Best Heroes in Top War – Tier List 2022 (with Saker)

by Tim updated April 27, 2022, 2:50 pm

There are load of heroes in Top War and I bet you’re not sure what hero you should spend your books and universal shards on, right?

Well, it can be really tough to prioritize the heroes when it comes to their versatility so I did that for you. Below you will find my tier list where I ranked all heroes based on their stats, their rarity, how strong their skill is and some more factors to give you a good indication what heroes are worth leveling and staring up in Top War and which ones not that much.

Please mind! I have reworked this list completely as new heros and meta shifts have changes so much in Top War in the past months. Upcoming! In the next updates I will give more attention to hero pairing recommendations and hidden skills as well

Best Heroes Tier List

Alright, before we jump right into the list I want to give some short annotations:

This list is based on my personal opinion as well as on stats, so rather take this list as indication and not as a fool-proof priority list you should work through from top to bottom.
Rarity matters a lot in Top War because SSR rarity heroes can simply take more units into battle, that’s a huge advantage. Also SSR heroes have a lot better stats overall.
below the table you find some further information for the heroes, most about their skill and versatility overall. Doing that inside the table would have created a mess.

Then let’s just jump into the tier list of heroes:

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Hero	Tier	Info
Maximo	S++	+ beyond broken good, I mean he-needs-to-be-fixed good. His buffs are just crazy and will make air force units of any kind go through the roof – expensive paid hero – will very likely get “fixed” soon
Amalia	S+	+ crazy extra drops from her Treasure Compass skill, boosts your progress a ton + outstanding ATK buff for all units – expensive paid hero
Diana	S+	+ amazing for leveling + reduces VIT costs of all dark forces and refugee camp attacks + not required to upgrade to full stars to work great x although she costs real money, she’s extremely cheap offered in the beginning for $1
Katushya	S+	+ F2P + outstanding damage and can even hold up well with paid heroes of the army type + quite easy to level, especially compared to paid heroes + Hero Bond value

Nimitz	S+	+ F2P + best allround damage navy hero and can even hold up well with paid heroes of the navy type + quite easy to level, especially compared to paid heroes + Hero Bond value x falls off a little towards endgame, but at that point you normally can shift perks to a new hero anyway
914	S+	+ useful burst damage capabilities + ignite proccs can boost damage well – not easy to level and not cheap to get/level
Ben	S+	+ nice buff for army troops + the shield against 1 attack is really strong and can change battles around – not easy to level and not cheap to get/level
Bassel	S	+ not special but his skill damage boost for navy units is quite strong x can be obtained for Gems (and you can save them up to get him free)
Selina	S	+ great buffs, especially for the back row – not in the free rotation and expensive to upgrade – buffs primarily air force which is not that universal applicabl
Optimus Prime	S	+ combined with right heroes gets a good boost, useful for PvP and PvE + insanely OP with lvl 7 exclusive x can be obtained for Gems (and you can save them up to get him free)
Megatron	S	+ can apply vulnerability himself and combined with others that apply that will be a really viable hero
Mei	S	+ comparable to Optimus Prime + adds good survivability x can be obtained for Gems (and you can save them up to get her free) really thought about writing about the whole hero lor… the whole Kung Fu Panda lore is simply off. Don’t get me started on how… no… really not…
Preycis	S	+ can target back row and bring them down a lot quicker than any other – front row triggers skill which makes it sometimes kind of odd in battles – no boosts the best way to spell his name is “precious”, not any
Yuu	S	+ faster than Akatora and more frequent infernal attacks + stacks enemy attack debuff + good in attacking and defending – buffs primarily navy which is not that universal applicable Pairings:
Aya	S	+ great skill with a shield for front row and additional damage blasts from backline x can be obtained for Gems (and you can save them up to get him free) – buffs primarily air force which is not that universal applicable
Saker	S	+ provides HP for the whole team and can be seen as the more defensive counterpart of Megatron – low trigger rate – eventually bugged ignite effect (description doesn’t have it but he adds it)?!
Starscream	S	+ can be a more offensive replacement for Aya in airforforce marches + quite easy to obtain in Transformers Event – buffs primarily air force which is not that universal applicable
Akatora	S	+ really powerful – not in the free rotation and expensive to upgrade – needs all ATK perks maxed and exclusive skill to be worth it
Scaramanga	S	+ great for the instant Valhalla units every day, even when not leveled up much
Kuruzo	S	+ Hero Bond value + great for the instant troops every day, even when not leveled up much
Villiers	S	+ great attack buff for all unit types + damage reduce buff even working when not deployed

