The best characters in AFK Journey are always there for you. They’re the ones you accidentally recruit in your first Noble Tavern Recruitments and who end up following you all the way to the Trials of Abyss, if they’re still pretty good.

Smokey & Meerky are the best characters in AFK Journey. This support duo provides constant area healing, Haste, and Attack buffs through their aroma cloud, making them essential for keeping allies alive and significantly increasing damage output. With their EX Weapon in the endgame, they also deal damage to enemy heroes caught in the aroma, increasing their versatility. Their ability to function effectively as tanks, healers, and attackers makes Smokey & Meerky an essential part of any team.

Cecia is the best damage dealer in AFK Journey. Her ultimate, Mr. Carlyle, is a minion that not only immobilizes enemies with a massive area entangle effect, but also deals damage with its auto attacks. With Cecia's EX weapon, she and Mr. Carlyle steal the enemy's defense, increasing their own lethality and durability. This makes Cecia a formidable solo damage dealer in many compositions, including PvP: once Mr. Carlyle is deployed, it becomes very difficult to prevent him from decimating the entire back line.

Rowan is a utility support that excels at speeding up your team. He is the only AFK Journey hero who can provide energy to allies in an area, allowing your entire team to use their ultimates faster, often faster than the enemy. If this advantage allows you to defeat an enemy hero or two before they can retaliate with their ultimates, the battle is won, thanks to Rowan. Since most characters in the game want to activate their ultimates as soon as possible, Rowan is a viable addition to almost any team.