Anime Vanguards Meta Reviews: Best Units Ranked and Tested

Sukono Evolved Dual Element Apex Carry

Best for endgame players who are pushing high-wave Infinite runs or tackle high-tier Shibuya Station acts and need a dual-status carry that completely ignores enemy damage reduction.

Sukono’s attack wind-up animation makes straight-lane positioning a waste of currency, since fast-moving enemies can exit his attack radius before the damage frames register. Position him at the apex of 90-degree bends or acute-angle U-turns to guarantee his cone and circle Area of Effect (AoE) hits every target.

Pairing Sukono with other high-frequency status-effect units (such as Choy Jong En and Kafka) can create a server-side bottleneck where overlapping Burn and Bleed damage ticks overwrite each other, which can reduce overall damage output unless support units’ attack speeds are deliberately desynchronized.

To estimate his peak hit damage, use the following scaling formula:

D(total) = D(0) x 1.40 x 1.30 x 3.0

Here, D(0) represents his base Upgrade 11 damage (3,866), 1.40 is the flat +40% Divine Flames modifier, 1.30 is the maxed Sinister Sanctum stack, and 3.0 represents the +200% scaling from the Sukono’s Finger familiar. This works out to roughly 21,108 damage per hit if fully supported.

Gujo Infinity Cosmic Crowd Control Specialist

Best for players who need unmatched map control, massive base damage-per-second, and a global time-stop safety net for late-wave boss rushes.

Gujo (Infinity) is a strong panic-button unit, but his utility is heavily bottlenecked by the game’s economy. Placing him too early without a fully operational Sprintwagon or Takaroda farm engine risks leaking fast-moving fodder mobs. Farming the weekly rotating Boss Events for resources before heavily investing in his summon path is recommended, though redeeming active codes for free gems and trait rerolls can speed that process up considerably.

His Void active ability, which stuns the entire map for 10 seconds and grants him a 50% damage boost, does not freeze the actual stage bosses. Relying on him as a solo boss-stopper is a quick way to lose matches; his true strength lies in halting the high-HP mobs behind the boss, allowing single-target carries to focus their fire.

Cha-In Blade Dancer Precision Multiplier

Best for speed-running short story chapters, clearing Paragon challenges, and dominating any gameplay mode that requires high-frequency critical strikes.

Cha-In is a strong choice for short-duration modes. Unlike Sukono, who requires minutes of setup to scale his kills, Cha-In functions at near-peak efficiency from the moment she is placed on the map. Her unique dodging and counter-attacking mechanics allow her to survive boss stuns that completely disable other physical carries.

She struggles heavily in ultra-late Infinite Mode. Once enemy health scales into the tens of millions, her raw physical critical strikes lose their relative value compared to dual-status percentage-based damage dealers. Rolling for the Deadeye trait, which boosts her critical rate and critical damage, raises her total damage-per-second modifier significantly.

Tuji Sorcerer Killer Shield Shredder

Best for players struggling with high-difficulty Legend Stages or Raids where enemies spawn with massive barrier shields that block standard physical attacks.

Tuji (Sorcerer Killer)’s primary value is utility rather than raw damage-per-second. Against late-game bosses like Saber (Alternate) or the Colossal Giant, Tuji is close to mandatory. Evolving him requires farming Shibuya Station Act 6 to obtain the Cursed Worm quest item and then defeating the Reanimated Tuji boss, following similar pattern needed to evolve any other unit in the game.

His passive allows him to instantly remove any enemy shield on-hit, after which he receives a temporary +30% damage boost. His limited placement cap of three means he cannot cover multiple split-path lanes simultaneously and must be placed strictly near the main choke point where shield-mobs spawn.