Ever wondered who is the best champion in Battlerite? In this Battlerite tier list, we go over the strongest champs in the game and why they are so powerful!
Battlerite’s top-down skill shot-focused gameplay rewards twitch reflexes, good predictions, and great aim. While the developers have tried their hardest to keep every champion at about the same power level, there are definitely a few good and bad eggs in the bunch. Between pressure from your teammates to play the right ‘meta’ champions and the limited availability of champions without spending money, it’s hard to pick who you should unlock when. This Battlerite tier list should help you narrow things down so you can find fun champions that fit your playstyle while keeping your team happy.
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About This Tier List
The best Battlerite players aren’t too concerned with individual character strength in a vacuum. Instead, they focus on what full squads they can bring to the table in 2v2 and 3v3. In other words, competitive queues are all about the synergy between the characters on your team, not about what your team’s champions can accomplish on their own.
That said, not everyone has a solid team that they can play with whenever they want. While this tier list will make considerations for organized play, we’ve tried to focus on individual character strength as much as we can. We’ll pretend that you’re queuing into a game where you have no idea what champions your teammates are playing, only that they’ll try their best to play to your team’s strengths. The farther up a champion is on this tier list, the less coordination they’ll need from their team in order to swing a game in their favor. S-tier characters might not win every game, but they’ll be a lot more consistent at doing well with random teammates than characters in D-tier. Similarly, characters in D-tier might go on terrific winning streaks with the right teammates, but they’ll struggle when you get a bit of bad luck and queue with the wrong team.
As a final note, Battlerite is definitely a game about skill, builds, and playing to your champion’s strength. Someone who understands the ins and outs of their character can do incredibly well with random teammates, even if they do play Jumong. In most cases, the best Battlerite character will be the one that you’re most experienced with, not the one who’s highest on this tier list.
Battlerite Tier List (Summer 2021):
S-Tier
This section of the Battlerite tier list is reserved for characters that can consistently swing the tides of battle in their favor, no matter who their teammate is. S-tier champions almost universally have the potential to outplay their opponents’ team 1v2 and win outright with no help at all.
Taya – The absolute master of 1v1. Taya has incredible mobility, absurd burst damage, and can even have good sustain with the right build. She boasts the highest win rate in the game in 2v2 by a substantial margin and is tied for first in 3v3. That said, Taya can be difficult to play, especially in solo queue. In the right hands, however, she’s probably the best character in Battlerite for carrying solo games.
Varesh – With one of the more overloaded kits in the game, Varesh is perhaps the best champion at winning 1v3’s. Between ult, his counter, and his debuffs, he can output a frankly unbelievable amount of damage in a tight burst window, securing an easy victory. His ‘disadvantage’ of needing time to set up debuffs is almost entirely offset by the sheer strength of his tools, as he can make all the time he needs without any help from his team. Varesh is a strong contender for being the best character in Battlerite’s 3v3 mode.
Jamila – Jamila does a staggering amount of single target damage. She’s got strong builds, great mobility, and makes incredible use of universal mechanics. Even if you make a terrible decision and dive in at a bad time, the other team has to contend with resources like your Q, your grapple, and your stun.
Shifu – Jamila’s mirror image. His stacked kit features the same great mobility, great damage, and self sustain. Can easily 1v2 with solid play, but probably won’t have to, as the enemy team will often waste resources on his stacked defensive options.
Pestilus – Features ridiculous damage for a support with an incredible crowd control kit. Very strong mobility makes Pestilus difficult to target, while the damage and healing he puts out make him impossible to ignore. As if that wasn’t enough, his mind control allows him to force opponents into incredibly unfavorable situations. Probably the best support for solo queue, hands down.
Poloma – Less obviously strong than Pestilus, perhaps, Poloma still has great mobility and strong damage. Her ultimate can be built up lightning-quick, windows for victory far earlier in the game than other champions. Like other S-tier supports, Poloma is simply impossible for the enemy team to ignore — they’ll have to try to pin you down if they want to win, and her ridiculous mobility makes that a tall order.
