Building competitive teams in Morimens becomes considerably more demanding once players push into higher Dream Tide Alerts, particularly Alert 4 and above. Characters that dominate early content often lose their edge in later stages, while certain supports quietly ascend to meta-defining status due to the irreplaceable utility they provide during endgame encounters. The 2026 meta landscape makes one thing clear: understanding which characters perform best at base investment and which realm compositions hold up under pressure is no longer optional for serious progression.
Rather than grouping every character into a single ranking, this analysis separates performance into two distinct categories: an E0 Tier List, which evaluates units with zero Enlighten investment, and an Aequor Tier List, which focuses specifically on the Blue realm’s damage dealers and supports in high-end Dream Tide content. Some units rank highly because they can solo carry fights through raw damage output alone. Others earn their place because they enable entire team archetypes through healing, Keyflare generation, Arithmetica support, Weakness application, death resistance, or embryo generation.
Understanding the E0 Tier List: Performance Without Investment
Not every character in Morimens requires heavy Enlighten investment to become useful. Some units provide exceptional value immediately at E0 because their core mechanics operate fully without additional duplicates. Other characters feel incomplete until they reach E3 or even Overexalt. This tier list focuses specifically on how strong characters are with zero Enlightens invested, helping players understand which units are safe to leave at base investment, which still provide strong utility without dupes, which supports remain valuable throughout early and late game, and which characters should be prioritized for future Enlighten investment.
A lower ranking does not necessarily indicate a bad character. Some units scale extremely hard with Enlightens and therefore feel noticeably weaker before their important upgrades unlock.
SS Tier — E0
- Castor
- Thais
- Horla
- gMurphy
S Tier — E0
- Clementine
- Aigis
- Faint
- Celeste
- Ryker
A Tier — E0
- Caecus, Ramona, Jenkin, Winkle, Murphy, Miryam, Karen, Pandia, Cassiah, Corposant, Pollux, Hameln
B Tier — E0
- Wanda, Daffodil, Doresain, Salvador, Sorel, Helot, Agrippa, Leigh, Pickman, Goliath, Faros, Tawil, 24, Nautila, Nymphea, Kathigu-Ra, Erica
C Tier — E0
- Liz, Gelot, Uvhash, Tulu, Aurita, Sanga, gDoll, Lily, gRamona, Alva, Doll, Lotan, Ogier
What Makes a Character SS Tier at E0?
The SS tier represents characters whose entire value proposition is already fully functional without any Enlighten investment. These units do not require dupes to perform their primary role, making them exceptional early-game investments that remain relevant through endgame content.
Castor
Castor is arguably the best E0 unit in the entire game because almost everything that makes him powerful works immediately. His Corrosion mechanic causes loss of life damage that bypasses many defensive mechanics enemies rely on, making him invaluable in difficult content where normal damage begins to fall off. Additionally, his Plumes do not add Arithmetica Harmony pressure, allowing teams to maintain smoother rotations. After every battle, he applies additional Corrosion scaling, meaning his value naturally increases over time during longer encounters. None of these core strengths are locked behind Enlightens, which is the primary reason Castor ranks so highly.
Thais
Thais provides an extraordinary amount of utility immediately at E0. She creates Super Embryos, which are critical for many Caro teams and damage dealers. Beyond that, she functions as an Aliemus battery, a Keyflare generator, a Weakness applicator, and a Vulnerable applicator. Very few characters provide this breadth of utility at baseline investment. Even during endgame Dream Tide content, players continue using Thais because her utility package is simply too efficient to replace. She enables multiple meta teams while smoothing out rotations and setup turns.
Horla
Horla remains one of the strongest E0 supports because her emotional ring mechanics already provide massive value without requiring Enlightens. Her rings can deliver healing, Aliemus generation, team buffs, and utility support. What makes Horla especially valuable is her flexibility: she fits into many different compositions because her utility is universally useful rather than tied to one specific team archetype. Later Enlightens certainly improve her further, but unlike many scaling supports, Horla already feels fully functional at E0.
gMurphy
gMurphy is one of the best low-investment units because of her Sacrifice utility and access to Divine Aequor mechanics. Her ability to apply Sacrifice to bosses provides unique utility that remains relevant even during high-end Dream Tide content. Unlike pure DPS units that need scaling to stay competitive, utility-based mechanics such as Sacrifice remain valuable regardless of investment level. She also enables access to powerful realm interactions that many teams rely on later. Even though Enlightens improve her carry potential significantly, her baseline utility alone justifies the SS placement.
S Tier E0 Characters: Strong Baseline Performance
Clementine
Clementine remains exceptional at E0 because her exalt alone can completely clear weaker enemy waves. She also applies two separate debuffs that stack with Weakness and Vulnerable, giving her excellent utility during both mob fights and boss encounters. Additionally, she generates absurd amounts of Keyflare, which is one of the biggest reasons she appears in so many endgame teams. Even without Enlightens, her overall utility package is already extremely strong.
