Relic Tier List (Applies to Labyrinth, Peaks of Time and Voyage of Wonders!)
Notes before Using this Document (PLEASE READ):
Relics are listed in rarity order under each tier (Legendary first, Epic second, then Rare last).
Starred (*) relics are unique to their rarity tier and cannot be found at any other rarity. These should be prioritized over non-unique, same-rarity relics that are in the same tier.
Relics that depend on the heroes used in your team are NOT ranked in this tier list to keep it as concise and universal as possible.
Tier placement is based on overall usefulness and usefulness against Wrizz. It is assumed that you are attempting Hard Mode if you are using this tier list.
If a relic can be found at more than one rarity, then each rarity is placed on the tier list as a separate entity (so the same name of relic can appear up to three times).
Since you often see three Rare relics in the Normal (Brown Flag) camps, Rares that appear in S tier are the best available ONLY when comparing to other Rares. This is to ease the picking of Rare relics from normal camps.
As a rule, try to prioritize defensive relics over offensive ones, especially if you have already acquired Icebringer or Poisonous Embrace. You need your heroes to live long enough to do their damage, and certain enemies, notably Shemira and Brutus, dish out absurd amounts of damage in hard mode.
S Tier (Pick Above All Else!)
Relics in S tier are the absolute best ones available in the entire game and should always be chosen if they come up. Do not let these ones pass you by. Rares in S tier should be prioritized over B tier and below Epic relics. Epics in S tier should be prioritized over Legendaries in B tier and below.
Spider Thread Gloves* – Locks down the entire enemy team at the start of the battle. Notably prevents Thoran’s curse but does not work on Athalia or Wrizz.
Deathly Embrace* – Kills any enemy below 15% hp, including Wrizz, enemies removed from battle by Tasi or Fawkes, and Brutus while he’s immune.
Thunderburst* – Provides consistent, high dps over the course of the battle.
Blessed Hammer* – Provides a substantial boost in dps to all heroes.
The Frozen Star* – Saves and heals one hero per battle. Notably prevents you from instantly losing against Wrizz if his ultimate would one-shot your entire team, allowing you plenty of time to pause and retry the battle with a different strategy.
Hero’s Hope – Made for hard mode and surpasses all other raw stat boosting relics when playing hard mode (which we are).
Firebringer* – Keeps enemies from killing your heroes. Ever. Its powerful debuff works on Wrizz as well, making him do pitiful damage. Excellent even if Icebringer does not pop up. Prioritize this relic above all other Epics in this tier.
Icebringer* – Essential for shredding the defenses of tougher enemies, especially Wrizz. When on its own, Icebringer is worse than Firebringer. When combined with Firebringer though, this is overall the best epic in the entire game.
Poisonous Embrace* – An alternative Wrizz-killing relic if Icebringer does not pop up. Somewhat reliant on random chance because it isn’t a guaranteed poison stack on hit, so if you can’t get enough poison stacked before Wrizz wipes most of your team, restart and try again.
Hunter’s Grasp* – Unclear whether it’s based on Total HP or % of Max HP remaining. Still extremely good regardless of which one it is.
Dispelling Arrow* – Allows your backline heroes to remove Brutus’s immunity. He’s everywhere in hard mode, making this relic quite useful. However, this relic does nothing against Wrizz.
Heartseeker – Extra Crit Damage is a much harder stat to find on items than Crit Rating is, since this and its Rare version are the only relics that provides this stat. Notably, this relic is one of the best ways to output enough damage to kill tougher enemies like Wrizz without using Poisonous Embrace or Firebringer + Icebringer.
Vambraces of Accuracy – The only relic alongside the Rare version that provides the Accuracy stat, with some Crit Rating bonus tacked on. A lot of heroes have high dodge in hard mode, so this relic helps immensely.
Hero’s Hope – Best stat-boosting relic for Hard Mode.
Sands of Time – Insane haste boost at rare tier? Yes please! Even though the duration is quite short, the amount of haste it provides during this time is very high.
Hero’s Hope – Best rare for farming hard mode. Take it whenever it pops up!
Heartseeker – Extremely good stat for a Rare.
Vambraces of Accuracy – Helps reduce the impact of high dodge heroes in Hard Mode and provides Crit Rating.
Honourable Mention: Death’s Bite* (Kaz Only) – This relic gets a mention because it makes Wrizz a LOT less problematic, even with a low tier Kaz. Unlike Poisonous Embrace, this relic applies a guaranteed stack of poison on every attack that Kaz makes. Because Kaz has two multi-hit abilities, she can stack this very quickly on Wrizz.
A Tier (Pick if they show up, but not if an S tier relic of the same rarity is present.)
Relics in A tier are solid and always good choices, but they are generally not as good as the relics in S tier.
Pendant of Betrayal* – This relic synergizes extremely well with high burst damage but is a universally good relic for ending battles quickly.
