core guides 16. September 2022
The purpose of this guide is to list and rank the best monsters in Summoners War, broken down by class (Nat 3, Nat 4, etc.) and what they are good for, PvE or PvP. This guide will help you know which Summoners War monsters to keep and build.
Here are the criteria I used to determine the ranking:
- In how many places can you use the monster
- How good the monster is in these places
- How hard is it to replace this monster
*Note*:This criterion is why Lushen is ranked #1 on 4-star lists. Lushen is used in so many places while also being the best monster for its AoE damage dealer role and having almost no replacement.
This guide will be useful for determining which monsters to farm and build on next. You can also use this list to determine what monsters you should try and get with your Summoning Stones.
For this reason I didn't include non-workable Nat 5s as the list would get way too long and most players won't have access to it anyway.
Here are the criteria I used to determine what each monster is "good" for:
The monster has to be better than other F2P or easily available options, for example Lapis is not good for DB10 because Sigmarus is a better substitute and available for everyone to fuse.
While Lapis is usable in DB10, she is not good for DB10 as you should never use her for DB10 over Sigmarus.
Table of contents (links):
- Best monsters for PvE farming
- Best 2-Star Monsters (PvE)
- Best 3 Star Monsters (PvE)
- Best 4 Star Monsters (PvE)
- Best 5 Star Monsters (PvE)
- Best Monsters for PvP (Player vs. Player)
- Best 2 Star Monsters (PvP)
- Best 3 Star Monsters (PvP)
- Best 4 Star Monsters (PvP)
- Best 5 Star Monsters (PvP)
Best monsters for PvE farming
Remember that the ranking for each monster depends on how good the monster is in Player Vs. Ambient content (PvE). However, I will also list where this monster is good in PvP.
Best 2-Star Monsters (PvE)
1. Colleen (fire harpoon)
Good for:NB10, Raid (R5), Hall of Wind, Rift Beasts, ToA
How do you get:Unknown Scroll, Social Summon, Magic Shop, Secret Dungeon, Temple of Requirement, Reward from Challenge Quest System (Mission IV)
2. Konamiya (Wassergaruda)
Good for:Fusion, Raid (R5), Hall of Fire (early game), Guild Wars, GB10 (early game)
How do you get:Unknown Scroll, Social Summon, Secret Dungeon, Magic Shop, Reward from Challenge Quest System (Mission IV)
3. Shannon (Diaper Elf)
Good for:GB10 (early game), ToA (early game)
How do you get:Unknown Scroll, Social Summon, Secret Dungeon, Magic Shop, Challenge Quest System Reward (Mission V)
FullShannon Monster Guide
4. Tarq (Water Hellhound)
Good for:DB10 (F2P Speed Team)
How do you get:Unknown Scroll, Social Summon, Magic Shop, Secret Dungeon
Best 3 Star Monsters (PvE)
1. Belladeon (Light Inugami)
Good for:GB10 (early game), DB10 (early game), dimension hole, everywhere in the early game until you get more monsters
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Secret Dungeon, Temple of Requirement
FullBelladeon Monster Guide
2. Bernard (Windgriffon)
Good for:GB10 (Early Game), ToA (Early Game), Water Rift Beast, Guild Wars (Early Game), Arena Offense
How do you get:Unknown Scroll, Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Social Summoning, Wind Scroll, Temple of Desires, Tamor Desert (Scenario Drop), Reward from Challenge Quest System (Mission V)
3. Megan (Water Mystic Witch)
Good for:GB10 (Early Game), DB10 (Early Game), Guild Wars (Early Game), Arena Offense
How do you get:Unknown Scroll, Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Social Summoning, Water Scroll, Temple of Wishes
4. Darion (Light Drifter)
Good for:GB10 (Early Game), Raid (R5), Labyrinth, Dimensionsloch
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Secret Dungeon, Temple of Requirement
5. Fran (Light Fairy Queen)
Good for:NB10 (Speed Team), Dimensionsloch, Guild Wars, RTA
How do you get:Exklusives Event SD, Ancient Coin Magic Shop
FullFran Monster Guide
6. Loren (light cow girl)
Good for:Fusion, GB10 (F2P Speed Team), NB10 (Novice Team)
How do you get:Secret dungeon
7. Mav (Windpinguinritter)
Good for:ToA, water tear beast
How do you get:Unknown Scroll, Social Summoning, Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Wind Scroll, Temple of Wishes
8. Basalt (Dark Battle Mammoth)