Aigis
Aigis is primarily valued for her petrification utility. When she devours with exalt, she can stun enemies and effectively create extra turns for the team. This becomes incredibly powerful during difficult Dream Tide fights because controlling enemy turns is often more important than raw DPS. Many high-end players continue using Aigis specifically for this utility alone.
Faint
Faint provides incredibly valuable defensive utility through death resistance generation. Her exalt can also apply multiple Weakness stacks to enemies after devour, making her useful both offensively and defensively. In higher Dream Tide alerts, surviving dangerous boss turns becomes increasingly important, which is why Faint’s utility scales so well even without Enlightens.
Celeste
Celeste’s value comes almost entirely from death protection. That mechanic alone makes her useful in many difficult encounters where surviving one lethal turn can completely save a run. She is not flashy, but death protection remains universally valuable across nearly every type of content.
Ryker
Ryker’s dice relic and card generation utility remain extremely strong even at E0. He massively improves consistency for many Chaos teams while helping maintain smoother rotations during long battles. Although Enlightens improve him further, his core support functionality already works extremely well immediately.
A Tier E0 Characters: Solid Foundations with Scaling Potential
The A tier comprises characters who provide decent utility or damage at E0 but scale significantly better once Enlightens unlock additional effects. Caecus offers healing and Counter support from the start, giving him decent utility, though his kit scales much better with investment. Ramona’s exalt allows her to tutor important cards, which becomes extremely valuable for optimized teams, and she already performs this role effectively at E0. Jenkin is easy to use and actually has some of the highest E0 damage among standard units, but Enlightens significantly improve her overall scaling later. Winkle mainly functions as an Aliemus battery, and since many DPS units want to exalt frequently, her support utility already has decent value at E0. Murphy is commonly used for Sacrifice tanking setups and works at E0, though her overall utility improves significantly once Enlightens unlock more scaling.
Miryam functions primarily as an Aliemus battery at E0, with her full poison scaling and overall kit becoming much stronger later with investment. Karen is mainly used to generate Arithmetica, a simple but always useful utility. Pandia’s biggest value comes from her 2-cost ability that removes enemy Counter stacks, giving her situational usefulness in difficult fights. In Arc 2 rules, Cassiah can permanently reduce enemy Strength through her portrait relic, with this effect continuing to stack over time. Corposant’s Lightning already deals impressive damage at E0, and her exalt generates temporary tentacles, though her full scaling opens up much more with Enlightens. Pollux is arguably one of the strongest raw E0 damage dealers in the game, with his main issue being consistency, which Enlightens later help fix. Hameln works at E0 because his card generation utility already exists, but his E2 breakpoint dramatically improves how smooth his gameplay feels.
Morimens Aequor Tier List 2026: Evaluating the Blue Realm
Aequor teams in Morimens are built mainly around tentacle damage, poison scaling, Aftershock setups, sustained DPS, shield generation, and multi-hit synergy. The realm performs extremely well during lower Dream Tide Alerts, but once players begin pushing Alert 4 and Alert 5, Aequor teams start requiring much heavier investment compared to Chaos or Caro teams. Many Blue units scale incredibly hard with Enlightens, team synergy, and optimized setups, which is why investment matters much more in Aequor than in some other realms. Most modern Aequor teams revolve around 24 Blue, tentacle amplification, Corposant setups, Aliemus generation, poison scaling, and Aftershock damage loops.
This tier list focuses primarily on Alert 4 Dream Tide performance within pure Aequor teams and compositions where Aequor functions as the main DPS core.
Aequor Damage Dealer Tier List
S Tier
- 24 (E3 or OE)
- Tawil (OE)
- gMurphy (E3 or OE)
B Tier
- Aurita (E3 or OE)
- Sanga (OE)
- Lily (E3)
Tulu remains a C-tier option due to significant power creep from newer tentacle-focused characters.
Why 24 Dominates as the Top Aequor Damage Dealer
24 is currently considered the strongest Blue DPS unit in the game and serves as the centerpiece of most endgame Aequor teams. Most players pushing higher Dream Tide Alerts eventually build some version of “24 Blue” because of how overwhelmingly consistent her poison scaling becomes during longer fights. Once she is roused, she continuously applies poison pressure while maintaining extremely high sustained DPS across the entire battle.
Unlike burst-focused carries that rely on short damage windows, 24 becomes stronger the longer a fight lasts. Her poison application slowly overwhelms enemies while her overall damage output remains extremely stable. One of her biggest strengths is consistency: she does not rely heavily on complicated gimmicks once her setup is online, and she can comfortably function as a true solo carry for the team. However, investment matters heavily for her. Higher Enlightens make her exalt cycling smoother and improve how quickly she can ramp up pressure during Dream Tide. That is why most optimized endgame players heavily invest into her once committing to Blue teams. The most common meta team built around her includes 24, Corposant, Ramona, and gDoll, a composition that remains one of the strongest Aequor setups for Alert 4 Dream Tide.
