With so many different troops in Top Troops and the time and resources it takes to invest there, it’s important to know which troops will be worth it in the end and which ones not. Some troops in Top Troops are great in the beginning, others are great later.
For that reason I have here a tier list that you can use as a blueprint to decide which troops to focus on and also to take to combat.
Top Troops Best Troop Tier List
Just looking at the rarity or the stats isn’t enough and I have below not only ranked all available troops of all rarities in Top Troops, I also have short descriptions that will tell you why I ranked them the way I did to give you the best overview that is not going into much details and synergies but still enough that you will get the picture
Alright, let’s get into it.
Search:
Werewolf
S+
Group attacker and self healing, that is amazing.
Rarity:Legendary
Melee:
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Oni Warrior
S+
Great damage overall and one of the best troops in the game right now in all modes.
Rarity:Legendary
Melee:
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Toad Druid
S+
Can work well or end up in a suicide mission unless you build them right.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Battle Drummer
S+
Rage buff is nice and with a solid team to work around incredibly versatile and strong.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Thor
S
Has immunities and can also be considered for a little bit higher but he is not a troop that I would right off the bat recommend to every player in Top Troops.
Rarity:Legendary
Melee:
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Cleric
A+
Great healing mechanics that really work where you need it.
Rarity:Epic
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Meiga
A+
She is wild, her support buffs for the team that scales and scales the more she poisons is just crazy strong and useful. Great support and with good posion snergy even better.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Swashbuckler
A+
Quite solid. Wouldn't recommend going out of your way to build him but he works well overall with one small inconsistency of his riposte doing funky stuff, like delay or just not travel. I don't know if this is a bug that will get fixed but if you pull him there is no reason to no build him and use him.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Thundershot
A+
Ranged group attacks can be so dangerous that make him really solid.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Girtablilu
A+
Really solid accross the board everywhere.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Juggernaut
A+
Has become a lot better since the changes and is not actually a troop to like.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Bloodlust Bullet
A+
Enables crit setups and is designed more for mid-end Ancient setups. Not really a beginner unit to have but becomes a lot stronger the further you progress..
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Arcane Hunter
A+
One fo the most important epic troops in Top Troops.
Rarity:Epic
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Weresloth
A
Let's ignore the fact about the release structure of very similar archetype troops, he is actually no bad with okay damage and nice debuffing/buffing so he can work well in many setups.
Rarity:Legendary
Melee:
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
El Bandolero
A
Pretty nice and scales himself up when your army gets weaker to snowball and cheese through the rest.
Rarity:Epic
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Imperial Elf
A
Has been worked on and now is actually a viable troop.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Armored Troll
A
The damage return with chance to stun is great when it works.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
MrBeast
A
Damage and enemy debuffing/ally buffing. Need more testing but looking good already.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Amethyst Claymore
A
Can deal pretty nice burst but since she relies heavily on Crystalized status, not that great in Ancient.
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Berserker
A
Just amazing with good damage, can burn, movement speed boost when enraged.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Eira
A
Nice for backline counter of needed but not univerally working, Still, on of the better backline-targeting troops in Top Troops.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Dwarf Engineer
A
Really interesting mechanic and the longer you can make it alive, the more mechs you will gain and the more powerful the Dwarf Enigneer actually gets..
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Fire Slasher
A
Amazing with Catapults, not so much without.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Verleaf
A
Tank support. I'm not in love as defense won't win battles in Top Troops but can work and is not a bad troop.
Rarity:Epic
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Holy Protector
A
One of the chunkiest troops on Top Troops but also not much more than a meatnshield.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Conductor
A
Eletrocute is good before there are more setups that can counter that, so early and mid game they are great, later not too much anyore.
Rarity:Epic
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Amethyst Aegis
A
bad for Ancient since they are immune to Crystalized effect but can do some work in Arena. Still, for most players not too interesting.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Amethyst Wanda
A
not really working all too well in Ancient since the crystalized status will not work there, other than that a solid damage dealer.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Elemental Witch
A
Just how convenient the knockbacks are make her worth it but she is overall pretty good in everything she does.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Samurai
A
Often on a suicide mission but with the right build and right team can actually work.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Wave Warrior Drenthest
B+
Has to be paired with Storm to be good but universally not really that impressive - but since Storm has major flaws as well, this is also not a wrecking setup that rules the world.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Frozen Heart
B+
Group freezing is really good in so many cases where you can gain a ton of value with it.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Trickster
B+
Going for backlines can be great but sometimes also effort that is not worth it so I rather rank Trickster in the sitautional tier here for Top Troops.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Vampire Queen
B+
She is not bad, but also no troop that really shines.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Royal Guard
B+
Self healing, shield and counter poison make them valuable.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Blazing Champion
B+
Just super situational dpeending how many stacks she collects while charging her ultimate.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Beekeeper
B+
More targeted towards Ancient Bosses and very unstable. Sometimes really strong and sometimes can't get enough support possible to stay up..
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Valkyrie
B
Pushing is really useful and overall one of the stronger troops on Top Troops.
Rarity:Epic
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Necromancer Rat
B
can snowball with the summons if done right.
Rarity:Epic
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Rainbow Chariot
B
Has quite some flaws. One is the random targeting that also can hit into spots where no enemies are and also overall just misses the bang it needs and crystallize has only a chance to proc so it is not that reliably..
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Ember Elemental
B
Nice on paper but in reality doesn't do much and is too easy to take down.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Ninja Mole
C+
Situationally great against certain setups but can also fail miserably.
Rarity:Epic
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Warrior Carriage
C+
Situational and I am not universally in love with it as sometimes it just comes out to do barely anything.
Rarity:Epic
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Sylvan Spirit
C+
Can work as control against certain particular setup but in general not too crazy.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Stone Hermit
C
Have seen some funky stuff here and most of the times Stone Hermit is situationally working, at best, in Top Troops.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Mushroom Shield
C
Good against poison, I give them that but other than that not too useful.
Rarity:Epic
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Pyromaniac
C
If you run a lot of them you can do stuff, but you can also use better troops.
Rarity:Epic
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Catapult
C
Along with the right troops a real banger but has been falling out of the meta for quite a while now.
Rarity:Epic
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Abomination
C
meatshield that requires to die which you don't really want. I am not the biggest fan.
Rarity:Epic
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Herbalist
D
Nice healing mechanics but the range is annoying and not working well with the kit.
Rarity:Legendary
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Troll
D
Not viable past early game.
Rarity:Rare
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Orc Rider
D
Not viable past early game.
Rarity:Rare
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Draggy
D
Not viable past early game.
Rarity:Rare
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Blue Wizard
D
Not viable past early game.
Rarity:Rare
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Assassin
D
Not viable past early game.
Rarity:Rare
Adventure:
PvP:
Ancient:
Conclusion
I hope this overview helped you about the general overview what troops are working well in Top Troops and which ones are rather mediocre or even bad. If you have any further questions, would like me to add anything or just thank for the list… feel free to drop a comment below.
and then
Great guide. FYI: Your icon is missing for several of the characters. For example, Cleric..
Thanks Brian, also for letting me know about the icons!