I limited my choices to only 15 characters from each of the series. Some of those characters where cut off due to some problems with “tierlistmaker” Finally these are my personal choices, yours may differ and that’s fine! I’d love to hear who you would move up or down. Hope you all enjoyed regardless 😁
@Nyndeed I mean you can't really say it's slow when all decks sorta followed that same formula back then, if they are all slow then wouldn't they all be balanced? I don't remember that many decks pre gx that would let you special summon like 2 to 3 monsters in 1 turn. That being said I would agree that while the strategy is basic you can't really fault the deck because the game was more primitive back when it started compared to present. Before you would build a deck with a balanced amount of spells traps and monsters, nowadays you could get away with playing very little back row if your monsters have the right synergy and appropriate effects to negate your opponent.
Sanlaitto Yero Ouberdoraivu My point is that a lot of the duelist in vrains or arcv could otk kaiba or yugi. Yugi and kaiba are just that high cause of nostalgia
You can be a good scientist without being a good duelist. Kaiba's deck was actually crap, and he would get beaten by anyone for any later shows, like Zane, Yusei, Jack etc. Heck, even yuma could probably beat him. You gotta take your nostalgia goggles off man.
I mean, the guy beat Yugi. I'd say high B. To be fair, I lost interest so I haven't watched Yu-Gi-Oh beyond 5D's, and therefore, don't know anyone in Zexal, Arc V, or Vrains.
Seto Kaiba is most definitely an S class duelist. There is a reason why he is Yami Yugi's rival. It wasn't a walk in the park for the pharaoh to win against Seto. Every duel really went down to the last wire especially in the arena at Battle City. Even in their first duel, it took Exodia to win. He even beat Ishizu Ishtar and she was using magic. Kaiba also has the will to draw whatever card he needs and this has been stated in the series multiple times. Kaiba is an S class duelist.
Kaiba's biggest problem is that he always loses to a big villain. He even lost to Noah, the antagonist of his family's arc, leaving Yugi to clean up the pieces again.
To be fair yugi litterally has kaiba beat every single time they dueled (the second time against kaiba counts since he has him beat but yugi didn’t wanna accidentally kill him)
yeah, *THE CHAZZ* would most definitely be high A if we judged him based on his greatest accomplishments. If you look at his record, he managed to beat nearly the *entirety of the student body of duel academy* at least TWICE (also winning the GX tournament in the process), making him have the most wins of ANY CHARACTER IN ANY OF THE SERIES. His biggest failiures come from his losses against adrian Gekko and Sartorius.
TGS: * hovers Zane over C tier * Me: Don’t You do it TGS: * puts him in A tier * Me: whew TGS:* reconsiders and puts him in B * Me: *Internal Screaming*
@@kingofgrim4761 or did they? If you watch yugi and kaiba's duel in battle city they spend more time trying to summon the damn things just for both of them to be immediately destroyed. Not to mention ra has some random summoning condition that requires the user to read Hyrogliphics. I'm convinced that yugi, kaiba and marik were only using them to flex on everyone.
@Anand Shirendev you could say the same for great moth in season 1. The show plays up boss monsters cuz it's a 22 minute commercial, cards with difficult summoning conditions that result in oversized beat sticks are terrible cards. The God cards, even with their anime effects are just flex cards.
Yubel in B?? She literally went around and systematically beat 99% of all the GX characters using their own decks against them. Easy A class if not S. Yubel us incredibly strong and versatile.
@@crashboredom2 Yeah, a good deck doesnt matter if they cant use it right, a bad deck can be good if used well, I mean no one expects an awful deck to be used in a good way, so it would surprise someone more easily
@@kinglysander100 Nah I think you should watch the video again. Next time do your due diligence by being more deductive rather than typing nonsensical messages 😂
Yubel in general was pretty bad deck wise. She depended on using the sacred beast fusions. Which honestly is a pretty bad card where you can just put your card in defense position or negate the attack then the card will be 0 attack points.
That incredibly awkward moment where you include Yuma’s classmates who do pretty much nothing but don’t include the Arclights or most of the Barian Emperors.
Dark magician girl should be on here, she is basically a bigger mascot than kuribo, she's even the first magician yugi plays in the movie. She is also a duelist while still being a monster.
I am watching Zexal for the first time now, early on when Shark and Yuma tag dueled against those gangsters they called out their opponents for stacking their decks to draw the exact situational cards they needed at the right time. Knowing Yuma can do shining draw later (and the writer does this for practically every character except Brave Battler) makes this hilarious.
Granted, Dark Marik wanted to win through torture, but underestimated Jounouchi's will power. Otherwise, Dark Marik wouldn't have brought back Ra for only one turn.
Nope moreso cause chazz is garbagio in diapers, he can't even ABC right, Zane, Jaden, and Jesse are all better duelists than manjoume/ princeton. "The Chazz" couldn't even handle Darkness let alone Kagemaru.
