Guardian Tales: A Must-See Guide for New & Experienced Players – Who to Prioritize Leveling Up? A Co

The most common pitfall in playing *Guardian Tales* isn’t failing to pull strong characters, nor being stuck on main story levels you can’t beat—it’s when you get lucky and pull a bunch of characters, then spread your resources like you’re sprinkling pepper on every single one, leaving them all half-trained. The result? You can’t clear PVE stages, hold your own in PVP, or even get a spot in Guild Raids.

I. Gameplay & Character Training Overview

A. Core Logic of Character Priority in Guardian Tales

The most important rule here: Build a team that can clear stages and farm resources consistently first, then go for absolute power ceilings.
*Guardian Tales* has extremely tight resource gating: Evolution Stones, Awakening Stones, Weapon Limit Breaks, Super Awakening, Ancient Sigils, Affection… every single one is a headache-inducing resource sink.
That’s why training order isn’t “who’s strongest first”—it’s all about following these steps:

1. Prioritize characters that can progress the main story

2. Next, get characters that can farm resource dungeons and event stages

3. Finally, fill in with characters specialized for PVP and Guild Raids

B. Character Rarity, Element, and Role Summary

You can split all characters in the game into four functional categories first:

• Main DPS: Responsible for wrecking mobs and taking down tough boss-level enemies

• Tank: Responsible for soaking damage so your team doesn’t get wiped easily

• Healer/Support: Keeps your team’s HP and buffs up to keep the whole team running smoothly

• Utility: Handles crowd control, shield breaking, pulling mobs, or dealing with special mechanics

Character elements will affect how well you perform in different chapters and game modes, but the core logic of training order is still “function over strength”. If your team is missing a tank to soak damage, a healer to keep HP up, or utility to handle special mechanics, even the strongest Main DPS will just be a paper tiger that falls apart instantly.

C. New Players vs. Veteran Players: Different Priority Rules

• New Players: Prioritize “clearing stages comfortably and enjoying the game” → Focus on training the team that lets you progress the main story fastest

• Veteran Players: Prioritize “team specialization and efficiency” → They’ll build separate teams for Raids, Arena, and Kamazon, so their training order leans heavily towards “specialized first”

D. Priority Planning for F2P, Light Pay, and Whale Players

• F2P (Free-to-Play): Training order is more conservative—max out and strengthen a full team first, then slowly expand to a second team

• Light Pay: You can grab key signature weapons and “must-have” characters early on. The general order is: Build core skeleton → Fill gaps → Expand teams

• Whale Players (Big Spenders): Training order tends towards “building a full game setup first”, but I still need to warn you: Make sure you have your main story team and resource farming team first—even if you spend a lot fast, growth efficiency won’t be great otherwise

II. Rerolling and Starter Character Priority

Many new players face this dilemma:
Should you go for the Light Team that feels smooth for main story, or the Dark Team that deals burst damage in PVP? The answer is actually simple:

 

Focus on the Main Story First, Then Think About PVP.

A. Immediate Character Development Order After Your Starting Roll

Here’s the most practical advice for you:

• Players who prioritize pushing the Main Story: The Light team offers way better overall stability
• Players who prioritize the Arena/PVP: The Dark team is easier to pull off that game-changing "first-hit, one-shot" pressure

But new players will spend most of their time clearing World & Future Story stages, so here’s what I’d actually recommend:

If your starting roll gets you Light Rabbit or Light Dragon, focus on leveling them first—they’ll make pushing the Main Story a total breeze.
If you get Dark Blade or Dark Witch instead, that’s still a viable start, but you’ll need to rely more on your tank and healer to keep the Main Story pace steady.

B. The "Two 6-Star Starter" Standard and Flexible 1-6-5 Workaround

The line "you must get two 6-stars to have a good start" is actually super misleading for new players in Guardian Tales. When resources are tight, the priority should always be building a team that can clear core content—not forcing two 6-stars just for the sake of it.

New players often grind themselves to burnout trying to hit that mark… Here’s a more realistic "stop here" guideline for you:

• One 6-Star Main Carry + One 5/6-Star Utility Unit is totally enough for a solid start.
  After all, what really holds you back in Guardian Tales isn’t a lack of damage—it’s your team missing key utility!

