Supports

Supports are always the safest choices, since the list will always grow to include new costumes without replacing anyone, but you will need more copies to make some of them useful. In the past, the highest value supports went on rerun every 6 months (Anniversary in June, Half-Anniversary in December), but this changed in June 2025 due to the implementation of the Recommended 5* Costume Selective Ticket and the improved selective draw banner.

For an account that has nothing, these are the costumes I'd prioritize, roughly in order of priority. You don't just want single copies of these, you want to get most of these maxed out as soon as possible. Keep in mind that Adventurer of the Unknown Diana and Dark Saintess Liberta are pub recruitable before you run them all the way up to +5!

Type	Portrait	Character	Costume	Purpose	Min	-1SP	Ideal	Notes
Universal					Min	-1SP	Ideal
Universal		Diana	Adventurer of the Unknown	Buff property damage	+0	+3	+5	The most valuable 5* support when you have elemental advantage. It's better to give her upgrades and continue using Arines/Elpis than neglect her in favor of Lathel/Liberta/Helena. Pub recruitable, Recommended 5* Costume Selective ticket.
Magic		Helena	B-Rank Idol	Buff Magic ATK + crit rate + Heals	+2	+3	+5	An upgrade to the 4* Elpis, 50% crit rate at +5. Top Idol is an important complementary costume and is pub recruitable. Recommended 5* Costume Selective ticket.
Physical		Liberta	Dark Saintess	Buff ATK + crit rate + SP recovery	+2	+1	+5	An upgrade to the 3* Arines, 50% crit rate at +3. Pub recruitable.
Universal		Rou	Red Riding Hood	Crit Rate + Crit DMG	+2	+3	+5	If you overcap on Crit Rate, the excess is converted to Crit DMG.
Last Night and FH/GR Essentials					Min	-1SP	Ideal
Universal		Refithea	Pure White Blessing	Buff property damage + chain bonus	+0	+1	+5	The property bonus is less than what Diana gives, but the chain bonus can make her worth taking even if you don't have elemental advantage. She'll double your score in Last Night. The Gluttonus is an important complementary costume and is pub recruitable.
Universal		Liberta	Onsen Manager	Augmentation + Heals	+0	+1	+5	The damage bonus only happens when the target has 10 or more chains on it. You'll only use this during multi-turn fights because her Dark Saintess costume is higher value. This costume can double your Last Night Score (~50% improvement if you have Shrine Maiden Granadair).
Universal		Granadair	Shrine Maiden of Purification	Augmentation + Status Removal	+1	+1	+5	Increases damage of allies and removes their debuffs, with an additional damage bonus for each debuff removed. Even though her other costume only benefits magic characters, this one is universal and can be used with physical characters. This costume can double your Last Night score (~50% improvement if you have Onsen Liberta).
Physical		Lathel	Homunculus	Buff ATK	+1	+3	+5	The highest ATK buff in the game, but only for the first 2 turns. For the remaining turns, the potency is reduced to about half. The less potent part of the buff can be kept up full time at +5. Recommended 5* Costume Selective ticket.
Fiend Hunt and Guild Raid Essentials					Min	-1SP	Ideal
Magic		Granadair	Queen of Gluttis	Buff Magic ATK	+1	+1	+5	Magic version of Homunculus Lathel. Slightly weaker buff, but the more potent part is up every other turn instead of every third turn.
Universal		Refithea	Poolside Fairy	Property Bonus + SP reduction buff	+3	+1	+5	Requires +3 to keep the buff up full time. Due to the prohibitively high SP cost, you'll only use this during FH/GR. The SP reduction is invaluable, and the additional property damage is a nice bonus.
Physical		Wilhelmina	Iron Monarch	Chains	+4	+1	+5	Single-target chainer that also does exceptional damage. She needs +4 to be used every turn. Primarily used in FH/GR and Last Night.
Physical		Wilhelmina	Water Park Queen	Chain Bonus + Chains	+4	+1	+5	She increases the number of chains she generates (stacks with PWB Refithea), further boosting the amount of chains her Iron Monarch costume generates. Buff duration increases at +4. Requires Iron Monarch costume to be useful.
Universal		Mamonir	Miracle Marine	Stacking Vulnerability on attacker when struck		+1	+5	In FH/GR, the vulnerability will always apply to the head of the fiend. It's incredibly potent if all 8 stacks are used. Due to the short duration of the debuff, it works best against fiends where you only take a couple hits each turn so it can refresh the duration.
Universal		Zenith	Poolside Guardian	Concentrated Fire + Bonus Chain Damage	+3	+1	+5	Requires +3 to keep the debuff up full time. Useless on it's own, she becomes essential when combined with her Robin Hood costume, especially when there's a single weak tile.