The Unmounted Heart* – This relic fires 25 seconds in, making it too slow for many battles. It is a solid relic against Wrizz, though not as good as most of the S tier options.
Eagle Strike* – Inconsistent DPS, but still quite good. It fires once every 15 seconds starting at 1:15 remaining on the battle timer.
Relic Chest – Second best defensive relic after Hero’s Hope, and the only relic that boosts HP. Very good and should always have its maximum buff by Floor 3.
Shadowfall
Praetorian Helmet – A defensive relic that mitigates damage in a different way than defense rating boosts. This relic maintains its effectiveness against common debuffs that lower defense rating, making it superior to Shield of Fortitude.
Shield of Fortitude – A solid defensive choice, but its effect raises the effectiveness of enemies’ defense rating debuffs because most of these debuffs reduce defense rating by a percentage. In other words, the more defense rating you start with, the more you will lose to these debuffs.
Nosferatu’s Fang
Supporter’s War Flag
Aegis of Preservation – This relic provides a powerful shield to all heroes once an enemy uses an ultimate ability. This includes Wrizz. A solid defensive choice.
Book of War – This relic is quite useful against certain heroes such as Isabella and Athalia that like to focus your backline heroes. It also heavily mitigates the damage dealt by Wrizz’s ultimate, making it a solid choice especially if you were unable to find Firebringer.
The Silent Hope
Insolence – This effect is good, but it and its other versions become completely useless if you find Spider Thread Gloves due to the front line heroes being unable to move or use abilities while they are webbed up. This is also useless against Wrizz.
Moonstone* – Take it when it comes up just in case Sunstone appears later.
Sunstone* – Same as Moonstone.
War Horn* – A great relic for snowballing during battles, but useless against Wrizz.
Statue of Retribution* – Does not work with summoned minions, so this makes it not as good as it might seem. We don’t want our heroes dying, but it’s still great against Wrizz where members of your party will almost certainly die without Firebringer to lower his damage.
The Silent Hope
Carnal Grip
Insolence
Aegis of Preservation
Ragespike
Shield of Fortitude
Shadowfall
Nosferatu’s Fang
Praetorian Helmet
Supporter’s War Flag
Sands of Time – The haste boost from this is quite good and lasts longer than the Rare version, but this version is weaker for its tier because of the plethora of other Epic relics we must prioritize instead.
Aegis of Preservation
Relic Chest
Shield of Fortitude
Praetorian Helmet
Ragespike
Nosferatu’s Fang
Shadowfall
Carnal Grip
Supporter’s War Flag
B Tier (Situational or underwhelming relics for their tier. Prioritize these above F tier relics)
Pendant of Force* – This relic is lackluster on its own, but it makes a powerful unholy trio when combined with Pendant of Betrayal and Deathly Embrace.
Horn of Replenishment
Call to Arms
Insolence
Winged Spurs
Vanguard’s War Flag – This War Flag is placed lower than Supporter’s War Flag because it affects only two heroes instead of three, and its stats are not as good as Supporter’s War Flag overall.
Heaven’s Grace
The Pearl Oath
Horn of Replenishment
Winged Spurs
Vanguard’s War Flag
The Pearl Oath
Winged Spurs
Call to Arms
Horn of Replenishment
Heaven’s Grace
Vanguard’s War Flag
F Tier (Garbage Relics, Avoid at all Costs)
Relics in F tier are outclassed by all other available options in their rarity. Do not pick these, ever, unless you must choose from only F tier relics.
Restorating Crystal* – The worst relic among those exclusive to Legendary tier, because the other effects are just way more powerful, and the Frozen Star provides a similar effect but also grants the healed hero immunity to damage for a few seconds.
Elixir of Energy – Does nothing against Wrizz, and War Horn does a better job of snowballing games than even this relic at Legendary. Do not take any versions of these if you can help it.
The Diligent Vow
Branch from the Yggdrasill
The Angelic Thorn
Branch from the Yggdrasill
Goblet of Resurgence
Shard Combinator* – For the bonuses the Shard of Force gives, its not worth sacrificing so many relic slots to grab these, especially when you must roll each Shard separately and the Shards themselves only appear in Brown Flag camps. This means if you want to use these relics, you will have to settle for smaller Labyrinth Token drops and sacrifice more powerful Epic/Legendary relic drops by prioritizing Brown Flag camps over Red Flag camps.
Wristguards of Invigoration – Has anti-synergy with healing, and the buff it provides is modest at best compared to The Silent Hope.
The Diligent Vow
Elixir of Energy
Goblet of Resurgence
Wristguards of Invigoration
Shard of Force* – I know it’s starred, but please don’t take this relic. Don’t do it.
Insolence
Branch from the Yggdrasill
The Angelic Thorn
The Diligent Vow
Elixir of Energy
