Every Sonic the Hedgehog Villain Ranked 

How would you rank the villains? Also I made a post concerning the next EWW, and I need your guy’s input.

Infinite wasn't upset because of Shadow calling him weak, he was upset because he lost his squad, AKA his friends, AKA his family.

Mephiles is pretty much the Vecna of Sonic The Hedgehog, both are manipulative, deadly, smart, and terrifying.

Sadistic mercenaries, evil scientists, destructive robots, mages, demons, and actual gods? Quite the impressive lists of being to have as villains. Just goes to show how awesome the Sonic franchise can be. And even moreso how awesome Sonic and his friends are for beating them

Couldn't agree more with that #1 spot. Mephiles is one of the most badass villains I've ever seen

Have you ever noticed that Lyric and Mephiles are quite similar in terms of introduction? Because when they both meet their nemesis, they talk as if they have seen them before, but their nemesis does not know what they're talking about. But when their nemesis ends up going back in time, their nemesis finds out the origins.

I don't care if I get burned at the stake for saying this, but Lyric has one of the most badass voices ever!

I knew Mephiles would be number 1, and I 100% agree with that. He gets the spot of being the most evil sonic character alone, because he's the only villain to actually win (aka killing Sonic).

Mephiles just dominates all, He knows he can easily win but he wants to put Shadow and Silver through hell simply because he can! Because later when Amy got mad at Silver he got upset and wondered if rather or not he should leave Sonic alone, Mephiles probably did this to crush Silver! He even does the one thing no other Sonic villain can ever do, Kill Sonic

Mario's Villain: Fire dragon Mega Man's villain: Crazy old man Pac-Man's (GA) Villain: Ghost Hitler Sonic's villain: baldy nose hair

Tony sonic's updated ranking because of superstars: 20: Imperator Ix 19: Fang the hunter 18: King Arthur 17: Black Doom 16: Iblis 15: Dark Gaia 14: The End 13: Captain Wiskers 12: Chaos 11: Eggman Nega 10: the deadly five 9: Lyric 8: Erazor Djinn 7: Sage 6: Infinite 5: Zavok 4: Merlina 3: Metal Sonic 2: Eggman 1: Mephiles the Dark

I’m also a fan of Lyric from Sonic Boom, I do kind of wish he was in the show since he was a really good villain in Rise of Lyric, Shattered Crystal Lyric is a total joke. Who ever does the voice of Lyric did a fantastic job making this snake sound robotic

Finally,some who likes Zavok and doesn't completely hate him

I have high hopes for Frontiers in terms of its villain. Assuming Sage really is the main antagonist (and let's not kid ourselves, she definitely is), she's already got me hooked. The first new humanoid antagonist since Merlina, the third major female antagonist in the series, and her design might just be my favorite character design in the entire series. Her looking like a child reminds me of The Collector from The Owl House, and her color scheme definitely seems to imply a connection to Infinite and/or the Phantom Ruby. Can't wait to see her in action.

I also respect your love for the Deadly six, Infinite and Lyric and kinda agree although for me the Deadly five are alright, Zavok and Infinite are easily in my top 10 favorites however they could've been even better and Lyric is easily one of my favorites Sonic villains and for me the best Meta Era villain even compared to The End from Frontiers.

Awesome Villian ranking list

My top 5 Sonic Villains would be: 1. Mephiles the Dark: Despite 06 being… something, the writing was actually pretty good and Mephiles was written to be an excellent villain. Plus his design and theme song are very fitting for his character and give off a really creepy vibe. 2. Metal Sonic: He’s is the perfect foil for Sonic being the complete opposite of him. I really like how in Heroes, he’s given the proper chance to be his own character too and not just another Eggman lackey. 3. Dr. Eggman/Robotnik: What else do I need to say about him. 4. The End: Despite its final boss fight being a little underwhelming, I think the lead up to “The End being revealed as the main antagonist were handled well. Plus, the fact it’s known as the end of everything and it almost succeeded in wiping out the Ancients is honestly terrifying. Being strong enough to where even Super Sonic needed help to defeat it. Although, I’m not sure if it was truly destroyed after the events of Frontiers. Maybe the DLC will shed some more light onto it. 5. Mecha Sonic MK II: This is mainly for the fact that the fan sprite community has done a lot with him. Plus I alway thought he had a really cool design. I’m glad he’s being brought back in the IDW Comics too with Scrapnik Island. Although I haven’t had a chance to read those issues yet. Edit: I would’ve put Sage on this, but I don’t really consider her villain. More of a roadblock for Sonic, plus she redeems herself near the end of the game.

