NTE Tier List: The Best Characters in the Ranking

In our Tier List for NTE (Neverness to Everness) you can see which are the best characters. This way, you know what to hope for in your pulls.  

Overview:

• S-Tier: The best characters from NTE
• A-Tier: A good selection of characters
• B-Tier: The solid midfield
• C-Tier: Characters that can be fun
• D-Tier: These characters should be avoided

The Tier List was created based on their current performance in the meta. We consider damage, synergies, and flexibility in the endgame. We categorize all previous characters into the following tiers:

Tier	Character
S-Tier	Nanally, Sakiri
A-Tier	Chiz, Jiuyuan, Zero
B-Tier	Baicang, Haniel, Hathor, Daffodil
C-Tier	Fadia, Adler, Mint, Aurelia
D-Tier	Skia, Edgar

If you want to know more about the characters’ strengths and weaknesses and why we categorized them into the following tier groups, you can find the detailed description in the following article. 

S-Tier: The best characters from NTE

Nanally

• Role: Main DPS
• Element: Anima
• Strength: Highest DPS output, easy combos, unique gravity ability for traveling
• Weakness: Susceptible to staggering and knockback, no self-healing

Sakiri

• Role: Support
• Element: Incantation
• Strength: AoE attacks are perfect for large mob groups, practical summoning of companions in battle
• Weakness: Weak against single, strong opponents like bosses

A-Tier: A good selection of characters

Chiz

• Role: Main DPS
• Element: Cosmos
• Strength: Free upgrades through city tycoon system, can be used flexibly regardless of team composition
• Weakness: Requires precise timing during attacks, needs to stay on the field for long periods due to mechanics

Jiuyuan

• Role: Sub DPS
• Element: Anima
• Strength: Combines healing and DPS, has a large range, can cluster enemy groups to one point
• Weakness: Needs to be drawn multiple times and therefore consumes valuable resources

Zero

• Role: Sub DPS/Support
• Element: Cosmos
• Strength: Completely free-to-play, as upgrades occur through story quests, can take on any role (flexible play)
• Weakness: Surpassed by other characters in every area (DPS / Support etc.)

B-Tier: The solid midfield

Baicang

• Role: Main DPS
• Element: Incantation
• Strength: Strong damage against bosses, valuable debuff mechanics
• Weakness: Only for experienced players due to risky play style (health loss from skills)

Haniel

• Role: Support
• Element: Psyche
• Strength: Quick to obtain and upgrade, simple gameplay through fast swapping in and out, strong buffs
• Weakness: Buffs can be interrupted by animations, weaker buffs compared to other supporters

Hathor

• Role: Sub DPS
• Element: Lakshana
• Strength: Strong AoE damage, good energy regeneration, high mobility in combat
• Weakness: No strong support characters of its element currently available, thus cannot unleash full damage potential, also heavily reliant on expensive upgrades

Daffodil

• Role: Sub DPS/Hybrid
• Element: Chaos
• Strength: Unbeatable at breaking the white bar of bosses, thus enforcing break phases
• Weakness: High team dependency, slowed down by internal cooldowns

C-Tier: Characters that can be fun

Fadia

• Role: Hybrid/Heal
• Element: Psyche
• Strength: Fully focused on healing and shielding the group
• Weakness: High resource costs

Adler

• Role: Support/Tank
• Element: Incantation
• Strength: Shields the team, easy gameplay, flexible
• Weakness: No major damage buffs compared to other characters

Mint

• Role: Main DPS
• Element: Anima
• Strength: Cost-effective in upgrades compared to other characters, good choice at the beginning of the game due to high F2P value
• Weakness: Weak damage in the endgame compared to other characters

Aurelia

• Role: Main DPS
• Element: Psyche
• Strength: Very easy to obtain by logging in for 3 days
• Weakness: Weaker stats compared to other characters

D-Tier: These characters should be avoided

Skia

• Role: Main DPS 
• Element: Lakshana
• Strength: Good against large groups of enemies, high accessibility at the beginning of the game
• Weakness: Missing support for the element, poor damage

Edgar

• Role: Support
• Element: Cosmos
• Strength: Good healing
• Weakness: Static due to fixed zone for healing, unsuitable for mobile boss fights where you need to dodge

If you are not careful, you might miss an S-Tier character right at the beginning of the game. To avoid making this mistake, you need to practice patience at the start: You can easily miss a strong S-Tier character in NTE if you make a mistake at the start