Dead Cells is a roguelike video game which is published and developed by Motion Twin. And our Dead Cells Tier List will be ranking all Skills, Mutations, Shields, and Weapons used in the game by the player character.
The article and its components are all ranked into five different tiers from the best to worst. Everything is ranked according to our research, gameplay, and experiences of the game to which the audience may not agree because ranking is very subjective and can vary from person to person.
Key Points
- There are a total of 126 entries on our list.
- Each one is ranked on its damage, effect, cooldown, and a multitude of other factors.
- In the highest tiers, you will find entries like Magnetic Grenade, Aura of laceration, Death Orb, and Cluster Bomb.
- Among the lowest tiers, you will find the likes of Rampart, Old Wooden Shield, and Greed Shield.
Summary
We will quickly list all of the entries in our article in a short table.
| S Rank | A Rank | B Rank | C Rank | D Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Magnetic Grenade | Fire Grenade | Toxic cloud | Meat Grinder | Infantry Grenade |
| Aura of laceration | Ice Grenade | Bear Trap | Ivy Grenade | Vampirism |
| Death Orb | Flashbang | Corrupted Power | Oil Grenade | Night Light |
| Cluster Bomb | Biter Swarm | Phaser | Ceiling Turret | Kill Rhythm |
| Soldier’s Resistance | Ripper | Horizontal Turret | Tonic | Armadillopack |
| Berserker | Ranger’s Gear | Barbed Tips | No Mercy | Acceptance |
| Vengeance | Porcupack | Point Blank | Instinct of the Master of Arms | Masochist |
| Melee | Blind Faith | Networking | Spite | Disengagement |
| Open Wounds | Counterattack | Crow’s Foot | Frostbite | Spartan Sandals |
| Recovery | What Doesn’t Kill Me | Necromancy | Heart of Ice | torch |
| Emergency Triage | Dead Inside | Extended Healing | Wrenching Whip | Bloodsword |
| Velocity | Alienation | Gastronomy | Balanced Blade | Ice Shards |
| Frenzy | Nutcracker | Acrobatipack | Shrapnel Axes | Hokuto’s Bow |
| Parting Gift | Rhythm n’ Bouzouki | Vorpan | fire blast | Throwing Knife |
| Tranquility | Spite Sword | Symmetrical Lance | Hemorrhage | Alchemic Carbine |
| Giantkiller | War Spear | Frantic Sword | Pyrotechnics | Firebrands |
| Scythe Claws | Valmont’s Whip | Crowbar | Sonic Carbine | Force Shield |
| Flint | Spiked Boots | Meat Skewer | Bow and Endless Quiver | Parry Shield |
| Heavy Crossbow | Assassin’s Dagger | Broadsword | Frontline Shield | |
| Barrel Launcher | Impale | Flawless | Ice Shield | |
| Rampart | Repeater Crossbow | Rapier | Thunder Shield | |
| Old Wooden Shield | Blowgun(TBS) | Hayabusa Gauntlets | ||
| Greed Shield | Lightning Bolt | Twin Daggers | ||
| Marksman’s Bow | Sadist’s Stiletto | |||
| Cudgel | Oiled Sword | |||
| Assault Shield | Tentacle | |||
| Blood Thirsty Shield | Flashing Fans | |||
| Swift Sword | ||||
| Nerves of Steel | ||||
| Explosive Crossbow | ||||
| Infantry Bow | ||||
| The Boy’s Ax | ||||
| Quick Bow | ||||
| Electric Whip | ||||
| Punishment | ||||
| Spiked Shield | ||||
| Knockback Shield |
Learn more about each entry below.
Dead Cells Skills List
Skills.There is a variety of skills in the game which play an important role and when used correctly by the players can save their lives. They usually help a player in the offensive gameplay rather than specific attacks.
The Dead Cells Skills tier list ranks all the skills in the game according to how helpful can they be for a character in different tiers.
S Tier
All the skills which are considered to be the best are ranked in the S Tier. These skills are fabulous and help the player to stand out against enemies by giving them a tough time. The S Tier skills include.
| Name | Where To Get? | Description |
| Magnetic Grenade | Grenadier’s Drop | It allows the player character to do a blast attack then pull the enemies towards the blast while doing rapid attacks at a large area. |
| Aura of laceration | By completing five daily runs | It allows the player character to continuously deal with the enemy damage in a specific area around them for five seconds. |
| Death Orb | Meat Grinder’s Drop | It allows the player character to fire a slow orb that deals with attack and anything it passes through unless it hits a wall. |
| Cluster Bomb | Slasher’s Drop | It allows the player character to kill many enemies by burst damage as a result of a cluster that is unfocused. |
A Tier
The skills ranked in the A Tier are considered to be overall good and can do a lot of damage to the enemies in different ways. The A Tier skills include.