One-Copy Wonders

Getting at least 1 copy of each of these costumes is very important for Fiend Hunt and Guild Raid, but getting more than that is less important than getting additional copies of the other costumes listed here. Additional copies are primarily for the SP reduction. Descendant of the Great Witch Celia is the only one that doesn't have a guaranteed way to obtain it.

Type	Portrait	Character	Costume	Purpose	Min	-1SP	Ideal	Notes
Supports					Min	-1SP	Ideal
Magic		Celia	Descendant of the Great Witch	Chains	+0	+3	+4	An invaluable chainer for Fiend Hunt/Guild Raid, requires The Curse costume. Without her limited costume, Masquerade Bunny, you'll need 2 tears to unlock her cooldown potential.
Magic		Celia	The Curse	Chains	+0	+3	+4	An invaluable chainer for Fiend Hunt/Guild Raid, requires the Descendant of the Great Witch costume. Without her limited costume, Masquerade Bunny, you'll need 2 tears to unlock her cooldown potential. Pub recruitable.
Universal		Zenith	Robin Hood	Chains + Concentrated Fire + Vulnerability	+0	+3	+5	Upgrade to the 3* Rigenette. Concentrated fire is a taunt effect that helps characters reach enemies they wouldn't normally be able to, either by positioning or their targeting type. The SP cost goes to 0 at +3 with potentials. Poolside Guardian is an exceptional complementary costume. Recommended 5* Costume Selective ticket.

General PvE Content Supports

For single-turn wins, these costumes are some of your best choices. That includes story, normal/challenge battles, and Evil Castle. They've just been edged out of end-game content as a general-use support by newer costumes.

Type	Portrait	Character	Costume	Purpose	Min	-1SP	Ideal	Notes
General PvE Content					Min	-1SP	Ideal
Magic		Levia	Track and Field Captain	Chains + Magic Vulnerability	+0	+1	+4	The main target receives a stronger vulnerability debuff. Vulnerability potency increases at +2 and +4. Unless fire has the advantage, she doesn't see much FH/GR action, but she's very useful for story content and Evil Castle. Recommended 5* Costume Selective ticket.
Physical		Rafina	Game Club	Chains + Physical Vulnerability	+0	+1	+4	Vulnerability potency increases at +2 and +4. Unless water has the advantage, she doesn't see much FH/GR action, but she's very useful for story content and Evil Castle. Recommended 5* Costume Selective ticket.

Damage Costumes

Damage costumes, on the other hand, are volatile due to power creep. The Fiend Hunt for the current event season tends to be tailored towards the new costume on banner, and you want to be able to do well there to earn extra tickets. You can also refer to this in-depth guide on the most general-purpose damage characters if your heart is still set on someone who does damage.

The costumes listed below are dual purpose: they do good damage in addition to being able to fill a support role.

Type	Portrait	Character	Costume	Purpose	Min	-1SP	Ideal	Notes
Dual Purpose					Min	-1SP	Ideal
Magic		Mamonir	Night of Death	Chains + Damage		+1	+5	On top of being a very newbie-friendly damage dealer, her high chain count allows her to support other characters as well. To get the most out of her for Fiend Hunt, though, you'll want her Miracle Marine costume as well. Pub recruitable.