Discussion Fairy Tail Power Ranking Thread

[The President]

Wahl and Ajeel seem to be the most underrated Spriggan. Bradman is being overrated a fair bit.

 

[M3J]

Why is Larcade on the list when we have no idea what he's capable of?


And if Gildarts has gotten stronger, he's easily the top mage in FT, if not top three. I'd put Natsu, Gray, and/or Erza on an equal standing though, probably.

 

[The President]

Why is Larcade on the list when we have no idea what he's capable of?

We know he is capable of potentially defeating Acnologia, though we do not know the exact means. Either way to even have the capability of such a thing puts him up there and he is the only Spriggan that Mavis specifically pointed out alongside Irene and August.

And if Gildarts has gotten stronger, he's easily the top mage in FT, if not top three. I'd put Natsu, Gray, and/or Erza on an equal standing though, probably.

He has gotten stronger, before the TS he was hovering around low GoI level whereas now he is Serena+ levels of strength.

 

[M3J]

If he is, why wouldn't Zeref team up with Larcade to take out Acnologia? Hell, Irene and August would result in a sure victory for the four, no?

Oh, okay, so that means Gildarts might do better against Acnologia. From what I determined from the translation on MangaPanda, Acnologia look his fight with Gildarts somewhat seriously while against the other FT, it was just playing around.

 

[The President]

If he is, why wouldn't Zeref team up with Larcade to take out Acnologia? Hell, Irene and August would result in a sure victory for the four, no?

Idk, ask hiro. He has something planned for him, not me. I think Larcade won't be outright stronger then Acno but rather a perfect counter. Though being a perfect counter still only gets you so far. If he can hold his own enough to enact the "perfect counter" that alone puts him above anyone other then August and Irene among the Spriggan.

Oh, okay, so that means Gildarts might do better against Acnologia. From what I determined from the translation on MangaPanda, Acnologia look his fight with Gildarts somewhat seriously while against the other FT, it was just playing around.

Current Gildarts might be able to not get insta one-shotted depending on how fast he is. I still don't know if there would be a legitimate fight though. Gildarts prior to the TS gets the Serena treatment though, unless his injuries post-acno affected his magic power.

 

[Boomburst]

So my interpretation as to how Larcade can beat Acno is because of Fairy Heart. Zeref did say that Larcade has the POTENTIAL to beat Acno, meaning that whatever his abilities are right now are far from at that level yet. So I think Zeref plans to use Larcade as some sort of vessel to harness the power of Fairy Heart, and that will allow Larcade to kill Acno or at least do most of the damage to him. We already know that Larcade is a Dragneel, meaning that he's not a normal human and that he will have different "capabilities", per say, than the other Spriggans. This could potentially allow him to be able to control Fairy Heart in some way and utilize it however Zeref desires.

Just my own speculation, feel free to point out if I've gotten anything wrong

 

[BananaBunny]

I don't think that any of the Spriggan 12 would be as powerful as Mard Geer. For Example, There is Bloodman, he is a demon that has the ability to use the curses of the nine demon gates. Then there is Dimaria, who can change time. The only other person who could do that was Ultear and she died, after going to the past by one second. Dimaria is in the Middle Ranking of the Spriggan 12 so how could any of them be at Mard Geer level?

 

[Brandish μ]

My rankings... each gap = tier change

Acnologia

Zeref, END
Irene, August, Larcade (hype only)

Jellal, Laxus, Natsu, Gildarts, DiMaria
God Serena, Wall, Gray, Gajeel
Invel, Ajeel, Brandish, Bloodman, Jacob, Neinhart

Erza, TO-Sherria, Mirajane, Kagura
Minerva, Sting, Rogue, Lyon, Lucy
Freed, Cana, Wendy, Elfman, Juvia
Lisanna, Evergreen, Bickslow, Ichiya


Additional comments:

• Larcade has hype so I'm going to let it go. He's probably got a hax than can nerf Acno rather than overpower Acno, but for now I don't mind putting him there with Irene and August
• Gray is given the benefit of the doubt that he can use the darkness within him, and Gajeel is given the benefit of the doubt he can use DF. If they can't they fall to Erza-level.
• Mira and Kagura are given the benefit of the doubt that they are near Erza is power. They could be lower.

