Last War Tier List Season 6 (2026): Best Heroes Ranked by Type

Last War Tier List at a Glance (Season 6)

This Last War hero tier list groups heroes by type because in Season 6 you build squads of one type, and a hero is only as useful as the squad it belongs to. Within a tier, heroes are roughly in order of priority.

Quick pick: if you can only focus on one hero, build Kimberly. If your team dies too fast, build Murphy or Williams next. Once you have a frontline and a damage core, add Marshall.

What Changed in Season 6 (Shadow Rainforest)

Three changes explain most of the movement in this tier list:

• Hero Awakening. Kimberly (week 1), DVA (week 3) and Tesla (week 5) can be awakened. Awakening replaces the hero's Expertise skill with a much stronger Awakening skill and adds HP, Attack and Defense. To unlock it you need the hero at 5 stars, its Exclusive Weapon at level 20 and 50 Awakening shards, which come from the Hero Awakening Trial and Global Expedition.
• No new UR upgrades. Season 6 adds Awakening instead of promoting another SSR hero to UR. UR versions unlocked in earlier seasons (Scarlett, Mason, Violet, Sarah, Venom) still rank one or two tiers above their base versions in the table.
• The 4+1 hybrid card is gone. Mixed squads lost their bonus, so heroes are now judged by how they fit a pure Tank, Aircraft or Missile squad. Our best Last War squads guide shows the full lineups.

How We Rank Heroes

Raw damage numbers are misleading early on, because weak enemies make many heroes look strong. This ranking weighs five things instead:

• Long-term value: does the hero still matter after the first few weeks?
• Squad fit: does the hero make a full same-type squad stronger?
• PvP and rallies: can the hero perform in a formation under pressure?
• PvE progression: does the hero help you clear content and push walls?
• Resource efficiency: is the hero safe to pour shards, skill medals and gear into?

SS Tier: The Best Heroes in Last War

These four heroes are safe to max. Each one anchors a squad type, and three of them now have Awakening.

Kimberly (Tank, damage)

The best hero in Last War for most players. Her area damage stays useful in PvE, rallies and long fights, she is available early, and she was the first hero to receive Awakening. For a new account, she is the safest first investment.

DVA (Aircraft, damage)

The core of every aircraft squad. DVA's burst damage removes key targets quickly, and Awakening pushed her into the top tier. Build her once you commit to aircraft, and keep her in the back row where she is protected.

Tesla (Missile, damage)

The best missile hero and the third Awakening hero. Tesla's damage scales well into the late game, which is why missile squads stayed strong from Season 5 into Season 6. He needs a durable frontline (Adam and McGregor) to shine.

Marshall (Tank, support)

The best support hero in the game. Marshall raises the damage of the heroes around him, so his value grows as the rest of your squad improves. He is not a first build, but in an established tank squad few upgrades add more.

S Tier: Core Heroes for Every Squad

S-tier heroes are the rest of each top squad. They rarely carry alone, but a squad without them falls apart.

• Williams (Tank, defense): the toughest frontline hero. Pair him with Murphy to keep Kimberly alive.
• Murphy (Tank, defense): reliable, easy to get and useful all game. If your backline dies before it can fire, build Murphy before another damage dealer.
• Morrison (Aircraft, damage): the second damage source behind DVA.
• Carlie (Aircraft, defense): the most important aircraft frontliner.
• Fiona (Missile, damage): strong damage over time that pairs with Tesla and the Season 6 Aftermath Burst card.
• Adam and McGregor (Missile, defense): the frontline that makes missile squads so hard to break.

A Tier: Strong Squad Fillers

A-tier heroes complete a squad well, but they should not get your rarest resources before the SS and S heroes of the same type.

• Stetmann (Tank): the fifth slot in most tank squads, adding a second damage source.
• Mason (Tank): great value for F2P players early on; his UR version ranks higher.
• Lucius and Schuyler (Aircraft): Lucius holds the front next to Carlie, while Schuyler adds control from the back.
• Sarah (Aircraft): a solid aircraft option, much stronger as UR Sarah.
• Swift (Missile): the usual third damage dealer behind Tesla and Fiona.

B and C Tier: Heroes to Stop Upgrading

B tier (Violet, Monica, Scarlett, Richard, Cage, Venom, Elsa) is useful early or as a temporary stand-in. Violet and Monica can fill an F2P tank squad until you get Williams and Marshall. The UR versions of Scarlett, Violet and Venom are much better than the base heroes, so judge those by the UR form you own.

C tier (Farhad, Gump, Loki, Maxwell, Ambolt, Blaz, Kane) is for the first days only. Use them while you have nothing better, but don't spend shards, skill medals or gear on them.

Best Heroes by Type and Role

By game mode: for PvE progression, Kimberly, Tesla and Fiona clear content fastest. For PvP, DVA's burst and a durable Williams and Murphy frontline matter most. For rallies, Kimberly and Marshall keep contributing through long fights. Whatever the mode, the hero still has to sit in a full squad of one type.

Hero Investment Priority for F2P and Beginners

The goal is not to build every SS hero at once. It is to finish one squad, fixing its biggest weakness first:

1. Pick one squad type. For most F2P and low spenders, that is Tank: the heroes come early and the frontline is cheap to keep alive.
2. Build Kimberly as your damage core and work toward 5 stars and Exclusive Weapon level 20 so she can be awakened.
3. Fix the frontline next. Murphy first, then Williams. A stronger backline won't help if the front collapses.
4. Add Marshall once the frontline and damage core are in place.
5. Only then start a second type, ideally the one that counters what your server runs most.

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Why Last War Tier Lists Disagree

Compare a few Last War tier lists and you'll see the same heroes in different places. Most of the gap comes from what each list is ranking for: early progression or late-game PvP, a new server or an old one, a free account or a heavy spender's. Whether a list counts UR and awakened versions also moves heroes like Mason, Sarah and Tesla by a tier or more.

The top of almost every Season 6 list is the same, though: Kimberly, DVA and Tesla, with Marshall, Williams and Murphy close behind. Use a tier list to avoid bad investments, then adjust for your own squad, server age and budget.

Common Mistakes When Using a Tier List

• Building heroes from different types. An SS hero outside your squad type adds little now that the 4+1 card is gone.
• Ignoring the frontline. If your team dies early, a tank fixes more than another damage dealer.
• Spreading shards too thin. One finished squad beats two half-built ones.
• Copying whale lineups. Heavy spenders can make expensive teams work; most players should stick to efficient, long-term heroes.
• Missing Awakening. If you run Kimberly, DVA or Tesla, collect Awakening shards every week they are available.

More account-slowing habits are covered in our guide to Last War progression traps.

Last War Top Up and Resource Planning

Top heroes take shards, skill medals, Exclusive Weapon upgrades and, in Season 6, Awakening shards. If you spend, put it toward the heroes in your main squad, not short-term experiments. Our ranking of the best Last War packs shows which offers give the most value.

When you need Gold Bricks for those packs, you can get them through our Last War top up page. Either way, the rule stays the same: build fewer heroes, and build them properly.