Good for:ToA, Guild Wars Offense (early game)
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Temple of Wishes
9. Kahli (Fire High Elemental)
Good for:Fusion, Guild Wars Offense, RTA Offense (Nischenteams), DB10 (Late Game Speed Team)
How do you get:Unknown Scroll, Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Social Summoning, Fire Scroll, Temple of Desires, Vrofagus Ruins (scenario drop)
10. Lyn (Light Amazon)
Good for:GB10 (Speed-Team), DB10 (Speed-Team), Elemental Dungeons
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Temple of Wishes
11. Zinc (dark living armor)
Good for:ToA, HoH, Guild Wars Offense (early game)
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Temple of Wishes
12. Mantura (dunkle snake)
Good for:ToA, Guild Wars Offense (early game)
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Temple of Wishes
Best 4 Star Monsters (PvE)
1. Lushen (Wind-Joker)
Good for:EXP Farmer (mit guten Runen), GB10 (Speed Team), NB10 (Speed Team), Elemental Dungeons, ToA (Speed Clear Low Floors), Arena Offense, RTA (Cleave Team), Guild Wars Offense
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Temple of Desires, Wind Scroll, Legendary Scroll
2. Galleon (water pirate captain)
Good for:GB10 (Speed Team), DB10 (Speed Team), ToA (Speed Clear Low Floors), Arena Offense, Guild Wars, Labyrinth
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Temple of Desires, Water Scroll, Legendary Scroll
3. Hwa (Feuer-Rakshasa)
Good for:GB10 (Speed Team), Raid (R5), ToA (Nischenstufen), Guild Wars Offense, Labyrinth, Dimensionsloch
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Temple of Desires, Fire Scroll, Legendary Scroll
4. Xiao Lin (Water Kung Fu Girl)
Good for:Raid (R5), Rift Beasts, Labyrinth
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Temple of Desires, Water Scroll, Legendary Scroll
5. Verdehile (Fire Vampire)
Good for:DB10 (Speed Team), ToA (Niche Tiers), Guild Wars (Early Game), RTA, Labyrinth, Dimension Hole
How do you get:Monster Fusion, Mystic Scroll, Temple of Wishes, Fire Scroll, Legendary Scroll
6. Shaina (Fire Chakram Dancer)
Good for:DB10 (Speed Team), NB10 (Speed Team), Elemental Dungeons, ToA (Speed Team)
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Temple of Desires, Fire Scroll, Legendary Scroll
Complete Shaina Monsters Guide
7. Sabrina (water boomerang warrior)
Good for:GB10 (Speed Team), DB10 (Speed Team), NB10 (Speed Team), Elemental Dungeons, Rift Raid (R5), Rift Beasts
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Temple of Desires, Water Scroll, Legendary Scroll
Complete Sabrina Monsters Guide
8. Talia (Water Chakram Dancer)
Good for:GB10 (Speed Team), DB10 (Speed Team), NB10 (Speed Team), Elemental Dungeons, Raid (R5), Rift Beasts
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Water Scroll, Legendary Scroll, Temple of Wishes
Complete Talia Monsters Guide
9. Melissa (Windchakramtänzer's)
Good for:GB10 (Speed-Team), NB10 (Speed-Team), Raid (R5), Rift Beasts
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Temple of Desires, Wind Scroll, Legendary Scroll
10. Lapis (Water Magic Knight)
Good for:EXP Farmer, GB10 (early game), ToA, Fire Rift Beast, PvP (early game)
How do you get:Novice Summoning Achievement, Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Water Scroll, Legendary Scroll, Temple of Wishes
11. Chasun (Windhimmeltänzer)
Good for:ToA, HoH, Raid (R5), Rift Beasts, Guild Wars, Labyrinth, Dimensionsloch
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Wind Scroll, Legendary Scroll, Temple of Wishes
12. Dias (Dark Death Knight)
Good for:Raid (R5), PvP Defense (early game), Labyrinth
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Temple of Desires, April 2015 & April 2017 HoH
13. Baretta (Fire Sylph)
Good for:To a
How do you get:Monster Fusion, Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Temple of Desires, Fire Scroll, Legendary Scroll
14. Briand (Windtodesritter)
Good for:ToA, HoH, Labyrinth
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Wind Scroll, Legendary Scroll, Temple of Requirement
15. Stella (Water Killer)
Good for:DB10 (Speed-Team), Raid (R5)
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Water Scroll, Legendary Scroll, Temple of Requirement
16. The Arms (Light Anubis)
