Godlike:
1. Yuna (FFX) - Dominates like a goddess.
2. Kefka (FF6) - Mad, mad offense. Durability definitely needs work, but the mass overkill off that speed is just crazy. Also not trivial to spoil due to accuracy+sheer damage.
3. Izanami (Pers4) - Works as a 3. I find her overrated due to finding the HP underwhelming (the first form would fail beyond belief without the three-turn invincibility. Sub-Killer HP at the very endgame? That's like OHKOed by average level), but a twist on Jenna Angel with better utility never hurts. Also, physical/Lightning/Light/Darkness spoiling. Still very strong.
4. Sora (KH) - Notable drop from the top three, but still good. Hay guyze, status me, OHKO me forever or die. The skillset is enviable, the offense is very solid and the elemental resistances just add more punch to him.
5. Rubicant (FF4) - Spoilable, but otherwise ridiculous.
6. Terra Branford (FF6) - Very versatile and powerful. Wishes she was fast and had ID blockers, though.
7. Empyrea (DQ8) - In the same boat as Elfboy regarding Empyrea. I know she champed before, but seriously, that magic durability and relying on the worst damage type in Godlike without even standout speed ("a bit above average" isn't standout. Sorry)? I dunno.
8. Citan (XG) - Whee speed.
9. Gilgamesh (FF5) - Whee speed+status.
10. Magus (CT) - Whee spoiling.
11. Lucia (Suikos) - Whee durability fails.
12. Shu Shirakawa (SRW:OG1 only) - Like Elfboy, I only know Kyosuke Shu in OG1. >_> At least, SRW boss is generally good in a duel setting, but the durability -really- doesn't work with those HP triggers.
13. Ultimecia (FF8) - Come back when you don't get your ass reamed by goddamn Kyra, Ultimecia (well, Shu probably gets reamed by her too, but).
Heavy:
1. Geno (SMRPG) - Perfect ID+Geno Boost off -that- speed. Yeah, godly in Heavy.
2. Hilda Valentine (SH3) - Comparing to Ness... Hilda has far less resources, far less durability and far less status. On the other hand, she has -far better- statusblocking and she can handle healers who immune status and outresource her better than Ness does - not to mention her skillset is better suited to abruptly stop stalling shenanigans anyway. Hilda manhandles the Ninas, Naotos and Sierras of the world better, which... matters more in Heavy, really.
3. Kary (FF1) - Strong slugger with a great anti-PC measure. Pretty high-profile.
4. Ness (EB) - See Hilda, really. The durability and status game are awesome with the resources, but the egregious failure against competent status whoring kills Ness far too often for my liking.
5. Jowy Atreides (S2) - Fast NE OHKO that's 2PB and some more statsy goodness. Very competent slugger.
6. Hiro (Lunar:EBC) - Solid stats, perfect ID and cheap 2HKO damage off EBO equip options to boot. This is really good. Man, this pool's upper half is crazy.
7. Carlie (SD3) - Man, the Quick Hit-like healing is a pain in the ass. Black Curse is slow, but murderous once it goes off, too.
8. Dycedarg Beoulve (FFT) - The PC spoiling is neat, so is the offense. HP sorta blows, though.
9. Ephraim (FE8) - He... actually doesn't -need- to double to be good. 2HKOs off the cusp and has both concrete durability and evasion, so he makes a rather brutal slugger - particularly against melee. Solid.
10. Ryu (BoF1) - Eh. He's a solid Heavy, just... too ID-vulnerable and could be better against mages.
11. Anastasia Valeria (WA2) - I don't give phantom FP to Ana, which makes her... not very impressive. Skillset could be better too - the healing that doesn't -cost- FP isn't impressive, not to mention she's running off below average speed and no status resistance to boot.
12. Zed (WA1) - Hey, fast 2HKO! Off eh durability and the worst damage type in the DL. Oh well.
13. Parry/Son (DQ5) - Wow, the HP actually sorta sucks and the defense isn't that good either. Oh, and he's slow! It's like CT-less Guv all over again, just worse! Yeah no.
14. Grahf (XG) - Zed with less speed and less durability - as in below average speed and Yulietastic physical durability, only applied both ways. That'll work. Funny that the worst Heavies in this list are like average in the division, though. Besides Grahf and Parry. >_>
Middle:
1. Lani (FF9) - Hay guize I'm like theez Heaveez. Fast magical 2HKO that runs off too many elements to easily wall is a good combo. Physicals need work, and counters sorta don't help much off the durability, but they're there.
2. Colm (FE8) - Your run-off-the-mill FE Heavy.
3. Raven (FE7) - Your run-off-the-mill FE Heavy with less evade and less good against the fast. Still works.
4. Beatrice (WA3) - Boss Elly, which means she isn't hopeless in slugfests (the HP is pretty good). Feels like this is worth giving a 4th spot to.
5. Mathias (S5) - Man. Resources, speed and offense aren't much, but the stalling and spoiling and ID are really neat. Very interesting dueller, and rather strong. S5 Cyclone Rune is excellent in the DL.
6. Moltres (PKMN) - Tossup between Mat and Moltres to me. Spoilability and unreliability sorta make me wary on Moltres, but fast damage+Fire Spin are still fine ideas.