Putting the Chazz in C tier despite the fact in season 4 he defeated Aster and could have defeated Jaden, but choose to not use the trap card that would have won him the game.
@@ARod3 because the plot of the episode was to get chazz to become a pro duelist so they made him duel jaden and aster but in a ojama uniform and act like a clown. He dueled jaden and lost on purpose because someone higher up told him to, and then dueled aster but he didn't want to be a clown anymore and enter the pro league because he was actually a great duelist so he didn't throw against aster and beat him
@@soul24311 aster sucks as a character tho, he is the counterpart of jaden and his deck, but he never did anything meaningfull, chazzs deck sucks and his design too, but he is a great character, he is THE CHAZZ
My opinion -Kaiba should be S tier -Pegasus should be high A -Antinomy (Bruno) should be A tier -Bakura should be higher than Crow, and Marik should be right in front of Bakura
@@zozidedodo780 so did marik. i mean honestly out of the important duel he only won against bakura. Against Mai: Deus Ex Machina bullshit (you need to speak accient egyptian otherwise mai would have won). Against Joey? Well Joey fell into a coma, otherwise he would have won. And in the 4-way duel he was the first to drop out.
12:54 Pegasus had Aster Phoenix in his top 5 best duelist (as number 4 and Kaiba as #2) so yeah they're comparable, same tier probably. Also Zane is easily A tier, he rivaled Jaden, he beat him and then got a draw in their final duel. Peak Zane is easily protagonist tier he gives me a bit of Kaiba vibes with a better personality but overall he's A or high B because the writing fucked him over with his personal arc
I agree with this a lot, it would be so hard for syrus to replicate Zane but what should be noted is that Zane applauded syrus after one of his duels as an obelisk blue student
Plus Zane kind of put a mental block onto Syrus. Syrus beat Jaden if he used power bond but didn't due to Zane. Personally I feel like Syrus was the character in GX with the most character growth.
I believe, personally, that it was his magical ability, since he is the better reincarnation of priest Seto from the past, just like how Yugi is the better reincarnation of yami. He is able to do those things because it's his connection to obelisk. But is that s tier? Yes.
@@rabihalawani7174 Atem wanted to fight Jaden personally he said "his strength is appealing to my duelist soul so i want to test it out ". He then says after he summons Slifer that "You are a duelist worthy of having God as your opponent"
3:53 Yugi defeats Diva. Atem only comes back because Zork (the spirit of the Millennium Ring) corrupts Diva. So Yugi didn’t really lose to Diva, he lost to Zork
Lol, 3 orichalcos field spells, infinite attack divine serpent, 20000 atk shunorous, it’s arms that are always 300 points stronger then any atk or def of a monster, mirror knight calling, kuytora that absorbs all damage like wtf, who made these cards? Lol
@@Seven-dt4rihe didn’t win that duel either yugi won or they didn’t show the ending. For sure they didn’t show Jaden winning that duel in no official material
Glad to see Yusei as S class. He had some of the most technically intricate special summoning strategies in the whole anime imo. Like when he summoned Stardust Dragon against Team Taiyo. That shit was raw
Synthesis Strategies You can‘t really put anime effects like the one from Astrograph in the regular game without severely nerfing them. Honestly ZARC probably had the best deck of the entire series, beating about 6 incredibly strong duelists that brought out their aces without even getting 2 turns after the initial one.
@@jadehurley5271 he is not a bad deck he has ojamas in that duel and is not boring alexis is the second best written female character in yugioh franchise after akiza and along with akiza the hottest :D and that he loves jaden: D and looking skill is the best female duelist because akiza had psychic powers and in gx counting only the main characters after jaden, zane and aster is the best duelist, as well statistically the best of female characters as the channel put in a video where it ranks 7th by watching all the characters.
I honestly think Judai should be S tier when taking into account feats he displayed in anime. He defeated Deck out Duelist by a Deck Out in Season 2 by turning his strategy against him. In Season 3 he demolished Reficule Burn combo. In Season 4 he defeated Horus Degree Lockdown Deck with Neos even if he was sealed from using Spell and Traps. Against Saiou/Sartorious in Season 4 despite being sealed away from summoning a monster and getting his deck send to graveyard through Arcana Force Monsters, he still managed to turn it around and win the duel. Yugi should also be S tier ad he defeated 3 Gods and Yami Bakura's Destiny Board. I really think their accimplishments are worthy as Atem or Yusei's, if not even more so.
Yusei had to win with a random-mixed deck / win against 1v3 twice against Named Opponents , Atem can control whatever card he desires , both of these duelists are too OP to be compared to the rest as far as I know
@@zettgundam6317 Agree 100%. Yusei had to win with a random assortment of cards & a deck that couldn't attack his opponents' monsters while Atem had to duel with half his deck rendered unusable by the crush card. They're leagues more skilled than the rest of the cast.
