Discussion Fairy Tail Power Ranking Thread

Which side are you on?

  • Team Spriggan 12

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  • Team Diabolos/Dragon Eaters

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My take:

Top tier
1). August
2). Irene

High tier
3). Dimaria
4). Bradman
5). Jacob
6). Brandish

Mid tier
7). God Serena
8). Wahl
9). Neinhart

Low tier
10). Ajeel

As for now I'd still say Dimaria is the most powerful amongst the twelve but I can't ignore the manga facts <///3.
 

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Sorry was just typing up a theory on the E.N.D thread haha so I couldn't respond immediately:p
So for Lessio being last, personally I believe its because while he has good hax, all the other Spriggan 12 members above him have shown remarkable speed feats, even faster than him, so he wouldn't exactly be given a chance to use his hax and get them in time.
Bradman has an intangible body so I'm not sure how Transport would work on him.
Although Stealth is a mighty fine ability I will admit, but personally, I think it falls a little short of the feats we've seen from the other Spriggan 12 members.
Ah that makes sense I can see what you mean actually.

As for Bradman vs Transport, I (I could be renamed "BradManFan" at this point) think it would affect him, he's a demon and while he is intangible he hasn't shown resistance to Spatial types of magic. I might actually move Bradman up a few ranks in my listing, I doubt Brandish could shrink him before she's inhaled the MBP's and his hax is straight up monstrous.
 

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My take:

Top tier
1). August
2). Irene

High tier
3). Dimaria
4). Bradman
5). Jacob
6). Brandish

Mid tier
7). God Serena
8). Wahl
9). Neinhart

Low tier
10). Ajeel

As for now I'd still say Dimaria is the most powerful amongst the twelve but I can't ignore the manga facts <///3.
Gotta agree with you, Dimaria is a beast. Tbh Age Seal has been way more impressive than what August and Irene did so far. Sure Irene did stuff but... Yeah.

Why are you putting Ajeel so low though? I'd put him probably Mid Tier
 

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My ranking
Top tier
Irene(earned praise from Acnologia)
August
High tier
God Serena
Invel(chief of staff of entire Alvarez Army and personal aide of Zeref.Technically speaking he is rank wise above Irene and August.So he should be strong)
Brandish
Dimaria
Wahl
Bradman(he doesn't seem super strong to me.Base Gajeel managed to keep up with his human form and in his Etherious gaseous form he only managed to dominate Base Gajeel but not decisively.What he has is hax techniques which are fatal for normal human wizards)
Low tier
Ajeel
Jacob
Neinhart
 

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My list;

Top Sriggan:
August
Eileen

Average Spriggan hax:
Dimaria with Age Seal
Bradman Macro
Jacob with Transport
The rest

Average Spriggan without hax:
Bradman
God Serena
Ajeel
Dimaria
Jacob
Ninehart

Extra Notes: I am still w8ing to see Brandish, Lacrede and Invel to fight a powerhouse of the good guys!

One question for @Jean Grey and @BluePegasus out of curiousity: Why do you have so many tiers when it was suggested in the manga that all spriggans are on the same level expect Eileen and August?
 
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My ranking
Top tier
Irene(earned praise from Acnologia)
August
High tier
God Serena
Invel(chief of staff of entire Alvarez Army and personal aide of Zeref.Technically speaking he is rank wise above Irene and August.So he should be strong)
Brandish
Dimaria
Wahl
Bradman(he doesn't seem super strong to me.Base Gajeel managed to keep up with his human form and in his Etherious gaseous form he only managed to dominate Base Gajeel but not decisively.What he has is hax techniques which are fatal for normal human wizards)
Low tier
Ajeel
Jacob
Neinhart
For Bradman, anyone else but Gajeel would have been dead within seconds, much like Bill. The only reason the fight lasted so long was due to Gajeel's Iron Lungs and Bradman playing around with him, had Bradman been serious he could have used Macro/Sensation/Bomb curse all at once.

I think I'm going to re-do my tier list.
 

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My list;

Top Sriggan:
August
Eileen

Average Spriggan hax:
Dimaria with Age Seal
Bradman Macro
Jacob with Transport
The rest

Average Spriggan without hax:
Bradman
God Serena
Ajeel
Dimaria
Jacob
Ninehart

Extra Notes: I am still w8ing to see Brandish, Lacrede and Invel to fight a powerhouse of the good guys!

