Five Nights TD Tier List – Glitched Update (August 2024)

FNTD is one of the most engaging tower defense experiences we’ve had in a while. All of the most iconic animatronics are in it, and choosing the best ones to put on your team is all that matters if you wish to top the leaderboards. To help you do just that, here is our definitive Five Nights TD tier list!

Five Nights TD Late Game/Support Unit Tier List

S Tier Late Game/Support Five Nights TD Units

• Glitched Puppeteer — Glitched Puppeteer is a late-game version of Scott. It has an amazing range, the highest effective DPS in the game, and a 3-placement limit. It’s simply broken.
• Valkyrie Chica — Valkyrie Chica is one of the best single-target DPSs for the late game. Plus, it’s very cheap to place and upgrade. It’s just OP.
• Phantom Mangle — Single-target DPS-wise, Phantom Mangle is one of the best units in the game. Plus, it has more placement than Valkyrie Chica.
• Blighted Endo Freddy — Blighted Endo Freddy is a full AoE unit with good range and one of the best DPSs of all AoE units in the game. However, its performance is barely better than that of Marionette, making it a questionable investment.
• Shadow Bonnie — Shadow Bonnie is an almost 50% stronger version of Blighted Endo Freddy, though with a shorter range. It also has a very high cost, but that won’t be a problem in Endless.
• Abyssal Foxy — After it got buffs, Abyssal Foxy is arguably the strongest continuous DPS unit in FNTD right now. The permanent slow is just OP, and all of its other stats bring it really close to other top-tier units in terms of total DPS.

A Tier Late Game/Support Five Nights TD Units

• Bounded Shadow — Stats-wise, Bounded Shadow is the strongest pierce tower in FNTD. The sheer DPS it has matches even that of some continuous units. However, the low range and only 2 maximum placements balance it out.
• Plane Boy — Plane Boy is one of the most expensive units to place in Five Nights TD. The range and DPS it has are superb. However, the 2 placement count makes it straight-up worse than Phantom Mangle and the like.
• Leviathan Mangle — Leviathan Mangle is one of the best pierce units in the game. It’s perfect for dealing with multiple enemies, and its single-target DPS isn’t too shabby, either.
• Enforcer Bonnie — Enforcer Bonnie is basically the same as Valkyrie Chica, though it has a tiny bit worse stats. However, you can also pull it with a 5x higher probability than Chica, bringing its price down.
• Hawaii Endo 02 — More range means more uptime for your DPS units. He is arguably the strongest support in the game right now.
• Spring Bonnie — Spring Bonnie is just a bit stronger version of Endo. You can use them both for endless runs.

B Tier Late Game/Support Five Nights TD Units

• Marionette’s Puppeteer — Marionette’s Puppeteer is very viable if you’re on a budget. It has high AoE DPS when fully upgraded, though it has a relatively low range.
• Withered Bonnie — Withered Bonnie is basically a single-target, long-range version of Shadow Freddy. Her stats are a bit worse than those of other end-game units. However, you can get her relatively cheaply, making her a solid overall investment.
• Phantom Puppet — Phantom Puppet is a more expensive, stronger version of Leviathan Mangle. However, its high base damage will be overkill until very late into endless mode.
• Endo — Endo is a damage-boosting support that’s really good for endless. However, Spring Bonnie is just better.

C Tier Late Game/Support Five Nights TD Units

• Shadow Freddy — The low total DPS and AoE range make Shadow Freddy a very bad option compared to Shadow Bonnie or Blighted Endo Freddy.
• Phantom Freddy — Low placement count, DPS, and range make Phantom Freddy pretty underwhelming for a $15K unit. I think it’ll need some buffs to rank higher.
• Phantom Chica — When fully upgraded, Phantom Chica is actually not that horrible. She has a low cooldown, big AoE explosions, and okayish damage. Consider her a much better version of Mangle.

D Tier Late Game/Support Five Nights TD Units

• Mangle — Mangle’s DPS, range, and explosion radius are all just bad. I can’t see why you would use it over any other late-game unit except for Puppet, maybe.
• Puppet — I don’t know why the devs would bother rebalancing it so many times just to make it atrociously bad. It has one of the lowest DPSs of all units in the game, so unless you want your hair to start going gray right now, avoid it and get something better.
• Amalgam — Amalgam is the second slow unit introduced to FNTD. It is basically worthless, as having more DPS is straight-up better than having its garbage slow.
• Fazcade — Fazcade is the first money-farming unit in the game and is absolutely useless in any game mode.

Five Nights TD Mid Game Unit Tier List

S Tier Mid Game Five Nights TD Units

• Circuit Breaker Freddy — Circuit Breaker Freddy has an insanely good single-target DPS, making it a really solid mid-game unit that’s also okay for the end game. Its only downside is its relatively high placement cost.
• Scott — Scott is, without a shred of doubt, the most OP mid-game unit in Five Nights TD. It has insane damage, splash, and range, and also 6 upgrade levels. It’s designed so it can solo carry you, and it definitely will.
• War Machine Foxy — War Machine Foxy is one of the best mid-game units. The combination of its very high stats and low placement count is just perfect; it means that you can place and upgrade it extremely quickly and cheaply, allowing you to transition to your most expensive units much earlier.
• Sentinel Bonnie — Sentinel Bonnie is an upgraded version of War Machine Foxy. It has 5% less DPS but 20% more range. It’s arguably the best mid-game unit in Five Nights TD right now.
• Withered Golden Freddy — Withered Golden Freddy might even be better than Sentinel Bonnie. Because it has a higher placement count, its total DPS is higher. However, you’ll also need to invest more money to realize its potential.