 

[MonkeyD-Dragon]

My rankings... each gap = tier change

Acnologia

Zeref, END
Irene, August, Larcade (hype only)

Jellal, Laxus, Natsu, Gildarts, DiMaria
God Serena, Wall, Gray, Gajeel
Invel, Ajeel, Brandish, Bloodman, Jacob, Neinhart

Erza, TO-Sherria, Mirajane, Kagura
Minerva, Sting, Rogue, Lyon, Lucy
Freed, Cana, Wendy, Elfman, Juvia
Lisanna, Evergreen, Bickslow, Ichiya


Additional comments:

• Larcade has hype so I'm going to let it go. He's probably got a hax than can nerf Acno rather than overpower Acno, but for now I don't mind putting him there with Irene and August
• Gray is given the benefit of the doubt that he can use the darkness within him, and Gajeel is given the benefit of the doubt he can use DF. If they can't they fall to Erza-level.
• Mira and Kagura are given the benefit of the doubt that they are near Erza is power. They could be lower.

I feel like you putting Gajeel above Bradman is wrong,Gajeel had a huge advantage in their fight,he also needed Levy's help to defeat Bradman,he certainly isn't stronger than Brad.
TO Sherria is being below Spriggans is wrong,I would even say she can give some mid-tier Spriggans a run,she certainly is stronger than Erza too.
I feel putting Natsu,Jellal and Laxus above Wahl and God Serena is a bit wrong,I believe they are close to equals,especially since Gildarts said that if Serena was at full power,he wouldn't know who would win between them,that puts him equal to Gildarts imo.
I think Gray and Natsu are Equals,they should be in the same tier.
As for END,I believe he should be either in a tier of his own slightly above the top 2 or in the same tier as them.
But the rest sounds right to me.

 

[SirSamuel016]

I feel like you putting Gajeel above Bradman is wrong,Gajeel had a huge advantage in their fight,he also needed Levy's help to defeat Bradman,he certainly isn't stronger than Brad.
TO Sherria is being below Spriggans is wrong,I would even say she can give some mid-tier Spriggans a run,she certainly is stronger than Erza too.
I feel putting Natsu,Jellal and Laxus above Wahl and God Serena is a bit wrong,I believe they are close to equals,especially since Gildarts said that if Serena was at full power,he wouldn't know who would win between them,that puts him equal to Gildarts imo.
I think Gray and Natsu are Equals,they should be in the same tier.
As for END,I believe he should be either in a tier of his own slightly above the top 2 or in the same tier as them.
But the rest sounds right to me.

I think @Brandish got it right with Gajeel being above Bloodman. I didn't see Gajeel get a huge advantage in the fight tbh, he only gained the ability to hit Bloodman after ingesting the particles which triggered his Dragon Force. That isn't an advantage, that is just Gajeel using what is likely his strongest mode. That strongest mode helped him beat Bloodman with mere punches, therefore I think it is fair to put Gajeel above Bloodman.

I can't disagree more on the Gray and Natsu being equals thing. Gray hasn't shown he is on Natsu's level imo, Natsu has (for the past few arcs at the very least) shown he is the stronger of the two. They haven't had a properly equal showing in ages, and with Natsu having stuff like FDKM and Dragon Force at his disposal, Gray certainly isn't on that level of power.

 

[MonkeyD-Dragon]

I think @Brandish got it right with Gajeel being above Bloodman. I didn't see Gajeel get a huge advantage in the fight tbh, he only gained the ability to hit Bloodman after ingesting the particles which triggered his Dragon Force. That isn't an advantage, that is just Gajeel using what is likely his strongest mode. That strongest mode helped him beat Bloodman with mere punches, therefore I think it is fair to put Gajeel above Bloodman.

