Anime Zero tier list: best weapons, accessories, and traits

How the Anime Zero tiers work

Every Anime Zero tier list uses the same five letters. Here is what each Anime Zero tier means in practice:

• S tier: the best items. Build around them and keep them.
• A tier: strong picks that are slightly slower, riskier, or more situational than S.
• B tier: dependable for progression but not what you want for hard Raids.
• C tier: early-game or second-slot items.
• D tier: stopgaps you should replace.

Rankings weigh damage, safety, wave clear, cooldowns, and which mode you play. That is why the same item can move a tier between two guides.

Anime Zero tier list: weapons

Weapons decide your damage profile, so the weapon Anime Zero tier matters most. The ordering below follows the consensus of the lists we checked. The asterisk marks Paramita Pyre, which only some guides rank.

Why Cursed King and Cataclysm lead

Cursed King combines fast slashes, fire attacks, domain control, and invincibility frames. Those frames are the reason most guides prefer it in Raids, where a single mistake is costly.

Cataclysm trades that safety for speed: very fast attacks, multi-tick abilities, and short cooldowns. It shines in Story and Endless, where you are clearing waves rather than dodging a single boss pattern.

Dragon Eclipse in A tier is the example of a high-ceiling weapon with a catch: heavy close-range hits and a strong ultimate, but slower attacks, so it suits Endless better than Raids.

Anime Zero tier list: accessories

The two Blast Archer pieces are the only accessories every list agrees on. Beebom quotes the Wings at 16% damage and 10% Drop Rate, and the Crown at 20% damage, 7% Drop Rate, 7% cooldown reduction, and bonus health. In practice, wear the Wings when you are farming and the Crown when you need the most damage.

Below A tier, the ranking mostly reflects how easy an item is to replace. Equip a B or C item only when its single stat solves a problem you actually have.

Anime Zero tier list: traits

Traits are buffs applied to a weapon and are the cheapest part of your build to fix, because you can reroll them. The values Beebom lists for the S-tier traits are:

• Deadeye: +20% damage, +5% crit chance, +50% crit damage.
• Supernova: +24% damage, +12% cooldown reduction, +20% attack speed, +3 walk speed.
• Ferocity: +18% damage, +8% cooldown reduction, +14% attack speed, +2 walk speed.
• Sniper: +12% crit chance, +15% crit damage, +8% attack speed.
• Fortune: +25% Coins, +20% EXP, +20% Drop Rate. A farming trait, not a damage trait.

Keep in mind that the community update log reports a reworked crit system on October 4, with a 200% base crit damage and caps of 60% crit chance, 275% crit damage, and 40% cooldown reduction. Once you are near those caps, stacking more of the same stat stops helping, so mix a damage trait with a cooldown or speed trait.

Where Anime Zero tier lists disagree

How to use the Anime Zero tier list

1. Spin for an S or A weaponUse your codes and early spins on weapons. Anything in S or A tier will carry Story. Keep a B or C weapon in the second slot and swap between them mid-run.
2. Pick a mode, then pick the weaponIf you mostly run Raids, favor Cursed King for the invincibility frames. If you spend your time in Story and Endless, Cataclysm's speed is the better fit.
3. Work toward Blast Archer WingsThey give the best mix of damage and Drop Rate, which speeds up every other upgrade. Switch to the Crown for hard content.
4. Reroll traits lastRerolls are cheapest to waste, so save them until your weapon is settled. Stop when you land Deadeye, Supernova, Ferocity, or Sniper.

That order keeps your resources from being split across weapons you will drop in a week. As patches land, re-check this Anime Zero tier list and your own damage numbers before changing course.