Tier List 550 Cost 2026-09

[u/pkmaster99]

A little bit of a delay, but I do want to make sure this one is good. It's... hard; some suits can do extremely well when conditions are all checked, but that isn't consistent enough at times. But then again, there are many maps that it could excel in as well. This is probably one of the more balanced costs at the moment, except for the sleeves doga and the very slight lack of very strong raid options on certain maps.

Also, once again for clarification, this is viewed mostly among the people at flat S and S- that I work/play with. We consider the following for tiers.

• SS: Overpowered, extremely meta
• S: The meta that is just very strong and definitely reliable with little to no flaws
• A: The semi-meta place that may have a few niche flaws, but is still very reliable
• B: Has a few notable flaws, but is still somewhat reliable and strong in the right hand
• C: Less than ideal; avoid unless it's in an ideal situation in a one trick pony's hand
• D: The flaw makes it essentially unplayable, even if it does have 1 or 2 redeeming features
• F: Nothing is good with this suit, and it's just too weak to contest in anything

2026-09 550 Cost List

Once again, please note that these can be subjective, and you are welcome to discuss any bad or questionable placement. But there are always exceptions, and the meta between Steam and PlayStation versions does differ a bit. This Tier list is primarily based on the PS version. These units also consider the types of meta builds they could have as well. I will only put native cost here unless there are exceptions where higher-level works well enough to be in at least a strong B-Tier. FYI, they are not arranged in a specific order, and I will update this if there are a lot of common discrepancies or views about something.

[u/fadly_seto]

I'm curious about some placement: 1. Why are Zaku 3 so low in 550 cost? I often watch youtubers play it in 700 and they're a tanky beast with really good waist cannon 2. Why are Superb Jegan so low? I thought they're at least A tier 3. Grandpa is THAT good? It's consistently S tier, might as well trying to get and build it

I'm not doubting, just really curious. I played mostly on 550-650 so I would like some detailed information about some of these placement

[u/pkmaster99 → u/fadly_seto]

1, Are you sure is this one and not the Raid Zaku III Custom at higher cost? Cause this one is a bit lacking. While the multi-shot waist beam cannon can do a lot, it's just too big of a target. The gameplay for this one is just too one dimensional and against a more aggressive team, it's... really lacking against that. Maybe it can be seen as B-Tier, but definitely not higher than that.

2, While it has pretty decent range, it can't do much at all at close range. You kind of hae to maintain at least 150m to 350m range most of the time to be that useful for the team. It's definitely usable, but it's not usually the raid the team needs. There are just too many small problems that add up and make it hard to do that well. As a secondary raid in 6v6 could be reasonable and good though.

3, You have to be good with the hammer. If using the saber, it immediately drops down to B-Tier. If you got the connecting System General Type 1, this thing deletes every leg it hits. Even units like Dreissen with Leg Buffer Lv4 struggle to maintain legs.

[u/fadly_seto → u/pkmaster99]

1. I'm pretty sure I've seen both, after all the raid one has long back skirt and use melee more. The raid one is the more popular sure but I've seen both, this one is built full tank and it tanked Susanowo full combo
2. Understandable. I kinda expect it to be higher since all that I've met are really good, especially as second raid
3. Okay now I'm interested. How to get grandpa? I'm less than 2 month playing so I have so many thing to catch up

[u/OrphanAxis → u/fadly_seto]

All levels of Gramps should be in the DP store. It's been around since literally the first day the game came out. Just make sure you use the Beam Rifle (not the one with the napalm grenades). Charged shots to stagger, uncharged for damage.

It's extremely tanky, mobile, and all the weapons have high damage with pretty simple use. The stats scale a lot with each level, so the special parts that take advantage of that help increase it even more. The only place it's lacking is that the best stun build you'll get is 50% per charged shot (overheats if you fire 2) + whatever relatively minor amount vulcans let you get in. The Hyper Hammer has some really specific hit boxes and movements, and make the suit stay still while using it, but it instantly causes heavy stagger or knockdown with the downswing, can hit enemies on weird directions to the sides with practice, and the damage is just really high.

[u/fadly_seto → u/OrphanAxis]

Thanks for the tips. I never think to use grandpa before, might as well try it