Post date: Sep 25, 2017 11:20:03 PM
Alright, after a few days of having a go at making characters, I've thought of a few ways to improve the rankings. I'm changing the ranks to include CR up to 31+, as well as revising how I rank characters who are especially intelligent or otherwise.
Tier 0 (<1): Kourin, Maribel, Renko, Akyuu, Kosuzu
Tier 1 (1-4): Rumia, Daiyousei, Koakuma, Letty, Wriggle, Shizuha, Minoriko, Hina, Kisume, Nazrin, Kogasa, Kyouko, Wakasagihime, Sekibanki, Seiran, Ringo, Eternity, Nemuno, Komano, Sunny, Star, Luna, Tokiko, Reisen
Tier 2 (5-10): Chen, Lily, Prisimrivers, Mystia, Tewi, Momiji, Yamame, Parsee, Ichirin, Murasa, Yoshika, Seiga, Tojiko, Kagerou, Benben, Yatsuhashi, Narumi, Hatate, Sumireko
Tier 3 (11-16): Cirno, Meiling, Youmu, Keine, Udonge, Medicine, Nitori, Kanako, Satori, Orin, Shou, Nue, Futo, Mamizou, Seija, Sukuna, Doremy, Clownpiece, Satono, Mai, Tenshi, Kokoro
Tier 4 (17-24): Patchouli, Sakuya, Remilia, Eirin, Kaguya, Mokou, Aya, Sanae, Suwako, Utsuho, Byakuren, Miko, Raiko, Kasen
Tier 5 (25-30): Flandre, Yuyuko, Ran, Komachi, Yuugi, Sagume, Junko, Alice, Marisa, Suika, Iku, Yorihime, Toyohime, Yuuka
Tier 6 (31+): Yukari, Eiki, Hecatia, Okina, Reimu
I'll also point out below whether a character is an intelligent fighter, meaning that they will fight in a smart way that causes them to be effectively more dangerous than their CR would indicate, simple if the character's lack of tactics makes them an easier fight than their CR indicates, manipulative, meaning the character is skilled at achieving their goals without fighting, and duelist to indicate that the character is not particularly dangerous to a party, but is threatening in a 1v1 to even higher level characters.
So, to go over the different tiers:
Tier 0 is for characters who don't really fight. They might not be entirely defenseless, but don't expect them to win many fights. I'm not sure if I want to put Kozuzu here, or in tier 1, mostly since I'm unsure of what she's doing after Forbidden Scrollery.
Tier 1 is where characters start to start to become combat-capable. They're mostly a threat only to an unprepared party.
Nazrin, Seiran, Ringo, Sunny, Star, Luna and Reisen are all intelligent characters.
Nazrin and Ringo are manipulative.
Kisume is a duelist.
Tier 2 is comprised of characters who, while powerful, are often not suited to taking on groups, as well as less powerful group threats.
Tewi, Momiji, Ichirin, Murasa, Seiga and Sumireko are intelligent.
Chen, Momiji, Ichirin, Yoshika and Kagerou are duelists.
Tier 3 has characters who are a threat to an entire party, as well as powerful duelists.
Meiling, Youmu, Keine, Udonge, Nitori, Kanako, Mamizou and Seija are intelligent.
Cirno is simple.
Mamizou is manipulative.
Meiling, Youmu, Udonge, Mamizou, Sukuna, Tenshi and Kokoro are duelists.
Tier 4 includes characters with powerful area effects that can deal with an entire party by themselves.
Eirin, Aya, Suwako and Kasen are intelligent.
Utsuho is simple.
Remilia, Eirin, Miko and Raiko are manipulative.
Suwako, Byakuren and Kasen are duelists.
Tier 5 adds area attacks that can wipe out a party's less durable members, as well as instant death attacks.
Yuyuko, Ran, Sagume, Junko, Alice, Marisa, Iku, Yorihime and Toyohime are all intelligent.
Flandre is simple.
Yuyuko, Ran, Sagume, Junko, Iku and Toyohime are manipulative.
Flandre, Komachi, Yuugi, Suika and Yorihime are duelists.
Tier 6 includes the most poweful beings who seemingly have some control over reality itself.
Yukari, Hecatia, Okina and Reimu are intelligent.
Yukari, Hecatia and Okina are manipulative.