Palmon Survival Tier List: The Best Palmon and the Order to Build Them

For Palmon Survival guild leaders and big accounts who want to know which Palmon deserve your Omni Tokens, and in what order.

Every Palmon Survival tier list says Ninjump is strong and Mega Mantleray dominates. What they skip: a Ninjump with the wrong S-rank stats and no blueprint breeding is dead weight, and a Mantleray build stuck before Mega is a mid-tier unit at a top-tier price. The tier matters. The order you build in matters more.

Palmon scale through three linked systems. Star level, using UR Omni Tokens. Stats, using the blueprint breeding method to reach four correct S-rank traits. Skills, using Skill Fruits. All three have to be right at the same time. A 5-star Palmon with the wrong stats does worse than a 4-star with the right ones, and every Skill Fruit spent on a wrong-stat base makes the mistake bigger.

The Mega Evolution system in Season 2 adds a fourth layer. Before Mega, Ninjump and Mantleray are strong. After Mega, their evolutions, Shadowkaeru and Mystiray, reach SS tier, the highest output in the game. This tier list covers both states where it matters.

Palmon Survival tier list: SS, S and A tier

SS tier: Mega Evolutions (Season 2)

1. Shadowkaeru (Mega Ninjump) (Water, DPS, Day 1 of Season 2). The best return on investment in the game for players who built Ninjump from Day 1. Shadowkaeru mixes speed and burst damage at a level that dominates both boss fights and PvP. Its skills are rapid slashes and shuriken projectiles that land before enemy formations can react. Teams built around it protect it and stack ATK buffs to get the most from it.

2. Mystiray (Mega Mantleray) (Electric, DPS, Day 1 of Season 2). Widely seen as the strongest multi-hit damage dealer in the game at full build. Its abilities are rapid multi-hit attacks that scale hard with ATK buffs, so it is the carry for formations built around Electric amplification. The key point: Mystiray is SS tier, pre-Mega Mantleray is S tier. Only go down this path if you are committing to the Mega. A Mantleray build stuck before Mega gives mid-tier output at SS tier cost.

3. Predalynx (Mega Surveilynx) (Earth, DPS, Day 15 of Season 2). A precision burst dealer built to remove priority targets in the enemy backline. It fills a different role from Shadowkaeru and Mystiray, which makes it the right third SS tier pick for guilds building toward cover across several elements.

S tier: core formation picks

4. Ninjump (Water, DPS, Day 1). The first investment on any server. Before Shadowkaeru arrives, Ninjump is the backbone of the best team across World Boss, Guild Boss and early PvP. It is available from Day 1, strong across all PvE content and the direct path to the best SS tier carry. No other Day 1 Palmon gives that return. See the full Ninjump build guide for skill order and stat targets.

5. Ghillant (Earth, Tank, mid-server). The formation anchor that makes your DPS investment work. Ghillant has the highest HP in the roster and a passive that gives a formation-wide Defense buff to all allied Palmon. Without Ghillant, your 5-star Ninjump is a target. A Ghillant-anchored formation with Baboom as the stun source is hard for opponents to break. See the full Ghillant build guide.

6. Mantleray (Electric, DPS, early server). The multi-hit backrow carry that covers threats Ninjump cannot reach. Pre-Mega Mantleray is truly S tier, but only put a lot of Omni Tokens here if reaching Mystiray is realistic on your server timeline. See the full Mantleray build guide.

7. Barkplug (Electric, DPS and utility, unlocked through Sanctum Struggle). Chain lightning that hits up to five targets with a chance to paralyse, which makes Barkplug the control layer when paired with Mantleray. Paralyse stops rage skills, the most valuable utility in competitive PvP. Unlocking it needs guild Sanctum Struggle Level 2 participation, so it is the first guild-gated pick in the progression path.

A tier: formation support

8. Abuzzinian (Electric, Utility, early server). The paralysis anchor of the Phase 1 core. Nightstorm hits three random enemies with a 20% chance to paralyse for 3.5 seconds, and paralysed Palmon cannot use rage skills. Formation-defining utility in World Boss and Guild Boss from Day 1. Low star investment, high formation return.

9. Fingenue (Water, DPS, mid-server). High-ceiling Water DPS. Waterspout deals over 8,000% damage in an area around the nearest enemy at full upgrade, and the Ocean's Favor passive adds a 30% damage bonus. The right DPS slot in the mid-game Water formation next to Shadowkaeru once the Mantleray build is coming together.

10. Baboom (Earth, Tank and DPS, early server). A second frontliner with a 70% Power Strike stun, the lockdown Ghillant does not bring. That stun keeps enemy rage skills offline. A low-cost pick with high formation value once Ghillant is in place.

Best team in Palmon Survival: the three formation phases

Knowing which Palmon are S tier is half the picture. The other half is which formation to run at each stage, and why the order matters as much as the rankings.