Sonic wouldn't be the hero as we know today without them!

I actually found Mephiles pretty scary when I was little.

Honestly I love metal Sonics voice, it sounds genuinely intimidating while still having traces of the real sonic in it

I appreciate how fair you were to the Deadly Six--I myself never thought they were as terrible as many Sonic fans make them out to be, although I still don't think Zavok was interesting enough on his own to justify bringing him back over and over. I also like that you specifically mentioned "With Me" in your analysis of Merlina--it's an awesome villain song that needs more attention. I'm not sure I agree with Mephiles getting the number one spot instead of Eggman, but that's a minor quibble.

The King Of Darkness keeps his top spot as the most popular. As he should. 👍

You know it's sad when the Fandub version of Black Doom is more entertaining than the original.

This video premieres at 2AM for me lol Worth watching

I bet Mephiles is gonna be No. 1

As always, good video. For a series like Sonic, I'm surprised by how interesting some of the villains can be. And as for Charriii's Sonic 3 & Knuckles video, if I'm correct and Charriii mostly sinned gameplay, I think I'm not going to sin that video.

I like this countdown. I agree with your reasoning for the number one.

I know who the best is, but the others are going to be a fascinating case.

My ranking: 17: Imperium Ix 16- King Arthur 15- Erazor Djinn 14- Eggman Nega 13- Black Doom 12- Captain Wiskers 11- the Deadly 5 10- Iblis 9- Infinite 8- Zavok 7- Chaos 6- Eggman 5- Lyric the Ancient 4- Merlina 3- Metal Sonic 2- Dark Gaia 1- Mephiles the Dark

Finally merlina getting some acknowledgement, You are based.

22:01 Speaking of edge, if you type in, "edgiest song" in the RU-vid search bar, you will get his theme as the first result, just thought I would put that out there.

My top 10 of villains: 1-Infinite 2-Zavok 3-Shadow (formely) 4-Metal Sonic 5-Chaos 6-Mephiles 7-Eggman 8-Merlina 9-Doom 10-The Deadly Six

I really like this list, but I think Dark Gaia is everything he needs to be. Obviously well-written and complex villains are amazing, but Dark Gaia is just the personification of pure evil and the complete contrast to Chip. If they tried to justify his purpose to destroy the world, they would've flopped miserably. Plus, Eggman was an active threat throughout the game so he can provide the personality whilst simultaneously building up the major threat later on. (Unless you couldn't tell, I love Sonic Unleashed.)

I knew mephiles would be number 1. My favorite is a tie between Mephiles and eggman (jim carry being my favorite version of him) And while I do dislike zavok and the deadly six, they do have a good amount of redeeming qualities. and I like their music. I personally like infinite even though he could have been so much better. I love his theme as well. As for Lyric. While I still hate him imo. He does have some redeeming qualities like his motivation, I personally dislike his design but I can see why you like it. His voice is also great as well. So overall, lyric has a bit of redeeming qualities (UNLIKE JASPER BATT JR WHO HAS NONE WHAT SO EVER) great video as well and I am excited for the next one

I like how well some of these villains end up being in the idw comics especially the deadly six and eggman

Great editing

Mephiles The Dark is the best villains overall next to metal sonic to infinite and eggman. His motivation of taking over is brilliant cuz from the beginning all the way killing sonic was a fantastic plan to its finest. 😎😎😎

As much as I hate the story for Lost World, I do agree that the Deadly Six get WAY too much hate.

