By fine-tuning the way you upgrade Ragnar’s skills and gear, you can save yourself quite some Skill Books and Universal Shards in the process and as not all skills have the same amount of impact but have the same amount of costs leveling up, fine-tuning them is worth it in the end.
Important! If you want to check how well Ragnar does in the current meta of all heroes in Top Lords, please check out my current tier list of all heroes here.
Tier Here is a quick overview of the rankings of Ragnar for the different modes of the game. Please refer to the full tier list linked below to see the ranking of all heroes in Top Lords and full evaluation and priority.
Ragnar’s Optimal Gear Setup(s)
Now we have to take a look at the gear setup, as it takes a lot of time and resources to craft higher rarity gear and not all gear is as impactful as the other one and you have to gear a couple of heroes in Top Lords. Also upgrading gear gets very expensive and you simply can’t just pump all your Upgrade Ore randomly on gear.
- +1Tap a slotEvery gear slot around Ragnar can be tapped. Empty slots pulse until you set them.
- −Lv 22+2Set what you have nowPick the item that's equipped in your game and its level. Nothing equipped? Choose "None yet".
- ▸ Upgrade next12 → 203Follow "Upgrade next"We compare your gear with the ideal order and show the one upgrade that gives the most power right now — plus the steps after it.
- ✓ Saved4Come back & updateYour gear is saved on this device. After upgrading in-game, update the slot and you get your next step.
Minimum, Sweetspot and Optimum under Ragnar show how far your gear is.

Ragnar’s Optimal Skill Upgrade Order
Upgrading skills is possible after you get Ragnar to 1-Star and then you will be able to upgrade each skill in 5-level increments. While the first skill levels are rather easy and cheap, it will start to eat quite a bit into your Skill Medals and as you can’t produce them, you might end up with half-built heroes. So, here is the order you should work on the skills for Ragnar so you only spend the Skill Medals where they actually provide good value.
Autobasic
Combatcombat
Passivepassive
Expertiseexpertise
- 1Upgrade to 1 StarRequired
- 2
PassiveLv 0 to Lv 5Start hereRequiredUpgrade Passive to Lv 5. Only move on to other skills once it gets there.Stop at Lv 5 for now; the rest comes after the upgrade to 2 Stars. - 3
CombatLv 0 to Lv 5RequiredFocus on Combat: Lv 0 to Lv 5. The other skills can wait.Lv 5 is enough for now. The next levels come after the upgrade to 2 Stars. - 4
AutoLv 1 to Lv 5RequiredBring your basic Auto up from Lv 1 to Lv 5, and keep the rest of the skills as they are.Lv 5 is enough for now. The next levels come after the upgrade to 2 Stars. - 5Upgrade to 2 StarsRequiredUntil this upgrade, keep Auto, Combat and Passive at Lv 5.
- 6
PassiveLv 5 to Lv 10RequiredTake Passive from Lv 5 to Lv 10 before you touch any other skill.Pause at Lv 10. You'll come back to this skill after the upgrade to 3 Stars. - 7
CombatLv 5 to Lv 10RequiredNext up: Combat, Lv 5 to Lv 10. Don't spend medals on other skills until then.Lv 10 is enough for now. The next levels come after the upgrade to 3 Stars. - 8
AutoLv 5 to Lv 10RequiredPut your medals into your basic Auto until it hits Lv 10. Everything else waits.Stop at Lv 10 for now; the rest comes after the upgrade to 4 Stars.
Low investment and nice improvement accross the board here that absolutely is worth it before starting to get more seelctive on what skills you actually upgrade next.
- CORE
- GOAL
- MAX
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Conclusion
I hope this guide helped you to build your Ragnar without just pumping your books into the skills. I assure you this will make your progress in Top Lords a lot faster and get the biggest bang for your buck in terms of making the skills rock that really make a big impact espcially as costs get higher and higher.