Anime Expeditions Best Mythic Units Tier List (S to C Tier, 2026)

Every unit below is ranked using its evolved form's max tier stats where an evolution exists, since that is the ceiling a fully invested roster slot actually reaches. The damage-per-second figure quoted for each unit is simply that unit's listed Damage divided by its SPA (seconds per attack) at max tier, a useful apples-to-apples reference but not a full combat simulation, since it ignores hitbox width, hit count against multiple enemies and passive triggers that fire independently of the base attack.

Placement count matters as much as raw numbers. A unit with modest per-hit damage but five placements, like Flame Emperor, can out-damage a single high-roll unit once its whole squad is on the field, so placement limits are called out wherever they change the picture.

Puppet (Telekinetic), Mythic, Psychic archetype, Light element. At T8 it hits 5,093 Damage on a 9-second SPA, roughly 566 DPS, the highest raw damage stat of any unit reviewed here. Marionette's Gaze marks the strongest nearby enemy for +20% incoming damage from the whole team, and Puppet Creation summons a Doll worth 150% of current Damage as HP when a Marked target dies, giving it both single-target burst and a team-wide damage amplifier in one kit.

8th Sword (Berserk), Secret, Physical archetype, Neutral element. T10 reaches 3,794 Damage at an 8.4-second SPA, about 452 DPS, and its passives compound under pressure: Demonic Presence ticks 5% of current Damage per second against everything within 40% of its range, Dismemberer's Rush adds a Follow Up hit at 100% Damage against enemies under 10% HP, and The Nameless Demon triggers a 15-second Berserk State after 25 Takedowns for +20% Damage and Dismember on every attack.

String Demon (Awakened), Mythic, Magical archetype, Neutral element. T9 sits at 2,379 Damage on a 6-second SPA, about 397 DPS, paired with genuine crowd control: Cocoon of Carnage stuns after six attacks land, and String Sync attaches to up to three nearby allies so its own Regular Attacks trigger Follow Up hits at 100% of their Damage, effectively multiplying the whole team's output.

Crimson (Brother), Exclusive, Magical archetype, Dark element. T9 Damage of 1,867 on a 4.8-second SPA is about 389 DPS, and Crimson Pool adds a lingering damage-over-time field on top of Crimson Explosion's Mark-and-detonate combo.

Elf Mage (Unleashed), Mythic, Magical archetype, Storm element. T8 Damage of 3,000 on a 9.2-second SPA is about 326 DPS, but its real value is the Arcane Spells chain: Follow Up spells fire at 3, 5 and 7 Arcane Charges, including a full-width AoE at 100% current Damage, making it one of the strongest wave-clear units in this list.

Lady Giant (Envy), Mythic, Physical archetype, Terra element. T8 Damage of 2,860 on a 10.6-second SPA is about 270 DPS, lower attack speed than most of this list, but Stone Wall summons tanky blockers every 15 seconds and the Rock Storm Follow Up scales to 125% Damage in Giant Form, giving it a hybrid damage-and-tank profile the pure DPS units above don't have.

Shadow (Divine), Secret, Magical archetype, Dark element. T10 Damage of 1,495 on a 6-second SPA is about 249 DPS on the base unit alone, but Winged Spirit and Wolf Spirit both spawn independently upgradable summons that add sustained damage and a Stun on top, so its effective field output runs well past the raw number.

Cursed Student (True Love), Mythic, Physical archetype, Dark element. T8 Damage of 1,482 at a 7-second SPA is about 212 DPS, with Cursed Mimicry copying a portion of the closest ally's attack type every third hit, a passive that scales better in a team full of varied attack types than in isolation.

Flame Emperor (Reincarnate), Mythic, Magical archetype, Flame element. Its solo T8 stat line, 518 Damage on a 6.3-second SPA, looks weak next to the units above, but Flame Emperor is the only unit on this list with a 5-unit placement cap, and Wildfire spreads Fire to three additional nearby enemies per hit. A full five-placement squad turns modest per-unit numbers into some of the widest sustained burn coverage in the game.

Hollow (Blaze), Mythic, Physical archetype, Flame element. T9 Damage of 1,388 at a 7.3-second SPA is about 190 DPS, with Attack Flames converting Fire stacks into bonus Austere Flames damage against anything it hits while already burning.

Reaper (Released), Mythic, Physical archetype, Light element, evolved from a base Legendary Reaper, the only unit on this list whose evolution changes its rarity tier outright. T9 Damage of 1,058 at a 6-second SPA is about 176 DPS, and Critical Tempo snowballs attack speed on crits while Mirage Swap cleanses Stun by swapping position with a Clone.

True Saint (Holy), Exclusive, Magical archetype, Light element. T11 Damage of 1,145 at a 7.8-second SPA is about 147 DPS on Regular Attacks, but Predictive Calculation Marks up to five enemies and a Critical Attack detonates all of them for bonus damage at once, so its real ceiling is a burst number well above its per-hit average.

Salmon Sorcerer (Grade 1), Mythic, Magical archetype, Gale element. T9 Damage of 1,178 at a 7-second SPA is about 168 DPS, the lowest DPS figure among the evolved Mythic units here, but Plummet applies Stagger whenever an enemy enters half its range, useful crowd control on stages with fast rushers.

Toy Maker, Exclusive, Psychic archetype, Dark element. Toy Maker doesn't attack directly; Build-a-toy spawns a Toy on every enemy path instead, with the Toy's HP set to 100% of Toy Maker's current Damage stat, so its listed 3,804 Damage at T6 describes tanking power rather than a kill number. It has no confirmed evolution yet and a hard 1-placement cap, making it a specialist lane-blocker rather than a core damage pick.

Every ranking above uses evolved-form stats, and the gap between a base form and its evolved version is large: 8th Sword jumps from T8 to T10, Elf Mage from T6 to T8, True Saint from T8 all the way to T11. A base-form Mythic sitting unevolved in your roster will underperform this list badly, so treat these placements as a target to build toward rather than what you should expect from a fresh pull. See the evolution guide for the exact Sprite, Gold and unique-item cost behind every one of the 13 confirmed evolutions.

A unit's placement here assumes an average Trait roll. Landing Unbound, the game's strongest Trait at +350% Damage, on any S or A Tier pick pushes it well past everything else on this list, while the weekly Elemental Weather event can temporarily favor whichever element it targets that week regardless of tier. Treat this page as a baseline for investment priority, not a fixed hierarchy that ignores your own Trait rolls and the current week's element buff.