Top 25 PAD Cards of Each Attribute in 2018, Voted by Japanese Twitter Users

PAD Japan has a lot more activities on Twitter, and recently JP player Takenama conducted a survey on top picks of PAD cards for each attribute, for advancing in game. Let’s see who are the favorites voted by 245 players!


Before we go to the rankings, let me make this clear…

This is not a tier list.
  • Cards with higher rankings does NOT necessarily mean they are more powerful.
  • This is for PAD Japanese version.
  • If your favorite card isn’t on there, it doesn’t mean it is useless. Every card in PAD has some use at some point, you’ll never know.
  • This isn’t a tear list either, don’t cry if you don’t have all these cards.
  • Always keep in mind that the whether a card is “good” or “bad” will strongly depend on your box and progress in game.

So whether you agree with this list or not, take this with a grain of salt and use your judgement.

About this survey

The survey was initiated by JP Ranking Dungeon tracker, Takenama. Original Tweets are here and here.

  • 245 Twitter users voted. (Not a big sample size)
  • Average rank of voters: 893.6
  • Only includes cards available from 2018/4/1 to 2019/3/31.

Under PAD Icons:

  • = Leader
  • = Sub
  •  = Assist (Equip)

Fire attributes

  1. Ilmina Leader / Sub
  2. Madoo Leader
  3. Shirou Emiya Leader / Assist

Note that

Nidhogg is listed a special case – Multiple of it is needed to unleash its full potential.

Fun fact,

Ippo Makunouchi was 26th place. Many also asked where Baldin is too…

Water attributes

  1. Saber Leader / Sub
  2. Whaledor Sub
  3. Scheat Leader

Wood attributes

  1. Zela Sub / Assist
  2. Odindra Sub
  3. Komasan SLeader

Note @ possible errors: We believe

Kaede should be leader

Light attributes

  1. Ideal Leader / Sub
  2. Saline Leader / Sub
  3. Edward ElricLeader / Sub

Dark attributes

  1. Dark Metatron Leader / Sub
  2. Eir Sub
  3. Gouki (NA: Akuma)Leader

7 Replies to “Top 25 PAD Cards of Each Attribute in 2018, Voted by Japanese Twitter Users”

  1. in the image madoo is listed as a leader and zela listed as a sub but in the text top 3 listing they were listed as the opposite ;o

  2. Love this type of posts(articles) that fills in the days without official news. As for the survey itself, well, the 245-voter sample size “kinda” speaks for itself.

    And +1 for “tear list” (lmao)

    1. Thanks! It’s fun to make these posts when I actually have time / Flandre finds them and passes to me! It’s too bad there was only 245 voters, but I do agree on many of those top choices there. Some others though… leaves me very confused. There are certainly cards that I forgot about too.

      (PAD puns are great ;D)

  3. Macha is listed, but Rodin, Baldin and Ralg aren’t.
    ????????????
    I must be missing something. In which way is Macha useful again? I have her and honestly never seen any use for her whatsoever.

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