C. Emergency Character Order If You Don’t Roll a Top-Tier Starter

If you didn’t get a god-tier starter from your first roll, here’s what to focus on first:

1. First, level up free Main Story characters / easy-to-obtain universal units so they’re usable right away

2. Use a Grandma—that all-element jack-of-all-trades—to handle most scenarios

3. Pair her with a reliable healer to boost your clear safety net

This kind of start might not look flashy, but it’s incredibly tough! Most of the time when you hit a wall, it’s not because you’re not dealing enough damage—it’s because your team can’t survive or keep everyone healed!

D. Free-to-Play (F2P) Starter Order—No Gacha Rolling Needed

F2P players can have a ton of fun without grinding for a good starter roll—just stick to this character order like glue:

• Level up one Main Carry that can handle the Main Story

• Next, level up a healer

• Then, level up a tank character
  Get your team to a point where they "don’t die easily" first—only then will your resources start stacking steadily!

III. Light Attribute Character Development Order

A. Core Light Team Development Order: Light Rabbit, Light Dragon, Grand Princess

The Light team is always recommended for new players because the Main Story just feels so smooth with it:

• Grand Princess: The new player’s "god of survival and safety net"—take her to most stages, and the whole world feels way gentler

• Light Dragon: Stable for story clearing and never awkward against bosses

• Light Rabbit: Lets you speed through some stages way faster

If I had to make a "most stable Light team for Main Story" order, it’d look like this:

Grand Princess → Light Dragon / Light Rabbit → Fill with Support / Tank as needed

B. Light Attribute Color Shifts and Support Unit Priority

To make your Light team even more complete, the most common things you’ll need to add are:

• Support units that help you with more consistent crowd control, damage reduction, or boosting your damage rotation
  Don’t go chasing a "full strongest Light team" right away—just push the Main Story until your resources stabilize first!

C. Light Attribute Tank and Damage Supplement Character Order

If your Light team feels like you have enough damage but die too easily, the next unit you should add is:

• A tank or semi-tank character
  If you feel like your team is solid but clears too slow, the next unit you should add is:

• A second damage dealer or damage-boosting support

D. Full Build Path for the Light Team

Here's the full build path for the Light Team:

1. Prioritize getting the Grand Princess fully leveled and equipped first

2. Use Light Sky/Light Rabbit as your main damage dealers

3. Add a healer or shield support to boost your team's survivability and overall reliability

4. Later on, adjust the team setup to be more specialized for raids or Arena, depending on your needs

IV. Dark Attribute Character Training Order

A. Must-Train Order for Dark Team: Dark Blade, Dark Roo, Ogma

The Dark Team is known for three key things: massive burst damage, fast playstyle, and tight rhythm.

• Dark Blade: The core burst damage unit for Dark Teams. Once you max this character out, you'll feel a huge difference in PVP performance.

• Dark Roo: One of the Dark Team's most important damage and utility characters, fitting perfectly with the Dark team synergy.

• Ogma: A staple tank core for Dark Teams, especially valuable in PVP and high-difficulty stages—you need a solid tank here to hold the line.

My recommended training order for the Dark Team is:

Ogma → Dark Blade/Dark Roo → Support/Healer

B. Priority for Dark Attribute Transformation and Control Characters

A lot of times, the Dark Team isn't missing damage—they're missing control or rhythm tools.
If you keep getting locked down and destroyed in PVP, your next priority for the Dark Team should be:

• Control, counter-control, and other rhythm-focused characters

C. Dark Attribute Ranged and Tank Order

If your Dark Team is built around melee cores, ranged characters are usually added later on.
But if you want to tackle stages or game modes that work well with ranged damage (like Roman's stages), you need to build up your Dark ranged core characters early.

D. Adaptation Order for Dark Team in High-Difficulty Stages

The priority order for the Dark Team to handle high-difficulty stages is pretty straightforward:

• First, get your tank in place

• Next, fill out your damage dealers

• Last, add utility support characters

V. Earth Attribute Character Training Order

A. Start-Up Order for Earth Team: Earth God, Earth Flower, Earth Bow

In Guardian Tales, the Earth Team has always been the go-to for a "steady and reliable" playstyle:

• Many Earth Attribute characters feel super smooth and fun to play in PVE modes

• Earth Teams commonly use ranged setups with consistent, high sustained damage

The standard priority order for early game is:

Earth God → Earth Flower/Earth Bow → Fill out your tank

B. Priority for Earth Attribute Tanks and Control Characters

If you're going with a ranged damage build, Earth Team frontline tanks are extremely valuable:
With a tank soaking up damage, your ranged characters can output maximum damage; without a tank, your ranged team will get pushed back by enemies nonstop, and your damage rhythm will break completely.