One question for @Jean Grey and @BluePegasus Pegasus out of curiousity: Why do you have so many tiers when it was suggested in the manga that all spriggans are on the same level expect Eileen and August?
its just a personal opinion. I mean, everyone should be equal except Irene and August. you forgot Wahl.
 

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For Bradman, anyone else but Gajeel would have been dead within seconds, much like Bill. The only reason the fight lasted so long was due to Gajeel's Iron Lungs and Bradman playing around with him, had Bradman been serious he could have used Macro/Sensation/Bomb curse all at once.
Yeah i already mentioned that my ranking is without hax.I had seen the fight and i noticed that he couldn't take down Base Gajeel by using Bomb Curse,Ezel's Curse and Thorn Curse.I kept out Macro because it is a hax.
 
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Ranking:

Irene
August
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Dimaria
God Serena
Brandish
Ajeel/Wharl/Bradman

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Neinhart
Jacob
 

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After the last page of reasoning and seeing others tier lists I've changed my mind on a few things:

Top Tier Spriggans

August
Irene

High Tier Spriggans

DiMaria (Age Seal should work on those within her tier due to equal or higher MP and Bradman having Curse Power)
Bradman (Hax of the 9DG is incredible, his mere presence can kill and he has Macro/Sensation Curse for strong hax)
Wahl (Making yourself immune to the enemies magic would instantly beat most mages, reminds me of that one kid in the playground)

Medium Tier Spriggans

Brandish (While we haven't seen her actively fighting her magic is still hax, anyone with less MP should be shrunk)
God Serena (Would be higher if he had hax, stomping the GoI gets him here)
Jacob (Good hax, unlucky in the FT guild fight but not very impressive once Transport is gone)

Low Tier Spriggans

Ajeel (He never impressed me tbh, Sand World was good though)
Neinhart (As much as I feel like I'm beating a dead horse, he never got time to shine and is hax is too inconsistent)
 

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Top Tier :
1) August (Badass old guy :P)
2) Irene Belserion

High Tier :
3) Dimaria "Chronos" Yesta ( <3)
4) Bloodman (Yes I know the actual translation is Bradman, but Bloodman sounds so much cooler) (Plot prevented him from winning - was such a cool guy :( )
5) Brandish Mu (Yet to display anything impressive so far in combat but placing her here due to hax) (I like her but not as much as Marie :d)
6) Jacob (Without Transport, he is barely Spriggan level)

Low Tier :
7) God Serena
8) Wahl Icht (I like Wahl since I like androids/robots etc in anime :P)
9) Neinhart (Pathetically vulnerable to large AoE attacks or if the opponent's will is strong)
10) Ajeel Lamur (Could be above Neinhart)

Not ranking Invel and Larcade as they have shown no combat prowess so far.
 

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August and Irene are obviously the strongest. Other than that, I see most of the other Spriggans being on the same level in terms of magical power, with only their abilities dictating what situations they would be suited for in combat. I honestly have no idea where this idea of Ajeel being a fodder among Spriggans came up. He was stated to be on the same level as Brandish. Or this idea that Jacob would not be a Spriggan-level mage if he didn't have his transport. He would still have his magical power even if he couldn't cast one of his spells.

In terms of direct combat, God Serena and Wahl are probably the strongest. To this date, God Serena is the only Spriggan with victories under his belt and his opponents were the Ishgar Saints + Jura. Jura alone is impressive enough to have been hyped to be a match for Gildarts, and gave GMG Laxus an incredibly difficult match. Serena stomped not only Jura and 3 even stronger opponents in his base form. Wahl has the ability to cast etherion, and that probably means he has the strongest attacks out of any of the Spriggans bar Irene/August. Regardless of whether or not it rivals the council's etherion, that's still impressive. A chunk of etherion was enough to give Natsu enough power to enter dragon force, and beat Jellal. If Wahl can produce a decent sized beam, he would have a massively powerful attack.

In terms of durability, my view on this is simple. All the spriggans who do not have magic that modify or enhance their physical bodies have similar durability, unless feats dictate otherwise. Ajeel, Brandish, Jacob, and Neinhart would all have similar durabilities. God Serena would have enhanced durability when activating his dragon slaying magic due to the magic giving him qualities of a dragon's - and then further resistance if its one of his 8 elemental attacks. Dimaria would have enhanced durability under God Soul, which I assume would be no lower than something like the God of War's.