| Name | Where To Get? | Description |
| Fire Grenade | Grenadier’s Drop | It allows the player character to damage and even burns enemies. |
| Ice Grenade | None | It allows the player’s character to damage freeze the enemy characters. |
| Flashbang | None | It allows the player character to damage and stuns enemies. |
| Biter Swarm | Ugly Worm’s Drop | It allows the player’s character to bring biters in the battle who distract and attack enemies. |
B Tier
All the skills ranked in the B Tier are considered to be above average with decent damage to the enemies but not as much as the S and A Tier skills. The B Tier skills include.
| Name | Where To Get? | Description |
| Toxic cloud | Zombies Drop in the Graveyard | It allows the player’s character to make a cloud around them that functions to deal with the damage over time. |
| Bear Trap | None | It allows the player character to trap the enemies in a blast attack by immobilizing them and dealing with the damage. |
| Corrupted Power | Defender’s Drop | It allows the player character to increase the damage of their weapons, lasts eight seconds, and increases the damage the player takes by 30% |
| Phaser | Drop | It allows the player character to teleport them behind a close-range enemy and increases the damage of the player’s next attack by 150% |
| Horizontal Turret | Zombie’s Drop | It allows the player character to deploy a turret that damages the close-range enemies who are horizontal to the turret which keeps attacking the enemies until they are dead. |
C Tier
All the skills ranked in the C Tier are considered to be average and should be used if the high tier skills are not unlocked by the player yet. The C Tier skills include.
| Name | Where To Get? | Description |
| Meat Grinder | Phazer’s Drop | It allows the player character to deploy blades where it lands and kills the enemies that walk or fly on top of them. |
| Ivy Grenade | Timer door in transition after the Black Bridge within 10 minutes and 30 seconds | Immobilizes enemies caught in the blast while dealing damage over time. |
| Oil Grenade | Running Zombies drop | It allows the player character to damage the oiled enemies that are caught in the blast attack. |
| Ceiling Turret | Thornie’s Drop | It allows the player character to damage enemies from the ceiling where they can be attached. |
| Tonic | Watcher Drop | It heals the player makes the player character invulnerable for ten seconds. |
D Tier
All the skills ranked in the D Tier are considered weak and are very basic as compared to other tier skills. These skills should only be used to learn the basic mechanism. The D Tier skills include.
| Name | Where To Get? | Description |
| Infantry Grenade | None | It allows the player character to damage enemies. |
| Vampirism | Dropped by inquisitors | It allows the player character to heal a huge amount of health points on every melee hit while active and lasts six seconds. |
| Night Light | None | It allows the player character to have a blue lamp in front of them and has a long cooldown. |
Dead Cells Mutations List
Mutations.Mutations allow the player character to enhance their abilities in different ways. Mutations can be unlocked by spending cells but first, the players need to collect the blueprints for them and bring them to the Collector. There is a total of forty-nine mutations ranked in the Dead Cells Mutations tier list.
The mutation list ranks all forty-nine mutations in five different tiers from best to worst.
S Tier
The best mutations among all are ranked in the S Tier based on how they enhance the abilities of the player characters. The S Tier includes the following mutations.
| Mutation Names | Types |
| Soldier’s Resistance | Survival |
| Berserker | Survival |
| Vengeance | Brutality |
| Melee | Brutality |
| Open Wounds | Brutality |
| Recovery | Colorless |
| Emergency Triage | Colorless |
| Velocity | Colorless |
| Frenzy | Brutality |
| Parting Gift | Tactics |
| Tranquility | Tactics |
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A Tier
The mutations ranked in the A Tier are considered to be quite good but not as amazing as the mutations ranked in the S Tier. The A Tier mutations include the following.
| Mutation Names | Types |
| Ripper | Tactics |
| Ranger’s Gear | Tactics |
| Porcupack | Brutality |
| Blind Faith | Survival |
| Counterattack | Survival |
| What Doesn’t Kill Me | Survival |
| Dead Inside | Colorless |
| Alienation | Colorless |
B Tier
The mutations ranked in the B Tier are considered to be above average but not as amazing as the mutations ranked in the S and A-Tier. The B Tier mutations include the following.
| Mutation Names | Types |
| Barbed Tips | Tactics |
| Point Blank | Tactics |
| Networking | Tactics |
| Crow’s Foot | Tactics |
| Necromancy | Survival |
| Extended Healing | Survival |
| Gastronomy | Survival |
| Acrobatipack | Tactics |
C Tier
The mutations ranked in the C Tier are considered to be average and are decently enhance the abilities of the player’s character. The C Tier mutations include the following.
| Mutation Names | Types |
| No Mercy | Colorless |
| Instinct of the Master of Arms | Colorless |
| Spite | Survival |
| Frostbite | Survival |
| Heart of Ice | Survival |
D Tier
The mutations ranked in the D Tier are considered to be basic and should be only used at the initial stages by the new players who do not have the high-tier mutations unlocked. The C Tier mutations include the following.
| Mutation Names | Types |
| Kill Rhythm | Survival |
| Armadillopack | Survival |
| Acceptance | Colorless |
| Masochist | Colorless |
| Disengagement | Colorless |
Dead Cells Weapon List
Weapons.The weapons used in Dead Cells include Melee and Ranged weapons and are mostly the main source of the player character to do damage to the enemies. These weapons can be used without any limitations, unlike skills. The Melee weapons allow the player character to damage multiple enemies at a single time if they are within the range of the player character and have their combos.
