Anime Adventures Tier List

What changed in UPD 21

UPD 21 arrived on November 1, 2026, along with its Summer 2026 Event. In our November 3 screenshots, the version label in the corner of the screen reads UPD 21.0.0.

The change that matters most is how flying enemies work. As read from the patch notes shown in videos, every unit can now hit flying enemies, but ground attacks that could not reach them before deal 50% less damage to them. Units on Hill spots keep full damage. The same notes add Soaring enemies, which fly higher and can only be hit from Hill spots. On paper, a team with no Hill unit has no answer to Soaring enemies.

The patch notes shown in videos also change Violentine (Brutal Angel). Enemies it revives now have health capped at 10 times Violentine’s damage instead of 25% of their original health.

A new Celestial Compass lets you pick one Mythic on the Special banner so your next Mythic is that unit; one comes from a code, once per account per update. Artifacts drop from the weekly Raid and attach to a unit for good. The first one is for Captain (God), with a 20% drop chance per clear and a guarantee by the fifth clear.

How we rank

This list is a judgment on paper. We compared five public tier lists published after UPD 21 and start each unit at its median tier.

From there we allow a move of one tier at most, and only for a UPD 21 mechanic such as Hill spots, Soaring enemies or the halved ground damage against fliers, or a number the game shows. In this version we did not move any unit.

When the lists place a unit two or more tiers apart, its note says lists split and the unit goes on our open questions. Some lists tag support units without a tier; we place all of those in A. A unit makes the board if at least three of the five lists ranked it, and we add four widely agreed supports. Units that only one or two lists mention stay off; we are still watching them.

New units worth pulling

Phoenix is a Secret unit with 3 placements. It marks enemies with Phoenix Flames, and marked enemies take 300% more burn damage.

Sky God is a Secret unit from a Secret Portal that can appear while running the summer Sky Portals. Every list that ranked it put it at the top.

Explosion Mage is a Secret with 2 placements. It fires a targeted explosion anywhere on the map about every 20 seconds, but it cannot hit Soaring enemies. It drops from a Secret Portal that can appear after wave 25 of the summer event.

Fishi builds Sanity with each hit. At full Sanity it deals true damage equal to 35% of the target’s maximum health and stuns for 3.5 seconds, bosses included.

Water Goddess is a Hill unit with 4 placements. It gives units in its range +50% water damage and can hit Soaring enemies. The lists split, but the flying rules favor it on paper.

Armored Crusader taunts, pulling enemies toward it for 3 seconds and slowing them by 20%. Most lists call that a narrow job, so it sits in C.

Word Mage cuts elemental resistance by 10 right away and by 10 more every 3 seconds, down to -80. It is in the Special banner Mythic pool.

Rudo is the level 50 reward of the UPD 21 Battle Pass, so you get it by playing. Its median is A.

Banners right now

The Special banner costs 50 Gems per summon. Mythics have a 0.5% rate, shown as a 2x Mythic rate up, and the Featured pity is 400 summons. At capture time on November 3, 2026, the featured Mythics were Thunder Maid, Zombie and Bloodcry. The banner rotates. Once a unit lands here, you will not find it on the older Legacy banner any more. Its Secret slot is 1 in 400,000.

Each pull on the Summer 2026 Event banner takes 150 SummerPearls, the event currency you earn by clearing Summer Hunt waves, Portals and other event content. Mythics have a 0.25% rate, split evenly between Water Goddess, Armored Crusader and Fishi, and the banner guarantees a Featured Mythic within 400 summons. Its Secret slot reads 1 in 40,000 with no name; that Secret, Phoenix, has no pity. On both banners any unit has a 1% chance to be Shiny.

Pity is the one result you can plan for, so count summons toward 400 with currency you earn in play. A Secret at these odds is a bonus, not a goal. Units on only one or two lists stay on our watch list.

Traits matter as much as the unit

The Trait Chances screen lists 18 traits. The rarest, Unique, has a 0.1% chance per reroll. It gives +300% damage, and its in-game text adds Max 1 placed. Each reroll spends a Trait Reroll Token or a Star Remnant and replaces the unit’s current traits, so a reroll can also cost you a good trait.

On paper, a good trait can close much of the gap between A and S. Each unit panel above lists the traits we would aim for: Divine, Celestial or Reaper on damage units, with Unique only when you place a single copy, and Sniper or Range III on supports so they reach more of the team. See the full odds in anime adventures traits, then test your reroll budget in the anime adventures trait reroll simulator.