Sort order: official rarity tier, not a strength ranking
This page uses the wiki's own rarity classification as its backbone (an objective in-game attribute), not a numeric strength sort. For units ranked by actual numbers, see Best DPS (pure DPS) or Best Units (DPS + cost efficiency) instead.
How this tier list is built
Most "tier list" articles for this game rank units with no stated evidence — just a writer's opinion. This page instead uses the game's own Fandom wiki rarity classification as the backbone, since rarity is an objective in-game attribute, not an opinion. Rarity is not the same as combat strength, though: two units in the same rarity tier can perform very differently, and we only make a strength claim when we have actual numbers to back it up.
Rarity tiers (source: Garden Tower Defense Wiki)
From lowest to highest rarity, as listed on the wiki's Towers page:
- Common
- Uncommon
- Rare
- Epic
- Legendary
- Godly
- Exclusive
Unconfirmed — within each tier, the wiki does not rank units against each other; relative strength inside a tier needs unit-by-unit stat comparison, which has only been done for four units so far (below). Treat within-tier ordering as unconfirmed until more units are checked.
Four units checked in detail
These are units where we pulled full stats and can make a sourced comparison — the rest of the ~300+ unit roster has not been individually verified yet (23 units total have been checked across this site; see the Best Units and Loadout pages for the rest).
Golem (Exclusive) — currently NOT obtainable
Golem gets recommended as a top DPS pick by several third-party sites, but its own wiki page says "Currently Obtainable? No" — it was a limited-time exclusive from the June 2025 "Enchanted Update" and cannot currently be acquired. Don't build a strategy around chasing it.
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| DPS (level 1 → max) | 93 → 2167 |
| Damage (level 1 → max) | 275 → 3250 |
| Range (level 1 → max) | 15 → 41 |
| Attack Speed (level 1 → max) | 3 → 1.5 |
| Placement Cost | 1325 |
| Cost Efficiency (DPS per 1000 spent) | 52 |
| Ability | Throws rocks, stuns hit enemies for 0.5s |
Venus Flytrap (Godly) — currently obtainable
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| DPS (level 1 → max) | 188 → 3750 |
| Damage (level 1 → max) | 225 → 1500 |
| Range (level 1 → max) | 20 → 38 |
| Attack Speed (level 1 → max) | 3 → 1 |
| Placement Cost | 2900 |
| Cost Efficiency (DPS per 1000 spent) | 71.9 |
| Obtain method | Enchanted Summon crate (200/1800 currency), 0.01% drop chance |
By cost efficiency (DPS per 1000 spent), Venus Flytrap (71.9) actually outperforms Golem (52) — and unlike Golem, it's still obtainable. This is the kind of numeric comparison this page will keep expanding as more units get checked.
Rafflesia (Godly) — another data point, and a different unit type
Rafflesia isn't a straightforward attacker — it's a trap that attaches to a mob as it passes, drops back onto the track when that mob dies, and immediately reattaches. Despite the unusual mechanic, the wiki gives it a full DPS/cost breakdown:
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| DPS (level 1 → max) | 120 → 1500 |
| Placement Cost | 1250 |
| Cost Efficiency (DPS per 1000 spent) | 162.2 — the highest of any unit checked so far |
| Obtain method | Mystery Trader shop, 20% stock chance, 75,000 currency or a real-money price |
This is a good illustration of why rarity tier alone doesn't predict value: Rafflesia sits in the same Godly tier as Venus Flytrap and Bouncing Shroom, but has more than double Venus Flytrap's cost efficiency.
Lucky Clover (Godly) — a unit a DPS ranking can't even rank
Not every unit fits into a DPS-based tier list at all. Lucky Clover has no DPS or damage stat — its entire kit is a support buff: it increases every other unit's critical hit chance and adds a flat 10% damage boost to all units within its range.
| Stat | Value |
|---|---|
| DPS / Damage | N/A — doesn't attack |
| Crit Chance granted (level 1 → max) | 7% → 17% |
| Damage boost granted | +10% (all levels) |
| Placement Cost | 1500 |
| Cost Efficiency (DPS per 1000 spent) | 0 — the wiki lists it as 0 since it has no DPS of its own |
| Obtain method | Sun Summon, 0.005% chance |
This is why the Loadout page uses a role table instead of a single number: a unit like this can be extremely valuable to a team without ever showing up on a DPS or Cost Efficiency ranking.
What's still unconfirmed
- Full DPS/cost data for the remaining units across all seven rarity tiers (23 of 353 checked so far).
- Whether rarity tier reliably predicts late-game performance, or whether some lower-rarity units outperform higher-rarity ones (early signs from the units above suggest it's not a strict hierarchy — Rafflesia and Venus Flytrap share a rarity tier but very different cost efficiency).
- Any tester-video or trading-market evidence for units outside these four.
We'd rather ship this page with a handful of well-sourced data points than a full list of unsupported rankings.