I can't disagree more on the Gray and Natsu being equals thing. Gray hasn't shown he is on Natsu's level imo, Natsu has (for the past few arcs at the very least) shown he is the stronger of the two. They haven't had a properly equal showing in ages, and with Natsu having stuff like FDKM and Dragon Force at his disposal, Gray certainly isn't on that level of power.

You get that Bradman's biggest strength is his intangibility,which means when Gajeel went DF,Bradman's strongest ability got nullified,that is a big advantage.
As for Natsu and Gray.In Tartaros,DeS Gray was at least,an equal to DF Natsu,if not stronger.We also haven't seen Natsu use DF yet.
And if you ask me,DeS Gray is an equal to FDKM Natsu.

 

[SirSamuel016]

You get that Bradman's biggest strength is his intangibility,which means when Gajeel went DF,Bradman's strongest ability got nullified,that is a big advantage.
As for Natsu and Gray.In Tartaros,DeS Gray was at least,an equal to DF Natsu,if not stronger.We also haven't seen Natsu use DF yet.
And if you ask me,DeS Gray is an equal to FDKM Natsu.

His intangibility being overcome doesn't mean Gajeel got an advantage at all, rather he was then on a level playing field as they could both hit each other. The ability wasn't nullified per say either, Gajeel just managed to adapt to the particles and actually hit him.

No, DeS Gray was not equal to DF Natsu in Tartarus. He had Slayer advantage, which made things a hell of a lot easier for him. If it wasn't for slayer's advantage, he wouldn't of had as easy a time in Tartarus.

 

[Nemispelled]

I think @Brandish got it right with Gajeel being above Bloodman. I didn't see Gajeel get a huge advantage in the fight tbh, he only gained the ability to hit Bloodman after ingesting the particles which triggered his Dragon Force. That isn't an advantage, that is just Gajeel using what is likely his strongest mode. That strongest mode helped him beat Bloodman with mere punches, therefore I think it is fair to put Gajeel above Bloodman.

Gajeel only beat Bradman because of the plot...

But if you power rank them, then Bradman is still higher.

To be honest, DF is pretty irrelevant in this case, because Gajeel couldn't activate it at will.

If it had been any other Spriggan that did not give off poison, Gajeel would not have been able to go DF.

In other words, what I'm trying to say is that Gajeel was one of the luckiest dudes that it happened to be his opponent that gave off poison particles, which allowed him to use that to fuse with his iron and activate DF.

It was like less than 1 in 1000 chance...

So as far as I'm concerned, it's Bradman >> Gajeel until Gajeel can show that he can activate DF at will.


EDIT:

And even then, keep in mind that the most DF Gajeel could do was stalemate the battle.

He never won if you count Bradman pulling him down to hell, which is pretty much a fact.

So Gajeel was outclassed by a far margin if he couldn't secure a definite victory with DF.

Bradman is one of the Spriggan 12, I expect nothing less of him.

 

[Static]

My tier list would be (a single spacing indicates 1 tier difference like this :
Zeref
August)

Acnologia


END, Zeref
August, Irene
Larcade (by hype)
Dimaria, Gildarts, God Serena, Invel, Bradman, Laxus, Natsu, Gray, Wahl, Brandish, Jellal
Jacob, Ajeel, Erza, Neinhart, Mirajane
(in no order) Lucy, Wendy, Kagura/Minerva (?), Makarov

 

[Ebony Maw]

To be honest, DF is pretty irrelevant in this case, because Gajeel couldn't activate it at will..

And even then, him going DF doesn't mean he can hit Bradman, it was only because he ate the MBP's specifically that allowed him to change the properties of his magic and hit Bradman. So if it had just been regular DF Gajeel (through activation or eating excess Iron) he likely couldn't hit Bradman.

