The ONLY Gacha Tier List You'll Ever Need [An Inside Perspective]

I do love me some Gacha games; they're the only game genre that I poke my head into every once in a while on mobile. Since I have a fair bit of experience in the genre, and the few videos that I've seen on the topic weren't to my tastes, I thought I'd throw my hat into the ring. This is the first video in the Inside Perspective series, which just means I don't have to state that I am not a professional multiple times. Timestamps for the games being discussed are below, and timestamps for the music used will be in the comments.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Preface
01:46 - Kancolle
04:04 - Clash Royale
05:58 - Fire Emblem Heroes
08:40 - Girls' Grontline
11:12 - Azur Lane
13:59 - Fate Grand Order
17:02 - Arknights
18:43 - Mobile Legends Adventure
20:01 - Konosuba Fantastic Days
20:48 - Lord of Heroes
21:21 - Illusion Connect
21:48 - Touhou Lost Word
23:10 - Genshin Impact
33:14 - Nier Re[in]carnation
34:37 - Alchemy Stars
36:30 - Punishing Gray Raven
38:15 - Nikke: Goddess of Victory
41:14 - Path to Nowhere
41:45 - Valkyrie Connect
42:24 - Extras + Finalilzed List

#gacha #tierlist #pngtuber

[remyskosm]

Music Timestamps:
00:00 Unwelcome School
01:45 Special Type Destroyer
04:03 Menu A
05:56 Id (Purpose)
08:38 Reunion
11:11 Hood's Last Goodbye
13:58 The Time of Parting Hath Come
17:02 Hortus de Escapismo
18:44 Theme Amaterasu
20:00 The Adventure Begins
20:47 Glacier of Oblivion
21:19 Great Merriment
21:47 Pilgrim
23:08 Rage Beneath the Mountains
26:38 Chrysalis Suspirii
30:34 Saltatio Favillae
31:13 Original Soundtrack #1
34:37 Blues on Fire
36:30 Last Resort
38:14 Ominous Cross
41:14 Undefined RED
41:44 Battle Theme #2
42:43 Lobby Theme

[spark_]

Take a shot everytime he pronounces "Hilichurls" wrong and you might be dead

[sbwlc]

Arknights' difficulty being labeled as a number bloat issue feels kinda painful to hear considering that there's a challenge niche where they play only unpromoted characters even at the hardest challenges...The biggest contributor for the game's difficulty is not of stats but understanding of the mechanics and enemies on the stage.

For example on the showcased stage 2-10 the left side of the map enemies are weak against "arts/magic" damage, even by just enemy visuals, enemies with shields/armor in the game is most likely weak to magic. On the right side most of the mobs are weak so you only need one decent melee unit but there are enemy drones that fly so you need an anti-air unit to deal against them.

To learn about these enemy weaknesses you can check the "enemies" page before you start the stage and then observe the indicators for the enemy pathways.

[randm]

As someone who's played both games, seeing Arknights below FEH hurts my soul.

[rifkywt]

"The game is fun until you're burnt out, then it's hard to get back in."
Relatable honestly.

[krzen]

If you wanna give PGR another try I recommend you playing in PC, the controls feel much better. Also for me PGR I treat it as non-gacha, because every new banner guarantees the limited unit, so you barely ever gamble, it's basically like saving to buy the character every banner instead of pull and pray.

[kenshi]

good vid but the "number issue" take on arknights was insane because thats literally the last thing you can criticize about ak.Theres so many creators that clear content with E0 characters its like solving a puzzle you dont need to invest alot in your characters in that game

[cirnobyl]

Arknights is the longest gacha game I've stayed with, at 4 years. The next closest contender is Genshin, at a little over 2 years before I burned out.

It's amazing how Arknights keeps releasing new content that is meaningful to do with a fully leveled squad. Even after 4 years, I ACTUALLY feel excitement getting free stuff in the mail because it means I can build more operators and open up new strategies.

[ilmaripajola]

15:04 Calling buster type worst with Koyan on a background, impressive, that's some rare nonsense. Right now the worst is definitely quick on both JP and NA.

