GL Best Units Tier List

Introductions
So I go by ShadoWalker on Discord and I manage the Bikini Bottom spreadsheet found here. We have a new project that we worked with our own community in GD3.

Most of GD3 members are very active individuals in the #global-help chat of the Discord server. The channel is the main place for newbies to come with questions on how good x unit is at y. The “?glbestunits” bot command was mostly used as a quick way to show some of the top units for the game. We were looking to update the ?glbestunits command into a spreadsheet and that evolved into a full fledged tier list.

What is this new list?
The GL Best Units Tier List aims to provide a tier list based on role. Suede used to do this but he has moved onto chainers only apparently? Either way, the tier list is aimed to present units who can complete the most amount of content (i.e, trials) based on their kit.

Why are you missing out DPS units?
Several reasons but here are the major ones

DPS change very quickly requiring a huge update to the tier list every week or two. There is a huge amount of time in analyzing chainers and debating where each one would fit into a tier list. Furc and I already keep track on our respective sheets with different gearing assumptions. As such, if we included DPS on this list it would feel like a redundant activity that we are putting our time into. Okay but why another tier list? Well long story short, we wanted to update the Discord bot command onto a spreadsheet and it exploded into this. We’re not entirely sure yet on the why, but there were some frustrations with the Wiki Ratings in its numbered format ignoring roles. The Wiki Ratings aims to order every single unit in a numbered order disregarding roles. Ours only looks at the units we think is good enough to clear content in the game and organize them in “okay, good, great”.

Why is unit X not in Y role?
All units are rated on their main role, meaning units like Basch or AI Katy who can break and tank were rated on their best use case. AI Katy for example is rated as a dual tank and the same thing for Basch. Other units like Awakened Warrior of Light and Summer Fina & Lid had this problem too but the two were easier to find a main role for.

The elephant in the room was obviously AI Katy. Her ability to do all roles to a certain degree made it hard to find the best role for her. We decided on tanking as her best role and attributed her as such.