The Last War meta really comes down to the 15 UR heroes with exclusive weapons (EW) — three per season, one per class, unlocked in weeks 1, 3 and 6. The names on the tier list and that roster are effectively the same list.
These used to be 15 separate codex pages. Splitting them up hid the thing that actually matters: how five heroes of the same class compete for slots, and in what order to invest. Everyone knows Kimberly is good; nobody had answered “with what I’ve got right now, who do I push after her?” So they’re regrouped as one guide per class.
Class guides
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Tank Class Guide — Kimberly · Williams · Murphy · Marshall · Stetmann The only line that carries its own front row, carry and support. The easiest skeleton for free and low-spend players. I’ve run this squad since server launch, so all five are rated from my own hands.
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Aircraft Class Guide — DVA · Schuyler · Lucius · Carlie · Morrison Its biggest weapon is beating tank. Its hole is having no dedicated front-liner, so stopping after DVA collapses. Written from five seasons of fighting them, plus watching my alliance’s air mains.
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Missile Class Guide — Fiona · Tesla · McGregor · Adam · Swift All five are attack-role. The PvE-Tesla / PvP-Fiona fork, and how you patch a line with no front row.
System guides
- Exclusive Weapon Guide — all 15 unlocks on one chart, why Lv20 is the real breakpoint, the free black-market shard path, and a small spender’s investment order.
- Awakening Guide — the Season 6 system. Kimberly (week 1), DVA (week 3), Tesla (week 5), and how you actually assemble 50 shards.
- Troop Counters — Tank > Missile > Air > Tank, and why the advantage is 20% less damage taken rather than more damage dealt.
- Recommended Squads — five-hero mono lineups per class with front/back placement.
- Dynamic Tier List — compare all 15 side by side at each investment stage.
Why the tiers are split into three stages
The tiers are snapshots by investment stage: base (5★) → EW Lv20 → awakened. The same hero can feel like a completely different unit depending on how far you’ve pushed them.
Schuyler is the clearest case. Without the weapon he’s a B+; at EW Lv20 he jumps to S. A weaponless Schuyler and a finished Schuyler are effectively different heroes. Kimberly runs the other way — she’s an A from the start so she pays off early, but only reaches SS through awakening.
So when you read a tier list, the question isn’t “what tier is this hero.” It’s “how far can I realistically invest?” Decide that first.
Quick reference — all 15
| Class | Hero | Unlock | Base → EW20 → Awakened |
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| Tank | Kimberly ★awakening | S1 · wk 1 | A → S → SS |
| Tank | Murphy | S2 · wk 1 | B+ → S |
| Tank | Marshall | S3 · wk 1 | A → S |
| Tank | Williams | S4 · wk 6 | A → S |
| Tank | Stetmann | S5 · wk 3 | B → A |
| Aircraft | DVA ★awakening | S1 · wk 3 | A → S → SS |
| Aircraft | Carlie | S2 · wk 3 | B → A |
| Aircraft | Schuyler | S3 · wk 3 | B+ → S |
| Aircraft | Lucius | S4 · wk 1 | B → S |
| Aircraft | Morrison | S5 · wk 6 | B → A |
| Missile | Tesla ★awakening | S1 · wk 6 | B+ → A → S |
| Missile | Swift | S2 · wk 6 | B → A |
| Missile | McGregor | S3 · wk 6 | B → A |
| Missile | Adam | S4 · wk 3 | B → A |
| Missile | Fiona | S5 · wk 1 | B+ → A |
Full disclosure on where these ratings come from: I’ve run tank mono the whole way, so the five tanks are rated from my own hands (Kimberly is awakened as of Season 6 week 1). Air and missile come from a long time spent fighting them and watching alliance mates’ squads, plus research — and each guide says which is which. Numbers move with patches, so keep that in mind.
Turning a tier list into a decision
A tier list ranks heroes. It does not tell you what to do next, because the right investment depends on where your account currently is rather than on which hero is best in the abstract.
Three questions convert the list into an action.
Which five? Only five heroes fight. Before comparing tiers, decide the five you are building toward and treat everything outside that group as deferred. The tiers on this site are given at three investment stages — base, exclusive weapon at Lv20, and awakened — precisely because a hero’s position moves depending on how far you take it. Comparing a hero you will take to Lv20 against one you will leave at base is not a fair comparison.
Which branch? Single-branch squads dominate because the exclusive-weapon bonus at Lv20 extends across the whole branch and the favoured side of a matchup takes 20% less damage. Choosing the branch usually determines more than choosing between two heroes inside it — see branch counters.
Where does it show up? Investment in your core five raises formation power, which is what actually fights in the arena, as distinct from total hero power across the account. The two are tracked separately: arena ranking for formation power, player ranking for account totals. Watching both is the simplest way to see whether your investment is landing where it matters.
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By: lastwarhub.com
