Tier List as of July 2026 | Black Beacon

Ranking Criteria & Roles

Final tier combines kit testing, team value, handling, and endgame performance.

Score Inputs

Damage Output

Measures the character's damage ceiling and consistency.

Utility

Covers buffs, debuffs, control, break value, and team contribution.

Handling

Rewards characters that are easy to pilot, swap, iframe, and rotate.

Challenge Contexts

Brute Force, Leaderboard, and Multiverse reflect endgame performance.

Role Weights

Destruction

Damage Output 50%, Utility 25%, Handling 25%.

Breaker

Damage Output 25%, Utility 50%, Handling 25%.

Assist

Damage Output 34%, Utility 33%, Handling 33%.

Change Log

Recent tier list updates and context.

Ariadne Patch

Azi goes up to EX
Wushi goes up to S+
Qing goes down to S
Enki goes up to S
Hephae goes up to A
Nanna goes down to B

Phaenomena Patch

Yu Li goes up to S+
Qing goes down to S

Yu Li Patch

Florence goes up to S+
Qing goes down to S+
Azi goes up to S+
Ninsar goes up to S+
Zero goes up to S
Asti goes up to S
Nanna goes down to B
Hephae goes down to B

Ji Xia Patch (1.1.8)

Zero goes up to S
Hephae goes up to A
Qing goes up to EX
Ereshan goes up to A
Ji Xia goes up to EX

Qinq Patch (1.0.82)

Removed SS Tier due to the roster of characters still small and no extraordinary character yet (all existing tier go down one bracket, SS to S and so on)
Li Chi goes down to A due to him taking too much time to make a setup for dealing damage (on a team or by himself) and considerably lower his DPS potential because of time loss
Hephae goes down to B for her irrelevance as a Support because her Signature weapon is bugged for a month due to its not taking effect and doesn't give as much as other Support
Viola goes up to S for being an amazing Breaker that deal massive off field damage with a quite large AoE coverage and her Thunder element make it even better to increase team/self overall DPS
Wushi goes up to S because his actual DPS potential is as great as the other two 5-star S tier character
Azi goes up to S after getting fixed and her debuff is properly applied to enemy now which increase damage potential massively compared to other support
Ereshan goes up to B because she is a slightly better DPS than Xin after many test done
Zero goes up to A because a high demand of content that require DPS check which Zero amplifies Attack a lot for the team and extra Crit Damage on top of that, also free P6
Nanna goes up to A because she is an incredible grouper and Anomaly applicator, her Ultimate gauge also fills twice quicker than other character
Enki moves up to A because he is the strongest Tenacity Bar Breaker in the game and he got bugged before due to making people crash while using him so less tests were done previously.
Xin dropped to C for her low damage output for her class and overall performance as DPS