Supports

While supports are the highest priority for upgrades, they're usually chosen after the damage characters have been picked. You're going to have a hard time using many of these costumes unless you have all of their SP reductions. For Guild Raids, you want to focus on the first two groups plus Seir.

Core

These are the highest priority costumes for this character

It doesn't matter if you have the other costumes, it's usually not worth bringing if you don't have these

Auxiliary

Useful costumes to have if you're already bringing this character

Some of these can make the character a mandatory pick

The most valuable are marked with a gold border

Core	Auxiliary	Notes
Essentials (almost every FH)
		The buffs from Magical Innovator's summons stack independently (ie. if you have 2 summons, you'll get 2 buffs with 2 stacks, rather than a single buff with 4 stacks), though you'll rarely summon more than 1 outside of Guild Raids due to the long cooldown. Anti-Dystopia's energy guard is sometimes necessary in high level Fiend Hunt (13+). You'll want at least +4 when teaming up with Granhildr so that the cooldown can synchronize with her Boo Ghost costume.
		The auxiliary costumes are practically mandatory. Poolside Fairy needs at least +3 for buff duration.
		Onsen Manager can technically be used by itself for a magic team, but rarely is in practice. Miracle Rose is a nice to have for chaining.
		Shrine Maiden of Purification can technically be used by itself for a physical team.
		Teresse is a staple for FH, but niche for GR. If you're missing her limited Beachside Angel costume, her value drops quite a lot, since it's the main reason to take her. There has yet to be a low-chain team composition for GR, so you'll rarely take her unless you're using a mixed physical/magic team or relying on damage that happens on the enemy turns (eg. DoT, counter). Angel of Destruction is just a nice to have because it can generate 1 extra SP over a regular attack at +3.
		The limited Masquerade Bunny costume makes Celia truly remarkable. If you're between reruns, the cooldown potentials are mandatory for her core costumes. Those pots are still worth having even if you do have all three, priority on The Curse. In addition to chains, her non-limited costumes also provide damage mitigation in the form of stat reduction, which is useful at high levels.
		Wilhelmina is the single-target counterpart to Celia and capable of generating more chains than anyone else. Both costumes need to be at least +4 to be good.
Common
		Mamonir is a tanky, low-SP chainer. Miracle Marine provides the largest source of vulnerability on a single tile, outclassing New Hire Seir in situations where the fiend generates stacks slowly.
		Rou is a strong choice for pairing with characters who's abilities scale based on something other than ATK, like Angelica. Red Riding Hood's shield is useful for surviving high level FH. Her other costumes are useful for generating additional damage and chains.
		Eleaneer deals a modest amount of damage when dark has the advantage, but she's earned a near permanent team 3 position with her Shadow Bunny costume. She's typically placed on the weakest team in FH and used on the last turn, granting the domain to the following team. It's unlikely she'll be useful in Guild Raids as a support, but the cooldown should be a non-issue with Lancelot's reset ability.
		Zenith is only occasionally used for the Concentrated Fire if all you have is Robin Hood. The addition of Poolside Guardian transforms her into a mega damage amplifier, requires at least +3 to be good. She's almost always teamed up with Wilhelmina and is basically mandatory for Ventana.
		Helena's usage has slipped dramatically since Granadair's release, but she's still a solid choice. The SP recovery from Top Idol is often a necessity, and the damage reduction is immensely useful at high levels.
		His auxiliary costumes are very frequently used for chaining, but you might have trouble working them into rotations if you lack their SP reductions (and they all require +3 for that). Promise of Vengeance is a pure damage costume that's occasionally used for extra damage, which can be quite substantial vs wind fiends, instead of using a chaining ability. Dark Knight has very rare use cases and may require +5 for the extra duration.
Uncommon
		Palette shines brightest as a support when you can take advantage of the debuff extension from Shattered Dream and you only need the chains from Miracle Violet every other turn.
		Levia deals significant damage when fire has the advantage and fills a supporting role for the other elements. Night of Jealousy is mostly used for chaining. Overheat must be used with caution because it will remove all sources of vulnerability, including ones applied by the fiend.
		Rafina deals significant damage when water has the advantage and fills a supporting role for the other elements. Code Name A is mostly used for chaining, but her range is often difficult to take advantage of. If Steel Engine is used when she doesn't have elemental advantage, it's just for some bonus damage, though the ability to remove shields has been relevant in the past.
		Seir's only used if the fiend has multiple multi-hit attacks. Demon's Daughter is rarely used, but often requires the taunt potential when it is.
		Olstein is occasionally used on high level FH for his strong damage mitigation from Sage of Blue Clouds. He's also useful as a chainer for characters where the bulk of their damage happens every other turn, needs the range and CD pots to be useful. The Fiend Scholar's SP recovery is an added bonus.
		There are two reasons to use Rubia as a support: you have a DoT team or because the fiend has Defense, though the later is quite rare. Maid Name C is her least likely to be used costume.
Very Rare
		Eris [COLLAB] is occasionally used for the single tile of vulnerability + chains.
		Elise very rarely makes an appearance when the fiend has defense or magic resist. Code Name O is a nice to have for some extra SP.

