Stop guessing and start pulling with purpose. Whether you just finished the tutorial or you’re grinding the latest patch, the difference between slow progress and a smooth power spike comes down to two things: who you chase and how you spend your summons. This guide cuts through the noise with version-aware Wish List priorities, Epic vs. All-Hero pull tips, where to spend scarce Stellar Crystals, and ready-to-use team comps that actually clear content. Read it to learn which heroes carry across modes, which ones to lock into your Wish List first, and how to assemble the fastest, most reliable push teams for AFK Progress.

Best Heros - Wish List Priorities

In the early stages of AFK Journey, it’s actually much easier to obtain elite heroes than it might seem. The game provides a large number of free summons and event pulls during the beginner phase — often exceeding 300 total draws from launch and seasonal rewards. Because of this, new players should not limit themselves to only using basic, easily obtainable heroes. Instead, take full advantage of the free recruitment opportunities and the Wish List system to aim for strong, universally useful heroes right from the start.

You can access the Wish List feature from Mystical House → Noble Tavern → Wishlist. By adding your desired heroes to the Wish List, you greatly increase the chance of pulling them in the related recruitment pools.

The Epic Recruitment pool allows you to use the Wish List immediately, while All-Hero Recruitment unlocks the Wish List after a set number of pulls. This system lets you focus your summons on high-impact characters that form the backbone of your team — saving resources and ensuring smoother progression through early and mid-game content.

Rather than building a random “starter team,” players should prioritize strong, versatile heroes that can carry across multiple game modes. Once you’ve secured a few reliable units through the Wish List, you can start developing more specialized and synergistic team compositions for mid- and late-game challenges such as Story Mode, Dream Realm, and PvP.

Tired of wasting pulls on benchwarmers? We’ve got you covered! This fresh version guide lays out the Wishlist essentials every player should aim for right now. No filler, no fluff — just the heroes that actually carry runs, win fights, and make your journey way smoother. Ready to climb faster? Let’s dive in.

 

All-Hero Recruitment Wish List Recommendation

Lightbearer	Cyran	Rowan	Hugin	Zanie
Mauler	Mikola	Smokey & Meerky	Kruger	Koko
Wilder	Eironn	Velara	Ulmus	Faramor
Graveborn	Shemira	Daimon	Bonnie	Niru

Sustain + Recovery

• Smokey & Meerky — S-tier support with strong heal & ATK buffs, great AoE presence; performs well in many modes (Story, PvP, Dream Realm) due to versatility. Community tier lists consistently rank them high.
• Rowan — One of the most reliable healers + energy battery; helps team ultimates and energy renewal cycles, which is essential early/mid game to keep pressure.
• Niru — Utility support who brings life-drain/HP-based healing + revive (or revive-adjacent mechanics), which enhances survivability for long content where team wipe is costly. Good “recovery” option.
• Hugin — Lightbearer Support with “Gear of Might”: forges buffs that boost allies’ ATK and Haste while granting shields. Great for empowering your main DPS and stabilizing the frontline.
• Koko — Mauler Support with “Damage Conversion”: reduces incoming damage and converts it into true damage bursts, keeping your team alive while punishing attackers.

CC + Utility Buffs 

• Velara — Wilder Support, global-circle mechanic. She drops dormant circles that later awaken to heal allies and slow down enemy haste, giving both DST (damage sustain over time) and utility. Very strong in late Story/Dream Realm modes.
• Mikola — Mauler Support: gives Haste & defensive buffs, plus healing once enough damage has been done per fight; ideal for content where long fights matter (Dream Realm, later Story) so her scaling shine shows.
• Ulmus — Wilder Tank with root-return mechanic + AoE knockups when his HP drops low; gives strong team protection, crowd control, and good value vs wave content. Helps buy time for backline.
• Cyran — Lightbearer Mage / CC specialist; strong in PvP for things like Anti-Artifact disruption + group CC + execute potential at low enemy HP. Also workable in “burst / CC” comps.
• Eironn — Wilder Mage with “Elemental Realm”: pulls enemies together and freezes them, setting up perfect combos for your AoE damage dealers.

Damage / Finisher Potential

• Faramor — Wilder Rogue with “Sanctified Circle”: true damage + healing-suppression effects inside, which makes him excellent vs. boss healing mechanics & against targets that rely on sustain. Helps make bleed / DoT comps more reliable.
• Bonnie — High multi-target pressure and control, especially when enemies are crowd-controlled; good both for Story mode waves and PvP. Helps unlock damage windows.
• Daimon — Strong tank / durability unit; helps with sustained fights and soaking damage, letting other DPS/support heroes survive long enough. In many comps, high durability is just as important as high damage.
• Zanie — Lightbearer Marksman with “Laser Turrets”: deploys twin turrets that scale with her stats and shred shields. Perfect for long fights and steady ranged pressure.
• Kruger — Mauler Warrior with “Shatter Armor”: cleaves enemies and applies DEF-reducing debuffs, amplifying your whole team’s physical burst.
• Shemira — Graveborn Mage with “Spirit Swarm”: drains HP to deal massive AoE damage and self-heal, ideal for drawn-out, sustain-heavy battles.

 

Epic Recruitment Wish List Recommendation

Pandora

Shemira

Daimon

Velera

Eironn

 

Celestial / Hypogean Heroes Recommendation

If you’ve been hoarding those precious Stellar Crystals, do yourself a favor: dump them into Elijah & Lailah. These celestial twins are an S-rank support with a ridiculous toolbox — a straight-line Stellar Bond that heals, restores energy, grants haste, throws up shields and even refunds Ultimate energy when properly built. That combo makes them a universal “make-everything-work” support for Dream Realm, AFK stages and PvP shenanigans alike.