The best vililan and my favorite Character is Zero/Infinite The Jackal.

I used to be one of the people who hated the deadly six, but god damn it, the idw comics sold me on them, especially zavok, those comics saved him

When I get enough money on my phone I'll be a member with you TonySonic

I think you were very fair to all the villains. you didn't let bias or nostalgia get in the way. I agree with you on Sonic lost world and forces, the zavok and infinite I think were very intimidating. Zavok may be rather 2d, but he commits to it well and is very threatening and makes the stake of sonic lost world rather high. Infinite I think is a decent villain. he may be edgy, but he commits to it well. they even tried to give him a backstory, and while many people think his fit of anger of "i'm not weak" is extremely bland or childish, it isn't really explained in the game as to why it bothers him so much. good video

Can’t wait for this video to come out! Zavok and the Deadly Six are probably gonna be last (if they’re even in the ranking)

Let's play a game "WHO'S. NUMBER. ONE?!" is it A. Mephiles, B. Mephiles, C. Mephiles, or D. Orbot and Cubot

You know what Sonic 06 is the game of the century now. fight me

My Top Ten Sonic Villains: 1. Metal Sonic 2. Mephiles 3. Eggman 4. Infinite 5. Merlina 6. Heavy King 7. Erazor Djinn 8. Chaos 9. Dark Gaia 10. Zavok

I have a feeling that black doom is going to be VERY low on this list

I’m so glad you put infinite and the deadly six really high on the list. Everyone loves to dog shit these characters. In my opinion they’re like top 5 but I do agree of what you said about them!

Mephiles is a great villian But i just cant help but love dark gaia. First his design is my favorite monster design in the sonic series having his boss battle at the CORE of the earth is epic. I hope dark gaia makes a comeback in the future games somehow.

Well to me: 1-mephiles( because he’s the best) 2-Black doom( I like his design and his boss fights and relationship with shadow it’s really cool) 3-lyric( his origin and his target he’s the one who make sonic boom rise of lyric are great ) 4-zavok( I don’t like the fans when they said is bowser copy yeah zavok is bowser clon but he’s more serious and ruthless and he don’t kidnap the same ridiculous princess) 5- NEO metal sonic ( and you know who is NEO metal sonic) 6- egg man & egg man nega(For me I don't see any difference between them both are evil scientists and they want to steal emeralds but Eggman sometimes is an idiot but he can be serious whenever he wants As for Eggman nega he is really smart, deceitful and sober) 7-infinite (It's really cool but it could have been better) 8- dark Gaia(when I bought PS3 first time sonic unleashed was my favourite game and I love dark Gaia ) 9-imperator IX( I like his history with the red echidnas and I want to know more and I love he’s design the first one and second one) 10-captain whisker (It's really awesome to be one of Sonic's enemies is a pirate) 11- chaos (Well Chaos is really amazing but unlike other villains he changed and became good the rest of them are still evil even after they are defeated) These are the best villains in the Sonic the Hedgehog games As for King Arthur and Erazor Dijnn, the truth is I don’t admit them because they are not belong in Sonic's franchise, the zetis they are minions more than enemies, and Merlina is better. I mean, she's a wizard It's great that one of Sonic's villains is a wizard just like (naugus) but like what I say she’s not belong in Sonic's franchise Iblis is looks more like a tool than an enemy

Is epic and cool 👍✨

Interesting list

My favorite sonic villain is probably dark oak from sonic x.

Nice video! Do you think you’ll ever do a Mario villains (including Wario and Donkey Kong series villains as both series take place in the Mario universe) ranked video next?

WOW, Is awesome AND cool

Well I may have disagreed with some of these placements (mainly chaos, and its not cus of nostalgia, I genuinely like him) but anything can differ from person to person, I definitely agreed with metalsonic being number 3, heres another reason why he can't beat sonic, its because he doesn't have the real super power of teamwork, in other words, they should bring back Tails doll and Metal knuckles for future installments, anyways, great video!

