Grand Summoners Tier List (October 2026): Best Global Units Ranked

Updated October 13, 2026. Covers Grand Summoners Global v4.0.3 on iOS and Android.

The best units in this Grand Summoners tier list are Okarun, Houka Inumuta, Ultimate Paladin Roy and Saitama the Hero. They are the only four units in SS tier on the Grand Summoners Official Discord staff’s Global tier list as of October 2026.

Grand Summoners is a pixel-art action RPG from NextNinja where you summon heroes, including anime crossover characters, and fight real-time battles solo or in four-player co-op.

This list covers the Global version only, on iOS and Android, at version 4.0.3 (released October 6, 2026, per the App Store version history). The Japanese version runs ahead, so its rankings don’t carry over.

Grand Summoners is a gacha game. In gacha games, according to Wikipedia, you spend in-game currency on random summons instead of buying the exact unit you want.

That’s why a tier list matters. It tells you which units deserve your crystals and your upgrade materials.

Grand Summoners tier list at a glance (October 2026)

Four units sit in SS, seven in S, 23 in A and three in A- on the Discord staff’s Global list as we read it on October 13, 2026.

Tier	Units	What it means
SS	Okarun, Houka Inumuta, Ultimate Paladin Roy, Saitama the Hero	Build your team around these if you own them.
S	Summer Miyu, Shirou Emiya, Beta, Touma Kamijo, Sayaka Miki, Shadow, Saito Hajime	Top-end picks that fit most teams.
A	Cometstreak Valerie; Rosetta, Forger of Fortitude; Summer Illya; Fern; Momo; Miranda; Hazuki; Sublime Supernova Liza; Valentines Miranda; Isliid, Human Pinnacle; Kingsoul Orvell; Summer Chloe; Alpha; Index; Madoka Kaname; Marisa Kirisame; Cha Hae-In; Halloween Forte; Hart the Fabricator; Dragon Authority Luahn; Natasha: Spiritia 05; Ira Gamagoori; Demon Lord Samurai Rimuru	Strong. Worth your materials if you lack SS or S units.
A-	Orvell (Fire), Valentines Priscilla, Halloween Charlotte	Solid, but first in line to get pushed down by new units.

The source page changes often and was partly rate-limited when we checked it. Treat the counts as a snapshot, and check the date at the top of this page.

How was this Grand Summoners tier list ranked?

The base ranking is the Global tier list made by the Grand Summoners Official Discord Server staff and hosted on the Grand Summoners Database fan site. We read it on October 13, 2026, against Global v4.0.3.

That list ranks units in their “most optimized” setup, meaning fully built with their best gear. A unit you’ve only half-built won’t perform like its tier says.

We then cross-checked every pick against a second major tier list from an established mobile gaming site, updated August 19, 2026. Where the two lists split, we say so.

The Discord staff list sorts units by what they do in a fight. The tags that matter most for the top tiers are these:

•       Arts nuker: a unit that dumps huge damage through its Arts. “Solo Nuker” means it needs less Arts help from teammates.

•       Jump Start: the unit gets Arts every wave, so you clear waves faster.

•       High DMG Up and High RES Down: buffs to your nuker, or cuts to the enemy’s resistance.

•       Arts Battery: using the unit’s Arts gives the whole team a burst of Arts gauge.

Arts are your big special attacks. They fire when the Arts gauge fills, so anything that fills the gauge faster is gold in this game.

Who are the SS tier units in Grand Summoners?

Okarun, Houka Inumuta, Ultimate Paladin Roy and Saitama the Hero are the SS units, and both tier lists we compared agree on all four.

Unit	Where it comes from	Why it’s SS
Okarun	DAN DA DAN crossover (Global from September 5, 2025)	Discord staff file him as an “Apex” Arts nuker with big self-buffs and heavy RES down. He nukes with less outside Arts help than most.
Houka Inumuta	KILL la KILL crossover	Water support. His skill adds 40 Arts gauge, and his Super Arts gives all allies +300% CRI DMG plus Arts auto-fill for 25 seconds, per his community wiki unit page.
Ultimate Paladin Roy	Grand Summoners’ own cast (not a crossover)	SS on both lists we compared. Kit breakdown [SOURCE NEEDED].
Saitama the Hero	One Punch Man crossover (some lists call him Hero Saitama)	SS on both lists we compared. Kit breakdown [SOURCE NEEDED].