To initiate the melee combo the player characters have to perform jumps and rolls as each melee weapon has its skill. The ranged weapons can do ranged damage to the enemies and generally the ranged weapons can only target a single enemy unless it is not an explosion.
The Dead Cells Weapon tier list ranks all the weapons in the game from best to worst in different tiers for the players to choose the best weapon for themselves.
S Tier
The S Tier ranks all those melees and ranged weapons that are considered to be the best in the game due to the damage they do to the enemies.
| Weapon Name | Weapon Type | Unique DPS Base |
| Giantkiller | Melee | 465 Critical DPS |
| Scythe Claws | Melee | 430 Critical DPS |
| Flint | Melee | 400 Critical DPS |
| Heavy Crossbow | Range | 560 Critical DPS |
| Barrel Launcher | Range | 514 Critical DPS |
A Tier
The A Tier ranks all the weapons which are considered to be the all-rounders in the game and allows the player character to do a lot of damage to the enemies.
| Weapon Name | Weapon Type | Unique DPS base |
| Nutcracker | Melee | 386 critical DPS |
| Rhythm n’ Bouzouki | Melee | 378 critical DPS |
| Spite Sword | Melee | 347 critical DPS |
| War Spear | Melee | 306 critical DPS |
| Valmont’s Whip | Melee | 305 critical DPS |
| Spiked Boots | Melee | 303 critical DPS |
| Assassin’s Dagger | Melee | 300 critical DPS |
| Impale | Melee | 300 critical DPS |
| Repeater Crossbow | Range | 404 Critical DPS |
| Blowgun(TBS) | Range | 343 Critical DPS |
| Lightning Bolt | Range | 331 Critical DPS |
| Marksman’s Bow | Range | 327 Critical DPS |
B Tier
The B Tier includes all those weapons which considered to be above average and can do decent damage to the enemies. These weapons are not as good as the S and A Tier weapons but still are considered to be good picks.
| Weapon Name | Weapon Type | Unique DPS base |
| Vorpan | Melee | 289 critical DPS |
| Symmetrical Lance | Melee | 288 critical DPS |
| Frantic Sword | Melee | 285 critical DPS |
| Crowbar | Melee | 284 critical DPS |
| Meat Skewer | Melee | 281 critical DPS |
| Broadsword | Melee | 273 critical DPS |
| Flawless | Melee | 270 critical DPS |
| Rapier | Melee | 268 critical DPS |
| Hayabusa Gauntlets | Melee | 243 critical DPS |
| Twin Daggers | Melee | 238 critical DPS |
| Sadist’s Stiletto | Melee | 235 critical DPS |
| Oiled Sword | Melee | 224 critical DPS |
| Tentacle | Melee | 219 critical DPS |
| Flashing Fans | Melee | 217 critical DPS |
| Swift Sword | Melee | 208 critical DPS |
| Nerves of Steel | Range | 267 critical DPS |
| Explosive Crossbow | Range | 243 critical DPS |
| Infantry Bow | Range | 217 critical DPS |
| The Boy’s Ax | Range | 214 max DPS |
| Quick Bow | Range | 203 critical DPS |
| Electric Whip | Range | 201 critical DPS |
C Tier
The weapons included in the C Tier are considered to be average due to the damage they do to the enemies. These weapons should be avoided if high-tier weapons are available. The C Tier weapons include
| Weapon Name | Weapon Type | Unique DPS base |
| Wrenching Whip | Melee | 187 critical DPS |
| Balanced Blade | Melee | 185 critical DPS |
| Shrapnel Axes | Melee | 130 bonus damage |
| fire blast | Range | 196 critical DPS |
| Hemorrhage | Range | 187 critical DPS |
| Pyrotechnics | Range | 185 critical DPS |
| Sonic Carbine | Range | 167 critical DPS |
| Bow and Endless Quiver | Range | 133 critical DPS |
D Tier
The weapons included in the D Tier are basic and do low damage to the enemies. These weapons can help the players to learn the basic mechanism of how weapons work in the game. The D Tier weapons include.
