This is a Pin Tier List for NEO: The World Ends with You (NEO TWEWY). Read on for a guide on the best Pins to use in the early game, mid-game, late game, and post-game!
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Pin | Stats | How to Get |
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A Mysterious Gift | Power: 644
Command: Charge Affinity: Poison |
Evolves from Mom's Secret Ingredient |
Glitter Beam | Power: 505
Command: Rapid-tap Affinity: Electric |
・NATURAL PUPPY (Spain Hill) |
Garbage Gatling | Power: 365
Command: Rapid-tap Affinity: Kinesis |
・NATURAL PUPPY (Spain Hill) |
Watch Your Step | Power: 365
Command: Hold Affinity: Kinesis |
・MONOCROW (Udagawa Backstreets) |
Got Your Back | Power: 402
Command: Rapid-tap Affinity: Darkness |
Complete 1st Scramble Slam |
The main difficulties you'll face in Week 1 are the sharks (Swing Shark), the scorpions (Break Stinger), the elephants (Pachy R&R), and the T-Rex's (Distortius Rex). These pins will help you fight those Noise, as they do powerful damage quickly, allow for stunning enemies, and can be operated from a distance.
In particular, A Mysterious Gift does great damage against Pachy R&R, while Got Your Back and Watch Your Step stun the scorpions and easily get those sharks out of the water.
Pin | Strengths | How to Get |
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The Breezy Ovine Wind | ・Ultimate enemy control ・Negates mobility of fire wolf, penguin, shark, and rhino Noise Affinity: Wind |
・Mutate The Cozy Hilltop Windmill with Nagi |
Gorgeous Gemstone | ・Strong for Rapid-tap ・Negates defenses of rhino, shark, and chameleon Noise ・Chance to entomb enemies ・Doesn't miss ・Affinity advantage over final boss Affinity: Stone |
・Evolve Stellar Self-Portrait |
Bolt Boar | ・Very powerful ・Affinity advantage over sharks and birds Affinity: Electric |
・Alterna Wolf (Hard Difficulty) |
What Can Never Be | ・Strong finisher ・Useful to blast pufferfish Noise away from proximity Affinity: None |
・IL CAVALLO DEL RE (Tokyu Plaza) |
Late Week 2 | ||
Burnin' Boar | ・Replace Bolt Boar with this later in Week 2 ・Affinity advantage over scorpions, chameleon and green raven Noise Affinity: Fire |
・HOG FANG (Annex) (Cat Street) |
Stop the Music! | ・Good range ・Knocks enemies back ・Affinity advantage over bear nosie and electric penguins Affinity: Burst |
・Earn 50,000 points in 3rd Scramble Slam (Week 2 Day 6) |
Music of the Woods | ・Strong explosive damage ・Affinity advantage over bear nosie and electric penguins Affinity: Burst |
・Evolve Once Upon a Dream with Fret |
Heartthrob Launcher | ・Strong Rapid-tap ・Gain back health ・Use with Killer Remix Affinity: Light |
・Evolve Cuddly Launcher, which is received during Rindo's Replay (Week 2, Day 6) |
In Week 2, raw power just won't cut it, due to the swarms of enemies that sporadically run around the battle. Your pins will have to take control of the battlefield, by stunning enemies or removing them from their elements. The pins listed above do that, while maintaining effective damage due to Pin Affinity advantages over most enemies in Week 2.