Probably for me (excepting Eggman and Metal Sonic) I would think on team Hoolingan too (Bean, Bark and Fang the Sniper). I loved them for the Archie comics, but I've also enjoyed them in Mania in Mirage Saloon, despite they were mere illusions of Heavy Magician. I hope they come back in the main games, they are so forgotten :( Anyway nice video😁

I swear if mephiles isn't first

It's kinda sad that eggman wasn't so clever like in adventure 2, i mean it's still a genius but not a super serious like it was before (but he's still in my top 10 villains)

This summer, watch out for Muh-fill-iss the Dark!

I just wanna say the boss in sonic forces should’ve been called the phantom robot not the death egg robot because we already have an iconic death egg robot

Here's my ranking: 21: Imperator Ix: bland forgettable and I didn't even remember him until I watched your video. 20: Babylon Guardian: another forgettable villain, he's better than Ix but slightly. What I don't like about him is how there was no foreshadowing of this dude. 19: Erazor Djinn: it's just my opinion ok. Erazor Djinn is so boring and I really can't take him seriously or be intimidated by him. 18: King Arthur: he's more intimidating than the other three villains but he's underwhelming. 17: Eggman Nega: he's garbage and while he has more character than the others behind him, he's Eggman but really badly done. 16: Captain Wisker: Like Ix, if I hadn't watched your video, I would've forgotten him. Wisker is okay at best. 15: Gerald Robotnik and biolizard: decent villains that actually makes shadow's backstory better. 14: Black Doom: while he's boring, I don't think he's that bad since he's voice and design are really creepy and he does intimidate me a bit. 13: Abis: like with Babylon Guardian, there was no foreshadowing of this dude however, Abis is 10 times better than Babylon Guardian since he's cooler and has a better design. 12: Iblis: he's design is cool but that's it honestly since he should've had more character into him. 11: the deadly five: there okay but could've been better, here's my ranking of them. My least favorite: Zor, Master Zik, Zeena, Zomon and Zazz is the GOAT of the five. 10: Infinite: he's motives sucks and he could've been better but he's voice actor, theme song and design looks really good. 9: The End: while it's boss fight is underwhelming, The End is a intimidating villain however, like Dark Gaia, she wasn't in the game that much. 8: Dark Gaia: I think that he's a great villain even if not in the game that much. He's design is creepy, both normal and perfect form. 7: Zavok: like Infinite, Zavok could've been explored more. However, he's a great villain, I love how he's intimidating and smart at the same time. He's voice actor and he's design are also great. 6: Chaos: I think Chaos has a cool backstory, a cool defeat, a cool design and a cool final form however, he could've had more in his character like a voice or more personality. 5: Lyric the Ancient: I know you might be mad but I love Lyric and I think he's the best thing about Rise of lyric. He's design, backstory, voice actor and boss fight are incredible. My only complaint is Shattered Crystal's Lyric who is underwhelming. 4: Merlina: She's a great twist villain. 3: Metal Sonic: it's obvious. 2: Eggman: like Metal Sonic. 1: Mephiles the Dark: really obvious.

Doing great TonySonic

Hoo man I totally up for this list soon question: is it only villains from the games or are the comics,movies, abd tv show on this list?

