Black Beacon is now out for both Android and iOS, and the game has a host of different characters to try out at launch.
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There are a lot of similarities from other gachas in how you build your squad. You’ll have to rely on your luck to pull for some characters, so going for the best options becomes important. This guide will help you figure out the best characters to use in the game and who is worth rerolling for.
Black Beacon unit tier list explained
Black Beacon has characters of two rarities: 4-star and 5-star. So far, a lot of the 4-star characters have outshone their higher-rarity counterparts, which feels great. To separate the characters, I have used the following tiers.
- S-tier characters are currently the best ones to use in your squads. If you find at least one of them, it might not make sense to reroll.
- A-tier characters are good to start the game, as they’re quite close to the S-tier names in terms of their in-game strengths and abilities.
- B-tier characters are okay characters that who you should replace in the long run.
- C-tier characters are the weakest characters and should be replaced as early as possible.
Black Beacon S-tier characters
| Character Name | Role and Element | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Azi | Assist and Thunder | Despite being a 4-star, Azi has excellent debuffs that leave the enemies vulnerable by weakening their attack, defense, and resistance. Easy to build, and she can also reduce enemy speed at higher potentials. |
| Florence | Destruction and Fire | Has the best AoE attack in the game and also boasts the highest DPS potential. She can only get better at higher potential. |
| Logos | Breaker and Light | Her passive healing is useful when it comes to survivability and also deals decent damage. She can revive a dead ally at the highest potential. |
| Ninsar | Breaker and Dark | Has the ability to shield herself and her allies while dealing a lot of damage with her Ultimate. The cooldown on the shield is low, which aids the survivability of the entire team. |
| Zero | Assist and Light | She’s my favorite 4-star (partly because we all get her for free), and you can reach her highest potential by just playing the game. So far, she’s the only unit that can buff critical strikes. Pairing her with someone like Florence will make your team extremely broken. |
Black Beacon A-tier characters
| Character Name | Role and Element | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Asti | Assist and Water | Has one of the best heals in the entire game, and you can obtain her pretty easily. |
| Ereshan | Destruction and Dark | Ereshan’s DPS is on the lower side, but her teleport ability and attack speeds can help her escape tough situations. Ideally, you’ll have to invest deeply to make her good in the current meta. |
| Hepae | Assist and Fire | She is one of the best support characters to pair with any powerful DPS units. She boosts her allies’ attack and reduces the amount of damage they take, helping them to survive and do damage for a longer time. |
| Li Chi | Destruction and Thunder | If you can pair him with a good healer, Li Chi can be considered as S-tier. He can nuke single enemies and mobs alike, but sacrifices his health to do the damage. In my experience, he is a hard character to master, as you’ll have to balance between his damage and losing health. |
| Ming | Breaker and Fire | Ming is a good alternative for Hepae in the assist role, as she can increase the damage potential of her allies with a cloak of fire. |
| Viola | Breaker and Thunder | Great at doing AoE damage that has extremely good range, and she’s great in a support role. |
Black Beacon B-tier characters
| Character Name | Role and Element | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Shamash | Destruction and Light | Shamash is pretty decent since we all get him for free, and he has the kit to excel as a DPS and Tank hybrid. While he’s useful in the starting missions, it’s better to replace him with a character who has higher damage potential. |
| Nanna | Breaker and Dark | A decent support who can act well as a secondary DPS unit in most squads. She’s extremely hard to play, and it will require a lot of time to master her mechanics. |
Black Beacon C-tier characters
| Character Name | Role and Element | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| Enki | Breaker and Water | Enki has one of the hardest kits in the entire game. It’s extremely difficult to hit the enemies with the lobbed energy ball, making it pretty clumsy,. It also takes an awful amount of time. |
| Wushi | Destruction and Dark | While Wushi’s abilities are decent, it takes way too long to understand. There are easier and better DPS characters available. |
| Xin | Destruction and Thunder | While Xin is easy to learn, her potential as a DPS isn’t high enough, and there are better characters in her role to pick from. |
The meta will switch as we get new characters in future updates and the developers make tweaks to the kits of the existing characters, so nothing is set in stone. If you want the best possible start, make sure to reroll for the high tier units.
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Published: Apr 10, 2025 03:50 pm