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InUmamusume: Pretty Derby, you’ll be looking to create the perfect trainee. While there are several to choose from when you first start out, each trainee has its own role and comes with predetermined stats that will help you create the ideal trainee down the line. Of course, with different stats, there are bound to be some trainees who are better than others.
So, which trainees should you invest the most time in, and which are worth completely skipping? While they have their own star rating, that doesn’t necessarily mean they’re ranked perfectly by the game itself. Here are the trainees you should focus on in Umamusume: Pretty Derby.
This list only ranks the game’s starting trainees, meaning the one-star and two-star options are available before selecting higher-ranked trainees through the gacha system.
Umamusume: Pretty Derby Character Tier List
So, you want to know whose worth investing in when you start building careers while looking for the best skills to pass down. We’ve ranked thestarting and free traineesbased on several factors. Because this list only includes the trainees given for free from the game, no gacha element is necessary to obtain them, as you’ll begin with them all.
The placement for each trainee takes into consideration theirstats, aptitude, unique skills, innate skills, andease of use.With fluctuating moods, some trainees are easier to make happy than others, and thedifficulty of creating a trainee who can complete their entire careerwill also be considered.
Description
Gold Ship
High starting statscombined with being one of thebest long-form racersmake Gold Ship a force to deal with on the track. She iseasy to keep happy, and she has skills that pair nicely with the type of racer you want her to be. As a long-form racer, she performs the best at the end of the race.
Her skillsincrease her speed while racing in the middle of the packand whileovertaking someone in the final legof the race. These skills, combined with increasing her already high power and strength, will ensure she can complete any challenge on her list.
Haru Urara
Asone of theonly starting A-grade Dirt surface runners, Haru Urara makes herself one of themost useful beginner traineesto use. She starts with a good spread of evenly matched statsthat allow you tobuild her in a unique and specific wayof your choosing.
Stamina is one of the best skills to upgrade, andboth her innate and unique skills include ways to increase her staminaduring a race. Herflexibility at the beginning of the gameallows you to dump stats wherever you need, combined with some relatively easy races to prepare for, and she’s a great unit to take you to the end.
Vodka
With thehighest base power stat and a high speed stat, Vodka can quicklyrise to ridiculous speedsin almost any race. While she doesn’t do well in long or short form races,none of her objectives force her in any of those races.
Her skills include the ever-helpfulStamina recovery, along with an increase in Speedwhen she’s close to the lead of a race. Increasing her Stamina and Wit will make her one of the fastest all-around trainees on the right tracks.
Daiwa Scarlet
While Daiwa makes for agreat beginner with lots of potential, herbase stats are lower compared to others, while being a two-star trainee. One of her best attributes is that she hastwo different strategies to choose from, as she’s good at both Front and Pace strategies.
Herinnate skills require other racers to activatebased on how they’re racing, which is a slight drawback. She has potential with the right Legacy choices, and is still an overall good trainee to work on.
Sakura Bakushin O
Sakura is aslightly worse version of Daiwa. They’re both similar stat-wise, and both want to use the same Front or pace strategy. She will have a lot of Short races to compete in, which will allow her to shine.Her stats are decent, so with proper placement, she can be a pretty good all-around trainee.
Her innate skills includeslowing down other racers and increasing her speedduring thelatter half of a race. Unfortunately,her skills are best used in Front or Pace strategies, meaning these skills are only useful for one specific strategy of hers.
Agnes Tachyon
Agnes is interesting because all of her skills are great options, but overall, she’s nothing to be too concerned about. She has the skills todecrease her fatigue, recover endurance, conserve energy, increase her performance, and evendecrease the velocity of racers ahead of her.
Unfortunately, though herbase stats are middling, and she’d require a significant amount of workto get to a place you’ll be happy with. Overall, she will perform well on the medium-distance races in her career, but she’s just not good enough to be higher.
King Halo
Another trainee with pretty decent stats, King Halo canuse her Power, Speed, and Wit to truly take her placeduring a career run. With a high Power stat, you canincrease her other stats to make up for the differenceand still be fine.
Her Skills are good, allowing her toincrease her Speed near the end of a race, matching her strategy. Unfortunately, there are other, better skills available to learn that aren’t so specific. Though she has an easy demeanor, she can alsolose her mood quickly.
Grass Wonder
While she has one of the best Support Cards, as a trainee, Grass Wonder is just middling. She’s not bad by any means, but shedoesn’t have any standout features. Her distance ratings are really good, and her Speed, Power, and Stamind end up being great investments, making her a formidable racer. Herskills are underwhelming, and her career options are varied, making her a good trainee in a situation that leaves her wanting to be better.
Mejiro Ryan
Good during a rainy day, there isn’t much to say about Mejiro. She’s adecent unit overall, withskills that pair well with her stats. She’sonly good at one distance, and considering that herbest moments are in detrimental weather and at a specific distance, shefeels more nichethan some other options imply. Still, she’s an overall good trainee who will leave you with no complaints.
Nice Nature
Low statsalready put her at the bottom of the pack, but combined withskills that only activate in such specific ways, it is a detriment to using her as a character. Her skills activatewhen she is in third place, and her innate skills are mostly aboutdestroying other racers rather than improving her own statsand chances.
While it’s a viable strategy, it’s a mixture ofunreliable skills with low base stats, some of which won’t even break 100 after leveling her up to a five-star on her own.
Matikanefukukitaru
Unfortunately, decent base stats can’t save Matikanefukukitaru. Several of herskills rely solely on luck, meaning you can be left in some unreliable situations if your luck has run out. She’sonly good at one real strategy, and she can’t run anything short at all. There are just too many options to replace her with, meaning choosing someone else will put you in a better position.
