AoE Carry

Rosie

“The undisputed highest single-hero priority in the game.”

Rosie is an AoE carry who heals herself based on her damage output. In messy, drawn-out fights she consistently ends up as the last hero standing — out-healing chip damage while wiping the enemy team.

Sustain Engine

Layla

“The ultimate sustain engine.”

Layla (sometimes 'Leila' by region) is the premium healer of Tiles Survive. Her raw healing throughput keeps the entire frontline alive through massive burst. A team without Layla simply cannot compete in long battles against a team that has her.

Frontline Fortress

Nikola

“The unbreakable frontline fortress.”

Nikola's kit revolves around survivability: near-death electric barriers that save him from fatal blows and continuously reapplied self-shields. Paired with Layla, he creates an almost impenetrable wall for your backline.

Backline Punisher

Tarzan

“The backline punisher.”

Where Rosie offers sustained AoE, Tarzan is a pure aggressive bruiser: burst damage that specifically targets squishy enemy supports, and counterattack mechanics that heavily punish focus-fire attempts on him.

Keystone Support

Tara

“The most important support hero in the game.”

Moderate personal damage, but Tara applies a massive global DEF buff to the team and shields allies. She is the keystone that makes the '4 Guards + 1 Gunner' meta composition work.

Apex Burst Sniper

Becca

“Unmatched execution power against aligned targets.”

Becca fires in a straight line, shredding enemy defense as the shot passes through — apex burst sniper value whenever enemies line up.

Piercing Wave-Clear

Kiki

“Shreds tightly packed waves — if she survives the wind-up.”

Kiki's piercing laser attacks delete packed waves, and her massive charge-up burst hits like a truck. She needs heavy frontline protection (hello Nikola) to survive her own wind-up phase.

Defense-Break Enabler

Chiron

“Turns every skill rotation into a team-wide damage spike.”

Chiron's Arrowstorm rains piercing arrows on everything in range and strips 10% DEF off every enemy it touches for five seconds — and Deadshot gains bonus crit against shredded targets. He's at his best versus bosses and tanky waves; value dips only when fights end before the shred window rolls.

Auto-Attack Amplifier

Undine

“Turns every auto-attack your team fires into a problem.”

Azure Anthem hits for 507% Attack and lifts the whole team's auto-attack damage by 15% for six seconds, while her passive permanently raises back-row Attack by 8.34%. Point her at auto-attack-heavy carries and watch sustain metas melt — the engine of the Mariner core.

Frontline Disruptor

Jacob

“Groups enemies perfectly for Rosie to feast on.”

An explosive frontline disruptor: Jacob drops a bomb doll that taunts nearby enemies, pulling divers off your backline and clustering them perfectly for Rosie's AoE.

Transforming Bruiser

Shark

“Transforms, tanks, and drags the whole frontline with him.”

Shark Surge shifts him into Shark Form for 15% damage reduction and a whirlpool grinding 115% Attack per second — and his Vanguard passive permanently buffs front-row HP and DEF just for showing up. The Mariner wall when Nikola lives on someone else's account.

Combo Enabler

Tony

“Chain-delete waves by timing Pulse Marks with active skills.”

Tony's 'Pulse Mark' massively increases the damage enemies take from your team's next active skill — enabling chain-deletions of enemy waves when timed correctly.

Attack Amplifier

Wright

“A team-wide attack buff with a 1,390% cannon attached.”

Wright's Wing Barrage dumps 1,390% Attack across everything in range, while Skyborne Support quietly lifts every ally's ATK around the clock. He's the Aeronaut mirror of Chiron — pure offense amplification without the shred, but the buff never stops paying.

Healing Carry-Amplifier

Candy

“Turns your hardest-hitting hero into a win condition.”

Candy's Healing Smile restores the whole team every second for five seconds — and gifts a fat +27.8 Crit to whichever ally packs the highest ATK. Aim it at Rosie or Tarzan and fights end early, while Dazzling Aura quietly trims enemy ATK across the board. Just build a real carry first: she amplifies one, she doesn't replace one.

Warship Vanguard

Ragnar

“Calls a warship. The warship wins the lane.”

Every second Water Blade Strike lashes a wider arc and softens enemy Attack, and Support Warship sends a 556% damage cruiser straight through the enemy line. A balanced bruiser who debuffs the enemy just by fighting — the flexible Mariner frontline.

Zone Suppressor

Mike

“The zone that makes enemy DPS feel twice as slow.”

Mike anchors the front with his Blast Shield and drops a Suppression Zone that cuts damage taken by allies inside by 20.85% while slowing enemy attack speed by the same margin. A PvP stalwart for Aeronaut squads — the anti-burst answer to whale marksmen.

AoE Artillery

Knotty

“A one-hero artillery barrage — when the party starts.”

Knotty's shells splash every enemy in range on the auto-attack itself, and Party Time doubles the blast radius while adding 69.5% damage for five seconds. Situational but savage against clumped waves — exactly the artillery Jacob's taunt bomb dreams of.

Hybrid DPS / Healer

Maddie

“Great early slot flexibility; healing falls off late.”

Maddie's hybrid DPS/healing carries the early game, but her healing numbers eventually fall too far behind dedicated supports like Layla.

Fragile AoE

Ray

“An SSR worth skipping — he dies before he impacts the fight.”

Despite being SSR, Ray is incredibly fragile. His AoE wave clear is genuinely good, but without near-perfect protection he's dead before long fights get decided.

Best-in-Class SR

Freja

“Punches way above her rarity class.”

Double strikes and shielded AoE slashes make Freja (also spelled Freya) the best SR in the game — the first substitute if you're missing a legendary frontline hero.

Sniper / Economy

Travis

“Level him for base tech, not for the battlefield.”

A solid sniper for early PvE bosses — but his real value is the passive economy boost to your base's smelter output. Worth leveling purely for base-tech progression.

🏭 Smelter output boost — keep him leveling at base.

Growth / Gathering

Eva

“No late-game combat utility — an excellent gatherer.”

Middle-of-the-road consistent DPS with nothing unique for late PvP, but Eva is an excellent gathering-focused growth hero for world-map resource farming.

🏭 Gathering monster — run her on world-map farms.

Early Tank

Chef

“Decent self-healing tank… until PvP melts him instantly.”

A decent early tank with self-healing, but Chef gets melted instantly in high-level PvP. Bench him when real fights start.

Starter Hero

Sarge

“Feels great on day one. Outclassed by week two.”

Your starter hero. Sarge's rapid-fire AoE feels great early, but his scaling is terrible — the boot camp ends quickly.

Utility / Economy

Lucky

“Never in a serious combat march — level her passively.”

A pure utility/economy pick: Lucky is worth leveling passively for stamina efficiency during PvE hunting, but keep her far away from combat rosters.

🏭 Stamina efficiency for PvE hunting — passive levels only.

Budget CC

Ghost

“Budget placeholder. R stats can't survive the endgame.”

Minor crowd control on a rare (R) stat block — fine for the tutorial week, then respectfully retire him to the garrison.

Budget Shield

Rusty

“Budget placeholder. R stats can't survive the endgame.”

Minor shielding on a rare (R) stat block — same story as Ghost: nostalgia only.