Blade Ball Skill Tier List (May 2024) – Encrypted Clone!

Blade Ball is all about deflecting a homing ball to try and murder other players. When the ball turns red, it means it’s coming for you, and if you don’t deflect, you’ll die and earn the player who deflected it coins. But with these coins, you can purchase different abilities that can give you an advantage on the battlefield. We’ve added two new abilities from the Blade Ball 4.0 update: Encrypted Clone!

Here’s our tier list of the best abilities in Blade Ball! While you’re here, why not check out our rewards page to get some free goodies?

Best Abilities Blade Ball Tier List

This guide categorizes the best abilities units in Blade Ball, so you always know the best abilities to get! The following Blade Ball Tier List ranks the currently available skills into these tiers:

• S-Tier: OP
• A-Tier: Best
• B-Tier: Good
• C-tier: Average
• D-tier: Below Average

Best Abilities in Blade Ball

Blade Ball S-Tier Abilities

• Slash of Duality
  • Select your target and unleash a Light or Dark Slash, each with a unique effect on the Ball.
    • Cost: Good Vs. Evil Spins
    • Upgrade 1
      • Gain access to the Dual Slash, which combines the effects of the Light and Dark slashes, lower cooldown

• Infinity
  • Manifest an aura that locks the ball in place if it hits you during the mode
    • Cost: You have to purchase both paid packs two times each or spin the wheel and land on Effect Bundle. Landing on Effect Bundle will give you a free pass towards getting Infinity.
    • Can’t be upgraded

• Bunny Leap
  • Leap into the air and slam into the ground, trapping nearby opponents in an egg and deflecting the ball if it is close.
    • Cost: Happy Easter Spins
    • Upgrade 1 – ‘Bunny Hops’ hold the ability button down to a do a series of smaller hops before the giant leap, lower cooldown

• Singularity
  • Cause the ball to gravitate towards you and be shot out at extreme velocities.
    • One Upgrade

• Dragon Spirit
  • Summon a dragon spirit to attack the ball and retarget it.
    • One Upgrade:
      • Upgrade 1 – +Extra Duration and Shorter Cooldown

• Time Hole
  • Creates an area around your character that boosts speed, slows enemies, stops the ball temporarily, and disables enemy abilities upon contact.
    • One Upgrade:
      • Upgrade 1 – + Longer duration and Shorter Cooldown

• Absolute Confidence
  • Unleash a server-wide taunt, forcibly drawing every parried ball towards you for a certain amount of time.
    • Two Upgrades:
      • Upgrade 1 – +Increased speed, power, and lower cooldown
      • Upgrade 2 – ‘Heroic Confidence’ reskin, increased speed, power, lower cooldown, and increase taunt duration.

• Dribble
  • Dribble the ball and speed yourself up before shooting to mix opponents up!
    • How to Get Dribble

• Calming Deflection
  • Prepare a much weaker deflection, which slows down the ball significantly.
    • How to get Calming Deflection

• Quantum Arena
  • Create a Quantum void where everyone’s abilities are disabled. Freeze people if you dash through them with a new version of Thunder Dash that can also be used in bursts!

• Reaper
  • (Passive) Get Faster & Speed the ball up more on hit every time you kill another player in a match, stacking up to 5.
    • Two upgrades
      • First: 1,500
      • Second: 3,000

Blade Ball A-Tier Abilities

• Encrypted Clone
  • Spawn in a look alike of yourself that will only pass the ball to you, you can go back and forth and clash with your clone to wait out cooldowns on other abilities and take other players by surprise!
  • One Upgrade: Your clone hits the ball faster, lasts longer, timer for when your clone despawns, press Ability button once the clone is spawned to toggle between follow and idle state.

• Chieftain’s Totem
  • Spawns a mythical totem granting you and players inside your range Parry Strength. Slows enemies and boosts your speed.
  • Two Upgrades
    • Upgrade 1 – Increased Parry Strength, Speed, and Range
    • Upgrade 2 – ‘Fire Totem’ Spawn a fiery mystical totem to empower you, slows enemies even more, increased Parry Strength, Speed and Range.

• Continuity Zero
  • Place down a portal only visible to you. When the ability is used again, the ball is teleported to the portal.
    • Obtained in New Year Spins

• Qi-Charge
  • Charge up an aura that grants you enhanced speed and parry strength.
    • Two Upgrades
      • First: 4,000 – Faster Charge Time
      • Second: 8,000 – Faster Charge Time, and Ability to parry while charging

• Hell Hook
  • Deploy a hook that forces a player towards you!
    • Two Upgrades:
      • Upgrade 1 – + Lower Cooldown
      • Upgrade 2 – Infernal Chains ability reskin, Lower Cooldown, and Increased Stun Time

• Force
  • Release three consecutive shockwaves which launch nearby players away.
    • Cost: Obtain in Ability Training
    • Two Upgrades

• Titan Blade
  • Enter a mode where you use a massive glowing golden sword. Parry hitboxes are heavily increased and you make the ball faster with each swing using this ability!
    • Only earned in the Winter Spin.

• Tact
  • (Passive) Curve the ball further when parrying it.
    • Obtained in Advent Calendar

• Flash Counter
  • Return to the sender while locking them in place.
    • Cost: 12,5000
    • One Upgrade

• Pull
  • Force the ball to target you.
    • Cost: 5000 Coins.
    • Two upgrades
      • First: 2500 Coins
      • Second: 5,000 Coins

• Rapture
  • Unleash a ferocious upward slash which gives significantly more curve influence and power to the ball.
    • Only obtainable via the Wheel.
    • Can’t be upgraded.

• Death Slash
  • The power of a thousand suns at your fingertips…
    • Only earned in the Winter Spin. You need Glacial Scythe, Ice Dagger, and Titan Blade to get Death Slash.
    • Upgradable.