Houka’s True Arts also cuts enemy Water resistance by 80% for 25 seconds, per the same wiki page. That makes him strongest next to Water damage dealers.

Which Grand Summoners units are S tier?

Summer Miyu, Shirou Emiya, Beta, Touma Kamijo, Sayaka Miki, Shadow and Saito Hajime make up S tier on the Discord staff list.

Unit	Where it comes from	Second list	Why it’s S
Summer Miyu	Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA crossover	S	Tagged as a Nuke Support with Jump Start, High DMG Up and Arts Battery, so she feeds your nuker.
Shirou Emiya	Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA crossover	S	Both lists agree on S.
Beta	The Eminence in Shadow (Global from July 31, 2026)	S	Both lists agree, even though she is one of the newest units.
Shadow	The Eminence in Shadow (Global from July 31, 2026)	S	Both lists agree on S.
Touma Kamijo	A Certain Magical Index crossover	S	Both lists agree on S.
Saito Hajime	Rurouni Kenshin crossover	S	Both lists agree on S.
Sayaka Miki	Puella Magi Madoka Magica crossover (Global from February 13, 2026)	Not ranked	Discord staff rate her S, but the second list hasn’t ranked her. Treat this one as less settled.

Where a row says the lists agree, that agreement is the reason. We couldn’t confirm full kit numbers for those units from a source we trust, so read their skill text in-game before you invest.

The second list also puts Momo and Madoka Kaname in S. Discord staff have both a tier lower, at A.

Which A tier units are worth building?

A tier units are strong picks that need more setup or a specific team. If you don’t own SS or S units, this is where your upgrade materials should go.

Unit	Discord staff	Second list	Read
Cometstreak Valerie	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Rosetta, Forger of Fortitude	A	B	Discord staff rate her higher
Summer Illya	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Fern	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Momo	A	S	Second list rates her higher
Miranda	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Hazuki	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Sublime Supernova Liza	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Valentines Miranda	A	B	Discord staff rate her higher
Isliid, Human Pinnacle	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Kingsoul Orvell	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Summer Chloe	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Alpha	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Index	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Madoka Kaname	A	S	Second list rates her higher
Marisa Kirisame	A	Unclear	Second list’s “Kirisame” entry may be a different unit
Cha Hae-In	A	Not ranked	Newer Solo Leveling unit, less tested
Halloween Forte	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Hart the Fabricator	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Dragon Authority Luahn	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Natasha: Spiritia 05	A	Not ranked	Only one list ranks her so far
Ira Gamagoori	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Demon Lord Samurai Rimuru	A	A	Safe pick, lists agree
Orvell (Fire)	A-	A	Second list rates him higher
Valentines Priscilla	A-	A	Second list rates her higher
Halloween Charlotte	A-	B	Discord staff rate her higher

Where the lists agree, the pick is safe. Where they split, read the unit’s kit and check it against the team you actually have.

Why do Grand Summoners tier lists disagree so much?

Most of the mess comes from lists mixing Japanese and Global units, pages that only update the date, and SS rows so big they stop meaning anything. Averaged lists add a fourth problem.

Japan is ahead of Global

The Japanese version gets crossovers first. Puella Magi Madoka Magica started in JP on December 23, 2025, per Japanese guide site Altema, but reached Global on February 13, 2026, per the App Store notes.

Japanese ranking sites score the JP roster. Use them to preview what’s coming, not to judge what you can pull today.

Old pages with new dates

Some ranking pages show a recent month in the title while the page itself hasn’t changed in years. One page we checked had “Oct. 2025” in its title, but its last-modified date was August 2022.

Quick test: if a list has no DAN DA DAN, KILL la KILL or Eminence in Shadow units near the top, it’s out of date.

SS rows with 60-plus units

One widely read list, updated October 7, 2026, puts more than 60 units in SS. It also lists some units in two tiers at once, with Houka Inumuta in both SS and A.

A top tier with 60 names in it can’t help you choose between them.

Averaged lists drag old units up

Aggregator pages that take the median of several tier lists mix stale votes with fresh ones. One we checked, which combines eight lists, still ranks long-standing units like Juno and Mako in S.

Some pages get basic facts wrong too. At least one lists Houka Inumuta as a Dark unit, while his wiki unit page shows him as Water.