7. Sceptile (PKMN) - Not that good a slugger - however, the speed+buffing+limit+draining madness off a good damage type make him very effective at what he does. Fun and strong.
*PLUMMET.*
8. Wiegraf Folles (FFT) - Still unimpressed by the durability, but ITE 2HKO with deadly status attached off above average speed, even running off that HP, still manage to make waves in Middle - and, unsurprisingly, sorta brutalizes the vast majority of the people lower in this List.
8. Eiko Carol (FF9) - Eh. Not impressed with her stats, but the healing+spoiling are fine.
9. Alice Elliot (SH1) - So badly reamed by healers it isn't funny. Alice is tons better than Eiko against fighters and status, but pathetically worse against mages and healers. Think she ends up overall worse, since she isn't an impossible wall for fighters once you start hitting Heavy either.
10. Jr. (XSs) - He really runs off Silence+Slow shenanigans in the DL. He's lucky XS1 Silence and Slow are rather badass, though. Quick doesn't add much to the speed gaming, but is there if he wants it.
11. Meru (LoD) - As usual, I think Dhyer underrates Meru, but then, I give her offense more credit. On the other hand, she's not on the higher end of this pool.
12. Cielo (DDS) - The status needs accuracy, the buffs beg for healing, the status weakness doesn't help, the slugfesting is junky. Just sorta middling. DDS2 Cielo is only any better if you're far more lenient with the mantra grids than I am as well, because Diarama+subpar slugfesting doesn't really fly that well in the DL - ask Roland. Not to mention Cielo's magic isn't game-best either. Say hi to Argilla/Seraph for us, boys.
13. Albert Serdio (LoD) - You know, only now it hit me how not entirely dissimilar Albert and Junpei are. Both are mainly sorta physical spoilers with an elemental weakness and an elemental immunity - only Albert tanks better, deals more damage and is slower, while Junpei hits both defenses, has a better immunity and is faster. Guess Albert having -some- status immunities etch him above Junpei definitely.
14. Junpei Iori (Pers3) - Yeah, he's not a great Middle. Mostly fire/physical spoiler with not much in the way of competent offense.
Light:
1. Meg (S2) - I honestly think people are underrating Meg's game a bit in Light. The division is downright awful at exploiting flaws in healing as long as the healing is good and the stats aren't completely unsalvageable. So, Meg's durability is sorta poor and so is her speed... but her healing is good, Trick Rune gives her a rather solid 3HKO (which isn't bad slugging for Light standards) and Silent Lake lets her handle other Light healers. Beecham probably does -this- better, but Beecham would probably stand atop this list proudly as well.
2. Thomas (S3) - That physical spoiling scares low Heavy evadable physicallers. Too bad about the hilarious failure against everything else, though. >_>
3. Zhuzhen Liu (SH1) - Eugh. I hate to admit it, but Zhuzhen is a rather solid Light. Still very much dislike how badly he handles healers and how he can't handle average 3HKOs if his life depended on it. But he sorta works when he's not dealing with that.
4. Orcha (CC) - Decent CC Light.
5. Nei (PS2) - No 2HKO for Nei given how I tend to scale temps to endgame levels. I guess she probably still 3HKOs and is fast, though. Healing is beyond worthless, but nobody ever hyped her for it.
6. Bazba (S3) - Way too limited. The one shot of Funeral Wind and the like five/six shots of healing are kinda cute, but besides the healing, we're looking at a bad speed/durability/damage combo. If you reduce the ID accuracy below turn one, Bazba can't win with it ever, and he's not very good as a healer either. Weirdly, though, it's still a combo that makes an interesting and decent enough Light.
7. Vinsfeld Rhadamanthus (WA2) - Decent durability! Off fucking 5HKO damage and shitty speed. Turn ten ID is also gloriously pointless. Tends to win against Light sluggers, but start hitting the 3HKOers faster than him that don't fail at durability and he begins to shiver. Somehow, it still works, though. Go figure.
8. Seth (FE8) - Eh. Subpar FE'er, but those tend to even work in Light.
9. Miluda Folles (FFT) - Feels like the vanilla definition of a Light. Sorta waffle between Vinny and Miluda in position (and Vinsfeld -does- beat Miluda, but).
10. Ernest Raviede (SO2) - Only have any sort of impression on his equips. Besides that, middling durability and 4HKO. Opera at least has the modest healing, which matters more than Ernest's ACCURACY HYPE.
11. Natan (SH3) - Feels like a spin on Ernest. Ern has better equips, Natan has some more backended damage, but feel like the equips matter more today.
12. Relm Arrowny (FF6) - Uh she gets this high via the weirdish spoiling. 5HKOing fails, but solid stats and elemental walling+some really niche healing that also gives her durability issues are worth... something. She's also very close to Viktor to me.
13. Viktor (Suikos) - I can never feel impressed by Viktor.
14. Elazul (LoM) - Doesn't Elazul like 4HKO and basically nothing else. Even Viktor has crits and some durability over meeeeeeehness.
15. Jin Uzuki (XS2) - Ugh XS2 PCs.
