Soldiers are divided into Five tiers in Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad. Starting from Tier 1 to Tier 5, the first one has the most powerful, and the fifth has regular soldiers. This Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad Tier List focuses on the best and most powerful characters. They have good stats and are capable of good defense or attack strategy.
Tom Clancy’s Elite Squad Tier List
The list below consists of characters with good performance and ratings. All characters are taken from different tier lists, you can use them to create your dream team.
- Anna Grimsdottier
- Ash
- Caveira
- Charles Bliss
- Doc
- Dokkaebi
- El Sueno
- Faye Lau
- Ironclaw
- Nomad
- Sam Fisher
- Tachanka
- Winston Banks
Characters above are picked on the basis of their stats and abilities. Like Anna Grimsdottier comes with a Night Vision quad perk. She can supply the highest weapon power to 2 allies and she can also grant 100% accuracy + 20% crit chance. Her Caring trait is also helpful during battle, where she can drop +20 Healing and Shield. Also, she can increase +30% healing + shield for 3 Soldiers and +40% for 4 soldiers. So it is necessary to go through the abilities and traits first and check out which one fits your battle needs.
Here is a list of all abilities and squared perks of each character along with the Elite Squad Wiki link. You can always check the Wiki for more details on the game, like faction details, game modes, weapons list, etc. Most of the content below is from the Fandom Elite Squad Wiki.
Anna Grimsdottier
Source: Elite Squad Fandom Wiki
Abilities:
- SMI Support (Active) – Calls in SMI support to CLEANSE all negative effects and SHIELD all allies for 100% ABILITY POWER.
- OPSAT Uplink (Passive) – Rank 4 – When an ally, or self, is preparing an OFFENSIVE ABILITY, grants them +100% POTENCY for 5 SECONDS and +50% ABILITY POWER for 5 SECONDS.
Squad Perks:
- Night Vision (Faction Perk)
- 2 Soldiers – Supplies the 2 allies with the highest WEAPON POWER exclusive 4th Echelon tech, permanently granting them 100% ACCURACY & +20% CRITICAL CHANCE.
- 3 Soldiers – Increased to the 3 allies with the highest WEAPON POWER, and in addition, they are also granted +40% CRITICAL POWER.
- 5 Soldiers – ALL ALLIES are now supplied with the exclusive tech.
- Caring (Trait Perk)
- Soldiers – Allies form a tighter-knit squad, receiving +20% HEALING & SHIELDS.
- 3 Soldiers – Increased to +30% HEALING & SHIELDS.
- 5 Soldiers – Increased to +40% HEALING & SHIELDS.
Caveira
Source: Elite Squad Fandom Wiki
Abilities:
- Interrogation (Active) – Sneak up to interrogate the FARTHEST enemy, causing ROOT. Then stab them for 120% ABILITY POWER, causing BLEED for 80% ABILITY POWER over 5 SECONDS. Caveira is UNSTOPPABLE during her ability.
- Silent Step (Passive) – Rank 4 – Provides STEALTH when moving around the battlefield.
Squad Perks:
- Unbreakable (Faction Perk)
- 2 Soldiers – The squad is an unbreakable unit, upon receiving a CONTROL EFFECT, allies are able to overcome it, removing it and all other CONTROL EFFECTS after 1 SECOND(S).
- 3 Soldiers – CONTROL EFFECTS are now removed IMMEDIATELY.
- 5 Soldiers – Additionally, after removing any CONTROL EFFECT, allies retaliate, applying the CONTROL EFFECT to the enemy that cast it for 7 seconds (excluding taunt).
- Intimidating (Trait Perk)
- 2 Soldiers – While above 75% HEALTH, allies are intimidating to the enemy, receiving +30% WEAPON & ABILITY POWER.
- 3 Soldiers – Increased to +60% WEAPON & ABILITY POWER.
- 5 Soldiers – Increased to +120% WEAPON & ABILITY POWER.
El Sueno
Source: Elite Squad Fandom Wiki
Abilities:
- Fearless Leader (Active) – TAUNTS all enemies and HEALS himself for 40% ABILITY POWER per enemy taunted. Any enemies who resist (or are not taunted for any reason), are instead FEARED for 3 seconds.
- True Believer (Passive) – Rank 4 – Receives -90% AREA DAMAGE. Additionally, regenerates 0.5% HEALTH each second per enemy targeting him.
Squad Perks:
- Martyr’s Blessing (Faction Perk)
- 2 Soldiers – When the first Santa Blanca ally drops below 15% HEALTH, they are blessed by the Devine, and their HEALTH is fully restored.
- 3 Soldiers – Additionally, the blessed ally is permanently IMMUNE TO CONTROL EFFECTS.
- 5 Soldiers – Additionally, the blessed ally is seen as a martyr, inspiring all remaining allies and granting them +100% WEAPON & ABILITY POWER for 10 SECONDS.
- Enduring (Trait Perk)
- 2 Soldiers – While allies are below 40% HEALTH, they are able to endure the harsh situation and receive +30% DAMAGE REDUCTION.
- 3 Soldiers – Increased to +50% DAMAGE REDUCTION.
- 5 Soldiers – Increased to +75% DAMAGE REDUCTION.
Hope this guide can help you in picking the best soldiers in Elite Squad. You can do your own research and blend a team out of the list shared. Do refer to the wiki list for more detail on each and every character, this guide list consists of those characters who are best in their class and have top perks and abilities.
