Echocalypse: Scarlet Covenant T0 Tier List: Simplified F2P God Warrior Guide & First Roll Tips

If you're like most players who got hooked on *Crimson Pact* right away by its unique combo of "post-apocalyptic vibe + beast-girl characters + heavy strategy-based positioning", you'll definitely hit that same brick wall in the later stages:
Which character should I level up first? Who's the current meta core? Why does my seemingly stacked team keep getting stuck in battles and can't push forward?

The thing that makes players both love and hate this game is that it's not a pure single-core type where you "easily win once you pull a top-tier god character". Instead, you have to combine multiple factors together: character roles, battle positioning order, Tune-up Value mechanic, relic skill timing, and character bond connections—only then can you smoothly progress through story stages, farm resources steadily, beat high-difficulty challenges, and even not become a sitting duck in PVP matches. The devs have actually done special sorting for terms like combat attributes and Tune-up Value, emphasizing that these mechanics were part of the core design logic from the start, not complex settings added later.

I. Intro & Game System Overview

A. Core Intro

Want to understand the character ranking logic in *Crimson Pact*? Don't just memorize lists—master these three things: "Tune-up Value operation rules + battle positioning deployment logic + relic skill burst release timing" and you can spot the real T0 characters.

B. Game Background & Features

Crimson Pact is essentially a post-apocalyptic strategy RPG, where you play as an "Awakener" leading a team of enhanced "animal humanoid" characters to clear stages, farm required resources, progress the main story, and take on various periodic special game modes.

Its unique features are best summed up in three sentences:

1. Most battles in this game are auto-play, but the real key to winning lies in pre-battle team composition and relic skill timing—not hand speed that can change outcomes.

2. Tune-up Value is the heart that supports the game's battle rhythm—who can use their skills one turn earlier, activate survival skills or burst damage first, many key battles are decided by this.

3. "Whether a character is strong or not depends entirely on the type of challenge you're facing": pushing main stages, resource farming, boss challenges, high-difficulty levels, and even PVP matches all require completely different strength evaluation standards.

II. Detailed Guide to T0-Tier Top Characters

First, a note for all players: Character skills may be adjusted on different servers, and the game's meta also changes with versions. So the content I've compiled here is based on "common discussions from Hong Kong/Taiwan players" plus "shared evaluations from global rankings" to find the common ground. I'll also explain why each tier is strong, so you can judge character strengths even after future version updates.

A. SSS-Tier God-Tier Characters

My definition of SSS-tier characters is very strict: They have high versatility, can play a noticeable role even when raised at low star levels, can become the core engine of the team, or directly turn the tide of battles with one skill. The list below is selected from the intersection of "highly-rated characters in the international/English-speaking communities" and "essential characters in Hong Kong/Taiwan player discussions."

1) Audrey

If you only remember one name, it's her—Audrey. Her biggest highlight isn't just high healing output, but that she maximizes the Tune-up Value mechanism to become your team's "rhythm accelerator", letting your main damage dealers use their skills earlier and activate survival skills in time. Her team's battle pace is always one step ahead of the opponent's.
Many players who've tested her agree: teams with Audrey clear many stages not because of stat overkill, but because you can disrupt the opponent's battle rhythm first.

2) Levia / Leviathan

 

Back in the early days, many Taiwan and Hong Kong players called her their "waifu" (gaming wife), and it's totally for good reason—she's incredibly versatile, especially when you're short on resources. She makes your whole team's sustain and map progression flow so smoothly, you'll never get stuck on a stage.

3) Fenrir

Fenrir has always been the type of unit that's "easy to raise, super practical, and feels really smooth to use in the early game for progressing through stages." Actually, a lot of new players don't need to grind too hard for a reroll because many powerful units can be obtained later via login rewards or quests, and Fenrir is one of those popular, practical strong picks that people often talk about.

4) Knox / Ziz (the Bee)

These types of units often rank really high in English tier lists, and for good reason: they have insane damage ceilings, clear the battlefield super fast, and investing resources into them later is never a waste. But I gotta warn you guys: while these units are strong, they often rely way more on having a well-built team to shine—using them alone might not feel as effective.

5) Vika

In discussions from the Taiwan server/Hong Kong and Taiwan communities, Vika is often called a versatile unit that "has a wide variety of skills and still holds up really well even among a bunch of high-rarity units." The biggest value of these units is: when your new player team is missing pieces, she acts as a flexible part that fills in the gaps and helps you get through those early stage roadblocks.