In terms of utility, Dimaria has the best hax against an unsuspecting opponent, which allows her to negate the need for direct combat. This lets her potentially beat the other Spriggans. However, Age Seal does not make her attacks stronger, nor does it negate someone's passive durability. She can't take out anybody that can tank the entirety of her arsenal of attacks, whether or not she has age seal. There's a tendency to go overboard with Dimaria's capabilities, but I think it's safe to say that since Zeref also possesses the means to stop time and August knows every type of magic (probably including time) that Dimaria can't beat anyone Zeref or August can't. Bradman's anti-magic particle body would allow him survive Dimaria's attacks. Interestingly enough, Bradman's anti-magic particles can be countered by Wahl's ability to cancel them. Jacob also has an effective ability for avoiding direct combat, but he needs to clap to perform transport - meaning it's probably slower than Dimaria's ability to cast it.
 
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Top tier
1). August
2). Irene

High tier
3). Dimaria (all hax)
4). Brandish (all hax)
5). God Serena (soloed the GoI easily. I don't see other Spriggans pulling such a feat)

Mid tier
6) Bradman (you can know as many curses as you want, if you can't use them properly...)
7). Jacob (with hax. Without spatial magic hax he goes to low tier)
8). Wahl
9). Ajeel

Low tier
10). Neinheart (only because durability wise he's weak as sh*t!)


When it comes to MP, save August, Irene and probably Chronos Dimaria, all the other Spriggans should be around the same MP. How much? Slightly above GoI/Makarov/Laxus/Jellal.

What makes the difference is their abilities/hax. Similarly the GoI should have vast amounts of MP but against GS they proved to be pretty much useless.

Analysing them:

August/Irene - beasts. Although their feats are not that impressive, their hype is clear.

Dimaria and Brandish are the most haxy characters. Imagine their hax didn't have limitations... Remove their hax, their MP is still higher than any mague in FT, but they're not that powerful. For example, Dimaria without age seal/chronos would most likely be below Kagura. Brandish has only shown good speed reaction dodging Cana's cards + seemingly some transportation technique, but cqc wise, she hasn't shown anything, nor any other kinds of magic.

God Serena is in the high tier list because he soloed 4 characters that IMHO no other spriggan below him (in my list) could've soloed so easily.

Bradman is dangerous per se. He can kill you just for getting close to him, you can't touch him, he can deintegrate you... but he does not use his curses efficiently.

Jacob is haxy too. Spatial magic is as haxy as time magic, in the event that in his dimension you're powerless.

Wahl is all flashes and explosions but other than that a couple of well dished out blows are going to take him out. BDKM Natsu, for example.

Ajeel is dangerous, but his hax is limited to touching you. While Dimaria's or Brandish's hax is totally free, and Bradman's depends on whether you get very close, Ajeel needs to touch you to dehydrate you. Besides it's not instantaneous. If he pulls off his sandstorm you're pretty much powerless too unless you're a poewrhouse like Laxus who can cristalyze the sand by means of lightning, or Natsu who can melt it.

Neinhart may seem haxy with his historias but any character can just dodge the historias and go for the main body, which can be soloed quite easily...
 
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In terms of durability, my view on this is simple. All the spriggans who do not have magic that doesn't modify or enhance their physical bodies have similar durability, unless feats dictate otherwise. Ajeel, Brandish, Jacob, and Neinhart would all have similar durabilities. God Serena would have enhanced durability when activating his dragon slaying magic due to the magic giving him qualities of a dragon's - and then further resistance if its one of his 8 elemental attacks. Dimaria would have enhanced durability under God Soul, which I assume would be no lower than something like the God of War's.
Nice post and I mostly agree with you but there is something I want to add!
Ninehart and Jacob have the lowest durability of all spriggans ( it's questionable if their endurance is even spriggan tier, because after all due to their magic they avoid direct confrotation or they are sneaky in battle ;) ).
Ajeel showed to be able to tank much ( Jupiter-canon and Erza's strongest armor were necessary to take him down) and Dimaria took also a lot of TO Sherria's attacks ( but consider that the damage that TO Sherria caused was huge because of her god-slayer magic) ,until she was defeated.
God Serena has decent durability but wasn't able to show much. I kinda doubt that Brandish has big endurance but the appearence can deceive ;).
 

