Seven Knights Re:BIRTH Tier List: Best Heroes to Build First

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The safest early investments are the heroes with top grades in both PvE and PvP

Pocket Gamer’s latest Seven Knights Re:BIRTH tier list, marked as updated on September 2, 2026 for version 1.27.04, added Dongyoung and ranks several Legendary heroes at SS in both PvE and PvP. That is the strongest concrete signal available from the supplied sources for new players deciding where to spend upgrade materials first.

The tension is that Seven Knights Re:BIRTH spreads progression pressure across Adventure-style PvE, PvP, Raid, Castle, Advent Expedition, and power-up systems. GameWith’s Seven Knights Rebirth guide index separately lists guides for PvP teams, Raid Battle, Castle Rush, Advent Expedition, Power Up Dungeons, Ruby farming, Dedicated Equipment, Awakening Passives, and Ally Role Support. In practical terms, a new account is not only asking which hero is strongest in a vacuum. It is asking which hero will keep paying back investment after the first campaign wall, the first arena bracket, and the first resource bottleneck.

Based on the provided Pocket Gamer table, the best Seven Knights Re:BIRTH heroes to build first are the Legendaries that carry SS grades in both PvE and PvP: Dongyoung, Orkah, Silvesta, Reginleif, and, with an important listing caveat, one of the Reginleif entries that also shows broader mode coverage. Clemyth follows closely because Pocket Gamer grades her S in PvE, SS in PvP, and SS in Advent. Bai Long is a premium midgame specialist, with Pocket Gamer listing SS in PvP, S in Raid, SS in Castle, and SSS in Advent, but a dash for PvE in the excerpt. That makes Bai Long look less like a first Adventure carry and more like a hero to prioritize once your basic PvE team can already farm.

Our early and midgame ranking, built from the available mode grades

This Seven Knights Re:BIRTH tier list is not a full replacement for in-game testing or a complete database. It is a build-priority guide derived from the supplied Pocket Gamer mode grades, with GameWith’s guide categories used to frame which modes compete for your resources. Where the provided source excerpt shows missing values or duplicate/conflicting entries, that uncertainty is called out rather than hidden.

Priority 1 should go to Reginleif, if your in-game unit matches the Pocket Gamer row that lists SS in PvE, SS in PvP, S in Raid, S in Castle, and SS in Advent. That is the broadest visible spread in the excerpt and the cleanest profile for an account that needs one hero to cover multiple forms of progression. The complication is that Pocket Gamer’s supplied table includes three Reginleif rows: one at SS PvE and SS PvP with dashes elsewhere, one at SS PvE and SS PvP with S/S/SS in Raid, Castle, and Advent, and one at S PvE, S PvP, A Raid, A Castle, and S Advent. Those may reflect separate forms, duplicated listing data, or an excerpting issue. New players should verify the exact unit in-game before spending scarce upgrade materials.

Priority 2 belongs to Dongyoung, Orkah, and Silvesta as the cleanest two-mode starters. Pocket Gamer lists each at SS in PvE and SS in PvP, with dashes in the other shown columns. A dash should not be read as a confirmed weakness from the source excerpt. It simply means the provided table does not supply a grade for that mode. For a beginner, though, SS in both PvE and PvP is enough to justify early levels, basic gear attention, and core progression investment before chasing narrower mode specialists.

Priority 3 is Clemyth. Pocket Gamer lists Clemyth at S in PvE, SS in PvP, and SS in Advent. That is slightly behind the SS/SS PvE-PvP starters for the opening grind, but it becomes attractive once Advent Expedition starts shaping your account goals. GameWith’s guide index treats Advent Expedition as a major standalone progression topic, so a hero with an SS Advent grade is not a luxury pick if that mode is part of your near-term routine.

Priority 4 is Bai Long. Pocket Gamer’s table gives Bai Long SS in PvP, S in Raid, SS in Castle, and SSS in Advent, but no visible PvE grade in the supplied excerpt. That profile screams midgame value, especially for players who already have a stable Adventure team and want to widen into ranked modes and scheduled PvE challenges. Bai Long is one of the strongest Seven Knights Re:BIRTH best characters in the provided data, but the missing PvE grade makes him a less safe first build than a proven PvE/PvP Legendary.

Priority 5 is Radgrid, with a spelling note. Pocket Gamer lists Radgrid at SS in PvP only in the provided excerpt, while a GameWith article title refers to “Randgrid, Teo and Deo.” The supplied materials do not prove whether Radgrid and Randgrid are the same localization, a typo, or separate naming. Treat the Pocket Gamer “Radgrid” entry as a PvP signal only, not a universal investment recommendation.

Priority 6 is Guan Yu. Pocket Gamer’s provided table shows Guan Yu with an A grade in Castle and dashes elsewhere. That may be useful later if Castle performance is your bottleneck, but it is not the kind of broad beginner investment that should consume your best early materials.

A practical build order for new players

For a new account, the best upgrade path is to separate core carries from mode specialists. The core carry group is any Legendary from the supplied list with SS grades in both PvE and PvP: Dongyoung, Orkah, Silvesta, and the relevant Reginleif entry. These are the heroes most likely to help in the daily loop of clearing content, earning resources, and staying competitive enough in PvP to keep account income moving.