A Tier Mid Game Five Nights TD Units

• Seven Seas Foxy — Seven Seas Foxy is a toned-down version of Leviathan Mangle, though it has a longer range. He is useful in the mid-game for dealing with mobs. It also got buffed recently.
• Mercenary Foxy — Mercenary Foxy is really cheap to place and upgrade. Plus, the relatively low base damage is compensated for by the fact that you can place 4 of them. Overall, it’s one of the best mid-game units right now.
• Phantom Balloon Boy — Phantom Balloon Boy’s damage, range, and AoE are massive. He is a really solid pick for the mid-game.
• Algae Fredbear — Algae Fredbear is another tuned-down version of Withered Golden Freddy. It’s pretty solid despite it only having 3 max placements.
• Rocketeer Mangle — Rocketeer Mangle has one of the best DPSs of all explosion units. However, its low range tanks its rank quite a bit.
• Phantom Golden Freddy — Phantom Golden Freddy is just straight-up worse than Withered Golden Freddy. However, it’s still strong enough to be viable for the mid-game.
• Artillery Puppet — Artillery Puppet is a long-range explosion unit with high base damage but a bad cooldown. It’s pretty good if you have no other AoE.

B Tier Mid Game Five Nights TD Units

• Bonnie — Bonnie is basically a higher-range, lower-DPS Withered Freddy. It also has a higher placement and upgrade cost, making it even less worth using.
• Withered Freddy — Withered Freddy is a continuous unit with solid DPS and a placement count of 3. However, the high upgrade costs make it a suboptimal option compared to some of the other mid-game units.
• Glitched Cupcake — Glitched Cupcake is full AoE with a solid DPS. However, it has a fairly low range. It just isn’t good enough compared to other mid-game units.

C Tier Mid Game Five Nights TD Units

• Coco Boy — Coco Boy is better than Balloon Boy, but not by much. The explosion radius redeems it a bit.
• Endo 03 — Endo 03 isn’t the best mid-game unit, but he can be useful if you’ve got nothing better. He has a placement count of 4 and solid single-target DPS.
• Withered Foxy — Withered Foxy used to be the meta way back. Now, it’s overshadowed by all the better mid-game units. You can also use it as a starter, but there are better options there as well.

D Tier Mid Game Five Nights TD Units

• Cupcake Tank — Cupcake Tank does absolutely nothing. Its summons are so irrelevant I had to put it in a separate tier.
• Golden Freddy — Golden Freddy just has too low of a DPS and too high of a cost to be useful.
• Toy Chica — Toy Chica just has too low of a range and total DPS to be competitive. Avoid using her.
• Balloon Boy — Balloon Boy is basically Toy Chica but with a four times higher price tag. He is arguably the worst thing in Five Nights TD.

Five Nights TD Early Game Unit Tier List

S Tier Early Game Five Nights TD Units

• Patriot Freddy — Patriot Freddy is an ultra-cheap early-game explosion unit. He is just a great starter for dealing with big waves.
• Witch Toy Chica — Witch Toy Chca is one of the best starters in FNTD. She is cheap and can deal with both bosses and mobs reliably.
• Tarnished Spring Bonnie — Tarnished Spring Bonnie might be melee, but her damage and range are actually insane. However, acquiring her is much harder than Patriot Freddy or Witch Toy Chica.

A Tier Early Game Five Nights TD Units

• Phantom Foxy — Phantom Foxy is a cheap, 4-placement single-target DPS that is very good for the early game.
• Endo 02 — Endo 02 has a good range and good single-target DPS. However, Phantom Foxy is just straight-up better.
• Phantom Cupcake — Phantom Cupcake has one of the highest DPSs of all starters. He is just really solid.
• Rad Freddy — Rad Freddy is just a straight-up better version of Sniper Cupcake. It basically has double the DPS with other stats being very similar. He is great for the early game.

B Tier Early Game Five Nights TD Units

• Sniper Cupcake — The very high range of Sniper Cupcake compensates for its low DPS. However, the 3 placement count is kind of bad.
• Major Freddy — Major Freddy is a solid starter single DPS with 4 placements. He also has a good range.
• Commando Endo — Commando Endo’s DPS is sub-par. However, his summons can attack and deal reasonable damage, making him viable.
• Freddy — Regular Freddy is one of the better starters you can use. His high placement count and low upgrade costs are just awesome.
• Pirate Withered Foxy — Pirate Withered Foxy is similar to Major Freddy. He is good as a starter, but his DPS isn’t that impressive.
• Vendor Toy Chica — Vendor Toy Chica is a worse version of Patriot Freddy. Still, she is pretty solid for the early waves.

C Tier Early Game Five Nights TD Units

• Rockin Bonnie — Rocking Bonnie looks good on paper with her full AoE. However, there are better starters than her.
• Baker Toy Chica — Baker Toy Chica is an explosion unit that is all right if you’re just starting out the game.
• Chica — Chica is an explosion unit with a low attack speed. Use her only for the early game and when dealing with a lot of weak enemies.
• Withered Chica — Withered Chica is barely better than Toy Bonnie. Just don’t use her.

D Tier Early Game Five Nights TD Units

• Toy Freddy — Toy Freddy is very bad overall. His range is low, and his DPS is just 20 by default.
• Toy Bonnie — Toy Bonnie’s stats are just all bad.
• Summer Toy Bonnie — Despite being able to slow, Summer Toy Bonny is just bad. You’re much better off equipping a normal starter instead of her.
• Foxy — Foxy is melee, which is detrimental in a TD game. I simply can’t see him being used at all.

That about does it for our Five Nights TD tier list. If you want to stay up-to-date with the meta in FNTD, be sure to bookmark this post, as we’ll be updating it whenever there’s an update—that is, after we’ve tested the new units, of course.

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