Best Characters - Tier List

One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 has three game modes which you can select. If you choose Dramatic Log mode you will be able to unlock the characters by playing through the story missions. Check out our Best Characters - Tier List guide to find out which ones are the best in the game.

Not all of the characters in One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 are unlocked naturally through game progression. Some characters require certain conditions to be met before they become unlocked such as defeating a certain amount of enemies, collecting a certain amount of different coins, clearing a specific episode on the Treasure Log mode or clearing different Treasure Log episodes. You can view the conditions for a specific locked character at the 'Character Select' and 'Character Unlock Conditions' on the 'Player Information' menu. If you pre-ordered One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4 you will have early unlocks for Niji, Ichiji,and Yonji, and if you purchase the Digital Deluxe Edition you will have an early unlock for Katakuri. There are also 9 DLC characters coming in a Season Pass for the game at a later date but at the time this article was published details of who there are has not been released.

S Plus - Rank (Best Characters)

Kaido

Katakuri

S - Rank

Monkey D. Luffy

Big Mom (Charlotte Linlin)

Shanks

Whitebeard

Carrot

Ace

A - Rank

Sanji

Reiju

Hancock

Cavendish

Zoro

Akainu

Crocodile

Fujitora

Lucci

Kuzan

Doflamingo

B - Rank

Franky

Robin

Kizaru

Blackbeard

Law

Nami

Kid

Marco

Mihawk

Sabo

Ichiji

Smoker

C - Rank

Yonji

Buggy

Ivankov

Chopper

Brook

Bartolomeo

Jinbe

Hawkins

Bege

Tashigi

Niji

Usopp

Check out our How to Level Up Characters guide to find out how you can strengthen you characters in One Piece: Pirate Warriors 4.