C. Earth Attribute Damage Supplements and Element-Shifting Characters

The two main types of characters you should add to your Earth Team are:

• A second damage dealer

• Control or mob-pulling characters

D. Earth Team Order for World Chapters/Future Chapters

The Earth Team is actually really good for clearing the main story, but some chapters feel better with a Light Team.
That's why Earth players often follow this build path:

• Use the Earth Team as your main team until mid-game

• Later on, build a separate Light or Dark Team for specific chapters or game modes

VI. Fire and Water Attribute Character Training Order

A. Fire Team Order: Fire Support, Fire Fan, Lynn

The Fire Team's biggest draws are high burst damage and fast pace, but new players who pick Fire Teams often panic because without a healer, they can get wiped super easily.
So I'd recommend a more conservative priority order for Fire Teams:

Fire Support → Fire Fan/Lynn →

 

Add Tanks or utility supports.

B. Water Team Priority: Water Bishop, Water Succubus, etc.

What makes Water Attribute teams so great is their high stability and strong crowd control, plus some Water units are *super* smooth to play with in PVE.
Recommended priority order:

Water Bishop → Water DPS Core → Fill in Tanks/utility supports next

C. Fire & Water Attribute Color Conversion + Support Priority

To make Fire and Water teams run smoothly, you’ll almost always need these setups:

• Support units keep your team’s rotation steady

• Utility units handle key mechanics
  **Don’t** chase after the "strongest Fire/Water DPS unit" right from the start—you’ll get stuck on stages super fast that way.

D. Adjustments for Hybrid Attribute Teams

The most common issues with Hybrid teams are:

• If you’re missing a specific attribute’s Tank or Healer, use versatile units from other attributes to fill in temporarily

• Hybrid teams aren’t a bad thing—they’re actually the norm for new players!

• But long-term, you need to: Build a full main-attribute team, otherwise your resources will get spread too thin and it’ll be hard to progress later.

VII. Normal & Special Unit Priority

A. Normal Attribute Versatile Units: Grandma, Fox, etc. Priority

What makes Normal Attribute versatile units so valuable:

• They work on almost any stage, no picky requirements

• They’re lifesavers when your team has big gaps to fill
  So the usual priority order for Normal Attribute units is:

Level up a core versatile unit like Grandma first → Then fill in spots with units like Fox based on your team’s needs

B. Transformation & Demon God Unit Priorities

These units are usually *super strong only in specific modes/playstyles*.
My recommendation:

• If you’re still working through the Main Story, don’t dump all your main resources into "mode-exclusive units" right now

• Wait until you’ve cleared the Main Story comfortably and start tackling Raid stages to level these units—they’ll be way easier to work with then.

C. Collaboration Limited Unit Priority

Collab units in this game actually fall into two big categories—you *need* to know the difference between them:

• "God-Tier Collab Units": If you pull these, they instantly act as a core for your team, and are just as strong as regular T0 units

• "Collector’s Edition Collab Units": They look/design super cool, but might not fit your current team’s needs
  This is the core priority rule you have to remember here:

First, check if this Collab unit can fill a gap in your current team. If yes, prioritize it. If not, put it off and don’t waste resources on it.

D. MK2-Type Autonomous Robot Unit Priority

For special robot units like MK2, lots of players say they "don’t realize how strong they are until late-game." For new players, you don’t need to rush to prioritize them. Build your basic team first, beat the early Main Story stages, then leveling these special units will be way smoother later.

VIII. Tier List & Meta Unit Priority

A. S-Tier / T0 "Must-Have" Unit Priority

For these "Must-Have" (META) units, I’ll only give one super practical rule:

Level up the Must-Have units that will help you clear the Main Story and farm resources steadily first, then touch on PVP Season Must-Have units.

Way too many new players jump straight to PVP-strength units the second they start the game, get stuck on Main Story, run out of resources, level up way too slow, and end up failing at PVP *and* wasting valuable early-game resources.