• Forcefield
  • Materialize a forcefield which automatically deflects the ball for its duration.
    • Cost: 2,000 Coins
    • Two Upgrades
      • First: 1,000 Coins
      • Second: 2,000 Coins

• Scopophobia
  • Slow enemies faster, apply a debuff to enemies attacks.
    • Cost: 4,000 Coins
    • One Upgrade
      • First: 7,000 Coins
        • Intense fear” ability reskin, faster freeze time, more debuff and hit power on attacks

Blade Ball B-Tier Abilities

• Freeze
  • Freeze the ball until it is parried or until five seconds has passed
    • Cost: 2000 Coins
    • Two Upgrades
      • First: 1,000
      • Second: 2,000

• Raging Deflect
  • Prepare a much stronger deflection which increases the ball’s speed a lot.
    • Cost: 4,000 Coins
    • Two Upgrades
      • First: 2,000 Coins
      • Second: 4,000 Coins

• Phantom
  • Haunt a target player, teleporting behind them and slowing them down
    • Unlocks: Blade Ball Phantom – How to Get

• Pulse
  • Release a pulse which disables using abilities for a short time
    • Cost: 10,000
    • Two Upgrades
      • First: + Longer disable time
      • Second: + Electro Pulse ability reskin and Longer disable time.

• Invisibility
  • Go invisible for a duration, making it so the ball is unable to target you.
    • Cost: 800 Coins
    • Two Upgrades
      • First: 400 Coins
      • Second: 800 Coins

• Thunder Dash
  • Teleport at the speed of thunder towards your character’s movement direction with a short cooldown:
    • Cost: 1,200 Coins
    • Two Upgrades
      • Second: 1,200 Coins
      • First: 600 Coins

• Freeze Trap
  • Lay down a trap that freezes anyone that comes near.
    • How to Get Freeze Trap

• Wind Cloak
  • Manifest an aura of winds to increase speed and jump boost for a long time.
    • Cost: 2,000 Coins
    • Two upgrades
      • First: 1,000 Coins
      • Second: 2,000 Coins

• Shadow Step
  • Move so fast for a few seconds that shadow-like afterimages follow your character.
    • Cost: 1,600 Coins
    • Two Upgrades
      • First: 800 Coins
      • Second: 1,600 Coins

• Blink
  • Allows you to teleport three times before cooldown.
    • Two upgrades
      • First: 1,000 Coins
      • Second: 2,000 Coins

• Dash
  • Swiftly dash towards your character’s movement direction.
    • Cost: Free
    • Two Upgrades
      • First: 150 Coins
      • Second: 300 Coins

Blade Ball C-Tier Abilities

• Luck
  • (Passive) Become fairly lucky, with a lesser chance that the ball targets you.
    • Cost: 1,000 Coins
      • Two Upgrades:
      • Upgrade 1: Chance to divert increased to 30%
      • Upgrade 2: Chance to divert increased to 50%

• Martyrdom
  • (PASSIVE) Explode into a burst of energy on death and force the ball to get and debuff your killer.
    • Cost: 4.000 Coins
      • Two Upgrades:
        • Upgrade 1: + More speed, less charge time
        • Upgrade 2: + More speed, less charge time

• Phase Bypass
  • Phase out of reality and move at god speed for a few seconds before being re-anchored to reality.
    • Only available by purchasing the Cyber Pack
    • Can’t be upgraded.

• Serpent Shadow Clone
  • An ability inherited from defeating the serpent. Spawn a clone to battle alongside you and be your wingman.
    • Upgradable
      • First: 10,000 Coins

• Swap
  • After a very short windup, swap places with another player.
    • Two upgrades
      • First: 2,000 Coins
      • Second: 4,000 Coins

• Telekinesis
  • Stop the ball in its tracks and change its target, increasing the ball’s speed as well.
    • Cost: 5,000 Coins
    • Two Upgrades
      • First 2.500 Coins
      • Second: 5,000 Coins

• Super Jump
  • Swiftly jump extraordinarily high.
    • Cost: 300 Coins
      • Two Upgrades
        • First: 150 Coins
        • Second: 300 Coins

Blade Ball D-Tier Abilities

• Waypoint
  • Place a sword marker on the ground. You can then re-use the ability to teleport to the maker
    • Cost: Ultimate BladePack
    • Can’t be upgraded

• Quad Jump
  • (Passive) Get 4 jumps instead of the regular 2

• Platform
  • Create a platform out of the earth to stand on high in the sky.
    • Cost: 450 Coins
      • Two Upgrades
        • First: 225 Coins
        • Second: 450 Coins

Blade Ball Tier List FAQ

How do the Tiers Work?

Our tiers are ranked from best to worst and assess the overall usefulness of the ability.

• S-Tier: These are the best-of-the-best and likely overpowered. If you get one of these, you should keep it and not change anything.
• A-Tier: These are outstanding performers and would be a great addition to your character. Due to the rarity of an S-Tier, it might be better to just hold onto one of these because the other ones are so hard to get.
• B-Tier: Can be good for a while, but you will likely want to upgrade these at some point.
• C-Tier: While not great it at least functions as somewhat of an improvement to your character.

How were the Rankings Decided?

When creating our tier lists, we strive to gather information from a variety of sources. Although our gameplay experience serves as one reference point, our primary goal is to create comprehensive lists that cater to a wide range of playstyles. To achieve this, we also consider the rankings and opinions of other players in the game community.

When is the Blade Ball Ability Tier List Updated?

Our team is committed to keeping the list current by regularly revising it to reflect new releases and balance changes. Therefore, we highly recommend that you check back periodically to stay updated with the latest rankings.