Investigators are the crux of your team in Chrono Ark and are responsible for helping you defeat monsters and clear stages. That's why recruiting investigators for your team is so important, as it will either make your playthrough much easier or way tougher. Also, there's a limited number of spots in your team, so you can't recruit every investigator you find.

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Every investigator in Chrono Ark has their pros and cons, along with designated difficulty levels, which show how hard of a time you'll have playing them. This makes choosing the right ones for your team very important. So, to help you with that, here's a complete character tier list for Chrono Ark.

Chrono Ark Characters Tier List

With around 20 investigators to recruit from, it can be quite confusing for players to decide on which ones to add to their teams. Moreover, there isn't any rarity or rank based on which you can judge the usefulness of an investigator in Chrono Ark.

It all comes down to their skills and how you build them during your playthrough.

The investigators have been ranked based on two criteria: their innate skills (both passive and active) and their overall synergy in a team fight.

Even though you can control your investigators' growth and the skills they get, there is still a clear distinction between the combat potential of every character. This puts every investigator in one of the four following tiers.

These are the four tiers and what they imply:

  • S Tier: The investigators in this tier are the best ones you can find for your team. They have great skills as well as synergy, making them perfect picks for any team in Chrono Ark.
  • A Tier: The investigators in the A tier provide great value to your team, and are your go-to preference if you don't come across any S tiers. They have decent skills and perform consistently well in most teams.
  • B Tier: The investigators in this tier can be labeled as 'decent at best.' They are mostly outclassed by investigators of higher tiers and require you to have good equipment and relics to truly shine.
  • C Tier: These are the weakest investigators in Chrono Ark. They don't provide sufficient value to be picked over other investigators in the tier above. Try to avoid them if possible.

S Tier Characters In Chrono Ark

Tier

Character

Reason

S

Ironheart

  • If your team has a supporting character, then Ironheart is your best friend. They can provide tons of barriers (shields) to your teammates while dealing great damage.
  • The passive skill remains active even after fainting, letting you stack barriers on every character as long as you have a healer alive. Ironheart is a must-have tank for any team.

Charon

  • The best jack-of-all-trades character in Chrono Ark. She can deal huge amounts of damage from stacking 'pain' debuffs.
  • She can also provide good healing for your characters from her skills. Charon is easy to use and has good synergy.

Lucy

  • She can deal massive damage while also providing sufficient healing, as long as you choose some healing skills for her.
  • She is one of the strongest characters in Chrono Ark. Her only downside is that she's limited to a single challenge.

Azar

  • He can synergize with every other character and can deal huge amounts of damage. Extremely beginner-friendly character.
  • One of the best direct damage dealers because of the 'Illusion Sword' skills and buffs. He does not consume too much Mana and mostly uses 'Swift' attacks.

A Tier Characters In Chrono Ark

Tier

Character

Reason

A

Trisha

  • She can become the strongest damage dealer in your team if built correctly. She has some of the best buffs and debuffs in her skills.
  • Great synergy with most characters, especially Pressels. She allows you to use the high-cost skills of your teammates for free from her passive. Requires a bit of expertise because of her skill complexity.

Lian

  • One of the best tanks you can add to your team. She can tank tons of damage because of her 'Parry' skills.
  • She provides you extra mana each turn just from parrying. She can also save dying characters and has good synergy with most healers.

Huz

  • The go-to healer for any team in Chrono Ark. She has the best healing potential among every character but requires you to be very careful when using her skills.
  • She provides your team with extra mana and overheal, which are essential in later stages.

Leryn

  • One of the best characters in Chrono Ark, if and only if you don't have or lose the 'Shadow Orb.'
  • Her healing prowess isn't that great, but her crafting skill is what gives her value.

B Tier Characters In Chrono Ark

Tier

Character

Reason

B

Hein

  • He is a decent damage dealer for your team. He can deal damage to multiple enemies simultaneously.
  • Even though he has high damage output, he lacks skill accuracy and takes a lot of self-inflicted damage.

Miss Chain

  • Beginner-friendly and easy-to-use tank for your team.
  • She is not as good as other tanks, and therefore, she gets outclassed in performance and synergy.

Pressel

  • She has a great draw passive and 'Prophecy', allowing you to draw extra cards every turn.
  • Decent healing for your team, but does not overheal. Pressel's skills have a high mana cost.

Silverstein

  • Decent damage dealer, but his damage does not scale with progress.
  • Heavily reliant on equipment and gets outclassed by other damage dealers.

Selena & Helia

  • Heavily reliant on 'Solar Flame' and 'Lunar Curtain' buffs and debuffs, which aren't guaranteed to hit.
  • They have the potential to deal massive damage but need the right set of circumstances. Great choice if you're lucky.

Johan

  • Low mana cost skills, allowing you to attack multiple times in a single turn. Decent synergy with other characters.
  • Even though he's a damage dealer, he lacks damage.

Ilya

  • Huge damage output, as long as you know how to play her. High skill complexity because of constant card discard.
  • It is risky to use her because you will regularly have to discard your teammates' skills. If you choose her, you have to go all-in on her.

C Tier Characters In Chrono Ark

Tier

Character

Reason

C

Joey

  • He gets outclassed by every other healer in the game.
  • His buffs, debuffs, and skills aren't good enough in later stages.

Sizz

  • Another lackluster healer who gets outclassed by every other healer.
  • She has an odd skill combination of attacks and heals. Bad synergy with most teams.

Narhan

  • The weakest tanker in the game. Better to use any other character to tank.
  • His 'Foresight' skill is the only advantage you can have when using him. Relies on equipment to be viable.

Momori

  • Barely decent damage dealer and abysmal tank. She is useless without healers.
  • She provides 40% damage reduction, then almost dies the very next turn because she takes the reduced damage onto herself.
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