B. PVP Arena Unit Priority

When playing PVP, the priority logic is roughly like this:

1. First, level up frontline Tanks that can survive—they need to stay alive to deal damage and contribute anything.

2. Next, level up DPS units that can delete the opponent’s core units fast.

3. Finally, fill in rhythm-control units

 

Support or Crowd Control Characters
Remember the core logic of PVP: "Initiative and survivability" are way more important than "stat numbers".

 

C. PVE Colosseum/Raid Character Tier Order

For PVE Colosseum or Guild Raids, the requirements for characters are quite different from PVP:

• Need a consistent damage rotation

• Can land high-damage windows

• It’s best if they can also handle the BOSS’s unique mechanics
  That’s why raid character order differs from PVP: **Raid priorities lean more towards a "damage core + damage-boosting support + durable frontliner" team composition**.

D. 2025 Latest Meta & Character Tier List Order

The game meta updates every year, but the core leveling priority actually stays pretty consistent:

First, build a team that can clear the main story and farm resources consistently → then fill in a PVP-specific team → lastly, build a raid-specific team
Follow this order, and no matter how the meta shifts, you won’t waste too much time on mistakes.

IX. Resource Allocation & Leveling Priority

A. Soulstone, Awaken Stone, & Unique Weapon Upgrade Priority

One of the most common mistakes new players make is **wasting precious Awaken Stones on random characters**. I recommend fixing your resource priority order:

1. First, Awaken your main team’s core characters to a functional level — this is your top priority

2. Next, prioritize upgrading the unique weapons of your main team’s core characters to boost their core damage output

3. Finally, work on leveling up your second team’s basic attributes
   Follow this order, and you’ll never end up in the frustrating situation where you level a bunch of characters but your main team still can’t clear stages.

B. Dog Food Dungeon & Colossus Resource Priority Characters

Who should you allocate experience resources from Dog Food Dungeons and enhancement resources from Colossus drops to? The answer is clear:

• Your main team’s primary damage dealer (Main DPS) and frontline tank
  Since your core team will level faster, you’ll unlock more resources down the line, creating a positive cycle.

C. Sigil & Affinity Leveling Priority

The Sigil system and character Affinity boosts mostly give "long-term power gains" — you won’t feel their effect immediately. New players don’t need to rush these as their main power source; build your main team first, then work on these later for great value.

D. Limit Break & Full Limit Break Resource Allocation Logic

Resources for Full Limit Breaking characters are extremely valuable, so you need to allocate them carefully. Here’s a simple rule of thumb:

• Characters you use regularly and can field in multiple modes (Main Story, PVP, Raids) → worth Full Limit Breaking

• Characters that only appear occasionally in a single mode → don’t rush Full Limit Breaking for now
  Save Full Limit Break resources for your "go-to teammates that you’ll use for a long time" — don’t waste them on "short-term hype characters".

X. Gameplay Scenario Character Priority

A. Main Story/Future/Outer World Order

The core rule for progressing Main Story is super simple:

Focus on leveling the team that lets you progress the Main Story smoothly — don’t spread your resources across all four element teams early on.

B. Kamazon, Colosseum, & Guild Raid Priority

• Kamazon Mode: Relies heavily on "utility supports and survivability" — prioritize frontliners, healers, and versatile characters

• Colosseum PVP: Focuses on ranged damage and fight rhythm — prioritize ranged DPS cores + frontline tanks

• Guild Raids: Values consistent damage rotations and damage boosts — prioritize a core damage dealer paired with damage-boosting supports

C. Wyvern’s Sanctuary, Legend Stages, & High-Difficulty Stages Order

The core rule for leveling for high-difficulty stages:

• First, build a team that can survive consistently

• Then, prioritize boosting your team’s damage
  After all, if you wipe in a high-difficulty stage, you have to restart — that wasted time is way worse than skipping a little extra damage leveling.

D. Event Stages & Abyss Tower Character Priority

For challenges like Event Stages and the Abyss Tower, lean →

This is where you need to invest in utility characters specifically:

• Crowd control, shield breaking, mechanics solving, mobility.
  Once your main team is fully formed, the next best use of your resources is putting them into utility/support units.

XI. Paying Players & Meta Team Building Order

A. Paying Players: Team Building Order Plan

While paying players can put together a full team setup way faster, here’s what I still recommend:

• Finish building your main story team and resource farming team first

• Then start working on teams dedicated to PvP and raids
  This way, your growth will be maximized.