Good for:Raid (R5), Guild Wars, Labyrinth
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Temple of Wishes
Best 5 Star Monsters (PvE)
1. Sigmarus (Water Phoenix)
Good for:GB10, DB10, Elemental Dungeons, ToA, HoH, Fire Rift Beast, Labyrinth
How do you get:Monster-Fusion
2. Water Homunculus (Ice Mist Path)
Good for:EXP Farmer, ToA, HoH, Fire Rift Beast, Labyrinth, Guild Wars Offense
How do you get:Craft
3. Veromos (dark Ifrit)
Good for:GB10 (early game), DB10 (early game), ToA (early game), HoH (early game), Guild Wars (early game)
How do you get:Monster-Fusion
Complete Veromos Monsters Guide
4. Xiong Fei (Fire Panda Warrior)
Good for:Raid (R5), NB10 (early game)
How do you get:Monster-Fusion
5. Dark Homunculus (path of unbalanced field)
Good for:ToA, HoH, Guild Wars Offense, Arena Offense
How do you get:Craft
6. Wind Homunculus (Whirling Windpath)
Good for:Raid (R5), NB10
How do you get:Craft
7. Theomars (Wasser Ifrit)
Good for:GB10 (early game), DB10 (early game), NB10 (early game), Raid R5 (early game), Rift Beasts, Labyrinth, Guild Wars
How do you get:Guild Shop
8. Tesarion (Feuer-Ifrit)
Good for:Raid R5 (early game), ToA (niche stages), Guild Wars, RTA
How do you get:Guild Shop
Best Monsters for PvP (Player vs. Player)
Remember that the ranking for each monster depends on how good the monster is in Player Vs. Player Content (PvP). However, I will also list where this monster is good in PvE.
Best 2 Star Monsters (PvP)
1. Konamiya (Wassergaruda)
Good for:Fusion, Raid (R5), Hall of Fire (early game), Guild Wars, GB10 (early game)
How do you get:Unknown Scroll, Social Summon, Secret Dungeon, Magic Shop, Reward from Challenge Quest System (Mission IV)
Best 3 Star Monsters (PvP)
1. Racuni (Vier Harg)
Good for:Guild Wars RTA
How do you get:Unknown Scroll, Social Summoning, Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Fire Scroll, Temple of Desires
2. Bulldozer (Feuer Frankenstein)
Good for:Guild Wars Offense, RTA (niche teams)
How do you get:Unknown Scroll, Social Summoning, Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Fire Scroll, Temple of Desires
3. Copper (Wind Living Armor)
Good for:Guild Wars Offense, RTA (niche teams)
How do you get:Unknown Scroll, Social Summoning, Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Wind Scroll, Temple of Wishes
4. Kahli (Fire High Elemental)
Good for:Fusion, Guild Wars Offense, RTA Offense (Nischenteams), DB10 (Late Game Speed Team)
How do you get:Unknown Scroll, Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Social Summoning, Fire Scroll, Temple of Desires, Vrofagus Ruins (scenario drop)
5. Fran (Light Fairy Queen)
Good for:NB10 (Speed Team), Guild Wars, RTA, Dimensionsloch
How do you get:Exklusives Event SD, Ancient Coin Magic Shop
FullFran Monster Guide
6. Megan (Water Mystic Witch)
Good for:GB10 (Early Game), DB10 (Early Game), Guild Wars (Early Game), Arena Offense
How do you get:Unknown Scroll, Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Social Summoning, Water Scroll, Temple of Wishes
7. Kabilla (Light Harpyie)
Good for:Guild Wars, Arena Attack
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Temple of Wishes
8. Jultan (Dark Werewolf)
Good for:Guild Wars, early game PvP
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Temple of Wishes
9. Groggo (Light Golem)
Good for:Guild Wars, ToA (Niche Tiers)
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Temple of Wishes
10. Eshir (Light Werewolf)
Good for:Guild Wars, early game PvP
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Temple of Wishes
11. Rina (Water Epikion Priest)
Good for:Arena Defense, Guild Wars Attack (Niche Use)
How do you get:Unknown Scroll, Mystic Scroll, Social Summoning, Water Scroll, Temple of Wishes
Best 4 Star Monsters (PvP)
1. Lushen (Wind-Joker)
Good for:EXP Farmer (mit guten Runen), GB10 (Speed Team), NB10 (Speed Team), Elemental Dungeons, ToA (Speed Clear Low Floors), Arena Offense, RTA (Cleave Team), Guild Wars Offense
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Temple of Desires, Wind Scroll, Legendary Scroll
2. Galleon (water pirate captain)
Good for:GB10 (Speed Team), DB10 (Speed Team), ToA (Speed Clear Low Floors), Arena Offense, Guild Wars, Labyrinth
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Temple of Desires, Water Scroll, Legendary Scroll
