AFK Journey: META Team and Composition Guide

AFK Journey now features over 50 Heroes, each with unique abilities and stats that allow for diverse team building. However, the constant release of new characters has steadily shifted the META, making it challenging for some players to create dominating compositions. This guide provides detailed instructions on how to build a reliable team, regardless of your rank and units. It includes composition suggestions for both beginner and advanced players.

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By Mohsen Baqery

Updated on July 30, 2024, by Mohsen Baqery: Recent changes to AFK Journey’s meta prompted updates for this guide with an end-game-friendly team composition for advanced players. Given the shift towards tank-support strategies, we have developed one of the most effective lineups featuring Heroes that high-ranked players typically own. However, if you’re a beginner or don’t have access to rare characters, you can still use other compositions provided in this guide to rank up.

The Best Team Composition

In most formations, the optimal composition follows the DEF, DD, H/S (Defense, Damage Dealer, Healer/Support) structure. For the defensive line, choose a Tank. Use Warriors, Marksmen, and Rogues as Damage Dealers while relying on Mages and Supports to provide healing and long-range backup for the team.

In the current end-game meta, Damage Dealers have lost their significance, as Support and Healer units can deal sufficient damage once maxed out and equipped properly. This shift has influenced metagame compositions, which now revolve around tank-support strategies rather than traditional damage-dealing roles.

The Best End-game Meta Team Comp

Hero	Role	Position
Smokey & Meerky	Support/Healer	Mid
Phraesto	Tank	Front
Rowan	Support	Mid
Eironn	Crow-Control	Mid
Hewynn	Healer	Back

Currently, the highest-performing team composition in AFK Journey’s end-game content is a support-tank setup featuring Smokey, Hewynn, Rowan, Phraesto, and Eironn. To make this lineup work, you should max out all these Heroes and equip Smokey with his Exclusive Equipment. The idea is to use Eironn’s crowd-control effect to draw enemies in, allowing Smokey to deal damage while the other Heroes—Rowan, Hewynn, and Phraesto—provide essential support to the team.

The Best Meta Team

Hero	Role	Position
Thoran	Tank (DEF)	Front
Antandra	Damage Dealer (DPS)	Mid
Cecia	Marksman	Back
Smokey & Meerky	Healer	Back
Koko	Support	Mid

A great team for all Battle Modes is a lineup of Thoran, Antandra, Cecia, Koko, and Smokey & Meerky. This setup excels in various combat situations because it features a robust frontline backed by agile damage dealers and effective healers.

Composition Guide

Use Thoran as a damage absorber. He can revive once, creating an opportunity for other Heroes to deal as much early damage as possible.
Place Antandra behind Thoran. Although she is a Tank, Antandra serves as a DPS Hero. Plus, her ultimate offers a great knockback effect that breaks the enemy’s formation.
Keep Cecia near the backline Supporters. You want her in the safe zone, where she can gain Energy and summon Mr. Carlyle, her demonic beast.
Protect the team with Smokey and Koko. These two characters can heal the team and reduce the damage taken. Have them cover the attackers and marksman from the back.

If you need more aggression, replace Koko with Rowan. He triggers Energy gain, increasing the rate of Ultimate attacks.

The Best Early-Game Team

Hero	Role	Position
Lucius	Tank (DEF)	Mid or Front
Brutus	Damage Dealer (DPS)	Front
Antandra	Damage Dealer (DPS)	Mid
Cecia	Marksman	Back
Hewynn	Healer & Support	Back

For newcomers, the best setup includes five easily obtainable Heroes: Lucius, Brutus, Antandra, Cecia, and Hewynn. This is a standard composition with two Damage Dealers, one Healer/Support, and one Tank. It boasts a strong win rate in initial battles due to the team’s well-balanced defense-attack ratio.

Composition Guide

Break the enemy’s frontline with Brutus. He becomes invincible for five seconds, allowing other attackers to penetrate the defense line.
Have Lucius support DPSs. Place him behind Brutus and Antandra so that he can shield them with his Ultimate.
Disrupt the enemy’s counterstrategy with Antandra. Her Ultimate comes with a knockback effect that shoots opposing troopers away. Keep her behind Lucius and Brutus.
Protect Cecia in the back. Let her chip on the enemy’s HP while gathering Energy for Mr. Carlyle, her Ultimate attack.
Heal the team with Hewynn. Drop her in the backmost tile so that she is protected. Use her Ultimate when your team’s HP is critically low.

Team-Building and Composition Tips

soulstones earned as battle rewards in afk journey.

To build better teams and understand metagame comps, keep these tips in mind:

Think in waves. Your troops will attack chronologically: the First Hero is the frontier, and the rest will follow them. With this in mind, organize your team from the toughest troopers to the weakest.
Take range into account. Build a team with balanced close-range to long-range reach. Use Tanks and Warriors for close-range, Rogues for mid-range, and Marksmen and Mages for long-range.
Work in pairs and combos. Build teams around synergies. Pair Heroes in a way that they support or buff each other's effects. For example, Brutus, Lucius, and Antandra all come with defensive shields that increase the team’s overall durability.
Don’t overthink the Faction bonus. Faction bonuses can restrict your builds. Having two Heroes of the same Faction is often enough to buff the team.