Pin | Strengths | How to Get |
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The Woolly Jazz Player | ・Generates more Groove with Groove Boost II ability ・Combo with Back to the Ewe-ture Affinity: Sound |
Evolve The Song of Friendship, which can be purchased at Shepherd House (2nd) - West Exit Bus Terminal |
Back to the Ewe-ture | ・Good for blasting enemies away ・Combo with The Woolly Jazz Player for easy Groove build-up Affinity: Time |
Mutate The Woolly Jazz Player with Rindo |
Freestyle Launcher | ・Easy rapid-tap to use ・Chance to freeze enemy ・Most enemies in Week 3 have weakness to Ice or Fire affinity Affinity: Ice |
Evolve Lovebird Magnum, which is obtained as Funkfrog Drop Reward (Easy Difficulty) |
Yukimitsu | ・Easy rapid-tap to use ・Knocks opponent into the air at end of combo ・Most enemies in Week 3 have weakness to Fire or Ice affinity Affinity: Fire |
・Plague Grizzly (Easy Difficulty) |
Look Out Below | ・Knocks enemies in direction of swing ・Doesn't need to lock-on ・Useful against Electro Popguin and all chameleons Affinity: Kinesis |
・Houseleon (Normal Difficulty) |
RaiJin Surge | ・High chance to trap enemies ・Useful against Grunge Wolf and Electro Popguin Affinity: Electric |
・Plague Jelly (Hard Difficulty) ・Plague Nemopilema (Normal, Hard Difficulty) |
Mid to Late Week 3 | ||
Frosty Friendship | ・Upgrade Ice pin from Freestyle Launcher to this ・Attacks don't miss ・Higher chance of freezing enemies Affinity: Ice |
・Obtained after defeating Kanon's Plague Noise on Week 3, Day 5 |
Primal Roar | ・Upgrade Fire pin from Yukimitsu to this ・Deals more damage and has longer range Affinity: Fire |
・Leo Cantus Armo (Hard Difficulty) |
Absolute Relativity | ・Upgrade Kinesis pin from Look Out Below to this ・Generates 3 objects, instead of one, which reduces RNG aspect ・Deals more damage Affinity: Kinesis |
TBD |
Due to the sheer number of strong opponents that populate each battle in Week 3, it's recommended to focus on building up to Killer Remixes, as they deal incredibly powerful damage and regenerate a significant amount of your HP. This helps you against Plague Noise, boss fights, and longer chains.
It's recommended to have at least 1 Sound Pin with the Groove Boost ability and Fire and Ice pins, as most Week 3 enemies have a weakness towards the latter two affinities.
Pin | Strengths | How to Get |
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HOG Healer | ・Greatly heals your team ・Can be used to start Beatdrop combos Affinity: Light |
・Use Hishima to convince Shiba in Scramble Crossing on Week 3, Day 7 (Final Day - Shi Bu Ya). |
FANG Defender | ・Blocks powerful attacks from bosses ・Replenishes health on succesful block ・Beatdrop gauge appears on succesful block Affinity: Light |
・HOG FANG (Center Street) |
All Burned Out | ・Powerful, Rapid-tap attack ・Hits multiple enemies Affinity: Fire |
・Woolly AOR (Normal Difficulty) |
Live Your Truth | ・Very powerful attack ・Hits multiple enemies Affinity: Darkness |
・Phasaurus Rex (Ultimate Difficulty) ・Maximizaurus Rex (Ultimate Difficulty) |
Time in a Bottle | ・Non-charge Psychic Shotgun ・Slows down time Affinity: Time |
・Soul Pulvis (Ultimate Difficulty) |
Phoenix | ・Long range attack ・Hits multiple enemies ・Great power Affinity: None |
・Phoenix Cantus (Ultimate Difficulty) |
For the post-game, prepare your strongest Pins, as you'll unsurprisingly face the toughest bosses of the game. If you're replaying certain days, be sure to keep in mind the strategies listed per week above.
The post-game is also when the Pin Ensembles will become fully available. A few of these have Ensemble abilites that come in handy during battle. Make sure to master these pins and equip them together.
Ensemble | Effect |
---|---|
Revivify Ensemble | Increases reboot speed when HOG Healer and FANG Defender are worn concurrently. |
Black Cat Ensemble | Tremendously increases Attack when all six pins are worn concurrently. |
Heavenly Ensemble | Increases Attack when using FuJin Gale against an enemy chained with RaiJin Surge. |
Lustrous Ensemble | Increases reboot speed when Stay Gold and Stay Beautiful are worn concurrently. |
Tenka Ensemble | Increases attack speed and damage dealt when Tenka Juzumaru and Tenka Mikazuki are worn concurrently. |
Relativity Ensemble | Increases Attack when using Absolute Relativity against an enemy knocked down by Relative Absoluteness. |
Yearlong Ensemble | Replenishes a large amount of team's HP relative to damage dealt, but only when all four pins are worn concurrently. |
Catch-and-Release Ensemble | Increases Attack when using Charge Punch E against an enemy tied up by Snare Trap E. |
Yokai Ensemble | Increases Attack when using Kappa Panic against an enemy drawn in by Golden Kappa Panic. |
Stop-and-Go Ensemble | Immensely increases Attack when all three pins are worn concurrently. |
List of All Pin Ensembles and Effects
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Isn't it funny how you're talking about focusing on killer remixes in 3rd week, but then list Primal Roar as a go to pin? I seriously can't see heavy slugger/onslaught pins being any useful other than at easy or maybe normal difficulty. The buildup towards beatdown with them takes ages and you're stuck in one place for way too long. All those pins deserve to be B tier at best, not S.