Rook – While he’s somewhat vulnerable to enemy counters, Rook has an incredibly oppressive kit that allows you to literally ignore your opponents’ damage at key moments. Random teammates might not give you the time you need to bait out counters and defensive abilities before you dive in, but Rook doesn’t care. He’ll rush in and kill stuff regardless.
Ashka – An incredibly safe pick. Ashka outputs a barrage of AoE damage that’s difficult for your opponents to keep up with while having self-healing and multiple ways to escape your opponents’ pressure. Ashka’s simplicity makes him an ideal pick for newer players.
And that’s the end of the S-Tier champs. Now, let’s move onto the slightly weaker, but still powerful A-Tier Battlerite champions.
A-Tier
This part of the Battlerite tier list features characters that can’t quite make it in S. These champions are still beasts in the right hands, but they’ll struggle to 1v2 without a resource lead or a bit of help from their teammate.
Shen Rao – Difficult to play, Shen Rao’s kit nevertheless features just about everything. He’s got great burst damage, good sustain, invincible options, and a wall he can create that allows for some nasty combos, depending on your teammate.
Bakko – Bakko’s kit features both strong survivability and damage. He struggles somewhat against coordinated pressure. While Bakko is sticky and difficult to deal with 1v1, a coordinated team can make it difficult for him to stick to his target.
Freya – Freya can output a ridiculous amount of damage when she lands her counter. She’s got all the tools she needs to mount ridiculous comebacks, but you’ll experience some inconsistency based on how well your opponents play around your options. One good counter is all it takes, but if your opponents simply wait you out you’ll find yourself in a bad spot.
Raigon – Lacks the damage to make true comebacks, but has incredible stickiness and great solo sustain. Raigon’s simple game plan of annoying your opponents to death makes him an excellent character for enthusiasts of simple, solid play.
Pearl – Unlike other healers, Pearl’s ridiculous suite of control options gives her the ability to totally shut down teams solo. Opponents will be so flummoxed at dealing with the disables she can put out that your teammate will have free rein to do whatever they want. Normally, you can’t count on a random teammate to secure a kill, but Pearl ensures that the window will be so long even your random partner can’t miss it.
Zander – Like Pearl, Zander’s kit gives him the tools he needs to carry even the most uncooperative teammates. Unlike Pearl, a lot of his power comes from his ability to amplify his team’s damage. As long as you can sneak in a bit of time to help focus down whatever your teammates are attacking, you can create kill windows for even the most lackluster DPS.
Jade – Jade has all the tools she needs to carry a game with just a smidge of help, although she’s not necessarily easy to play. Skilled Jades can cancel their pressure at just the right moment and exploit her stealth mechanic to output oodles of damage while staying far away from the enemy team.
B-Tier
These champions require some support to function properly. Without the cooperation of a skilled teammate, you’ll frequently find yourself stuck in awkward positions that are difficult to escape from. You can still carry games with careful play, but expect to have to manage your resources extremely carefully.
Croak – While he might seem self-sufficient on a team, Croak’s limited leaps prevent him from hopping around as much as he’d like with an inconsistent teammate. Hopping in, applying burst, and hopping out works, but Croak’s solo damage will struggle vs a coordinated team and he’s easy to punish when he’s out of hops.
Ruh Kaan – On paper, Ruh Kaan’s kit seems incredibly strong, but in practice, he feels lackluster compared to better options. Lifesteal doesn’t work when you can’t attack. Ruh Kaan’s damage output also feels like it falls short, meaning you’ll need a bit of help from your teammate to actually finish off your foes.
Ezmo – Strong, but too squishy to be reliable. Ezmo is incredibly difficult to play in solo queue, as his short range and lack of defensive options make him susceptible to falling over if the enemy coordinates at all. Ezmo’s damage is very, very high, however, and if your teammate gives you any opening at all you can capitalize on it and apply an incredible amount of pressure.