Why all-in? Stellar Crystals are a scarce, high-value currency, so spending them on one top-tier, broadly useful hero gives far more ROI than scattering pulls across niche picks. Community results and tier analyses consistently flag the Twins as game-changers in many modes — if you can secure them, you’ll feel the difference fast.

Short, punchy, and practical: Stellar Crystals → Elijah & Lailah. Big impact, small regret.

 

Best AFK Progress (PVE) Team

Wilder Team

Elijah & Lailah
Ulmus	Faramor	Eironn	Lucy Heartfilia

Position

This is a classic push roster that locks fights and collapses enemy formations fast. Elijah & Lailah act as the engine — a twin support that heals the weakest ally, restores energy to others and grants team haste so ultimates come off quicker.

• Ulmus is the frontline anchor: he returns/takes root, knocks enemies into the air and — via his Prowling Roots — prolongs knockdowns so follow-up damage lands safely.
• Eironn brings reliable AoE crowd control and burst that punishes clustered or displaced foes, turning Ulmus’ setups into big damage windows.
• Faramor zones with a sanctified circle that deals true damage and prevents enemy healing, which makes bleed/DoT and burst stick instead of being patched up.
• Finally, Lucy Heartfilia’s summoned spirits add extra targets, crowd control and sustained magic damage — perfect for exploiting enemies that are rooted or airborne.

 

Graveborn Team

Bonnie
Ulmus	Shemira	Eironn	Niru

Position

In short: Ulmus + Eironn create the lockdown, Shemira and Bonnie cash in on clustered damage, and Niru revives the team so the combo can finish fights reliably.

• Ulmus is your front-line anchor: he snaps back to his tile, knocks targets into the air and—via his Prowling Roots effect—extends knockdown/displacement windows so enemies stay locked down longer.
• Eironn’s ultimate violently pulls and immobilizes groups into a single point while shredding Magic DEF / Haste, turning scattered foes into an easy damage cluster. That pull is the team’s trigger.
• Shemira is the sustained nuke: her kit sacrifices HP to spawn ghosts and a ghost-bombardment ultimate that hits clustered targets repeatedly and heals her as the ghosts return—perfect when enemies are held in place.
• Bonnie sits safe in the mid/backline and lays down multi-target pressure; she hits the whole board and stuns or amplifies damage on control-afflicted targets, which helps shut down enemy ultimates during the chaos.
• Niru ties the comp together: he damages enemies with life-drain AoE and revives allies, keeping Shemira and the squad alive through long clears.

 

Mauler Team

Phraesto
Hugin	Smokey & Meerky	Odie	Elijah & Lailah

Position

• Elijah & Lailah are the tempo engine: their Starlight Waltz heals the weakest ally, restores energy, and grants team haste so ultimates fire much faster.
• Odie is the backline executioner — he applies heavy poison/DPS and has mechanics that instantly finish poisoned enemies below a certain HP threshold, turning sustained damage into clean kills.
• Smokey & Meerky plant an Aroma that buffs/allows continuous healing and — when enhanced — deals percent-max-HP damage inside the zone, which synergizes perfectly with Odie’s execute.
• Hugin is your utility crafter: he places an anvil, buffs/shields nearby allies and anchors himself to that tile, giving reliable long-range support and stability.
• Phraesto brings the illusion/durability play — strong DEF boosts between himself and his Illusion and a taunt/response when the Illusion falls, helping absorb focus so the backline keeps hitting.

Put simply: Elijah & Lailah speed and sustain the rotation; Smokey’s Aroma and Phraesto’s durability create the slow bleed/contain window; Odie finishes clustered/low-HP targets; Hugin buffs and stabilizes the team. It’s a clean, resilient push comp that converts DoT pressure into reliable execution.

 

Kulu Based Team

Kulu
Hugin	Phraesto	Odie	Elijah & Lailah

Position

This lineup revolves around control, spacing, and safe execution damage.

• Elijah & Lailah drive the tempo with global healing, energy regeneration, and Haste buffs, keeping everyone alive and ult-ready.
• Odie is the execution specialist — stacking Poison on multiple targets and instantly finishing those who fall under the threshold.
• Kulu provides battlefield control through her terrain walls, which block enemy advances and isolate backline threats. By creating obstacles, she forces enemies into choke points, giving Odie the perfect zone to spread poison safely and finish them off without being interrupted.
• Hugin anchors the team with his anvil buffs — granting extra Attack and Haste to key damage dealers while shielding low-HP allies.
• Phraesto completes the setup with his Illusion-based tanking, drawing aggro and countering dives through stuns and taunts.

Together, this comp excels at controlled tempo pushing: Kulu shapes the field, Odie executes freely behind cover, Elijah & Lailah sustain the team, and Hugin + Phraesto keep the formation solid. A clean, strategic team that wins by space and precision rather than brute force.

 

Conclusion

Use this guide as your summon checklist: set your Wish List, funnel early free pulls toward the high-impact targets, and commit Stellar Crystals where they get the biggest return.

Build one or two of the recommended comps to cover both sustained clears and burst-heavy encounters, then tweak them around the heroes you actually pull. Don’t be afraid to experiment — the meta shifts, but fundamentals like spacing, lockdown, and execution rarely lie.

And if you’re looking to power up faster, head over to LDShop to top up Dragon Crystals — unlock summons quicker, level your heroes faster, and get that dream comp rolling ahead of everyone else. Play smart, pull hard, and climb like a legend!