Phase 1: the meta team from Day 1

Ninjump (DPS carry), Abuzzinian (paralysis utility) and Dolphriend (sustain). This formation handles all PvE event content and early PvP. Getting Ninjump to 5-star with four correct S-rank stats through blueprint breeding is the whole focus here. Abuzzinian goes to 3-star for paralysis. Every Omni Token and Skill Fruit beyond this core stays in reserve until Ninjump's stats are confirmed. This is the best team for newer and mid-range accounts.

Phase 2: the competitive squad

Ninjump (DPS), Ghillant (frontline tank), Abuzzinian (paralysis), Baboom (stun) and Dolphriend (sustain). Adding Ghillant to a finished Ninjump is the biggest single formation upgrade in the game. An unprotected 5-star Ninjump is an easy target. A Ghillant-anchored formation is hard to break and holds Sanctum objectives that Phase 1 teams cannot. This is the best team for Sanctum Struggle through mid-server.

Phase 3: the SS tier end-game formation

Shadowkaeru or Mystiray (SS tier carry), Ghillant (frontline) and Baboom (stun), plus Fingenue and Abuzzinian next to Shadowkaeru, or Barkplug and Abuzzinian next to Mystiray. This is the best late-server team for players who have committed to Mega Evolution. Shadowkaeru and Fingenue form the Water core. Mystiray and Barkplug form the Electric version. Together, this is the meta team competitive guild leaders are building toward in Season 2. The full build cost breakdown shows the Omni Token and Skill Fruit cost of each phase.

Best traits for each Palmon

Traits, the S-rank stats you get through blueprint breeding, are the most important variable in how a Palmon performs. In many cases they matter more than star level. A 4-star Palmon with four correct S-rank traits beats a 5-star with the wrong ones. Do not commit Omni Tokens until traits are confirmed.

• Ninjump and Shadowkaeru: Attack and crit damage traits: Warlike, Belligerent, Heartless and Brutal. All four should be S-rank before any star upgrade past 3-star. Blueprint breeding is the only reliable way to get four correct S-ranks on one Palmon.
• Mantleray and Mystiray: ATK, ATK SPD, HP (or DEF for survival in longer fights), Critical Damage. Multi-hit damage scales with ATK SPD in particular, so do not treat it as the same as pure ATK.
• Ghillant: HP, DEF, HP, DEF. Pure tank traits. Ghillant's value is its HP ceiling and formation-wide DEF passive, not damage. Do not waste S-rank offensive slots on it.
• Abuzzinian: ATK SPD, Critical Rate. Its paralysis is what matters, not raw damage, but ATK SPD makes Nightstorm trigger more often, which means more paralysis.
• Fingenue: ATK, Critical Damage, ATK SPD, Critical Rate. Close to Ninjump's priority, given her burst damage role and the Ocean's Favor damage bonus.

Palmon in this guide by element

This table covers the Palmon ranked in this guide. New Palmon arrive with seasonal updates, and the competitive meta at any time is set by the SS tier Mega Evolutions in the current season.

The order to spend your Omni Tokens

A tier list tells you which Palmon are strongest. This section tells you which ones deserve your Omni Tokens at each phase, and in what order.

1. Phase 1 (Day 1 to mid-server): Ninjump to 5-star with four correct S-rank stats through blueprint breeding. Abuzzinian to 3-star. Dolphriend for sustain. Every Omni Token beyond this stays in reserve until the core is confirmed.
2. Phase 2 (after Ninjump 5-star): Ghillant to 5-star with Baboom as the second frontliner. The competitive upgrade that protects your Phase 1 carry.
3. Phase 3 (mid-game, committing to Season 2): Ninjump to Shadowkaeru first when Season 2 opens, then Mantleray toward Mystiray, with Barkplug as the paralysis layer and Fingenue replacing earlier placeholders. Only the right move if your budget supports the Mega Evolution commit on a realistic timeline.

UR Palmon Omni Tokens belong on one Palmon at a time, in phase order. Tokens spread across several Palmon at once give you several half-built formations. Put on one phase at a time, they give you one competitive formation that protects and powers up the next. VIP 14, with 3 tokens a day passively, is the income that runs under all of this. Reaching it before Phase 3 cuts the total pack spend you need.

Guild leader playbook

Competitive guild events, Sanctum Struggle, Guild Boss and World Boss, reward formation coordination as much as individual power. A guild where several leaders have finished the Phase 1 Ninjump core and are moving in order toward Phase 2 Ghillant builds does better in events than one where the same total investment is scattered across random Palmon.

Share the phase order with your officers early. Members who know they are building Ninjump 5-star, then Ghillant, then the Mantleray to Mystiray commit can place their own Omni Tokens correctly instead of spending reactively. Flag Barkplug's unlock clearly: your guild needs at least one Level 2 Sanctum conquest before members can unlock Barkplug. Plan the Sanctum Struggle push before your members are ready to start the Mantleray phase.

Your Palmon Survival investment can work harder

The players who progress fastest in Palmon Survival are not always spending the most. They spend in the right order, on the right phase, in the right event window. Across a full server that includes Ninjump builds, Ghillant and Mega Evolution commits, that order pays off on every purchase.

Where Packsify fits

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