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Are there really people who rank Jacob as a low tier Spriggan? Come on now, let's be realistic. He could easily oneshot every opponent that doesn't have a spell with less cast time than Transport. Well, aside from Dimaria's Age Seal and Bradman's Magic Barrier Particles there are none.

As for all the other Spriggans who doesn't have hax magic, he'll just solo them all in one hit once he claps his hands.



Rating Spriggans as God Serena, Wahl and Ajeel above him is just unrealistic. If we go by canon logic, Jacob will oneshot all of them in one hit. There is absolutely no way how one of these three could be superior to Jacob.

And no, Jacob doesn't have low intelligence at all. He has always been one of the intelligent Spriggans to be fair. The only reason why he was defeated was because PiS, CiS and plot armor. Nothing more nothing less.
 

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Nice post and I mostly agree with you but there is something I want to add!
Ninehart and Jacob have the lowest durability of all spriggans ( it's questionable if their endurance is even spriggan tier, because after all due to their magic they avoid direct confrotation or they are sneaky in battle ;) ).
Ajeel showed to be able to tank much ( Jupiter-canon and Erza's strongest armor were necessary to take him down) and Dimaria took also a lot of TO Sherria's attacks ( but consider that the damage that TO Sherria caused was huge because of her god-slayer magic) ,until she was defeated.
God Serena has decent durability but wasn't able to show much. I kinda doubt that Brandish has big endurance but the appearence can deceive ;).
While I can't speak for Neinhart, I'd say that Jacob's durability is pretty high. He was able to take a powered up Demolition Fist without breaking apart or even dying, so that alone should put his durability above Ikusatsunagi's.
 
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Are there really people who rank Jacob as a low tier Spriggan? Come on now, let's be realistic. He could easily oneshot every opponent that doesn't have a spell with less cast time than Transport. Well, aside from Dimaria's Age Seal and Bradman's Magic Barrier Particles there are none.
Well it's up to perspective. For example, include Brandish to that list in case she can shrink his hands to the point they virtually disappear and he cannot join his palms, shrink a vital organ to the point it disappears (= he dies) or sth like that. You can also include Neinhart, who can create a corpse that appears in between his hands (just like Happy). But yes I mostly agree with you.

Rating Spriggans as God Serena, Wahl and Ajeel above him is just unrealistic. If we go by canon logic, Jacob will oneshot all of them in one hit. There is absolutely no way how one of these three could be superior to Jacob.
If you are ranking hax alone, then yes, Jacob should be above God Serena just because he's probably faster at joining his hands than GS is at casting a spell.

Another interesting thing to know is what happens in Jacob's dimension. Are anyone transported there completely powerless? or do they conserve pretty much their powers, just being trapped and in the dark?
 

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Top tier
1). August
2). Irene

High tier
3). Dimaria (all hax)
4). Brandish (all hax)
5). God Serena (soloed the GoI easily. I don't see other Spriggans pulling such a feat)

Mid tier
6) Bradman (you can know as many curses as you want, if you can't use them properly...)
7). Jacob (with hax. Without spatial magic hax he goes to low tier)
8). Wahl
9). Ajeel

Low tier
10). Neinheart (only because durability wise he's weak as sh*t!)
This isn't reallya good argument.
Jacob with Transport or Whal with Weakness would have done the same,DiMAria can just freeze time and slaugther them in less then 1 sec(so far she has only been shown to toy with women) ,but let's not forget Brandmann who would just kill them before they even knew what hit them.
To place GS so high,when nearly all of the Spriggan could have done the same,if not better.
 

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In terms of tiers, there's really only 2 in the Spriggans. The G.O.A.T level (August/Irene), and the other 10 Spriggans. Among the 10, the difference comes in how well they can fight, but I don't see it being a huge gap.

I rate God Serena highly, but every other Spriggan could beat the GoI/Jura imo. Some might be less efficient in defeating them, but some might be efficient against Serena via hax. It depends on how you want to look at it. I also don't think God Serena is as strong as Natsu or Laxus. Natsu in base is arguably on par with God Serena in terms of attack power. In FDKM it's a mismatch.

I don't think there is any of the Spriggans ranked 3-12 that could beat Jellal/Laxus/Natsu without hax. With hax is the only time I see it happening.
 
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