing is a unique skill where Elegant Elektra decreases the duration of all debuffs present on allies by 2 turns and increases the duration of all buffs present on all allies by 1 turn. Further, she heals the allies. Her basic skill is a single targeted damaging ability that deals light elemental damage and provides Elegant Elektra with a Defense buff for 1 turn.
Caring Julia
Caring Julia is a 4-Star hero and the Light elemental version of Julia. She is classified as an Attacker in-game. Caring Julia is a great DPS unit among the 4-Star category due to her less dependence on the critical hit rate stat. She can be built with pure Attack and Critical Hit Damage without worrying about critical hit rate due to her passive ability Max Deadshot. It states that Caring Julia gets a 100% critical hit rate whenever she has an Attack Up buff on herself. Her ultimate ability Converging Fire is a single targeted damaging skill that deals Light elemental damage to a single enemy, hitting for 4 times. Each critical hit increases the damage dealt by this ability by 30%. If the last hit lands as a critical hit, Julia and the ally with the highest attack gauge gain an Attack Up buff that lasts for 2 turns.
Callous Shulo
Callous Shulo is a 4-Star hero and the Water elemental version of Shulo. He is classified as an Attacker in-game. Callous Shulo, the twerpy little mage knows his way around dead people. Currently, he is the only good reviver in-game. His passive ability Resurrection states that when Callous Shulo is killed, a shadow takes his place. This shadow has an HP bar and a timer attached to it. If the shadow is not killed within the given timer, Callous Shulo revives with 50% HP and an Attack Up buff for 2 turns. This ability is on a base cooldown of 4 turns. His ultimate ability Frost is an AOE-targeted damaging skill that deals water elemental damage to enemies inside the hitbox and has a 50% chance of inflicting Movement Down debuff/ Speed Down debuff for 2 turns each. Further, Callous Shulo has a 50% chance of Freezing the target for 1 turn.
B Tier Heroes
Let’s look at some of the Heroes in this tier:
Pompous Woonye
Pompous Woonye is a 5-Star hero and the Fire elemental version of Woonye. She is classified as an Attacker in-game. Pompous Woonye needs to be built with a very high critical hit rate as her passive ability Max Lasting Injuries benefits her for having a high critical hit rate. It states Pompous Woonye ignores 25% of the enemy’s defense for every critical hit she deals. Her ultimate ability Play Time is a buffing skill that buffs herself and any targeted ally with Attack Up and Critical Hit Rate Up buff for 2 turns each. Afterward, she takes another turn. Her basic attack deals single targeted Fire elemental damage and flips the enemy. Once flipped successfully, she deals critical hit damage.
Brave Djur
Brave Djur is a 3-Star hero and the Fire elemental version of Djur. He is classified as an Attacker in-game. Not only is this hero given to every player at the start of the game but he’s also one of the weakest heroes in the game. Living up to the protagonist title, Brave Djur is all about resetting his cooldowns by getting some quick kills. His passive ability Seize the Moment states that Brave Djur gets healed and all of his skill cooldowns get reduced by 1 turn whenever he kills an enemy. This kill doesn’t have to be in his own turn and even works on joint attacks or accompanied attacks. His ultimate ability Trinity Breaker states that Brave Djur deals fire elemental damage to all enemies within 2 spaces of him. He further deals another attack and moves 3 spaces ahead, dealing damage equal to the enemy’s missing HP with this last attack.
Callous Djur
Callous Djur is a 3-Star hero and the Water elemental version of Djur. He is classified as a Support in-game. Callous Djur’s passive ability Efficient Investing states that whenever he receives a buff, he will heal himself as well. This is quite a selfish ability. However, the cherry on top is his ultimate ability A 1000% Bonus! that states all allies within range get Attack Up and Defense Up buffs that last for 3 turns. The cooldown of this skill can go up to as low as 4 turns when fully skilled up. His leadership skill provides 25 Resistance to all allies.
That concludes the tier list for some of the best heroes available in Argent Twilight. To install and play Argent Twilight on a bigger screen of your PC, it is highly recommended to use BlueStacks along with your keyboard and mouse.