Bailos	S-	+ really nice damage x needs to be paired with hero that decreases enemy attack for the extra damage (like Teresa) – buff only affects navy units
Violet	S-	+ nice extra damage skill that boosts overall damage up with her – skill only affects navy units
Piedmont	S-	+ absolutely solid stats and skills + skills can be affected by all troops – require her skill to procc, so a little rng heavy hero
Bell	S-	+ nice burst damage against one enemy when skill proccs + great for defense with her enemy DMG reduce debuff – require her skill to procc, so a little rng heavy hero
Bradley	A+	+ great for your army HP + when skilled up also has fairly decent damage + great hidden exclusive skill effect boosting army damage + Hero Bond value
Bellevue	A+	+ really strong (if looking at it F2P-wise even the best) navy SSR rarity heroes when upgraded well + great damage with high skill damage + quite easy to level, especially compared to paid heroes + Hero Bond value – can be squishy – requires high exclusive skill to be leveled or her damage is not that great
Silence	A+	+ good damage and can be used with all unit types – damage can be RNG heavy
Dante	A+	+ On defense his skill also applies to navy and army units – skill only affects air force is not beginner friendly
Rockfield	A+	+ Outstanding exclusive skill effect that will even hit higher enemies + best allround air force hero in Top War that is free + great F2P option for SVS Warzone + Hero Bond value – exclusive skill reduces damage to higher-level units – air force is not beginner friendly
Simon	A+	+ great navy hero and the fact he’s only SR rarity makes him even better + easy to upgrade and also great secondary commander + can do gathering as well (but needs some perks) + Hero Bond value

Kate Curry	A	+ nice gathering hero and with SR rarity easy to upgrade
Black Widow	A	+ Hero Bond value + super easy to max / solid gathering hero – only useful in the earlier stages of Top War
Wade	A	+ Hero Bond value + great instant repair only for recruiting him – no other “real” battle versatility
Flora	A	+ great gathering extra speed and stronger HP buff than Ishi Tarou – no Hero BonD Value
Delhuyar	A	+ great gathering extra speed, especially for Odinium – no Hero BonD Value
Ishi Tarou	A	+ good gathering speed increase for all resources – no Hero Bond value & only gathering hero
Tywin	A	+ increased gathering speed as hiffen effect on his exclusive skill + good world boss damage + quite easy to level, especially compared to paid heroes + Hero Bond value – outside of world boss damage-dealing not that versatile
Ganso	A	+ his gathering speed is increased as hidden effect on his exclusive skill + is free from the login calender when you start playing TopWar + quite easy to level, especially compared to paid heroes + Hero Bond value – actually only good at base defense damage dealing
Merida	A-	+ can put bosses in chaos mode to make them miss by 50% + hidden exclusive skill effect that improves navy training speed by a lot
Lady Zizak	A-	+ hidden exclusive skill effect that improves air force training speed by a lot + Hero Bond value
Tian Mu	B+	+ hidden exclusive skill effect that boosts damage of air force VS air force + Hero Bond value – only effective against air force
Sam	B+	+ can lock down enemy air units (useful in Expedition) + Hero Bond value
Li Hongyu	B+	+ Hero Bond value x you can get her early for 3000 Gems that you have earned back a couple days later. For that, she’s a good starting hero
Arthur Harris	B+	+ Hero Bond value x okay for air force but air force isn’t that great right now in Top War
Rambo	B+	+ easy to get and to upgrade + good secondary hero, especially with Katsuhya with army type + can be used as gathering hero with gathering perks + Hero Bond value

Katrina	B	+ nice flat buff for units – only affect navy type units – needs secondary hero to deal good damage
Ricardo	B	+ Hero Bond value + strong crit buff – only affects air force units
Reichstein	B	+ Hero Bond value + best dodge buff in the game – makes it RNG heavy depending how the dodge will procc
Hammer	B	+ Hero Bond value + reduces damage taken can snowball quite well – only affects navy units and needs to snowball to be useful
Lee Yewon	B-	+ decent combat strength – lacks in additional value to make it worth using her
Alex	B-	+ Hero Bond value x falls off a little towards endgame, but at that point you normally can shift perks to a new hero anyway x you can get him early in the Beginner Boost offer for low money, giving you an alright starting hero
Gira	B-	x skill CAN be powerful but pure defensive so you need a strong secondary hero with much skill damage to deal enough damage before she can trigger her skill
Tsuru	B-	+ nice flat AoE damage skill x requires you to have a secondary hero that reduces enemy attack to really deal sufficient damage
Dr. Gero	C	+ Hero Bond value + can make comebacks with the extra buff – requires low HP to activate skill, then it makes it RNG heavy and also only affects air force units
O’Neill	C	+ Hero Bond value + super easy to max – not really useful in battle, small buff, only affects air force units
Fahed	C	+ can be a good setup – in reality quite squishy depending on what troops triggers the anger points, rng heavy
Sid	C	+ Hero Bond value – skill won’t trigger often enough to make it worth in the long run
Teresa	C	+ Hero Bond value + great when paired with heroes that require reduced enemy attack for extra damage, like Bailos or Tsuru x good debuffer but lacks in overall damage
Friedman Hertz	C	+ Hero Bond value x skill sounds good, but need the right enemy setup to really make the full impact – only affects enemy air force really well, very niche role
Edward	C	+ Hero Bond value – not really strong skill and requires your air force attacking enemy navy forces to work
Sauvage	C	+ Hero Bond value + skill chances happen quite often – not much versatility and only applies to air force units
Bumblebee	C	– lacks so much compared to other SSR heroes, obviously a “freebie” hero, not really worth investing in
Acree	C	– outstanding lack of overall damage so not even her boosts can make up for that – minor attack boost only affects front row, not worth investing at all

Nadia	D
Chloe	D
Hartman	D
Bob	D	+ good damage and can be used with all unit types – really no value but you’ll use him due to a lack of options early. Don’t invest when you unlock more heroes in Top War!

Best Heroes in Top War – Tier List 2022 (with Saker)

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