Here's my thoughts on the villains you've rank in your video. Sorry if I've messed up thing ranking. 17. Imperator Ix {Sonic Chronicles}- I don't know what to think of him since I've never played this game. 16. King Arthur {Sonic and the Black Knight}- He looks cool. 15. Black Doom {Shadow the Hedgehog}- Has a killer design and voice than can make anyone tremble at their knees. But his role as a villain kinda sucks. I do find his involvement in Shadow's creation/backstory interesting though. 14. Iblis {Sonic 06}- Looks terrifying. 13. Dark Gaia {Sonic Unleashed}- I think I'm gonna have nightmares looking at this unsightly monster.... 12. Captain Whisker {Sonic Rush Adventure}- Don't know him since I've never played this game. And pirate baddies aren't my cup of tea. 11. Chaos {Sonic Adventure}- He was an interesting and cool antagonist. 10. Eggman Nega {Sonic Rush}- One word.....FAKER! 9. The Deadly Six {Sonic Lost World}- If their designs fit the Sonic standards, has more personality, and we're more threatening, they would be awesome villains. But they're jokes. 8. Lyric {Sonic Boom: Ruse if Lyric}- Idk, man. His design is ok, but his role as a villain? Eh....... 7. Infinite {Sonic Forces}- I like his voice, design, theme, and powers. But he feels so redundant. His motives and role in the game is just... infuriating. 6. Zavok {Sonic Lost World}- Even though he somewhat more competent than the other members of the Deadly Six, he still sucks in my eyes. 5. Merlina {Sonic and the Black Knight}- She's pretty cool. She reminds me of Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch from MCU. 4. Metal Sonic {Other Sonic Media}- He seems cool I guess. But Sonic already has two other rivals, Knuckles and Shadow. 3. Dr. Ivo Robotnik 'Eggman' {Sonic series}- What would the franchise he without him. 2. Fandom. 1. Mephiles the Dark {Sonic 06} The epitome of pure evil. His design and voice though. P.S- What do you think of the Metarex from the 3rd season of Sonic X?

For the Most Part I Agree with This Rank Video,Easily My Favorite Villains in the Franchise are Mephiles the Dark,Doctor Eggman or Robotnik,and Metal Sonic as this List Describes Them Well,along with Chaos,Dark Gaia,Merlina,and Erase Jinn,Heck I even have a Soft Spot to Black Doom,the Deadly Six,and Eggman Nega,the Rest However I can't Say Either Much or Aren't Going to be Pretty since the are Disappointed or Written Terribly and Horrible.

AGREE AGREE AGREE! There are a lot of games I haven’t played, Lost World being one of them, yet I agree with everyone placement. I have no connection to the original Adventure in terms of nostalgia, and I agree that Chaos isn’t all that great to me. Dark Gaia and Iblis couldn’t agree more, no mind makes them more bland to me. But Mephiles, he still creeps me out to this day, and I’m 19! He’s just that weird. Also, I like that he technically is a coward. Hides in the shadows, waits till Sonic’s guard is down. He is a cunning mastermind. I love him!

Now that Frontiers is out, where would Sage and The End fall on your list?

I like Mephilies, but I feel like they went with the wrong god for him to have been a part of. I mean, a shadow monster and a fire/lava monster are the two separate parts of a time god??? With how gruesome and horrible Mephilies is, I feel like he should have been a war god or something. I honestly thought he was a sun god, ngl. I agree that as the only villain (or at leaast the first) to kill Sonic, Mephilies is the best villain. Metal Sonic WISHES he was even a fraction of the villain Meph is, and I love Metal Sonic. I just wish that at least ONE of the Mephilies fights was with Sonic and not just Shadow.

Here's my personal ranking: 1. Mephiles- 9.5/10 2. Infinite- 9/10 3. Metal Sonic- 9/10 4. Lyric- 8.5/10 5. Zavok- 8/10 6. Eggman- 8/10 7. Merlina- 7.5/10 8. Sage- 7/10 9. Iblis- 7/10 10. Dark Gaia- 7/10 11. Chaos- 6.5/10 12. Zazz- 6.5/10 13. Zeena- 6/10 14. Zik- 6/10 15. King Arthur- 5.5/10 15. Time Eater- 5.5/10 16. Zomom- 5/10 17. Zor- 4/10 18. Black Doom- 4/10 19. The End- 3/10

I think that someone should make ranking of every Mario franchise villain with the spin-off games included.

My personal ranking: Best: Metal Sonic Eggman Infinite Mephiles Dark Gaia Iblis Chaos Zavok Eggman Nega The rest of the Deadly Six/Deadly Five Black Doom Lyric King Arthur Merlina Erazor Djin Captain Whiskers Worst: Imperitor Ix

It's a shame you don't have any inrest in The IDW Comics because Zavok and the rest of Deadly Six is pretty much better there than he is in Lost World (at least in my opinion).