How should you use this tier list if you don’t own SS units?

Build around one damage dealer and the supports that feed it Arts, then fill the gaps from A tier.

1.     Check you’re reading a Global list. JP lists include units you can’t summon yet.

2.     Pick your damage dealer first. If you have Okarun, he needs less outside Arts help than most nukers, per the Discord staff tags.

3.     Add Arts supports. Units tagged Jump Start, High DMG Up or Arts Battery let your nuker fire Arts more often. Summer Miyu carries all three tags.

4.     Match elements. Houka Inumuta’s True Arts cuts enemy Water resistance, so he does the most next to Water attackers.

5.     Finish gear before chasing tiers. The rankings assume each unit is fully optimized, so a finished A unit can outperform a half-built S unit.

Don’t bin old favorites too fast either. Gacha Go’s report on the 8th anniversary roadmap (February 8, 2026) notes that NextNinja keeps buffing older units through Dream Awakenings.

Should you reroll or spend money for SS units?

Only reroll if you’re starting a fresh account, and ideally during a crossover that guarantees a ★5 Legend on your first roll.

Recent official crossover announcements, including That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime (March 27, 2026) and The Eminence in Shadow (July 31, 2026), promise that guaranteed ★5 Legend plus over 100 free Crossover Summon Tickets.

Rerolling means making new accounts and redoing the starter summons until you like the result. It works, but it eats a lot of time.

Crossover units are tied to their event windows, and reruns aren’t guaranteed [SOURCE NEEDED]. If an SS unit is on a limited banner, that banner is your shot.

If you spend, read the banner’s listed rates first. Some countries make publishing gacha odds a legal requirement. China, for example, has required games to publish loot odds since 2017, as reported by The Verge.

Skip bought accounts. Marketplaces openly list Grand Summoners accounts with SS units, but you’re trusting a stranger with your login, and account sales may break the game’s terms of service.

For free extras, watch the official Grand Summoners X account (@GRDSMN_GLOBAL) and the official Discord. The in-game Gift Code feature arrived in version 3.61.1 on July 17, 2026, per the App Store notes.

Which recent crossovers changed the Grand Summoners tier list?

Most current SS and S units came from crossovers that reached Global between September 2025 and July 2026.

Global date	Version	Crossover	Series units on the Discord list
Sep 5, 2025	3.53.1	DAN DA DAN	Okarun (SS), Momo (A)
Oct 17, 2025	3.53.4	A Certain Magical Index III	Touma Kamijo (S), Index (A)
Nov 28, 2025	3.54.1	KILL la KILL	Houka Inumuta (SS), Ira Gamagoori (A)
Dec 26, 2025	3.55.1	Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA	Summer Miyu, Shirou Emiya (S); Summer Illya, Summer Chloe (A)
Feb 13, 2026	3.56.0	Puella Magi Madoka Magica	Sayaka Miki (S), Madoka Kaname (A)
Mar 27, 2026	3.57.2	That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime	Demon Lord Samurai Rimuru (A)
May 8, 2026	3.59.0	Touhou LostWord	Marisa Kirisame (A)
Jun 12, 2026	3.60.1	Solo Leveling	Cha Hae-In (A)
Jul 31, 2026	3.61.2	The Eminence in Shadow	Beta, Shadow (S); Alpha (A)
Sep 4, 2026	4.0.1	Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA ILLYA	New units not confirmed on the Discord list yet

Dates and version numbers come from the Global App Store version history. Some series have run more than once, so a listed unit may come from an earlier run of the same crossover.

Grand Summoners tier list FAQ

Who is the best unit in Grand Summoners right now?

Okarun, Houka Inumuta, Ultimate Paladin Roy and Saitama the Hero are the four SS units on the Discord staff’s Global list as of October 2026. Pick Okarun if you need damage and Houka if you need support.

Is the Japanese Grand Summoners tier list the same as Global?

No. JP gets crossovers weeks or months earlier, so JP rankings include units Global players can’t summon yet. Use a Global list for pull decisions.

How often does the Grand Summoners tier list change?

It usually shifts with each crossover or Dream Awakening. Global added ten crossover events between September 2025 and September 2026, per the App Store version history.

What does “most optimized” mean on a tier list?

It means the unit is ranked as if fully built with its best equipment and upgrades. Your copy may play a tier lower until you finish building it.