C-Tier
These characters are often incredibly strong at what they do, but what they do doesn’t carry games. C-tier champions will win solo queue games by enabling their teammates to fight more effectively rather than carrying them to victory directly. This gives them more inconsistent results than the characters above — you can lead a random teammate to a vulnerable enemy, but you can’t make him actually execute the kill combo before it’s too late.
Blossom – One of the strongest healers in the game. While Blossom offers incredible heals and amazing crowd control, even the best Blossoms will have a difficult time outputting enough damage to win a game with a lackluster random teammate. In a more team-comp oriented tier list, Blossom would undoubtedly be placed much higher.
Destiny – Destiny is a great teammate, especially in 2v2, where her ability to control her opponents really shines. On her own, however, she can’t reliably output the damage necessary to carry a game. Expect great results when you get a competent teammate with the mobility to play around with your control options, but don’t expect that to be the norm.
Oldur – Oldur is perhaps the worst healer when it comes to healing, but he’s got absolutely incredible defensive options. The ability to reflect hits that would put your teammates in grave danger and redistribute them to vulnerable enemies can steal games in a matter of seconds. Oldur’s odd mix of damage and support can confuse random teammates, however, so expect some weird plays.
Sirius – A solid healer that requires cooperation from his team to really shine. His gameplay paradigm can be a bit offputting to teammates that don’t expect him to run in, burst, and fall back. Struggles to get heals off in high-pressure situations without peels from his teammates.
D -Tier
These characters require direct and nuanced cooperation from their team to function. This might involve peeling attackers, controlling enemies so that they can be hit by slow skills, or playing around an ability in a specific way. You can certainly win games with these characters queuing solo but expect a lot of variances depending on what champions your teammates get and how they play them. Technically, this is the lowest tier on the list.
Ulric – While other healers might need help from their teammates to deal damage, Ulric requires his teammates to be positioned properly to use his kit properly. In the right hands and with the right teammates he can easily out carry a healer like Blossom or Lucie, but the fact that he relies on his teammates to even use some of his abilities to their full potential means that you’ll get a lot of games where you’re really, really frustrated.
Lucie – One of the best supports in terms of her ability to help out her team, Lucie nevertheless struggles with personal mobility. This makes her harder to play than a character like Blossom, especially with random teammates. If you’ve got the knowledge and experience to play Lucie at a high level, she’s a solid contender for C-tier, but without lots of practice, she’ll really struggle.
Thorn – The master of dots, Thorn can’t output enough burst to turn a game around on his own. Instead, he’s got a lackluster amount of self-healing and lots of ways to reduce the amount of damage he takes. While he can enable his teammates with his debuffs, you’ll need your teammates to capitalize on the opportunities you create. This means that with random teammates, a lot of the time the other team can simply ignore him.
Alysia – A glass cannon (or an ice cannon), Alysia usually wants her team to act as a buffer between her and her enemies. Unpredictable teammates hurt her game plan of staying back and freezing her foes to death.
Iva – The lack of mobility in Iva’s kit causes her to struggle without strong team support. Leaping in to continue pressure can be a death sentence. Without the range to really hang back, Iva really wants a teammate that she can rely on to keep her safe and give her the room she needs to set up.
Jumong – A strong candidate for being F-tier in the hands of an unskilled player, Jumong nevertheless is a frightening champion with the right pilot. His lack of any sort of counter or real defensive mechanic makes him incredibly risky to play, especially without a team that you can count on to cover his mistakes. If you’re not looking for a struggle, skip this sniper.
F-Tier
These champions require their teammate to carry them. Luckily, Battlerite doesn’t have any F-tier characters. As long as you’ve put in the work to practice your mechanics and understand each champions’ kit, you should be able to at least hold your own with any of them!
And that concludes this Battlerite tier list! Let us know what you think in the comments. Wanna check out our other tier lists?