Fun fact: Iblis is Satan in Arabic and is the name of the Devil in Islam, and Mephiles is named after Mephistopheles, who is a Demon in German folklore.

Question:Is it Possible to make a Sonic Rival Rank Video even though there's not Much but there's Enough and because there's almost not a Bad Song in the Franchise and there's Too Many,How About a Sonic Music Ranked Video from their Respective Games Separately?

I'd also give the other Members credit as well..... Except Zorr

Knowing that I’m dropping a massive spoiler here, I will sincerely implore you to check out Dimension Obliteration by thechocobro. This guy takes advantage of Eggman Nega’s unused potential to its fullest extent.

My sister loves Infinite so much that she even has a plush of him!

As stupid as I think Lyric is, he has an interesting backstory and concept.

When everything you know has come and gone(you are at your lowest I am rising higher) Omly scars remain of who I was(what we'll find in the ashes you lose in the fire) When there's no one left to carry on(this is an illusion open up you eyes and. . .) This pain(persists), I can't(resist), but that's what it takes to be INFINITE! Yeah, so look around you and tell me what you really see. I never end and that's the DIFFERENCE IN YOU AND ME! Cause when your time is up and everything is falling down, it's only me and you, who is gonna save you now? So look around you and tell me what you really see. You live a lie and that's the DIFFERENCE IN YOU AND ME! I have the power, let me show you what it's all about. It's only me and you, who is gonna save you now?

Hey tony who do think is a better twist villain merlina or magolor

To me Zavok is more akin to Ganondorf than Bowser, because Bowser isn’t ever this serious. Nontheless, to me the Deadly Six were an all right one time thing but nothing I’d want back.

My Top three Most Powerful Villains are Solaris, Dark Gaia and Erazor Djinn

I Like Dr.Eggman

So how is this gonna work? Is this gonna be exclusively just the games or throughout the entire Sonic multiverse?

Maybe both Eggman Negas are from separate dimensions, and BOTH backstories are canon as such.

Personally, i still wouldve put characters like Shadow, Jet, etc on the list for their time as a "Villian" before turned homie. Especially someone like Shadow. But it does make sense why they arent present

I do like ur list and I agree with mephiles veing great. I do love most of all the villains eggman, chaos, metal sonic, merlina and I have soft spots for erazor djinn and black doom cause with better writhing they could be even better. Zavok is my mixed I think the deadly 6 couldve been great but just....eh.

Before this video started I predicted king author would be in dead last or second to last! And wouldn't ya know he's in 16th place!

This looks like it will be interesting, nad I hope chaos and merlina are high on the list, assuming if the latters even in the ranking

34:11 And even then, it's not the fight itself that's bad, it's just the unresponsive controls.

i actully respect the zeti too so you and me might be the only people who respect the zetis so yah

Still have no idea how jet came up with the name “Babylon rouges” seriously what and why is this name

15:08 bro said the n word 💀

While I do think this is a solid ranking video there are some parts I disagree with which is mainly Zavok, aside from his design just being lazy he has no real impact, depth or motivation. Why does he want to take over the world? who knows, even when he betrays Eggman he really doesn't do much besides sit in a dark room and work on machinery which feels like something Eggman would do just making him an extension, he barely actually does anything and when he tries to do something it has no payoff like when he turned Tails into a cyborg just for him to instantly turn on him. Honestly you could ditch the entire betray Eggman arc and nothing would feel out of place, even the game forgets about him near the end which just says, "If the game doesn't care about him then why should I?"

How about an "Every Special Stage Ranked" vid?

0:58 Yeah, today i watched another video of the same list, and the man included Gerald Robotnik, and spoilers... He put him as his number 1.

That's Mephiles Monsterous Form.

28:09 Sonic laying the smackdown

I would switch eggman and mephiles spots on the list. Eggman has a bigger legacy then mephiles. If I ask (let say) 100 people there favorite sonic villian must of them will say eggman then mephiles. Mephiles is a great villian in one game, while eggman has multiple games that he has shine. That is mostly my opinion. 😁😁😁