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🏆 Clan Tier List

Monster Train 2 Clan Tier List

Monster Train 2 features 12 clans, each with unique card pools and strategies. This guide rates each clan from S to D and explains their characteristics and synergies.

Note: Tier ratings are based on Covenant 20–25 high-level play. Beginners are encouraged to start with whichever clan appeals to them.


S Tier — Top Clans

Hellhorned

  • Style: Aggressive offense
  • Strengths: Imp token generation + Ragna synergy is powerful. Spike reflection damage provides both offense and defense
  • Weaknesses: Almost no healing. Less stable in early game compared to other clans
  • Best pairings: Awoken (durability), Stygian Guard (spell empowerment)

Stygian Guard

  • Style: Spell combo
  • Strengths: Spell chaining is extremely powerful. Artifacts like Inkwell enable exponential scaling
  • Weaknesses: Weak early game until the deck direction becomes clear
  • Best pairings: Hellhorned (damage), Umbra (card draw)

Awoken

  • Style: Growth-based control
  • Strengths: Spike + Thornd combination is dominant. Grows stronger as the game progresses
  • Weaknesses: Rings 1–2 are the weakest. March management is challenging
  • Best pairings: Hellhorned (immediate damage), Railforged (flexible unit placement)

A Tier — Strong Clans

Melting Remnant

  • Style: Death trigger
  • Strengths: On-death effects are powerful. Slime transformation combos are unique
  • Weaknesses: Low output without the right combo pieces
  • Best pairings: Stygian Guard (spell support), Luna Coven (buff support)

Umbra

  • Style: Midrange draw
  • Strengths: Strong card draw engine. High deck consistency
  • Weaknesses: Damage output tends to fall short on its own
  • Best pairings: Hellhorned (damage), Stygian Guard (spell synergy)

Luna Coven

  • Style: Buff support
  • Strengths: Powerful global buffs. Greatly boosts the team's scaling
  • Weaknesses: Support-focused, so ally clan selection is critical
  • Best pairings: Awoken, Railforged (scaling synergy)

Wurmkin

  • Style: Economy control
  • Strengths: Excellent Ember efficiency. Echo mechanic continuously upgrades cards
  • Weaknesses: Limited standalone damage. High ally dependency
  • Best pairings: Stygian Guard (spell synergy), Melting Remnant

B Tier — Solid Clans

Railforged

  • Style: Unit placement optimization
  • Strengths: Unique unit movement and placement combos. Exhaust mechanic builds are powerful
  • Weaknesses: High learning curve due to unique mechanics
  • Best pairings: Awoken (synergy), Luna Coven (buff support)

Pyreborne

  • Style: Pyre empowerment
  • Strengths: Unique strategy using the Pyre itself as an offensive weapon
  • Weaknesses: Requires careful Pyre HP management; risky playstyle
  • Best pairings: Hellhorned (damage), Stygian Guard

Banished

  • Style: Banish mechanic
  • Strengths: Powerful effects triggered by banishing cards. Enables resource management builds
  • Weaknesses: Strategy falls apart if banish synergies don't come together
  • Best pairings: Umbra (draw support), Stygian Guard

C Tier — Conditional Clans

Underlegion

  • Style: Token swarm
  • Strengths: Overwhelm opponents with massive amounts of token units
  • Weaknesses: Individual tokens are weak and easily wiped by AoE
  • Best pairings: Hellhorned (synergy), Luna Coven (buffs)

Lazarus League

  • Style: Resurrection combo
  • Strengths: Unit resurrection serves as a powerful combo enabler
  • Weaknesses: Takes a long time to assemble resurrection synergies
  • Best pairings: Melting Remnant (death synergy), Umbra (draw support)

Best Cross-Clan Synergies

Pairing Rating Strategy
Hellhorned + Stygian S Spike reflection + spell chain — the top combo
Awoken + Luna Coven S Stacking growth buffs for overwhelming scaling
Stygian + Umbra A Spells + draw for stability and firepower
Melting Remnant + Stygian A Death triggers + spell empowerment
Railforged + Awoken A Placement + spike synergy
Hellhorned + Awoken A Balanced offense and defense

Tier Summary

Tier Clans
S Hellhorned, Stygian Guard, Awoken
A Melting Remnant, Umbra, Luna Coven, Wurmkin
B Railforged, Pyreborne, Banished
C Underlegion, Lazarus League

Disclaimer

This tier list assumes Covenant 20–25 high-level play. In actual gameplay, the following factors can significantly shift tier placements:

  • Artifact draws
  • Ally clan compatibility
  • Player skill with the clan

Every clan is capable of clearing the game with the right understanding. Start with whichever clan you find most appealing!