Palworld Tier List: Best Pals in Every Element

Check out our Palworld tier list ranking the best pals in every element for battle effectiveness and utility.

Palworld Tier List: Best Pals in Every Element
Palworld Tier List: Best Pals in Every Element

With over 100 capturable Pals in Palworld, building an effective battle team can be a daunting task. To help players focus their efforts, we've created a comprehensive Palworld tier list breaking down the strongest Pals of each element. Read on for a full ranking of the S, A, B, C, and D tiers for each element. 

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How Pals Were Evaluated

Pals Tier List: Best Pals
Pals Tier List: Best Pals 

When assembling this Palworld tier list, Pals were judged based on several key criteria:

  • Raw Power - Attack strength and battle viability
  • Skills - Quality and coverage of learnable moves
  • Utility - Beyond battling, mobility uses, etc.

Using these metrics, Pals could be accurately placed into tiers with others of comparable overall usefulness. Now let's dive into the rankings.

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Palworld Tier List: Fire Type Pal Tier List

Tier Fire Pals
S Jormuntide Ignis, Blazamut, Kitsun, Suzaku
A Ragnahawk, Faleris, Incineram Noct, Pyrin, Vanvyrm, Blazehowl
B Bushi, Incineram, Lezzpunk Ignis, Foxparks
C Wixen, Flambelle, Gobfin Ignis, Arsox, Kelpsea Ignis
D Rooby, Fuack

The supreme Fire legendary Jormuntide Ignis tops the list, while Blazamut and Kitsun also rank very highly. Bushi and basic Incineram are decent mid-tier options.

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Palworld Tier List: Water Type Pal Tier List

Tier Water Pals
S Jormuntide, Penking, Surfent, Suzaku Aqua, Broncherry Aqua
A Azurobe, Relaxaurus, Elphidran Aqua
B Gobfin, Celaray
C Kelpsea, Teafant, Pengullet
D Fuack

Jormuntide's Water variant excels thanks to its Dragon sub-typing. Penking and Surfent round out Water's top tier nicely.

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Palworld Tier List: Electric Type Pal Tier List

Tier Electric Pals
S Rayhound, Grizzbolt, Orserk
A Dinossom Lux, Relaxaurus Lux
B Beakon, Univolt, Mossanda Lux
C Dazzi, Jolthog 
D Sparkit

Not a ton of Electric Pals, but the mighty Rayhound, Orserk, and versatile Grizzbolt stand out from the pack.

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Palworld Tier List: Ice Type Pal Tier List

Tier Ice Pals
S Frostallion, 
A Sibelyx, Cryolinx, Penking, Chillet, Ice Reptyro, Ice Kingpaca, Wumpo
B Vanwyrm Cryst, Wumpo, Foxcicle, Hangyu Cryst, Reindrix, Mammorest Cryst   
C Sweepa, Pengullet, Jolthog Cryst, Mau Cryst
D Swee

The Ice roster is led by crowd favorite Frostallion in the top S rank. Lots of versatility down the list.

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Palworld Tier list: Neutral Type

Tier Neutral Pals
S Paladius, Nitewing
A Fenglope, Eikthyrdeer, Galeclaw, Lunaris
B Ribbunny, Melpaca, Direhowl, Tocotoco, Mozzarina, Woolipop, Gorirat, Grintale
C Cattiva, Lovander, Lamball, Cremis, Ribbuny, Kingpaca
D Vixy, Chikipi

Paladius and Nitewing take top honors for solid well-rounded battlers. Neutrals are common but vary greatly in strength.

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Palworld Tier List: Dark Type

Tier Dark Pals
S Pyrin Noct, Shadowbeak, Necromus, Frostallion Noct
A Maraith, Felbat, Helzephyr, Incineram, Incineram Noct, Katress, Blazehowl Noct, Menasting
B Tombat, Vanwyrm, Astegon, Daedream, Cawgnito, Leezpunk, Vanwyrm Cryst, Lyleen Noct
C Hoocrates, Loupmoon, Depresso, Killamari
D Mau, Nox

The ultra-rare Pyrin Noct is almost unmatched, with Shadowbeak close behind. Dark Pals are formidable overall.

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Palworld Tier list: Dragon Type

Tier Dragon Pals
S Jetragon, Jormuntide Ignis, Jormuntide, Orserk
A Elphidran, Quivern, Astegon, Dinossom Lux, Elphidran Aqua
B Azurobe, Chillet, Dinossom, Relaxaurus, Relaxaurus Lux
C Kelpsea Ignis

Jetragon takes the Dragon top spot by a hair over Jormuntide Ignis—a nice variety of dual types down the list.

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Palworld Tier list: Grass Type

Tier Grass Pals
S Mossanda, Warsect, Wumpo Botan
A Lyleen, Lifmunk, Flopie, Mossanda, Caprity, Dinossom
B Beegarde, Bushi, Mammorest Cryst, Elizabee, Gumoss, Bristla, Cinnamoth, Robinquill, Robinquill Terra, Broncherry, Broncherry Aqua
C Verdash, Petallia, Tanzee
D Vaelet

Mossanda and Warsect lead the pack as heavy-hitting plant creatures. Lots of good workers Pals too.

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Palworld Tier List: Ground Type

Tier Ground Pals
S Anubis, Digtoise, Warsect
A Menasting, Eikthyrdeer Terra, Surfent Terra
B Dumud, Ice Reptyro, Robinquill Terra
C Hangyu, Rushoar
D Fuddler, Gumoss

Anubis takes top-ground honors with Digtoise close by. Menasting offers great dark coverage.

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Palworld Tier List Summary

With loadouts varying by player style, this Palworld tier list aims to highlight each element's objectively most effective Pals as a starting point for building battle teams.

Take these rankings as guidelines and supplement your experience as you encounter and experiment with different Pals during your adventures across Palpagos Island.

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