So you’ve just started playing Age of Wonders 4 and aren’t sure which characters are good? Well, you’re in luck, as that’s exactly what our Age of Wonders 4 tome tier list is here to help with. In this very guide, we rank all of the characters from S tier to D tier, with S being best and D being worst. That way, you can focus on filling out your party with S and A tiers to ensure that you perform well, skipping the B-D tiers. We’ll also include a description of the tiers so you know what they actually mean.
Immerse yourself in a variety of magical realms in the latest entry of the Age of Wonders series! Take part in strategic turn-based combat as you create your very own faction of powerful party members. Manage an empire while utilising special tomes that cast magic upon the residents – you can also build clans!
You can learn more about it on the official site. We also recommend checking out our Undecember Archer guide, Wild Hearts builds, and our Survivor.io tier list.
Age of Wonders 4 Tome Tier List
Before we move onto the tier list proper, here’s a description of how our tiering system works so that you can make sense of it.
What Do Our Tiers Mean?
Here’s a brief explanation of each of our tiers:
- S Tier: Tomes in this tier are the absolute best that the game has to offer. You should prioritise unlocking these and increasing their power.
- A Tier: If your collection is lacking in S tiers, A tiers are great for filling gaps. These tomes are still great in their own right, but they just lack a little something when you compare them to an S tier. Use them when you need to, but drop them when you can.
- B Tier: These tomes are quite easy to get, and are solid, if unremarkable. Definitely swap them out for A tiers and S tiers, but don’t be ashamed to use them if you need to.
- C Tier: This is when we get into ‘bad tome’ territory. C tiers are, much like D tiers, some of the worst tomes in the game, but they often have niche uses.
- D Tier: Tomes in this tier are simply never worth using. They’re the worst tomes in the game, suffering from severe balance issues, and will underperform at all points in any modes. Don’t use them if you can avoid it.
S Tier
God tier tomes.
- The Horde,
- Roots
- Amplification
- Glades
- The Beacon
- The Great Transformation
- Chaos Channeling
- The Eternal Lord
- Teleportation
- The Golden Realm
- Nature’s Wrath
- Paradise
A Tier
Solid tomes that are great at what they do.
- Evocation
- Beasts
- Faith
- The Arch Mage
- Devastation
- Artificing
- The Inquisition
- Cycles
- The Goddess of Nature
- Exaltation
- The God Emperor
- Vigor
- Astral Convergence
- The Cold Dark
- The Crucible
- Evolution
B Tier
These tomes start strong but fade later on. Don’t be ashamed to use them, but do swap them out as you unlock S and A tiers.
- Pyromancy
- Enchantment
- Zeal
- Mayhem
- Winds
- Oblivion
- The Reaper
- The Chaos Lord
- Fertility
- Summoning
- The Daemon Gate
- Supremacy
- Dragons
C Tier
In certain game modes, or at the beginning, tomes in this tier can excel. Mostly, they’re useless though.
- Warding
- Transmutation
- Sanctuary
- The Astral Mirror
- Scrying
- Souls
D Tier
Never use D tiers unless you can’t avoid it. They’re awful at all game modes, and at all phases of the game.
- Rock
- Pandemonium
- Cryomancy
- The Doomherald
- Terramancy
- The Creator
- Revelry
- Necromancy
- Subjugation
Age of Wonders 4 tome Tier List FAQ
Still unsure about our tier list? Got questions about Age of Wonders 4 in general? Hopefully our tier list can help!
What’s A Tier List?
We should probably have answered this question at the beginning, eh? A tier list is, quite simply, a list of all of the characters in a specific game ranked from best to worst. In our case, S is the best characters with D being the worst, and A, B, and C filling the gaps.
The purpose of a tier list is to help you determine which characters to use at all stages of the game. We try and make our tier list as useful as possible by explaining our tier system.
For example, there are instances where certain characters are excellent during the beginning of a game, but fade later on. Or, they could be good at a certain game mode. We’ll always try and make this clear.
How Did We Select Our Age of Wonders 4 tome Tier List?
We used a number of different sources when selecting our Age of Wonders 4 tome tier list, but, primarily, we judge based on our personal experience with the game. As a result, it is bound to be quite a subjective list, but there’s no getting around that.
To determine the rankings, we both experiment with the tomes in the game (if unlocked), as well as theory-craft based on skill descriptions and raw statistics. That’s why you’ll see our tier list change so much when a game first launches, as we’re in the testing phase.
It’s also worth noting that we do scour communities, like Reddit, for community feedback. If the general consensus is that a specific tome is strong or weak, we will reflect that in our tier list. That way, it’s got a certain degree of objectivity.
We’ll wrap this section up by reminding you that tier lists are subjective by nature. Your experience may vary completely to ours, so take it with a pinch of salt.
When Do We Update Our Age of Wonders 4 tome Tier List?
You can expect to see an update to our Age of Wonders 4 tome tier list whenever a new tome is introduced. It might take us a while to test the tome for ourselves though, so expect a brief delay.
We also update the list whenever a big balance patch hits, as this will throw the meta out the window. Again, there may be a brief delay as we experiment with the changes and update our rankings.
