NieR Re[in]

Guide

This tier list ranks characters based on their use cases in Player versus Environment game modes, which consists of everything aside from Arena. For Arena purposes, please review the PvP tier lists.

X - SSS ~ C Tier

This consists of most characters whose explicit purpose is acting as a DPS (damage per second) unit. This section ignores elemental bonuses. Please review the elemental DPS list further below to see placements for units who get powerful elemental bonuses, such as increased CS damage or damage modifiers. If any unit is unranked here, it is either because they should not be used as a DPS or perhaps an oversight due to the large cast of units.

Damage Buff Tier

This tier ranks characters based on their non-elemental buffing ability for attack damage. This section does not include units who lower enemy's defense. These are separated to make it easier to review while keeping a balanced subjugation team in mind (for example, you wouldn't want a full team of attack buffers or defense debuffers.) Attack damage can be increased through a variety of ways, such as attack stacks, pursuit stacks, etc.

Defense Debuff Tier

This tier ranks characters based on enemy defense break capabilities. Since most high difficulty content focuses on fighting one enemy, this list doesn't really weight characters based on if their debuff affects the whole enemy team or just one enemy. Defense can be debuffed with non-elemental and elemental debuff stacks, but this list focuses on non-elemental debuffs.

Elemental Buffer/Debuffer Tier

Fairly straightforward. Is a mix of buffers and debuffers based on their individual elemental specialties.

Healer Tier

Ranks units based on their healing capabilities, such as how much they heal and how frequently they can heal by filling their CS gauge.

Tank/Def Support Tier

Units in this tier consist of several fairly under-represented archetypes in PvE content. While tanks are extremely meta in PvP, their use cases are otherwise scarce. Regardless, these units are ranked based on supporting their team through either provoking and tanking or increasing raw defense and HP stats.

Useless Tier

Characters in this tier have virtually no effective use in the current meta. Whatever they do, dozens do better, so they really shouldn't be considered for use unless you were cursed by the Gods of Gacha™️ and have no other options. In which case...reroll your account.

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