Tawil: The Cross-Realm Powerhouse
Even though Tawil is commonly associated with mono Chaos teams, she remains one of the strongest damage dealers available for Blue-focused compositions. Many players refer to these setups as “Bluwill” teams. During mid-game progression, Tawil often functions extremely well inside Aequor teams because her raw DPS scaling is simply overwhelming regardless of realm synergy. However, most optimized endgame players eventually transition her into full mono Chaos compositions because those teams scale even harder later on.
As a pure damage dealer, Tawil remains absurdly powerful inside Aequor teams. Once fully invested, she becomes almost completely self-sufficient and handles the majority of the fight herself without relying heavily on secondary DPS units. The biggest issue with Tawil is investment dependency: a lower-investment Tawil simply does not compare to a fully optimized Overexalt version. That gap becomes extremely noticeable during higher Dream Tide Alerts.
gMurphy: Hybrid Carry Potential
gMurphy becomes an incredibly strong hybrid carry once reaching higher Enlightens. At E3 she already performs very well for general gameplay and Alert 4 Dream Tide, while Overexalt pushes her much further into true carry territory. Unlike pure solo carries such as 24 or Tawil, gMurphy performs best when paired with strong Aliemus batteries and setup supports. She benefits heavily from units such as Miryam, Pickman, Winkle, and Horla, which allow her to maintain smoother exalt rotations and maximize her scaling throughout long fights.
Her DPS style sits somewhere between solo DPS and team DPS. She can absolutely carry fights herself, but she becomes significantly stronger when supported properly by the rest of the team. Another reason she ranks so highly is flexibility: she fits into multiple Aequor setups and scales very well into endgame content once heavily invested.
Corposant: The Defensive Character with Offensive Teeth
Corposant is technically labeled as a defensive character, but her Lightning card is one of the strongest damage tools available in Aequor teams. Her exalt creates temporary tentacles that interact with Aftershock setups and multi-hit synergies extremely well. Once she switches into Red stance, the temporary tentacles begin adding additional hits to attacks, massively amplifying overall team damage. What makes Corposant especially valuable is that her Lightning can trigger these additional hits on its own, allowing her to contribute strong secondary DPS while also supporting the team.
She is not normally used as the primary solo carry, but she is one of the strongest secondary DPS units in the realm. Corposant becomes especially important inside 24 Blue, Aurita Aftershock, and tentacle-based Aequor teams.
Aurita, Sanga, and Lily: Secondary DPS Options
Aurita has a relatively standard damage kit compared to the stronger limited units, but she became significantly better once Corposant was introduced because of how well Aftershock teams scale together. She performs very well at Alert 4 Dream Tide, although she requires significantly more investment than most other realms once players begin pushing Alert 5. Most successful Alert 4 Aurita clears usually involve high team investment, strong support setups, and Aurita at +8 or higher. Unlike solo carries, Aurita relies much more heavily on proper team synergy to maximize her value.
Sanga is mainly known for performing extremely well against certain bosses in Dream Tide, especially enemies like Erica. Most players using Sanga seriously during endgame have her at +4 or higher because her scaling improves significantly with investment. She works somewhere between solo DPS and team DPS depending on the matchup, performing incredibly well against the right bosses but being less universally dominant than higher-tier carries.
Lily mainly functions as a secondary DPS inside 24 Blue teams rather than acting as the primary carry herself. Her biggest contribution comes from supporting poison setups while still providing decent sustained damage during longer fights. She also brings valuable defensive utility through healing and endurance layers, making her a much safer secondary DPS option than pure glass cannon units.
Aequor Support Tier List: Building the Foundation
Supports determine whether an Aequor team thrives or collapses under pressure, particularly at higher Dream Tide Alerts. The support tier list reflects performance at recommended investment levels for endgame content.
S Tier Aequor Supports
- gDoll (OE)
- Clementine (E2 or OE)
- Corposant (E3)
- Castor (E0)
A Tier Aequor Supports
- Ramona (OE), Miryam (E3 or OE), Murphy (E3 or OE), Celeste (E0 or E3), Lily (OE)
B Tier Aequor Supports
- Caecus (E3), Jenkin (E0 or E3), Nautila (E0 or E3), Goliath (E2), Ogier (E3), Tulu (E0)
C Tier Aequor Supports
- Sanga (E0 or E3), Alva (E1), Pandia (E3)
The Optimal Aequor Team Composition for Alert 4 Dream Tide
The most commonly optimized Aequor team currently consists of 24, Corposant, Ramona, and gDoll. This composition dominates Alert 4 Dream Tide because of its poison scaling, tentacle amplification, strong card tutoring, excellent sustained DPS, and extremely high synergy between units. For players wanting to fully commit into Blue teams, this is currently considered one of the strongest and most stable endgame setups available.
Understanding which characters perform at each investment level and within specific realm compositions is the difference between struggling through Dream Tide content and confidently clearing the hardest encounters the game offers. The 2026 tier lists for E0 and Aequor characters provide a clear roadmap: invest wisely, prioritize utility over flash, and recognize that some of the most powerful units in the game require no duplicates at all to transform a team from functional to formidable.