B. T0 and T0.5

About T0.5 Tier Units

For this tier, I lean more towards units that "are never a waste of resources to raise, and are even important additions to your team." The main differences are the following:

• T0: Works in almost all combat scenarios, can be your main pick anywhere, no need to build around specific comps

• T0.5: Still top-tier power, but needs to pair with a specific team, faction bond, or stage mechanic to reach its full potential. Less flexible, but definitely a must-raise tier

Next, I'll categorize them by "function type" so you can cross-reference with your current units and find what fits quickly:

1) T0 Tank-Support: Can take damage, support allies, and drive the team's rhythm

• Desired traits: "Stays alive as frontline, provides shields/damage reduction/healing, and ideally impacts skill rotation or tuning efficiency"

• A great example is Audrey—she's the classic example of a unit that leans towards tanking while having support abilities, and can even act as a team engine

2) T0 DPS: Clears stages and mobs fast, consistent damage against Bosses

• What you want: "Can handle both AOE area clear and single-target kills, or has a super consistent damage rotation with no downtime issues"

• A lot of overseas tier lists put certain units in S-tier, which is basically this category of "incredibly versatile DPS units"

3) T0.5 Burst DPS: Insane Boss damage, but needs team building

Take Kraken, the unit that had massive hype early on, as a perfect example: his damage is absolutely nuts, his mechanics are super overpowered, and some people even set their reroll goal to getting "either Audrey or Kraken to start the game."
But let me be super clear:

Burst DPS units = the more complete your team is, the crazier their damage gets; if your team isn't built well, their damage might look like it's tickling (super underwhelming).

III. T1 Tier and High-End Units

A. SS-Tier Strong Units

T1 Tier units usually fall into two types:

1. Need specific synergy: Like they need specific positioning, faction bonds, or a "lead unit" to pave the way for them to shine

2. Need star levels/exclusive weapons: They're pretty mediocre at low stars, but once you ascend them to higher stars or get their exclusive weapon, they really take off and jump up a whole tier in power

From a player's perspective, the value of T1 units is:

• If you already have a solid main DPS unit, T1 units are usually your best pick to fill in your team's gaps

• If you want to save resources, T1 is also often the group of units that give "the highest possible ceiling for F2P players"

 

B. F2P Recommended Units

For F2P-focused units, I only look at...

Here's the core standard: A character is viable even at 0 Stars/Low Stars—you don’t need to dump resources into over-leveling them. A lot of tier lists use max-star ratings, which can mislead new players into thinking they’ll get the same power if they pull the same character, but that’s just not the case. Many veteran players on the famous gaming forum Bahamut have pointed out that recommending characters only from a max-star perspective isn’t fair to F2P (free-to-play) players or newbies.

Friendly characters for F2P/casual players usually fall into these categories:

• Consistent Healing/Shielding/Damage Reduction: These cut down your chance of failing fights—meaning you save Stamina and game time.

• Consistent Crowd Control/Defense Reduction: These make enemies truly manageable—way more useful than just stacking stats.

• Map Clearance Efficiency Characters: These let you farm resources faster—so you can slowly catch up to other players’ resource stacks without grinding too much.

IV. Character Tiering & Evaluation Criteria

A. The Tier List System

The tiering system I use below works great as a base for the Eternal Elysium Character Ranking, and you can adjust it to fit your own needs:

• SSS: Meta-defining units/Team core/Game-changers

• T0: All-round main units

• T0.5: Very strong but highly dependent on synergy

• T1: Strong units

• T2: Utility units

• T3: Collectible units

B. Character Evaluation Dimensions

When evaluating characters, I always look at these 6 key aspects:

1. Tuning Rhythm Impact: Can they speed up your or your team’s skill casts and shift the fight’s pace?

2. Survivability: Do they have shields, damage reduction, healing, immunity to CC, or ability to remove debuffs?

Damage Model: When assessing a character’s damage power, we focus on these key aspects: Are they AOE units that excel at clearing large groups of mobs? Burst units that deal massive single-target damage? Or DoT (Damage over Time) units that apply continuous damage and debuffs over long fights? Additionally, special damage attributes like True Damage and Defense Penetration (for high-defense targets) are important indicators of a character’s practicality.

Positioning & Deployment Compatibility: A character’s placement is super important—like putting them in Slot 1, Slot 3, or the bottom of the backline to maximize their effectiveness? Bahamut has put together new-player-friendly positioning guides that actually make a huge difference to your gameplay experience, so don’t sleep on this!

Low-Star Viability: How useful is a character at lower star levels? Can they perform well at 0 Stars or a few stars, or do you need to level them to max stars to be strong?

Content Coverage: Can this character handle multiple game modes? Story quests, resource dungeons, Boss fights, hard stages, even PvP? The more versatile they are, the better they are for new players.

