Normal and hard campaign team for pushing

Written by Sefhi

Published on: 2025-08-27

Updated on: 2026-04-30

Are you stuck in campaign?

Campaign is nothing but a CP (combat power) check.

You can clear up to mid-game without having to worry too much about team compositions, but this changes late game and for hard mode.

After you reach chapter 20-ish or if you want to push hard mode, you will have to start putting some thoughts on your team and how they work together.

When it comes to the current best team compositions for campaign, there are a few pilgrims, but we’ll include alternatives below.

Core units

Anis: Star

Crown

Rapi: Red Hood

Crown Crown Tier 0PilgrimIronBurst 2Machine GunDefender is the strongest burst 2 and buffer in general in the game. Not only she provides support for all your damage dealers, but invulnerability for herself on skill 2 and a shield for everyone in the team on her burst.
Anis: Star Anis: Star Tier 0Over-Spec,TetraElectricBurst 1Rocket LauncherDefender has stolen the burst 1 position on ANY team after her release, including campaign. She provides anything you need and can even be used as secondary burst 1 with re-enter for extra heals.
Rapi: Red Hood Rapi: Red Hood Tier 0Over-Spec,ElysionFireBurst 3Burst 1Machine GunAttacker has made herself a staple pick for any type of content regardless of element because how strong she is.

Other buffers

Depending on the stage, Anis: Star Anis: Star Tier 0Over-Spec,TetraElectricBurst 1Rocket LauncherDefender might not be enough sometimes as your only burst 1. In those cases, another burst 1 will work to change her kit to re-enter, reducing her buffs a bit but now giving consistent heals.

Little Mermaid Little Mermaid Tier 0PilgrimWindBurst 1SMGSupporter has nice buffs and focused fire, allowing you to bypass a lot of annoying mechanics in bosses. Great synergy with machine guns too.

Moran Moran Moran Tier 5Treasure: Tier 0TetraElectricBurst 1Assault RifleDefender treasure makes everyone take less damage while she will taunt and heal herself. She also provides really strong ATK buffs.

Burst 3 DPS options

There are A LOT of options for damage dealers. Personally I like using Scarlet: Black Shadow Scarlet: Black Shadow Tier 1PilgrimWindBurst 3Rocket LauncherAttacker and Liberalio Liberalio Tier 0PilgrimWindBurst 3Sniper RifleAttacker but this depends on your account investment and what element you are facing in the current stage.

Here are some recommendations of strong and staple Burst 3 units used in clearing campaign, both normal and hard, at high deficit:

Alice

Asuka Shikinami

Mihara: Bonding Chain

Vesti: Tactical Upgrade

Anytime burst generation and pierce is needed, Alice Alice Alice Tier 2TetraFireBurst 3Sniper RifleAttacker is a fantastic option. Asuka Shikinami Asuka Shikinami Tier 3AbnormalFireBurst 3Assault RifleAttacker is a good alternative without the burst generation because her weapon type.

Mihara: Bonding Chain Mihara: Bonding Chain Tier 1Over-Spec,MissilisFireBurst 3Machine GunAttacker is (mostly) used for bossing and Vesti: Tactical Upgrade Vesti: Tactical Upgrade Tier 2ElysionFireBurst 3Rocket LauncherAttacker can be used anywhere thanks to her true damage, which helps push content under heavy combat power deficit.

Dorothy: Serendipity

Helm

Privaty

Snow White: Heavy Arms

Snow White: Heavy Arms Snow White: Heavy Arms Tier 0PilgrimWaterBurst 3Sniper RifleAttacker is the newly released (and best) water DPS available at the moment. Her burst generation is fantastic and can be used in both single target and AoE content.

Helm Helm Helm Tier 3Treasure: Tier 0ElysionWaterBurst 3Sniper RifleAttacker (Treasure) has replaced Naga Naga Naga Tier 3MissilisElectricBurst 2ShotgunSupporter as the best healer / support for Crown Crown Crown Tier 0PilgrimIronBurst 2Machine GunDefender in the game. She provides constant heals, attack damage on burst and extra burst generation.

Dorothy: Serendipity Dorothy: Serendipity Tier 1PilgrimWaterBurst 3ShotgunAttacker follows behind in terms of damage for single target content and her pierce is great, but lacks proper AoE.

After getting her treasure, Privaty Privaty Privaty Tier 4Treasure: Tier 0ElysionWaterBurst 3Assault RifleAttacker has become the strongest burst 3 buffer in the game. On water weak content, her damage is also really good.

Anis: Sparkling Summer

Cinderella

Maiden: Ice Rose

Neon: Vision Eye

Cinderella Cinderella Tier 1PilgrimElectricBurst 3Rocket LauncherDefender is the second best damage dealer for electric content but she lacks proper AoE clear, making some stages in campaign and tower a bit of a pain.

Since the 3.5 anniversary, that problem is mostly fixed thanks to Neon: Vision Eye Neon: Vision Eye Tier 0Over-Spec,MissilisElectricBurst 3Rocket LauncherAttacker . Better damage and clear, even tho is not still as good AoE as other units like SWHA.

