Saint Seiya EX throws a lot of Saints at you very quickly. The good news: the game is generous with early SSRs and even gives you a rerollable multi. The bad news: investing in the wrong units will slow you down in both story and PvP.
The core of a strong start is simple: use the beginner banners to secure at least one top-tier carry plus a long-term support, then decide whether your account is worth keeping before you sink time and resources into it.
How rerolling works in Saint Seiya EX
Rerolling in Saint Seiya EX is tied to two early milestones:
- Reaching about level 7 and unlocking the Recruit menu
- Accessing the special Wayfarer Recruitment banner that guarantees SSRs
The basic loop looks like this:
| Step | What to do | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Start as Guest | Log in with a guest account instead of binding an email or social account. | Makes it painless to discard the account if the pulls are bad. |
| 2. Clear the tutorial | Play through the initial battles and systems until you hit around level 7 and the Recruit feature unlocks. | Recruitment and the beginner banners stay locked until this point. |
| 3. Claim all rewards | Open your mailbox, daily/event tabs, and redeem any active codes for diamonds and tickets. | Maximises pulls on early banners, including Wayfarer Recruitment. |
| 4. Use Wayfarer Recruitment | Spend your Wayfarer vouchers on the beginner reroll banner that guarantees SSRs. | Each 10-pull is saved in a lockbox so you can choose the best roll later. |
| 5. Evaluate and decide | Compare all stored 10-pulls, pick one to claim, and decide whether to keep the account. | Once you claim, the banner disappears for that account. |
| 6. Reroll if needed | If you are unhappy with everything you saw, log out, switch server or delete the account, and repeat from step 1 as Guest. | Lets you chase better SSR combinations without long-term penalties. |
On top of Wayfarer Recruitment, standard and limited banners open once you have tickets or diamonds. Those are not infinitely rerollable, so treat them as bonus chances for extra SSRs after you’ve secured a strong Wayfarer roll.
Practical reroll targets: who is worth chasing
Rerolling is about value for time. You do not need a perfect roll with five SSRs, but you should aim for at least one unit that can solo carry and one that keeps your team alive or amplifies damage.
The characters below are the highest-impact early picks across multiple tier lists and role breakdowns.
| Saint | Rarity / Role | Position | Why it is a top reroll pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evil Saga | SSR – Mage / Damage | Middle row | Hybrid physical and mental damage, strong crowd control, and a Frenzied state after each ultimate that speeds up his rotation. One of the best pure carries in the game. |
| Gemini Saga | SSR – Warrior / Bruiser | Front row | Frontline carry with huge damage, frequent control, and high resistance to crowd control. Can act as both tank and main DPS. |
| Cancer Deathmask | SSR – Mage / Summoner | Back row | Overwhelms the field with undead summons and scales via Sekishiki stacks whenever non-Saint units die. Excellent for PvE and longer fights. |
| Leo Aiolia | SSR – Warrior / DPS | Front row | Durable offensive frontliner with invincibility windows, barriers, knock-ups, and a powerful self-buff at low HP. Great area damage through Lightning Chain. |
| Aries Mu (Aires Mu) | SSR – Support | Middle row | Top-tier support: heals, cleanses debuffs, buffs ally attack, reduces enemy attack, and creates crystal barriers. A reroll priority if you want a stable account. |
| Virgo Shaka | SSR – Mage / Damage | Middle row | High mental damage, especially versus non-Saint enemies, with some self and team healing plus a recurring shield that blocks skill damage. |
| Taurus Aldebaran | SSR – Tank | Front row | One of the strongest tanks. Constant knock-backs, massive damage reduction and CC immunity during Iaido Defense, and buffed skills under that stance. |
| Pisces Aphrodite | SSR – Mage / DoT | Back row | Poison-focused backliner who ramps damage over time and can deal true damage with Scarlet Rose based on poison stacks. Shines in boss fights and long stages. |
| Scorpio Milo | SSR – Archer / DPS | Back row | Needle-based damage dealer applying Crimson Scar to increase damage taken by enemies, with scaling output as fights go on and some built-in sustain. |
| Saori Kido | SR – Support | Back row | Free, very strong support. Reliable healing, attack buffs that focus on high-rage allies, and a one-time revive. Low damage but extremely high utility. |
| Pope Ares | SSR – Support / Control | Back row | Control-focused support that banishes enemies or forces them to attack allies, while also summoning units and buffing allied summons. Has synergy bonus with Evil Saga. |
| Aquarius Camus | SSR – Support / Control | Middle row | Freeze specialist who can lock down enemies, reduce mental damage taken by allies, and temporarily freeze a threatened ally to keep them safe and heal them. |
If your first account lands any two of these (for example Evil Saga plus Aries Mu, or Gemini Saga plus Saori Kido) you already have a strong foundation. You can then rely on future banners and the awakening system to fill gaps.
Beginner banner strategy and when to stop rerolling
Saint Seiya EX frontloads a lot of value into early account progression. You get:
- Multiple SSRs from the Wayfarer Recruitment banner
- A free Saori Kido as you play
- Pisces Aphrodite on day two of login
- An SSR selector from later login milestones
That reward structure means hard rerolling for a “perfect” set of SSRs is optional. Time spent rerolling is time not spent unlocking guaranteed event rewards.
A realistic stopping point:
- Wayfarer Recruitment gives you at least one S-tier carry (Evil Saga, Gemini Saga, Cancer Deathmask, Leo Aiolia, Virgo Shaka, Aries Mu).