V. Character Ranking by Faction & Element

A. Faction System Overview

In Eternal Elysium, most characters have Faction or Alignment attributes—and this isn’t just a random system:

• Many team Bond effects or Link buffs are triggered based on Faction—using characters from the same Faction gives you extra bonuses.

• Some limited-time game modes even require you to use same-Faction characters to unlock special rewards or boosts.

• If you want to build a team specialized for a specific game mode, Faction is usually the first filter for picking characters.

B. Elemental Weakness System

The game’s official classification of battle elements is pretty detailed, which means elements and defense types aren’t just for show—they’re critical to being able to beat stages with lower power levels.
Common player experiences:

• You have way higher power than the enemy but still get demolished, or even start wondering if you’re just bad at playing

 

Honestly, most of the time it’s not that you don’t know how to play—you’re just not neglecting defensive stat stacking like Resistance, Damage Reduction, and Crowd Control Immunity, which leaves your defense way too low.

C. Special Character Types

• Tuning Engine Type: Greatly cuts teammates’ skill cooldowns, speeds up the entire team’s damage output rhythm, and makes your combat way smoother.

• CC Immunity/CC Removal Type: Super key in hard stages or PvP battles—these abilities keep you from being CC’d at the worst times, which would totally mess up your team’s damage flow.

• Armor Break/Resistance Down Type: Reduces an enemy’s defense or resistance, boosting your whole team’s damage by a ton—this literally doubles bossing efficiency, making them a huge team asset.

• True Damage/Percentage Damage Type: Perfect for taking down super-tough, high-health enemies—this damage bypasses regular defense, though you might need to tweak your positioning or damage rhythm a bit to use them well.

VI. Early Summon Recommendations & Newbie Choices

A. Top 5 Early Summon Characters

Let’s be real here: Grinding for a perfect early summon for hours on end isn’t always worth it. You’ll probably miss out on tons of login rewards, event resources, and game progress later on. As Hong Kong media guides mentioned, the early summon rate in this game is pretty brutal—you can totally start smoothly without forcing a grind, but if you really want to put in the time, narrow down your target list.

So my “Top 5 Early Summon Characters” here are logically ordered with new players’ needs in mind:

1. Audrey: Get her and you’re good to go for a super smooth start.

2. Kraken: Solid damage right out the gate, super useful for early game stage clearing.

3. Levia: Extremely versatile—feels great to use for both questing and farming, perfect for new players as you progress.

4. Fenriru: High stage-clearing efficiency, very newbie-friendly early on, helps you blast through stages fast.

5. Vika: A flexible support/DPS pick—can do both damage and team buffs, super practical for new players.

Quick note: Some characters mentioned in old guides are actually free via login rewards or newbie quests—don’t waste time grinding for ones they’ll give you for free later!

B. Early Game Character Picks for Newbies

The smartest move for new players is to focus on building a solid 3-person core team that can “carry two” — don’t waste precious resources on 6 half-baked characters right away.
Here’s the core setup I recommend:

• First: Tank/Tank Support — Takes hits to protect your backline damage dealers.

• Second: Main DPS — Your team’s primary damage source, deals most of the big hits.

• Third: Support/CC/Resistance Down — Boosts team damage or controls enemies, making fights way more reliable.

Positioning tips are also covered in Bahamut’s Newbie FAQ: Placing certain support or CC characters in specific spots will make your opening flow way smoother and your team run way better.

C. Gacha Spend Recommendations

For light spenders (players who want to drop a little), I only recommend one path:

• Buy packages that have long-term rewards + daily resources — You’ll build resources steadily, no need to stress about missing out.

• Or pick options that clearly boost your farming efficiency — This game’s core is resource accumulation, so these packages will speed up your progression a ton.

A huge part of power growth is cumulative — If you spend on the right things, the game will get smoother over time, and you won’t get stuck on one spot forever.

VII. Team Building & Synergy

A. Recommended Team Comps

1) Newbie All-Purpose Stage Clearing Team

• Front Line: Tank/Tank Support

 

• Rear Line: AOE Clearing Main DPS

• Rear Line: Control/Defense Down/Sub DPS

This team’s strengths: No strict stage requirements, high error tolerance, even if you’re short on resources, you can slowly grind through stages.

2) Boss Burst Team

• Front Line: Can take hits + Preferably has Damage Reduction/Shield

• Rear Line: Single-Target Burst Main DPS

• Rear Line: Defense Down/Resistance Down/Increased Damage

3) F2P Sustain Team

• 1 Survival Skill

• 1 Consistent Damage Dealer

• 1 Support Role
  The key here isn’t one-shotting enemies, it’s consistent clears = No wasted Stamina = Growing resource pool over time.