| Weapon Name | Weapon Type | Unique DPS Base |
| Spartan Sandals | Melee | 90 bonus damage |
| torch | Melee | 15 burning DPS |
| Bloodsword | Melee | 5 bleeding DPS |
| Ice Shards | Range | 87 critical DPS |
| Hokuto’s Bow | Range | 75 DPS bonuses |
| Throwing Knife | Range | 22 bleeding DPS |
| Alchemic Carbine | Range | 20 Poison DPS |
| Firebrands | Range | 19 burning DPS |
Dead Cells Shield List
Shields.The enemy attacks done on the player’s character are absorbed by shields in the game. At times a shield can absorb up to seventy-five percent of the damage done to the player by the enemy and can also be used by the player’s characters to deal with melee attacks. But some attacks do not activate the force field around the player character.
Dead Cells Shield tier list ranks all the shields from the best to worst in different tiers in the game based on the damage a shield can absorb and the block damage it does on an attack. The shields are ranked as follows.
S Tier
The shields ranked in the S tier are considered to be the best among all and allow the players to absorb more damage without having to worry about the health points of their characters. The S Tier shields include.
| Shield Name | Location | Description |
| Rampart | Shieldbearers | It allows the player character to absorb more damage and creates a force field for 2 seconds. |
| Old Wooden Shield | Unlocked | It allows the player character to absorb half of the damage done to the player. Players can try tapping it to absorb all the damage |
| Greed Shield | Unlocked | It allows the player character to knock out the teeth of enemies and also transforms arrows into gold |
A Tier
The shields ranked in the A Tier of the shield tier are also overall good but still not effective in protecting the player as the S Tier shields. The shields ranked in the A Tier are.
| Shield Name | Location | Description |
| Cudgel | Unlocked | This shield allows the player character to stun the enemies the stunning power of the shield can last longer if this shield is implemented correctly. |
| Assault Shield | Promenade of the Condenmed: Timed Door | It allows the player character to block the attacks of the enemies while moving forward and can absorb up to seventy-five percent of the damage. |
| Blood Thirsty Shield | The drops from Shieldbearer | It allows the player character to inflict bleeding on the enemies for three seconds. The effect of this shield is successful on nearby enemies. |
B Tier
The shields ranked in the B Tier are considered to be above average and are helpful for the players in protecting their characters from enemy attacks up to a certain extent. These shields include the following.
| Shield Name | Location | Description |
| Punishment | Requires the bell key to the puzzle door in the clock tower |
This shield allows the player to block out enemy attacks inflicting damage to close enemies. This shield also allows the player character to do Critical Damage to the enemies.
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| Spiked Shield | Drops from Cleavers | This shield allows the player character to inflict major damage on the enemies that are blocked. |
| Knockback Shield | Drops from Catchers | This shield allows the player character to do block attacks on enemies to knock them which gives them eighty-plus damage if they hit a wall. |
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C Tier
The shields ranked in the C Tier are considered to be average and are not as strong as the shields in the S and A Tiers. These shields can be used to protect the player’s character in situational uses and in absorbing a little damage done by the enemies.
| Shield Name | Location | Description |
| Frontline Shield | A secret area in Ancient Sewers | This shield allows the player character to do twice as much damage on an attack to the enemy for six seconds |
| Ice Shield | Drops from Shieldbearers | This shield allows the player character to freeze every enemy nearby and can absorb up to seventy-five percent of the damage done to the player character. |
| Thunder Shield | Drops from Defenders | This shield allows the player to inflict an electric attack in front of the enemies for eight seconds and can also be used again to stun all enemies. |
D Tier
The shields ranked in the D Tier are considered to be the weakest among all shields. These shields should only be used by the players to understand the concept of shields and how the players can benefit from them. The shields ranked in this tier are basic and absorb even less damage than the C Tier shields. These include the following.
| Shield Name | Location | Description |
| Force Shield | Drops from Festering Zombies | This shield allows the player character to generate a force field when held up which regenerates slowly shield is not activated. |
| Parry Shield | A secret area in Stilt Village | This shield cannot be held up and allows the player to return the blocked grenades and attacks with extra power. |
Dead Cells Version V3.2 Patch Notes
The current article was made while keeping the most recent patch in mind. It introduces the following changes.
Removed some mutations from Boss Rush.
- Gastronomy
- Alienation
- Get Rich Quick
- Midas Blood
- Acceptance
- Increased Boss Rush weapon level by +1.
Verdict
That concludes our Dead Cells Item tier list, which includes the ranking of all skills, mutations, shields, and weapons used by the player’s character in the game from best to worst in five different tiers. The list is purely based on our opinion and research about the game and its items with which the audience may not agree.
Ranking of anything is it games, items, or any other category can be very subjective and vary from person to person. Hopefully, our article will help players to choose the best item for them and give information to the new players.