- You also pull or expect early access to at least one good support (Aries Mu, Saori Kido, Pope Ares, Aquarius Camus).
- Your front row is covered, either by a tank like Taurus Aldebaran or a bruiser like Gemini Saga or Leo Aiolia.
Once those conditions are met, the account is strong enough to push story, collect more resources, and lean on later selectors rather than looping rerolls for marginal gains.
Positional tier list: front, middle, and back row
Teams in Saint Seiya EX are built in three rows, and units are clearly designed for one of those slots. Many tier lists rank Saints by row as well as by overall power.
Front-line Saints (tanks and bruisers)
| Tier | Saint | Role | Key traits |
|---|---|---|---|
| T0 | Gemini Saga | Hybrid frontline carry | High burst, frequent control, strong CC resistance, can anchor the entire team from the front row. |
| T1 | Taurus Aldebaran | Tank | Knock-back basic attacks, heavy damage reduction and CC immunity during Iaido Defense, enhances other skills under that stance. |
| T2 | Pegasus Seiya | Fighter | Can swing fights back through explosive damage in clutch moments, but less dominant than Gemini Saga or Aldebaran. |
Middle-line Saints (controllers and hybrid damage)
| Tier | Saint | Role | Key traits |
|---|---|---|---|
| T0/T1 | Aries Mu | Support / secondary damage | Crucial crystal walls, repeated healing and cleansing, attack buffs, and enemy attack debuffs. Flexible in almost any comp. |
| T1 | Aquarius Camus | Support / control | Team-wide Freeze pressure with defensive mental damage reduction and a “freeze ally to save them” panic button. |
| T3 | Cygnus Hyoga | Controller | More modest freezing and control but still useful for shaping engagements if you lack Camus. |
Rear-line Saints (ranged damage and supports)
| Tier | Saint | Role | Key traits |
|---|---|---|---|
| T0 | Saori Kido | Pure support | Backline anchor with strong healing, cleanse-like protection from debuffs, CC resistance, and a chance to revive fallen allies. |
| T1 | Pisces Aphrodite | Damage over time | Stacks poison and amplifies poison damage taken, excelling at slowly dismantling tanky frontlines. |
| T2 | Andromeda Shun | Hybrid support | Nebula Chains provide both crowd control and protection, giving flexible answers to varied enemy teams. |
Even if you reroll around the global S-tier names, staying aware of row-specific strength helps you avoid overloaded lines such as three fragile backline mages with no real front row.
Global S–C tier overview
Several lists condense all Saints into a single four-tier view. The broad picture looks like this:
| Tier | Saints | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| S | Cancer Deathmask, Gemini Saga, Leo Aiolia, Perseus Algol, Pisces Aphrodite, Scorpio Milo, Virgo Shaka | Strongest overall performers, useful in most content without heavy team support. |
| A | Andromeda Shun, Aries Mu, Aquarius Hyoga, Evil Saga, Pope Ares, Sagittarius Aiolos, Sea Dragon Kanon, Taurus Aldebaran | Highly reliable picks; many of these become S-tier within the right team or against specific content. |
| B | Aquarius Camus, Capricorn Shura, Cygnus Hyoga, Libra Shiryu, Odin Seiya, Pegasus Seiya, Poseidon, Saori Kido, Virgo Shun | Solid performers, particularly early on, and sometimes valuable for synergy bonuses or specific bosses. |
| C | Bear Geki, Black Andromeda, Black Dragon, Black Swan, Freya, Hydra Ichi, Leo Ikki, Unicorn Jabu | Generally safe to bench once you have enough higher-tier Saints. |
Awakening complicates this a bit, since any Saint can reach SSR status with enough investment. Still, S and A-tier units offer better returns for that investment, especially during the first weeks.
How awakening and SSR promotion fit into reroll decisions
Rerolling is about starting strong, but long-term power comes from awakening. Every Saint can become SSR by clearing a chain of tasks and resource checks:
- Finishing three awakening tasks (usually level thresholds, bond progression, and tier upgrades).
- Promoting the Saint to their maximum star count.
- Spending Essence of Will, obtained in the PvP Master store.
- Using Saint-specific Awakening Stones, found in events, story content, and other gameplay modes.
This system means a B-tier favorite is not useless; it just takes more time and more opportunity cost to raise them alongside an S-tier monster like Evil Saga. Rerolling into strong SSRs simply reduces the number of awakenings you must grind before your roster feels competitive.
Fast rerolling on PC with an Android emulator
If retrying on a phone feels slow, a PC emulator with multi-instance support can speed up the process. One option is LDPlayer, which allows multiple Saint Seiya EX instances in parallel.
The high-level flow on LDPlayer is:
- Install LDPlayer from the official site, then install Saint Seiya EX from the built-in store.
- Open LDMultiplayer in the emulator settings to clone the instance several times.
- Use the Synchronizer tool to mirror your inputs across all instances.
- Run the reroll sequence (guest login → tutorial → mailbox → Wayfarer Recruitment) on all instances at once.
That setup does not change the odds; it just compresses several attempts into the time it would normally take to run one or two on a single device.
A Saint Seiya EX account with one or two meta SSRs, a competent support, and a real front line is more than enough to rip through the Sanctuary. Treat rerolls as a way to secure that baseline quickly, then let daily logins, awakening, and selective banner pulls do the rest of the work.