Damage Characters as Supports

These characters provide substantial damage contributions when they have elemental advantage, but they can take a support role off-element.

Core	Auxiliary	Notes
Uncommon
		Olivier can be used as a support for a magic team in low SP situations. If your strongest team is magic, Retired Legend is your domain of choice.
		Sonya occasionally makes a team 3 appearance as a support. Little Pumpkin Girl adds a moderate amount of extra damage when teamed up with multi-hit attackers.
Very Rare
		Morpeah is used as a support in rare cases when you need concentrated fire for multiple teams. You'll typically use Beach Vacation on preemptive, then use Apostle every turn. The summons auto attack every turn to help generate chains and SP, then blow up on the final turn.
		Luvencia has been replaced as an off-element chainer by better options, but might still be useful if you lack them.
		Blade is very rarely used for the single tile of vulnerability + chains. One less hit than Eris (Mushoku Tensei collab) in exchange for more damage and range. The extra hit is usually more valuable in off-element situations, making Eris the support of choice if you have both.

Damage Characters

Keep in mind that if you're missing costumes or are missing critical upgrades, it can lower the character's value or may make them unusable.

Currently, physical compositions are the strongest. For FH, this might mean having physical for team 1 and 2, with magic for team 3, depending on the element. For GR, you're unlikely to use magic unless it's Doomsday Machina, which has 90% physical resist.

There are 3 things that strongly influence character selection for Fiend Hunt:

• Element
• Weak tile placement
• Fiend's abilities

You should expect to take 1-2 characters per team from this list in the element that is strong to the fiend. For Guild Raids, anything below Combat Supports is very rarely used as a damage dealer.

Carries

Consistent high performer or picked almost every FH

Most likely to be picked for GR

Often performs well even when conditions significantly favor the other choices

If you're going to Burst a damage dealer, these are your best choices

Usual Suspects

Can be top damage when conditions are favorable

Most common reason these characters won't be used is because their range does not match weak tile placement

Combat Supports

Supports with significant damage contributions

Some are strong enough to carry a team depending on conditions, but they're usually second fiddle to someone else

Well worth gearing if you have any to spare when they have elemental advantage

Mid Picks

Damage tends to be unremarkable

If you're missing the more specialized characters, these are good to fall back on

Niche

Has abilities with a conditional component that can't always be taken advantage of

When conditionals are met, they can outdamage some of the other choices

Pure Supports

Supports with minor damage contributions

Worth gearing when they have elemental advantage if you have any to spare

New

New character or an old character with a new costume that significantly changes how they perform

Needs additional time or costumes to see where they truly rank

Last Resort

If you really lack any other choices, these are better than nothing

Level them, but don't invest in potentials or engrave them

Most of these are collaboration characters that were either power crept or not very strong to begin with

Color key:

• Characters most likely to be used off-element for damage
• Characters with limited costumes (yearly reruns)
• Collaboration Characters (irregular reruns, if they rerun at all)

	Light	Dark	Fire	Water	Wind
Carries		(hard to pick a true carry, all of the Usual Suspects are strong in their own way)		*	*
Usual Suspects	* * * *	*
Combat Supports
Mid Picks
Niche				*	* *
Pure Supports
New
Last Resort

Sylvia

Compared to the carries in other elements, she's the weakest.

Nebris

Despite being one of the highest damage characters in the game, she's never used off-element because she's too support hungry.

Ventana

Typically top damage for light

Often sabbotaged in FH, either by the fiend's abilities or the weak tile placement

Granhildr

Commonly co-carries with Ventana or Yuri.

If you don't have Boo Ghost, you won't use her at all.

Michaela

Commonly co-carries with Olivier.

Angelica

When used off-element, it's almost always with Ventana or Rubia

Unless you lack other choices, you won't use her if you don't have Neon Savior.

Sonya

Has the highest damage potential for dark, but must co-carry with someone who can consistently use multi-hit attacks.

Yumi

She has pretty good damage potential, but you'll only use her if she can hit at least 3 weak tiles.

Last time she was relevant, she was a co-carry with Morpeah.

Gray

His best costumes require the enemy to have very high stats in order to do good damage, something you don't start seeing until level 13+ FH.

Hikage

She was incredibly important for several months after her release, then Wilhelmina walked all over her. For a brief time, they were used together, but it was Wil's 2nd costume that sealed Hikage's fate. I wouldn't completely rule out the possibility of her being useful again outside of Last Night, but the addition of new wind characters in the future makes it increasingly unlikely.

Irrelevant

The following characters are currently irrelevant for Fiend Hunt and Guild Raid. The're better suited for Mirror Wars.

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