3. Triana (wind harp mage)
Good for:RTA, Arena Defense, Guild Wars, Labyrinth, Dimension Hole
How do you get:Legendary Scroll, Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Wind Scroll, Temple of Wishes
4. Harmonia (Fire Harp Mage)
Good for:RTA, Arenaverteidigung, Guild Wars, Labyrinth
How do you get:Legendary Scroll, Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Fire Scroll, Temple of Desires
5. Khmun (Fire Anubis)
Good for:Guild Wars, Labyrinth, Dimensionsloch
How do you get:Legendary Scroll, Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Fire Scroll, Temple of Desires
6. Aegir (King of the Water Barbarians)
Good for:Guild Wars, RTA, GB10 (FTP-Speed-Team)
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Water Scroll, Legendary Scroll, Temple of Requirement, July 2017 HoH
7. Trasar (Dark Giant Warrior)
Good for:Guild Wars, Arena, Dimensionsloch
How do you get:Temple of Desires, Scroll of Light and Darkness
8. Skogul (Wind Giant Warrior)
Good for:Rift Raid (R5), Guild Wars, Arena, Dimensionsloch
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Temple of Desires, Wind Scroll
FullSkogul Monster Guide
9. Imesety (Windhorus)
Good for:Guild Wars Offense, RTA (Niche Team)
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Temple of Desires, Wind Scroll
10. Olivia (Wind-Neostone-Agent)
Good for:Guild Wars Offense, RTA (Niche Team)
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Temple of Desires, Wind Scroll
11. Garo (Fire Ninja)
Good for:Guild Wars, RTA, Wind Rift Beast, Dimensionsloch
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Mystic Summoning, Temple of Desires, Fire Scroll
12th Bund (Water Sniper Mk.I)
Good for:Guild Wars attack
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Legendary Scroll, Temple of Desires, Water Scroll
13. Orion (water brownie wizard)
Good for:Guild Wars Defense, Arena Defense (Niche), RTA
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Legendary Scroll, Temple of Desires, Water Scroll
14. Betta (dark mermaid)
Good for:Guild Wars RTA
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Temple of Wishes
15. Iris (Knight of Light Magic)
Good for:Guild Wars, RTA, Dimensionsloch
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Temple of Wishes
16. Icares (dark sylph)
Good for:Guild Wars RTA
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Temple of Wishes
17. Hraesvelg (King of the Wind Barbarians)
Good for:Guild Wars, GB10 (early game), Water Rift Beast
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Wind Scroll, Legendary Scroll, Temple of Requirement
18. Chloe (Fire Epikion Priest)
Good for:Guild Wars Offense, Labyrinth
How do you get:Mystic Scroll, Fire Scroll, Legendary Scroll, Temple of Requirement
19. The Arms (Light Anubis)
Good for:Raid (R5), Guild Wars, Labyrinth
How do you get:Scroll of Light and Darkness, Temple of Wishes
20. Verdehile (Fire Vampire)
Good for:DB10 (Speed Team), ToA (Niche Tiers), Guild Wars (Early Game), RTA, Labyrinth, Dimension Hole
How do you get:Monster Fusion, Mystic Scroll, Temple of Wishes, Fire Scroll, Legendary Scroll
Best 5 Star Monsters (PvP)
1. Theomars (Wasser Ifrit)
Good for:GB10 (early game), DB10 (early game), NB10 (early game), Raid R5 (early game), Rift Beasts, Labyrinth, Guild Wars
How do you get:Guild Shop
2. Jeanne (Light paladin)
Good for:Guild Wars, RTA, ToA, Labyrinth
How do you get:Monster-Fusion
3. Tesarion (Feuer-Ifrit)
Good for:Raid R5 (early game), ToA (niche stages), Guild Wars, RTA
How do you get:Guild Shop
4. Elsharion (Light Ifrit)
Good for:Guild Wars, RTA, Wind Elemental Dungeon
How do you get:Ancient Coin Magic Shop
5. Akhamamir (Wind Ifrit)
Good for:GB10 (Early Game), ToA (Speed Team), Guild Wars Offense
How do you get:Guild Shop
6. Water Homunculus (Ice Mist Path)
Good for:EXP Farmer, ToA, HoH, Fire Rift Beast, Labyrinth, Guild Wars Offense
How do you get:Craft
Summary and cinclusion:
- Use these lists to determine what monsters to build next.
- Save all your Summoning Stones until there is a week with 2-3 of the best 4 stars that you don't have in the rotation.
- Keep all monster families of the monsters in the lists above so you can use them as skill ups.
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