Both Anis: Sparkling Summer Anis: Sparkling Summer Tier 2TetraElectricBurst 3ShotgunSupporter and Maiden: Ice Rose Maiden: Ice Rose Tier 2ElysionElectricBurst 3Rocket LauncherDefender are buffers used on all electric weak content related. Fantastic units considering how “old” they are.

Ein Ein Ein Tier 2MissilisElectricBurst 3Sniper RifleAttacker is still used for her pierce and true damage. She is good also on everyone’s favorite boss, Mirror Container.

Special mention for Ada Wong Ada Wong Tier 1AbnormalElectricBurst 3Rocket LauncherAttacker which is getting more and more usage as a buffer regardless of element.

Asuka Shikinami Langley: Wille

Liberalio

Nayuta

Scarlet: Black Shadow

Both Liberalio Liberalio Tier 0PilgrimWindBurst 3Sniper RifleAttacker and Scarlet: Black Shadow Scarlet: Black Shadow Tier 1PilgrimWindBurst 3Rocket LauncherAttacker pair well together and will clear all wind weak content you need and even on neutral they are among the best units to pick.

Asuka Shikinami Langley: Wille Asuka Shikinami Langley: Wille Tier 2AbnormalWindBurst 3Machine GunAttacker follows close, but since she is an abnormal unit, if you did not play while the collaboration was live, it’s not possible to get her anymore.

Special mention here for Nayuta Nayuta Nayuta Tier 0PilgrimWindBurst 2SMGSupporter , albeit a burst 2 unit, she’s a mix of DPS and support and 100% worth using.

Chisato Nishikigi

EVE

Raven

Red Hood

Not including our core units on above, Raven Raven Raven Tier 1AbnormalIronBurst 3Rocket LauncherAttacker is the next best pick for most players in this category.

Why? Because both Red Hood Red Hood Tier 2PilgrimIronBurst 1Burst 2Burst 3All BurstsSniper RifleAttacker and Milk: Blooming Bunny Milk: Blooming Bunny Tier 2TetraIronBurst 3Sniper RifleAttacker require manual play and are overall harder to use for newer players.

However, their damage is still top tier and they should be considered when talking about iron weak content.

For true damage and to push under big combat power deficit, Chisato Nishikigi Chisato Nishikigi Tier 2AbnormalIronBurst 3SMGAttacker is a great pick.

Lastly, EVE EVE EVE Tier 2AbnormalIronBurst 3Assault RifleAttacker is used as a debuffer and sub DPS (and for the… view, let’s say).

Crown and heals synergy

Crown Crown Crown Tier 0PilgrimIronBurst 2Machine GunDefender skill 2 “Royal Attire” last part gives Attack Damage to everyone in the team only when recovery effect takes place, meaning when she gets any form of active healing (or life leech). This buff last 7 seconds so you need someone who can consistently provide heals for Crown Crown Crown Tier 0PilgrimIronBurst 2Machine GunDefender to maintain her buff.

There are a lot of options for heals, but Helm Helm Helm Tier 3Treasure: Tier 0ElysionWaterBurst 3Sniper RifleAttacker (Treasure) is the best one since it’s consistent enough and also gives the team extra buffs.

Crown positioning

After the synergy mentioned above, it’s also important to remember positioning in this game matters when it comes to get buffs. Let’s put the next scenario, everyone in the team is 100% HP, when Naga Naga Naga Tier 3MissilisElectricBurst 2ShotgunSupporter heals 2 allies with the lowest HP percentage, who gets the heal first?

If everyone is 100% HP, NIKKE will apply the recovery effect (and buffs in general) from left to right. This means if you want to consistently proc Crown Crown Crown Tier 0PilgrimIronBurst 2Machine GunDefender skill 2 for extra Attack Damage, just to be safe, put her always on the first position of your team.

This doesn’t matter if you are using Helm Helm Tier 3Treasure: Tier 0ElysionWaterBurst 3Sniper RifleAttacker (Treasure) since she heals everyone rather than just one or two units, but it’s important to remember.

Red Hood bursting

Red Hood Red Hood Tier 2PilgrimIronBurst 1Burst 2Burst 3All BurstsSniper RifleAttacker is (for now) the only unit in the game that can burst at any position, making her the most versatile unit by far. This can also be confusing for new players since they don’t know when to burst with her, but as a general rule of thumb:

You can ignore her burst 2, is the worst one out of the 3 she has
Generally speaking, people only burst 1 at the end of the battle with her to get the extra damage going for the elite / bosses (thanks Kusa for the correction)
Outside super niche situations, she is a main burst 3 unit, treat her as a normal DPS

About fast charging weapons

There are two type of weapons in the game you can either spam or full charge; sniper rifles and rocket launchers. Unless the character you are manually playing has a skill that activates when “fully charges the attack”, it’s always better to spam attacks as fast as possible.

This has two reasons behind it: over a 3-minute fight the DPS is higher, generally speaking, and you can generate more burst this way.

It used to be mandatory to manual a sniper rifle to generate burst, but nowadays you can completely ignore them if you don’t like destroying your wrist (and your mouse) since rotations are so fast with recent units.

Video example

SBS + Red Hood example

Alice + Red Hood example