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Anime Expeditions Units

Every unit in Anime Expeditions, grouped by rarity. Each page covers the unit's role, how to get it, its evolution, best traits, and the modes where it performs best.

Units are the core of Anime Expeditions. You obtain them through summoning (gacha banners), then build them up through Upgrade, Evolution, Equipment, and Trait/Stat rerolls. Rarity roughly predicts power — Secret units are the rarest and strongest, followed by Exclusive and Mythic.

The cards below cover the current meta units in detail, each linked to a full breakdown. For the full ranked picture, pair this with the tier list.

Update 0.5 (Villain Invasion) added four villain units. Crow (Black Fire) — Secret Itachi — gets its own card below. The three new Mythics — Dark Mage, RazorJaw (Grimmjow), and Cursed Immortal — are covered in the Villain Invasion update notes and on the tier list (their tiers are initial estimates pending re-evaluation).

Units Guides

Crow (Black Fire) — Secret Itachi

S · 0.5

Update 0.5 Secret villain unit. Black Fire DoT + shield burn, Illusion stored-damage release, Broken Mind delayed burst — hits harder the tankier the target. Event Banner 0.01%.

Dark Mage — Judar

S+ · 0.5

Update 0.5 Mythic villain unit and the new #1 carry. Dual Ice and Lightning forms; the Lightning field is its core. Build: Unbound + Shinigami Sword + Magic Book.

RazorJaw — Grimmjow

S · 0.5

Update 0.5 Mythic villain unit and Act 3 boss counterpart. A crit sleeper — crit rate scales with AoE hits, final hit scales on stacked crit. Build: Forsaken + Enhanced Katana + Shinigami Sword.

Cursed Immortal — Black Sun

A · 0.5

Update 0.5 Mythic villain unit (codename Black Sun). Map-dependent DPS whose clones tick the path — strong on long or bending maps, weak on short ones.

Shadow (Divine)

Secret DPS/support unit. Summons Divine Spirits and turns the battlefield into the Shadow Realm for team buffs.

8th Sword (Berserk)

Secret unit with the highest single-target damage in the game (Berserk evolution).

Cursed Student (True Love)

Mythic DPS. Every 3rd attack triggers a boosted follow-up with Bleed and Bat Spirit summons.

Elf Mage (Unleashed)

Mythic high-damage unit; evolves via the Cosmic Magic material.

Puppet (Telekinetic)

Mythic damage and crowd-control unit (Telekinetic evolution).

Flame Emperor (Reincarnate)

Mythic damage unit; evolves via the Burning Fruit material.

String Demon (Awakened)

Mythic unit; evolves via Joker of the Nonsensical Pirates.

Lady Giant (Envy)

Mythic unit (Envy evolution) with strong mid-tier carry value.