B. Team Positioning & Deployment

This game heavily relies on pre-battle positioning and action timing, since you have limited manual control, and battles are mostly auto. So you need to slot “priority actions” into positions that get to act first.
Common deployment rules players follow:

• Priority Survival: Shields/Damage Reduction/Healing as early as possible

• Priority Crowd Control: If you lock down the enemy’s first round, you avoid taking that full round of damage

• Priority Energy Gain/Tempo Adjustment: Letting your main DPS use their skill faster = Your battle tempo jumps up a whole level

C. Character Links & Bonds

Bonds/Links usually grant extra stats or special effects, so the long-term gap from accumulating them is really noticeable. My advice:

• Early game, slowly unlock Bonds with your main team members you plan to level up

• Don’t force characters you don’t plan to level up just to fill Bond sets—That’ll backfire hard

VIII. Artifacts & Equipment System

A. Artifact System Explained

Many players agree: Most battles are auto, and one of the core things you can actually control is Artifacts. If you use them well, it often turns:

• You were about to wipe → Into a stable clear

• You were taking forever to finish → Into a fast clear
  Player guides also mention: There’s not much manual control in battles, so Artifacts become one of the few spots where you can “micro-manage” to intervene.

B. Weapon & Signature Weapon Recommendations

For new players, I only care about 3 things for gear:

1. Can the main DPS’s damage stats come together properly

2. Is the front line’s survival stats solid

3. Are you getting wrecked by debuffs constantly

The devs have clear definitions for stats like Armor, Resistance, Crit Damage, etc.—meaning these numbers directly impact battle results, they’re not just cosmetic fluff.

C. Special Mechanics

Skins/Appearance systems in this game aren’t just for looks; they often give long-term stat boosts. Player guides also note that “skins provide full-team buffs”.
So my advice: You don’t have to spend real money, but don’t ignore “free cumulative bonuses” you can grab.

IX. Battle System & Stage Guides

A. 5-Turn Battle Mechanic

Although battles progress in turns, the actual experience feels like:

• First 1-2 Turns Decide if you can stay alive

• Turns 3-5 Decide if you can take out the enemy core
  Especially in PvP or hard modes, you don’t usually lose on Turn 20—you lose because your tempo broke in the first few turns and snowballed.

So when building your team, you need to put “key skills” in positions that activate faster, especially for characters that affect tempo values.

B. Main Stage Introduction

This game has a lot of cycle-based content, like Abyss-type modes, rotating events, resource-exchange plays, etc. Fandom has also organized that certain modes are recommended for daily grinding because they’re stable for exchanging resources and gear upgrades.
New players’ simple rule: If you need gear or upgrade materials, first grind the daily stable mode to its maximum difficulty, and slowly accumulate the resources you need!

• If you find yourself short on character development resources, the top priority is: First get your story-clearing team to a solid state, don’t frequently switch teams and waste resource investment

 

C. High-Difficulty Dungeon Guide

Here are the most common issues that trip players up in high-difficulty dungeons:

• Too many enemy debuffs that leave you immobilized

• Enemies that feel like they’re made of iron—you just can’t chip their health no matter what

• Your burst damage is too low, and you can’t break their defenses after hitting them forever
  Don’t just think “I need to level up more”—here’s what actually works:

1. Bring an extra team member built to counter this specific scenario (a counter unit)

2. Fill all your debuff gaps—don’t just stack pure damage

3. Tweak your battle rhythm and time key ability releases perfectly

X. Meta and Balance Adjustments

A. Current Meta Highlights

When players search for “Crimson Pact character rankings,” the biggest mistake they make is:

• Using rankings from other servers that don’t match your server at all

• Using “future sight tier lists”
  For example, someone on Bahamut put together a newbie guide for the global server that explicitly states it’s a “future sight tier list—some characters haven’t even been released on global yet.”
  So our advice: Use rankings as a loose reference, but prioritize spending your actual resources on characters you can get on your current server—don’t blindly follow info from overseas servers.

B. Version Updates and Character Balance Changes

When keeping up with the meta, the most useful thing isn’t asking “who’s T0 now”—it’s asking yourself these three questions:

1. Is this version more reliant on getting first strike?

2. Does this version value boss damage more?

3. Does this version put a huge emphasis on survival?
   Looking at new characters through these three lenses means you won’t get baited into random pulls every version update.

