Story waves
Super Bro handles grouped enemies with magic AoE. Kyzen (Founder) is a flexible alternative when bosses and shields are the problem. Add Magma if the stage sends flying enemies.
Choose for the mode and the job your team is missing. This Update 1 guide compares September 23–24 unit coverage with recorded gameplay; it is a dated editorial ranking, not a live balance test.
A single letter cannot tell you whether a unit will clear your next stage. Start with the wave that is beating you, then select the missing job.
Super Bro handles grouped enemies with magic AoE. Kyzen (Founder) is a flexible alternative when bosses and shields are the problem. Add Magma if the stage sends flying enemies.
Try Kyzen for shielded bosses or Usurper (Founder) for summon value. Add Commander only when the carry's current damage tag qualifies for its physical buff.
C.E.O. and Bulby are economy picks in September guides. Place one only after you can defend the early path, then spend the extra battle cash on upgrades before the hard wave.

Letters compare units inside the same job. Damage, support and economy have separate lists, so a farm unit is never presented as a direct replacement for a boss killer.
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The three ladders below are separate. An S support enables a carry; an S economy unit helps fund placements. Neither letter says it deals the same damage as an S attacker.
Super Bro clears broad Story waves but does not benefit from Commander's physical buff. Kyzen works across modes in the September guides; Usurper's summons make more sense for a long Infinite run.
The list synthesizes dated Pro Game Guides, Destructoid, and GAMES.GG coverage. Their Emperor Whitehair placement differs. We do not infer current DPS, trait odds, or a new patch from a video frame.
Commander is described as a physical damage support. Putting it beside magic Super Bro does not solve Super Bro's support gap. Black Hair is reported as the more natural magic partner. Before pairing Commander with Emperor Whitehair or Kyzen, inspect the carry's current damage tag; Destructoid's Whitehair rating assumes compatible support.
Magma is only A here, but a Hill placement matters when a Story stage sends flying enemies. A nominally stronger ground carry cannot cover an enemy it never targets. Keep a coverage slot before chasing a higher-ranked duplicate attacker.
Usurper's summons add value in Infinite; that does not make it the first choice for every short Story act. C.E.O. or Bulby also need time to return their placement cost. If you lose before that point, defend first and farm later.
The September lists do not agree on a universal Emperor Whitehair tier. Pro Game Guides places it in A, while Destructoid places its Commander-supported version in S. That is a team-context difference, not proof that one screenshot changed the balance. Red Scar similarly shifts between Story damage and Infinite control. Lex Akoman's damage-over-time description differs between sources, so we avoid prescribing a specific status build until the current game can be checked.

Start with a carry that can clear the mode, add support that actually applies to it, then test whether an economy slot pays back before the difficult wave. Cover flying enemies if the map demands it. Re-check the live build before spending rare reroll materials on this September 2026 ranking.
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QUESTIONS / ANSWERS
For a cross-mode DPS target, September guides repeatedly praise Kyzen (Founder). Super Bro is often favored for Story, while Usurper (Founder) is more specialized for Infinite. The best pick depends on your mode and support roster.
They cover support and economy rather than raw damage. A tier letter only makes sense beside the unit's role and the rest of your team.
No. It is an independent synthesis of dated third-party guides, and those guides disagree on some placements.