The basics are under your belt and you’re familiar with the fundamentals, but which character will you call your own? Players select mains, or their best character, based on playstyle, preference, and potential. Which character lets you play the game you want to play, feels the most fun, and brings you the most wins? Get a taste of the cast and try multiple characters before investing all of your time into one or two picks.

Fighting game expert That Blasted Salami’s excellent overview covers the base roster, however, DLC fighters joined the fray!

Choose Your Character: Beginner Tips and Tricks

Gran

• Title: Sky Realm Adventurer
• Bio: Male Avatar in the original Granblue Fantasy
• Difficulty: Beginner-friendly
• Fighting Style: Well rounded, offensive
• Weapon: Sword
• Age: 15
• Height: 170 cm
• Type: Human

Katalina

• Title: Skybound Protector
• Bio: Former imperial knight that abandoned her post to partner with Gran
• Difficulty: Beginner-friendly
• Fighting Style: Well rounded, defensive
• Weapon: Sword
• Age: 24
• Height: 169 cm
• Type: Human
• Hobbies: Sword collecting
• Likes: Cute things, small animals
• Weaknesses: Bugs, cooking

Charlotta

• Title: Tiny Justice
• Bio: Captain of the Lumiel Order of Holy Knights
• Difficulty: Beginner-friendly
• Fighting Style: Aggressive, mix-up
• Weapon: Short-range sword
• Age: 24
• Height: 90 cm
• Type: Harvin
• Hobbies: Training
• Likes: Kids' meals, high places, tall people
• Dislikes: Height differences, things on top of tall shelves

Lancelot

• Title: Twinfang Prodigy
• Bio: Captain of the Order of White Dragons of Feendrache Kingdom
• Difficulty: Advanced
• Fighting Style: Mobile, rushdown 
• Weapon: Two swords
• Age: 27
• Height: 179 cm
• Type: Human
• Hobbies: Collecting weapons, studying military tactics
• Likes: Training
• Weaknesses: Cleaning his room

Percival

• Title: Lord of Flames
• Bio: Studied under the same master as Lancelot and served in the same order of knights
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Fighting Style: Mid-range, mix-up
• Weapon: Blazing longsword
• Age: 27
• Height: 180 cm
• Type: Human
• Hobbies: Searching for capable vassals
• Likes: The pursuit of justice, virtuous people
• Dislikes: The pursuit of domination, evil people

Ferry

• Title: Spirit Maiden
• Bio: Became a spirit while waiting for her sister to return home
• Difficulty: Advanced
• Fighting Style: Zoner, setup
• Weapon: Whip and phantasmagoric assaults
• Age: Unknown
• Height: 145 cm
• Type: Erune
• Hobbies: Going for walks near the family home
• Likes: Family, her younger sister
• Dislikes: Strangers, scary stories

Lowain

• Title: Brofam Forever
• Bio: Quit his job to follow Katalina and work as a cook in Gran's Crew
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Fighting Style: Zoner, setup
• Weapon: Dagger and friends
• Age: 22
• Height: 176 cm
• Type: Erune
• Hobbies: His part-time job
• Likes: Hanging with his bros, Kat (who still looks smokin')
• Weaknesses: Saving money, economizing, his granny's face that time she snapped (which seriously freaked him out)

Metera

• Title: Peerless Shot
• Bio: Wanders wherever the wind takes her
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Fighting Style: Mobile, zoner
• Weapon: Magic bow
• Age: 25
• Height: 169 cm
• Type: Erune
• Hobbies: Fashion, hunting for good cocktails
• Likes: Flying with magic, excitement, thrills
• Dislikes: Boredom, tradition, bothersome things

Ladiva

• Title: Herald of Love
• Bio: Star of the Jewel Resort Casino Liner
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Fighting Style: Aggressive, grappler
• Weapon: Body
• Age: 34
• Height: 202 cm
• Type: Draph
• Hobbies: Housework (especially cooking), knitting, working out
• Likes: Love, cute things, children
• Dislikes: Gloomy faces, vulgarity

Zeta

• Title: Crimson Spear
• Bio: Hunts primal beasts for an organization called the Society
• Difficulty: Advanced
• Fighting Style: Mid-range, mobile
• Weapon: Spear of Arvess
• Age: 21
• Height: 159 cm
• Type: Human
• Hobbies: Looking for Vaseraga's weak spots
• Likes: Shouting matches
• Dislikes: Scholars and researchers

Vaseraga

• Title: Ebony Scythe
• Bio: Works with Zeta to hunt primal beasts for the Society
• Difficulty: Advanced
• Fighting Style: Armor, mid-range
• Weapon: Great Scythe Grynoth
• Age: 30
• Height: 215 cm
• Type: Draph
• Hobbies: Enjoying strong drinks
• Likes: Augmenting his body
• Dislikes: Remembering the past

Beelzebub - DLC 1 (Unlockable in RPG Mode)

• Title: Eternity Ender
• Bio: One of the Astrals who invaded the Sky Realm thousands of years ago
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Fighting Style: Mid-range, zoner 
• Weapon: Gauntlets
• Age: Unknown
• Height: 188 cm
• Type: Astral

Narmaya - DLC 2 

• Title: Ephemeral Blade
• Bio: Seeks acknowledgment from a certain master swordsman and coddles kids
• Difficulty: Advanced
• Fighting Style: Stance, rushdown
• Weapon: Sword
• Age: 24
• Height: 134 cm
• Type: Draph
• Hobbies: Trainig, sunbathing
• Likes: Children
• Weaknesses: Meditating (since she always dozes off)

Soriz - DLC 3

• Title: All-Crushing Fist
• Bio: He sees paradise extend before him between intense rock-smashing sessions and believes the only weapon worth trusting is your body
• Difficulty: Intermediate
• Fighting Style: Aggressive, rushdown
• Weapon: Fist
• Age: 70
• Height: 178 cm
• Type: Human
• Hobbies: Training, reading (the kind that makes you blush)
• Likes: The ladies
• Dislikes: Guys who are useless

Djeeta - DLC 4

• Title: Sky Realm Wanderer
• Bio: Female Avatar in the original Granblue Fantasy
• Difficulty: Beginner-friendly
• Fighting Style: Well rounded
• Weapon: Sword
• Age: 15
• Height: 156 cm
• Type: Human

Zooey - DLC 5

Zooey currently lacks an in-game bio, but discover even more about her with our beginner's guide.