This Dragon Ball Legends tier list will rank all the units so you know which ones are worthwhile to use while playing.
Overall, the best units in the game are Ultimate Gohan (Red), Ultra Instinct -Sign- Goku (Yellow), Goku & Bardock (Blue), Super Saiyan God SS Evolved & Super Saiyan God SS Kaioken Vegeta & Goku (Green), Super Janemba (Blue), Pikkon (Green), Power Awakening Piccolo (Green), Android #17 (Blue), Goku & Final Form Frieza (Purple), Zenkai Vegeta (Red), Pan (Red), Jiren: Full Power (Purple), Super Saiyan God SS Goku (Green), Perfect Form Cell (Purple), Gamma 1 & Gamma 2 (Yellow), Super Saiyan God SS Gogeta (Purple), Zenkai Bardock (Yellow), Golden Frieza (Yellow), Gotenks (Yellow), and Captain Ginyu (Purple).
Let’s go through all the tiers from best to worst, to give you an idea of the unit placement.
Important Note: While this tier list was made from scratch and is our content, I have checked and taken into consideration the game’s Reddit, and a recent tier list published by YouTuber Vergil.
Dragon Ball Legends Legends S-Tier
S-tier units are the very best of the best units you can use in the game. They are powerful, work within the game’s mechanics, and have enough high stats to bulldoze anything in their way.
- Android #17 (Blue)
- Captain Ginyu (Purple)
- Gamma 1 & Gamma 2 (Yellow)
- Goku & Bardock (Blue)
- Goku & Final Form Frieza (Purple)
- Golden Frieza (Yellow)
- Gotenks (Yellow)
- Jiren: Full Power (Purple)
- Pan (Red)
- Perfect Form Cell (Purple)
- Pikkon (Green)
- Power Awakening Piccolo (Green)
- Super Janemba (Blue)
- Super Saiyan God SS Evolved & Super Saiyan God SS Kaioken Vegeta & Goku (Green)
- Super Saiyan God SS Gogeta (Purple)
- Super Saiyan God SS Goku (Green)
- Ultimate Gohan (Red)
- Ultra Instinct -Sign- Goku (Yellow)
- Zenkai Bardock (Yellow)
- Zenkai Vegeta (Red)
Dragon Ball Legends Legends A-Tier
A-tier units are really strong and can do amazing things while in a team, but they lack the one-man army that the S-tier units have.
- 1st Form Frieza (Purple)
- 2nd Form Cell (Red)
- Beast Gohan (Blue)
- EX Omega Shenron (Blue)
- Final Form Cooler (Red)
- Final Form Frieza: Full Power (Yellow)
- Goku (Youth) (Purple)
- Goku Black (Blue)
- Jeice & Burter (Red)
- Jiren (Yellow)
- Kahseral (Red)
- Kaioken Goku (Green)
- Legendary Super Saiyan Broly (Purple)
- Perfect Cell (Purple)
- Shallot (Light)
- Super Saiyan God SS Goku & Vegeta (Purple)
- Super Saiyan Gohan (Yellow)
- Super Saiyan Gohan (Youth) (Purple)
- Super Saiyan Goku (Blue)
- Super Saiyan Rosé Goku Black (Green)
- Super Saiyan Trunks (Adult)(Blue)
- Super Saiyan Trunks (Teen)(Green)
- Super Vegito (Yellow)
Dragon Ball Legends Legends B-Tier
B-tier units are the midway of the game, they can be strong but this is where players will start to feel the difference with the higher-tier units.
- Android #17 & Android #18 (Red)
- Android #8 (Blue)
- Buu: Kid (Yellow)
- God of Destruction Beerus (Green)
- Gohan (Kid) & Krillin (Purple)
- Gohan (Red)
- Goku (Green)
- Golden Frieza (Green)
- Hit (Red)
- Kyawei (Green)
- Magenta (Green)
- Master Roshi (Yellow)
- Mecha Frieza (Purple)
- Perfect Cell (Yellow)
- Piccolo (Yellow)
- Piccolo Jr. (Red)
- Recoome & Guldo (Yellow)
- Super Gogeta (Blue)
- Super Gogeta (Green)
- Super Saiyan 2 & Super Saiyan God SS Trunks (Adult) & Vegeta (Yellow)
- Super Saiyan 2 Gohan (Youth)(Red)
- Super Saiyan 3 & Super Saiyan 2 Goku & Vegeta (Blue)
- Super Saiyan 3 Goku (Green)
- Super Saiyan 4 Goku (Yellow)
- Super Saiyan Broly: Full Power (Blue)
- Super Saiyan God SS Evolved Vegeta (Yellow)
- Super Saiyan God SS Gogeta (Yellow)
- Super Saiyan God SS Kaioken Goku (Yellow)
- Super Saiyan God SS Vegeta (Green)
- Super Saiyan God SS Vegito(Blue)
- Super Saiyan Gohan (Youth)(Green)
- Super Saiyan Rosé Goku Black (Purple)
- Super Saiyan Trunks (Adult) (Purple)
- UL Omega Shenron (Red)
- Ultra Instinct -Sign- Goku (Purple)
- Ultra Instinct Goku (Red)
- Whis (Purple)
- Zamasu (Blue)
- Zenkai Goku (Blue)
- Zenkai Vegeta (Blue)
Dragon Ball Legends Legends C-Tier
C-tier units are niche units that have some uses, but players can still find interesting, and creative ways to use them.
- Android #17 (Purple)
- Android #21 (Red)
- Buu: Kid (Blue)
- Final Form Frieza (Blue)
- God of Destruction Beerus (Blue)
- Half-Corrupted Fusion Zamasu (Red)
- Hero Tapion (Yellow)
- Power Awakening Piccolo (Purple)
- Super Saiyan 4 Gogeta (Green)
- Super Saiyan 4 Goku & Vegeta (Green)
- Super Saiyan Goten (Kid) (Purple)
- Super Vegito (Purple)
Final Thoughts
With so many different units and possible strategies to use, players shouldn’t limit themselves to only using what is strong. You should always try to find ways to use your favorites while enjoying any game.
If you want to try out more games on your phone, check out our tier list for the Best Heroes in Marvel Contest of Champions, and the Best Units in Echocalypse: Scarlet Covenant to see if either of these pique your interest.
With the complete tier list for Dragon Ball Legends laid out, you will be ready whenever you get a unit to know how strong it is at a glance. Let us know in the comments down below which is your favorite unit to use in the game.
With thousands of hours played on Nintendo systems since the original Gameboy, Nikiforos is happy to share his endless passion for Nintendo franchises and everything he can get his hands on.
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