[bellart_ramana]

i usually dont get much into the story i play for gameplay, but arknights is one of the few gacha’s that got me to research the lore. every new event is exciting and brings new mechanics. they add new game modes all the time to keep things fresh. skins can be bought with in game currency. rates are pretty nice compared to other games since you just need the character no added artifact or weapon (and dupes are never necessary they barely add anything to the character so you only need one copy) I’ve played every game on this list and more but idk arknights just has me in a grip hold. It took me a second to really get an understanding of the mechanics, but once you get over the initial hump things become a lot more fun. you start mixing and matching operators that work best together. There’s just so many mechanics that make the game much more strategy based. There’s phys/arts damage split, phys def (flat) vs arts res (percentage), arts damage buffers, flat and percentage based attack buffers, def/arts res debuffers, fragility (percent damage debuff), multiple types of crowd control, and new stage mechanics every event. Once i learned the mechanics the game became way more interesting to play.

[burnedham]

Please try limbus company it has a relatively good story going in blind even if you never play the prequel it's also unnaturally f2p friendly while at the same time requiring a good amount of braincell to play.

[currently_in_Teyvat]

My **URs** are :
**Genshin** - Came for the Music, Stayed for the Story. **Active** : Daily, No Grass touching. **Status** : F2P
**Blue Archive** - Came for the Lolis, Stayed for the Music. **Active** : Only on Major Events. **Status** : Dolphin
**Nikke** - Came for the Ass, Stayed for the Ass. **Active** : Only on Weekdays. **Status** : Goldfish
**Arknights** - Came for the Art, Stayed for the Gameplay. **Active** : Only on Major Events. **Status** : Dolphin-Whale

My **SSRs** are :
**PGR** - Came for the Music, Stayed for the Music. **Active** : Only on Major Events. **Status** : Dolphin
**Browndust 2** - Came for the Art, Stayed for the Ass. **Active** : Daily, No Grass touching. **Status** : F2P
**Snowbreak : Containment Zone** - Came for the Gameplay. **Active** : Not anymore. **Status** : Goldfish
**Alchemy Stars** - Came for the Art. **Active** : Not anymore. **Status** : F2P

No, I can't include Nutaku Games.

[ila_lily]

A gacha tier list without Honkai impact but have Genshin, unbelievable

[nexot]

"im telling you this right now kids if your not selling your souls to 2D girls something is wrong"

[individualywrappedcheeseslices]

Fate grand order is known for the story and music. Lostbelt 6 is literary perfection. Also buster is the best system by a wide margin since the release of Oberon and Koyanskaya

[GabrielRodriguez-tgfy]

We can consider that Clash Royale is not an Anime Game :/

You forgot: Blue Archive, Honkai Impact 3rd, Honkai Star Rail, Zenless Zone Zero, Tower of Fantasy, Project Mugen, Reverse 1999, etc.

[finja]

Genshin banner doesn’t work like that btw, first 5 star on the limited banner is a 50/50 to be the five star or one of the 7 standard banner characters (qiqi, Jean, diluc, keqing, Mona, dehya and tignari) if you get a standard banner character your next character will 100% be the limited five star (pity transfers across different limited banners) and weapons can be obtained from standard or weapon banner

[bryanberza]

Blue archive, Epic seven, legendxclover, H. Star rail, H. Impact, last claudia, another eden, Guardian tales. would like to here your opinion on these gachas.

[nevolence]

I suggest giving Path to Nowhere another shot. It has one of the best storytelling I've seen in any gacha game, on par with the likes of Reverse 1999, especially in the later chapters. It's fully voice acted too, not to mention the beautiful characters, beautiful skins, banger music, really fun events, very fast dailies, little-to-no RNG in the gearing system, and the fact that it's very F2P friendly (they give a lot of gacha currency). The only downsides it has that I can think of are the time-limited gear (ToA crimebrands), how slow it is to level-up the characters, and the fact that the combat might not be for everyone. Overall I think it's a very underrated game, they really should promote it more with a focus on the story like what Hi3rd did.

[DeliciousApricotCake]

As someone who also couldn't go beyond chapter 4 without a guide, I can guarantee Arknights demands actual strategy, not big numbers