B. New Characters / Collab Characters Integration Order

When you get a new character or a collab character, ask yourself first: Which role in my current team can they replace?

• If they fill a current gap in your team → Immediately push them to the top of your priority list

• If they’re just a flashier damage dealer alternative → Wait until you have excess resources before considering replacing someone
  Don’t ever abandon a character you’re already training just because a new character looks cool—this is the biggest pitfall many Guardian Tales players fall into: half-baked character development.

C. Adjusting Team Order After Meta Changes

After a meta update, there’s only one thing you need to do:

• Check if your main team’s core is still performing well
  If yes, no major changes to your training order are needed; if not, you usually only need to adjust one role—not redo your entire team from scratch.

D. Long-Term Training Order After Beating the Game

Once you’ve beaten the main story, you’ve officially entered the “multiple team training” phase:

• One team for main story and farming runs

• One team specifically for Roma-themed stages

• One team for raid challenges

• One team for special game modes
  At this point, your character priority becomes: Fill in what’s missing, not a fixed standard answer.

XII. Common Questions & Pitfall Avoidance Guide

A. Newbie Question: Train Princess or Earth God First?

Here’s the most straightforward answer:

• If you want smoother main story progression with higher容错率 → Train Grand Princess first

• If you already have a solid damage team skeleton and are missing an element-based core character → Then you can prioritize the Earth God
  In most cases, new players will never regret training Grand Princess first.

B. Bad Team Building Examples That Waste Resources

The three most common mistakes:

1. Going all-in on a 6-star character immediately, leaving your team with no healers or tanks

2. Leveling one character from each of the four elements, leaving every team half-baked

3. Over-leveling unique weapons, leaving no resources to upgrade your main team’s core
   Avoid these three mistakes, and your growth will be way faster.

C. PvP vs PvE Team Building Differences

PvE (dungeons, story progression) priority: Characters that can push story, farm resources efficiently are most important.
PvP (player vs player) priority: Tanks, early-game crowd control, crowd control ability, and burst damage are most important.
It’s totally normal that the same character might not be a priority in PvE, but top priority in PvP.

D. F2P Players’ Real Team Building Order to Beat the Game

The most stable training template for F2P players is:

1. First build a fully functional main story team

2. Push main story until you can farm resources consistently

3. Then add a second team

4. Finally, slowly collect full elemental sets for all teams
   This path isn’t flashy, but it will actually let you beat the entire main story.

XIII. Character Order Cheat Sheet & Update Tracking

A. Full Elemental Character Training Order Cheat Sheet

If you only want to remember one slogan:

Main Story: Grand Princess first; PvP: Organa + Dark Blade series first; Resources: Max out your main team before expanding other teams.

The more detailed “newbie universal order”:

1. Grand Princess

   1. Team Core Damage Dealer (Main C position)

 

Team Support & Healer

Sub-DPS or Utility Role

Specialized Units That Can Be Used In Future Dark/Earth/Water-Fire Teams

B. Monthly Meta Shifts & Adjustment Recommendations

The game’s meta changes every month. After each version update, there’s one key thing you should do: Check if your main story progression team and weekly farming team are still working smoothly. If they run well, no adjustments needed. If you’re stuck, just fill in the gaps—**never** scrap your entire existing team to start over from scratch, that wastes precious resources.

C. Community Resources: Bahamut & YouTube Unit Review Videos

If you want to check unit reviews, team builds, or tier lists, refer to popular communities frequented by Taiwan/Hong Kong players—they stay updated with the current meta and use terms local players actually use. One important reminder though: Don’t blindly pull just because someone calls a unit a “meta-defining unit”. Always see what modes the unit works for and what teams it can join before deciding if it’s actually worth investing in.

D. Player Insights & Custom Priority Sharing Zone

Finally, here’s a seemingly obvious but super important thought:

The units you pull directly decide how you should prioritize their development.
Priority order isn’t about memorizing standard answers—it’s about making rational judgments based on your own framework. As long as you stick to the core rule of “First get your main story team and resource farming team up and running”, you won’t have too many issues no matter what order you pick.

At the end of the day, the core of unit development in *Guardian Tales* comes down to one word: Stability. Level up the teams that can push the main story and farm resources stably first, so your resources start piling up. Once your resource snowball rolls, you can go after PVP meta units, top-tier raid-clearing units, or collaboration collectibles. This way, you’ll have fun without getting anxious or burnt out as you play.