If you pull more than one of them, do not automatically spread your rarest materials evenly. Build one main damage or carry option high enough to push PvE, then bring a second SS/SS unit up behind it for PvP and team flexibility. The provided sources do not include skill kits, gear scaling, or exact resource costs, so it would be irresponsible to prescribe exact enhancement breakpoints. The safer rule is to avoid taking three or four Legendaries halfway when one well-supported hero would unlock better farming.

Clemyth becomes the next efficient investment once you can clear baseline PvE. Her Pocket Gamer spread, S in PvE and SS in PvP and Advent, suggests a hero who remains relevant after the beginner phase. Bai Long should move up your queue if you are actively pushing Advent, Castle, or Raid, because Pocket Gamer’s visible grades for those modes are excellent. If your account is still stuck on general PvE progress, Bai Long’s missing PvE grade in the provided table is a reason to wait rather than a reason to dismiss him.

Radgrid and Guan Yu are the classic trap category for early accounts: a high grade in one mode can look irresistible, but it does not always translate into better resource income across the whole account. Radgrid’s visible SS PvP grade can matter if Arena is your priority. Guan Yu’s visible A Castle grade is more modest and narrower. Unless one of those modes is your immediate wall, they should not outrank the heroes with confirmed broad grades.

Rares are not throwaway units, but the source excerpt does not name them

Pocket Gamer makes one beginner-friendly point that is easy to undervalue: rerolling is described as not mandatory in Seven Knights Re:BIRTH, and the outlet says the free heroes plus a few summons are good enough to progress. Pocket Gamer also says Legendaries and Rares are the only two rarities players need to care about, with guaranteed Rares described as exceptional enough for PvE progress.

That does not mean every Rare deserves heavy investment. It means beginners should resist the gacha reflex of freezing an account until a perfect Legendary appears. If your first summons miss Dongyoung, Orkah, Silvesta, or Reginleif, you can still use your guaranteed Rares to clear early PvE while saving premium materials for a stronger long-term pull.

The important limitation is that the supplied Pocket Gamer excerpt does not include the Rare tier list page itself. Because the names and grades of those Rares are absent from the source material, this guide cannot responsibly name the best Rare heroes to build. The practical advice is therefore resource-based: level and gear the Rares you need to keep moving, but be cautious with irreversible or scarce upgrades until you know whether that Rare appears high on a current list or fills a role your Legendaries cannot cover.

Mode coverage matters because the account economy is split across many systems

Seven Knights Re:BIRTH is the kind of RPG where a hero’s value changes once the question shifts from “can I clear the next fight?” to “which content am I farming every day?” GameWith’s guide index reinforces that structure by breaking out Ruby farming, Power Up Dungeons, Raid Battle, Castle Rush, Advent Expedition, PvP team party guides, Dedicated Equipment, Awakening Passives, and Ally Role Support as separate subjects. Even without detailed numbers from those pages in the supplied material, the structure itself is useful: your roster will eventually be judged by mode coverage, not only by story performance.

That is why the strongest beginner recommendation is not simply “build the top PvP unit.” PvP-only strength can be exciting, and Pocket Gamer’s table gives SS PvP grades to several names, including Dongyoung, Orkah, Clemyth, Silvesta, Reginleif, Bai Long, and Radgrid. But a new player who overinvests in a narrow Arena pick may still struggle to farm the materials that make the account stronger.

The most efficient early plan is to build a PvE/PvP bridge first, then add specialists. A bridge hero is one with visible strength in both everyday clearing and competitive modes. A specialist is a hero whose best grades sit in Raid, Castle, Advent, or PvP while general PvE is missing or lower. Bai Long is the standout specialist in the provided excerpt because SSS Advent and SS Castle are unusually strong signals, but his build timing should depend on whether those modes are already unlocked and relevant for your account.

Unanswered questions and how to spend safely until the meta settles

The current source picture has a few gaps that matter. Pocket Gamer says its Seven Knights Re:BIRTH tier list was updated for version 1.27.04 and added Dongyoung, but the supplied excerpt only shows part of the Legendary table and none of the Rare table. The Reginleif duplication creates uncertainty, and the Radgrid/Randgrid spelling difference between Pocket Gamer and a GameWith article title should make players cautious about cross-referencing names without checking the in-game roster.

There is also a wider meta caveat. Pocket Gamer explicitly notes that the meta could change and recommends keeping resources available in case a new top hero needs attention. That advice is especially important for Seven Knights Re:BIRTH because the supplied sources show an active guide ecosystem around new characters, banners, dedicated equipment, awakening passives, and team formats. A hero who is excellent today can remain useful, but the optimal first build may shift when a banner changes or a mode-specific strategy becomes more accessible.

For now, the safest Seven Knights Re:BIRTH beginner guide answer is straightforward. If you have Dongyoung, Orkah, Silvesta, or the broadly graded Reginleif, build one of them first as your account anchor. Add Clemyth when you want PvP and Advent strength without abandoning PvE. Move Bai Long up when Advent, Castle, or Raid becomes your main target. Treat Radgrid and Guan Yu as later investments unless their specific mode is your current priority.

That approach will not chase every tier-list fluctuation, but it will protect the materials that matter. In a gacha RPG, the best early decision is often the one that keeps tomorrow’s options open.