C. Long-Term Gameplay Progression Tips

In the long run, the most cost-effective investments go in this order:

• First, build a full team that can reliably clear stages and farm resources

• Next, add a second team

• Finally, aim for PVP perfection
  Otherwise you’ll get stuck in a brutal cycle where you have tons of characters collected, but no resources to level any of them up.

XI. Newbie Fast Start and Gacha Spending Tips

A. Fastest Newbie Start Steps

1. First pull target: Audrey or Kraken—get either one and you’re set for a solid start

2. Build a 3-person core team first: A tank/tank support + main damage dealer + utility character

3. Upgrade Relics (Ancient Artifacts) to the point where they can turn the tide in key moments

4. Priority daily runs: Stages or modes where you can reliably farm resources

B. F2P and Casual Player Principles

Casual players, remember these three rules and you’ll sail smoothly:

• Plan your gacha pulls—don’t waste pulls on every banner just because you feel like it

• Pool your resources to build one full team—don’t spread your investments thin

• Tweak character positioning and ability release rhythm—you can clear many stages even if your power is a little lower

C. Top-up and Spending Priority Tips

If you’re considering spending money, here’s the priority order:

1. Items with long-term benefits

2. Things that directly boost resource farming efficiency

3. Last: Gacha pulls on impulse
   Also don’t forget: Cosmetics (like outfits) with long-term bonuses can make a huge difference over time.

XII. FAQs and Advanced Gameplay Guide

A. Common Newbie Questions

Q1: I leveled a T0 character from the ranking, but still can’t clear the stage—why?
A: 90% of the time it’s because you missed the “battle rhythm points”:

 

Q2: There are so many S-rank characters on the tier list— which ones should I level up?
A: First, ask yourself what kind of stage you’re stuck on right now:

B. Core Advice for Advanced Players

The biggest difference between advanced players and newbies is: they prepare at least two teams with different roles

Team Building Strategy
Once you have these two systems ready, your gameplay experience will instantly upgrade from "prison-level torture" to "vacation-level fun".

C. Common Tips to Share

XIII. Community Resources & Official Updates

A. Official Resource Lookup

If you want to check character info, game system explanations, or official announcements, the most reliable way is always to refer to the official website and their official announcement section. The game also provides detailed explanations for combat terms, so you don’t have to get confused by mistranslations.

B. Recommended Player Communities

The Bahamut Forum has tons of player experience shares, squad discussions, global server resource guides, and new player Q&As. Especially if you’re going for a "free-to-play friendly" path, checking actual player-tested tips is way more relevant to real gameplay than flashy tier lists.

C. Gift Codes & Game Benefits

The game’s official communities usually release event info and benefit updates. If you want to grab these free rewards, keeping an eye on official channels is the most efficient way.

To put it simply, Crimson Covenant Tier List can’t cover all scenarios with just one chart. If you want to play smoothly and long-term, the key points are:

If you only want the shortest, most straightforward conclusion:

New players should prioritize core characters like Audrey and Kraken first— build a stable team that can clear story stages and accumulate resources. Once you have enough resources rolling, then train a dedicated team for bosses or high-difficulty stages.

If you need it, I can also extend this content into four separate versions: "PVE-Specific Tier List", "PVP-Specific Tier List", and "Team-Building Templates for Different Spending Levels"—so you can split them into long articles for SEO site optimization.

• Your survival skills were activated too late, missing the key window

• Your crowd control skills didn’t get first strike, so you got CC’d by the enemy

• Your main damage dealer’s ability release was too slow, missing the damage window

  • Stuck on story progression → Prioritize characters with high story-clearing efficiency, plus one survival-focused character

  • Stuck on boss fights → Prioritize characters with strong single-target burst damage, plus one that can lower enemy defense or resistance

  • Stuck on hard-mode dungeons → Prioritize characters with crowd control immunity, debuff removal, or damage reduction
    Figuring out which stage type you’re stuck on to decide your investment is way more useful than memorizing a tier list blindly.

  • One is a "stable resource-farming" daily team, used for grinding stages to get materials

  • The other is a "boss or hard dungeon" dedicated team, adjusted based on the stage’s traits

  1. Place the Tuning Engine in the Right Position: Gaining turn order priority is way more useful than stacking combat power over 5000.

  2. Relics Are Game-Changers, Don’t Waste Them: Save them for the best windows for your characters to burst damage, or critical survival moments.

  3. Don’t Be Tied to "Full-Star Tier Lists": F2P (Free-to-Play) and light-spending players should prioritize the utility of low-star characters, not blindly chase high-star ones.

  • Figure out which characters are your team’s "turn order engines"

  • Which ones are the "game-changing cores" that decide battles

  • And how to use proper positioning paired with relics to bring out their full actual power.