Special thanks to the COTC god of wisdom Shizukatz for his notes on useful 4*. He made a fantastic video on reviewing all 4* units here.
During the global launch, most players won’t have a full roster of 5* units to use. You’ll need to raise 4*, and probably 3* units to supplement your team to take advantage of different weapon/element types.
I want to stress that all 4 star units are useful because of weapon and elemental advantages. The list below is therefore subjective but educational.
TLDR
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Sigrid, Trish
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Pia, Barrad, Devin
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Kurtz, Asylte, Wingate
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Shelby, Merrit
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Lucetta
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Any Cleric
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Peredir
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Any Dancer
Best 4 Star Warriors #
Sigrid
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3-star passive reduces Sword resistance of all foes for 3 turns, complimenting heavy DPS sword users like Lars, Olberic, Fiore, 2B, even A2
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Has 3-hit Sword skill to help break fast (breakfast is yummy)
Trish
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Can restore HP to an ally; is one of the only warriors that can heal allies
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Pretty tanky, gives self Regen and absorbs 10% of all damage dealt when attacking
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3-hit Sword skill for breaking
Best 4 Star Merchants #
Pia
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Incredible 15% Physical Attack buff to front row ally while taunting all the enemies
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3% leaves bonus – farming OP
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Is the only unit that can debuff Spear Res of all foes
Barrad
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Often used as a backpack to give paired ally 15% Phys. Atk Up for 3 turns
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Can self buff ATK, Spear damage, and Regen
Devin
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Can taunt all foes and counter physical attacks
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Self buff DEF and Regen; one tanky mofo, can be used in certain difficult end game LV 100 NPC battles
Best 4 Star Thieves #
Kurtz
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Can debuff enemy ATK, Wind Res, and Speed (considered a budget Viola)
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Can heal ally
Asylte
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Can debuff Ice Res of all foes and raise Ice Damage of paired allies (great pairing with Sofia, but be warned, Asylte won’t increase Sofia’s Ice Damage up any further)
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Multi-hit Ice and Dagger attacks for breaking
And last but most importantly Wingate, a dark Thief who is considered the most versatile backpack. He can raise paired ally’s damage to broken enemies by 20% and lower any enemy’s shield points.
Best 4 Star Apothecaries #
Shelby
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Put her on the back of your team to raise Ailment Res of front row by 50% (4 star Rita has the same passive)
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3-hit Axe skill for breaking
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Can cure paralysis and weakness, granting immunity
Merrit
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Put her in the back row and give Regen to your front paired ally (hp battery bank)
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Can heal ally
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Cute as hell
Best 4 Star Hunters #
Lucetta
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3-hit Bow and 2-hit Ice attacks for easy breaking
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Debuff all enemy Physical Def and this duration is extended by passive
Best 4 Star Clerics #
So all of them are great even if you have 5 Star Cleric Millard. Ramona for pure healing and regen, Cedric for healing and bleed passives, Menno for healing and to support your wind DPS units.
Best 4 Star Scholars #
Peredir
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Can reveal weak points of foes, great if you don’t want to memorize their weak points or follow a guide
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Put him on the back row and let him stay there to use that 1* passive
Other notable ones include Laura (lightning DPS), Noelle (10% EXP bonus and debuff EATK/EDEF), and Heinz (dark DPS).
Best 4 Star Dancers #
All of them are useful for their buffs/debuffs and utility. You can’t go wrong with pulling Dancers!
For a list of the best 3 star units, click here.
And for the best 5 stars units, click here.
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