--- Double Post Merged, Sep 30, 2016, Original Post Date: Sep 30, 2016 ---

My tier list would be (a single spacing indicates 1 tier difference like this :
Zeref
August)

Acnologia


END, Zeref
August, Irene
Larcade (by hype)
Dimaria, Gildarts, God Serena, Invel, Bradman, Laxus, Natsu, Gray, Wahl, Brandish, Jellal
Jacob, Ajeel, Erza, Neinhart, Mirajane
(in no order) Lucy, Wendy, Kagura/Minerva (?), Makarov

I agree with this, though Jacob could be higher due to Transport. That said he does have a crippling weakness in virgin eyes, something horrendous in this manga.

 

[Arjuna]

My power rankings:-
God Tier
Acnologia
END
Zeref
Top Tier
August
Irene
Larcade
High Tier
Dimaria
God Serena/Gildarts
Natsu
Laxus/Jellal
Gray
The rest of the Spriggans
Wizard Saint Level
GOI
Erza
Mira
Makarov
DF Wendy
Lucy
Juvia
Jura
Bluenote

 

[Brandish μ]

I feel like you putting Gajeel above Bradman is wrong,Gajeel had a huge advantage in their fight,he also needed Levy's help to defeat Bradman,he certainly isn't stronger than Brad.
TO Sherria is being below Spriggans is wrong,I would even say she can give some mid-tier Spriggans a run,she certainly is stronger than Erza too.
I feel putting Natsu,Jellal and Laxus above Wahl and God Serena is a bit wrong,I believe they are close to equals,especially since Gildarts said that if Serena was at full power,he wouldn't know who would win between them,that puts him equal to Gildarts imo.
I think Gray and Natsu are Equals,they should be in the same tier.
As for END,I believe he should be either in a tier of his own slightly above the top 2 or in the same tier as them.
But the rest sounds right to me.

I have Bloodman vs Gajeel as DF Gajeel > Bloodman > Base Gajeel. In DF, Gajeel can defeat Bloodman rather quickly. The main reason I don't outright place Gajeel higher is because he used Bloodman's particles to start DF. So like I said he'd fall in the ranks if he can't use DF. I also think it's unfair to downgrade Gajeel because Bloodman's intangibility is negated in their fight, and if that didn't happen then Bloodman wins. While this is true, this would also apply to people like God Serena or Laxus or Jellal etc who don't have known way to deal with intangibility.

Idk about TO-Sherria... her attack power and physicals don't impress me enough to put above Erza... I say Erza beats Sherria in a fight.

God Serena could be higher and = Gildarts. Laxus is stronger than Wall but not by a great deal, enough to acknowledge it though.

Natsu > Gray... and this is mainly due to attack power. Natsu really has the best attack power for people his level or lower. Well, he's got the best feats.

 

[Hermit]

I think Ajeel is the most underrated Spriggan 12 member personally, he has some serious attack power plus Sands of Death is a ridiculously OP move....
On second thought, is Ajeel's strongest technique Sands of Death or Sand World?
Wahl is definitely the most overrated Spriggan 12 member, let's get real here, the only reason he was able to land those attacks on Laxus in the first place was because Laxus was struggling to even breathe, if Kagura could counter those missiles, I'm fairly sure most characters can evade his attacks

 

[Brandish μ]

On second thought, is Ajeel's strongest technique Sands of Death or Sand World?

Sandworld is the best spell by a fair way because of the advantages it gives Ajeel. Sands of Death is purely an offensive spell. Idk how strong it is, but Laxus can stop it with a lightning bolt... doesn't mean the lightning bolt is stronger though it makes some sense to think of it that way.

 

[Hermit]

Sandworld is the best spell by a fair way because of the advantages it gives Ajeel.

What advantages? The only thing it did was rob Erza of her chance to attack him, it was similar to Simon's Dark Moment in the Tower of Heaven, I don't think it's Ajeel's strongest move personally..

Laxus can stop it with a lightning bolt.

Laxus was in the air, I don't think the effect would be the same on the ground, he had the advantage of the terrain there..