Tier List/Shark3143/Water

Portrait	Name	Tier	Notes
	Xander	S+	If Xander were to go to any restaurant, he'd order Overdrive bars to eat. Seriously, he eats through these things really fast because of his combination of being a sword and having increased Force Strike damage. For the uninitiated, Sword units do 8x damage to Overdrive bars (not actual damage, just how fast the bar depletes) on Force Strikes. His first passive even rewards him for spamming Force Strike, and each stack of his first passive then boosts his 1st skill by 5%. Overall, Xander is a really solid sword unit who capitalizes on getting bosses to Break asap.
	Xainfried	S	Xainfried's abilities all depend on Dragon Form. Unfortunately, this often means he will take a long time to come online, although he can mitigate that with the strength of Guardian's Rage to bolster his team's damage output in the meantime. He also does respectable damage with Dragon Frostfang's large AoE, high mobility, and low SP cost in the meantime. However, his greatest weakness is also his greatest strength. Once Shapeshift comes online Xainfried quickly becomes an unstoppable character that shreds through any unit in his path. Because of his dependency on Dragon Form, this also means he's more effective when being run off-element than most other characters, as this allows him to adjust his element as the quest demands.
	Lily	S	The first Rise of Bahamut character in Dragalia Lost. Lily is water's first real ranged DPS and she's living up to her name. Her passive of Skill Prep +100% allows her to immediately start fights by outputting a crippling amount of damage in tandem with her two active skills, and her ability of Full HP = Strength +15%. Unfortunately, after that she falls off slightly. A single hit will cause her to deal significantly less, although still respectable, damage, as she has no way to heal herself, and thus requires another team member to assist her. Moreover, her skills have rather significant startup animations, and the Freeze portion of Glacial Blossom becomes much less effective as bosses begin to possess high resistances to the effect.
	Elisanne	A+	Elisanne is the best buffer in Water, perhaps in the entire game. With her buff extension factored in, she can buff the entire party's Strength for 18 seconds. Not only that, the buff also charges really quickly: she needs about 3 full combos to fully charge it again. This means she can pretty much have a permanent uptime on the buff. However, her damage leaves much to be desired and she's plagued by the curse of being a free 4* unit. But, if you're looking for a good utility unit, Elisanne does the job.
	Karina	A+	Where Elisanne is water's best buffer, Karina is pretty much Water's best tank/bruiser, sporting the 5th highest HPstat in the game. The 4* water axe is basically made for her, as it increases her defense by 25% and makes her regen her HPover the course of 15 seconds. It also buffs her first skill's damage by 5%. Unfortunately, the regen feels kinda low, maxing at 15% total on level 3 and it feels pretty slow. There also isn't a proper aggro system in game yet, so tanks have issues executing their niche properly.
	Ricardt	A+	With two healing skills, Ricardt exceeds expectations for a 3* unit. His skills are much more useful than Thaniel's, and stun resist is an extremely valuable resistance over burn for a healer. He has a passive defensive buff while at full HP, which is extremely easy for him to maintain on account of having two skills that heal the entire party. The only thing holding him back is his 3* rarity, which robs him of a full resistance and a third skill.
	Orsem	A+	High crit rates and access to Freeze, Orsem is a solid offensive unit with some utility to back it up.
	Celliera	A+	Surprisingly high Strength stat for a free 4* unit, as well as access to a fairly strong steroid and freeze, Celliera is surprisingly good. However, she can't keep her third passive up by herself. Unfortunately, her first passive won't be very useful as the more challenging content has no Thaumians. Also has low HP making her very squishy.
	Luther	A	Orsem but with Attack/Defense Reduction instead of Freeze, a lower Strength stat and a less reliable third passive. He's got a larger HP pool though, and his debuffs aren't resisted by any bosses. However, while his Attack reduction has a 90% hit rate, his Defense Reduction is only on 30% which makes it very unreliable.
	Thaniel	A	Having access to both a heal and a defense buff, Thaniel is a pretty solid healer to keep the team alive. Unfortunately, his resistance is fairly lackluster for a healer, and his one healing skill proves to just not be enough most of the time, even with his third ability trying to bandage it. Ultimately, he's a solid choice, but not the best healer out there, even within the water element. It's not helped how his first ability, Gauge Inhibitor, is mostly useless, especially on a staff user.
	Cibella	B	Cibella's first skill is pretty decent utilitywise, providing a shield for the entire team. Her Last Recovery helps her survive longer, however can only activate once. She's a pretty decent tank and utility in one but lacks damage.
	Jurota	B	Jurota is basically a budget Celliera, having a Strength steroid just like her. However, his buff only lasts half as long. Broken Punisher is nice, but bosses don't stay in break for too long and usually break only once per fight. Being a 3* means he only gets 1 non-resist passive and he'd love to have a less situational passive. Quite decent but outclassed by Celliera.
	Waike	B	Waike's status effect is Bog. Bog's a pretty useful status effect since it increases damage taken. Unfortunately, his first passive is a bit disappointing. He also has a pretty low Strength stat, even for a 3*
	Rex	C	Decent damage dealer. His first passive is somewhat useful, but he would've liked something that gave him more damage instead. Outclassed by Jurota.
	Zardin	C	Labeled as a defense unit but his entire kit revolves around dealing damage, which means his Strength stat takes a hit: He has the lowest Strength stat in the game. At least the 4* weapon can help keep his passive up.