@@zettgundam6317 Yusei and the Pharaoh displayed skills to overcome seemingly impossible odds multiple times. but we can't forget the pharaoh and muto yugi literally built their deck together (which means the strategies came from the both of them). This shows in the last duel, it appeared they took the cards in their shared deck with them separately. some of them even directly represent their fusion (metaphorical to Yugi and the pharaoh) like the Pharaoh took Gaia, Yugi took Curse of Dragon - Pharaoh took Dark Magician, Yugi took Buster Blader. in terms of skill, yugi gradually keeping up, until eventually even surpassed the pharaoh - their last duel can be up to debate tho. but on multiple occasions, yugi also showed the same ability to connect the dots just like the pharaoh. they both figured out something the other overlooked. this intelligence is also essential to deck and strategy building, as well as deciding moves in actual duels. If we talk about overcoming seemingly impossible odds (which I 100% agree that it should be one of the criteria), the Pharaoh, Muto Yugi, Yusei and even Jaden, all had displayed it on screen. for argument's sake, Yugi Muto had a clear on-screen duel where he overcame the impossible in the Dark Side of Dimension, with his infinite loop. the duel after that was almost his (at least in my opinion), but he passed out before he made the final move, almost identical to how Joey passed out before he could defeat Marik. How he defeated all the 3 divine beasts together in just 1 turn should also count, but one could argue it was because he saw it coming. You still can't deny his strategy building skill tho. and even with fate in his hands, Yugi also overcame that. Oh, and Jaden also overcame "seemingly" impossible odds sometimes. He also turned the unbreakable board against the opponent, same thing happened to all the 4 protagonists of the 3 series. I will not say who is better than who. But i believe every one the 4 of these duelists, the Pharaoh, Muto Yugi, Yusei and Jaden, deserves a spot in S tier Kaiba Seto is held back by his massive ego, sadly. he will never change and we love him for that. He is right where he belongs in A tier
That's not even talking about his hacks, like CONTROLLING THE F-ING DUEL SPIRITS AKA He can literally see when and which monsters are going to come from his deck and the one of his opponent if he wanted to. He can also, just grade his opponents by looking at then, and saw just Yugi with the 3 God cards and knew that he was highest threat to date(Which was true) he had to face.
He is the only protagonist outside of playmaker that has not blatantly cheated. Yami can stack the deck with his will. Yusei can top deck majestic dragon. Don't get me started on Yuma. Yuya can add cards frond the 'Yu' boys to his deck, mainly Phantom Knights. I don't count extra deck card creation unless it is explicitly stated that a character should not be able to do that. Also he is the biggest hero out of the bunch. He has ended planetary, universal, and reality destroying threats along with whatever kind of threat Darkness was (I think planetary). He also is the only one that has any real character development. He is best boi.
Franshesko Uruena h it's like endgame since he saved the world even when he lost (Nightshroud stole everyone) (probably not Kaiba and Yugi) but 3rd Yuma 2nd saving all 3 worlds and 1st Yuya saving 4 dimensions (debatable about 1st and 2nd)
Deathmare Judai is first. Yuya is second and Yuma is third. Yuya saved four dimensions which were actually just one that was split into four by Zarc. Judai saved 12 WHOLE dimensions from Yubel by preventing her from summoning Super Fusion God using Chain Material. Judai saved all of reality. Dimension is a plane of existence in terms of fiction, not just one earth. Yuma saved Earth, Barian World, and Astral World. That's cute. Even disregarding the previous feat, Judai defeated the Light of Destruction, a universal threat(which has been stated in the show) that has both conquered and destroyed numerous worlds and species. It is not even a contest in terms of who is the biggest hero of the bunch. I am not saying he is the best duelist of the bunch, but definitely the most developed protagonist.
I have to say its absolutely hilarious with how yugioh designs go. Like when the list starts to get low on the bottom, you see normal looking Tristan with all these crazy other looking designed characters LOL
Jaden not in S Tier is straight disrespect, people need to stop slacking on my boy. He can see spirits, he's combined with Yubel, he's got the flexible elemental heroes, he has amazing luck and he won against Darkness incarnate.
Judai from 4th season must be S tier like you said. He was a beast in terms of dueling. Add his natural ability plus the power of the supreme king and then the support of Yubel (Only villain in Ygo franchise that was never defeated).
Joey Wheeler deserves to be the on the A tier. His whole story in the first yugioh series is about him being on par with Kaiba and Yugi. Also Takahashi says he’s the best duelist in that series as well.
I agree that he should be A-tier but please don't suggest he's as good as Kaiba/Yugi. Kaiba consistently kicks his ass without being pushed too far and Joey has a far inferior track record (also GTFO with your luck-based deck).
@@Bragglord Aight, but he out-dueled Marik at the end of the battle city arc. The only reason he losed to him is because he collapsed mid duel and had to forfeit . So with that being said he's had his share of bad luck as well to compensate for his share of good luck. Furthermore, Yugi and Kaiba have ties to ancient egypt so of course they're in a different stratosphere when it comes to dueling but Joey can put up somewhat of a formidable duel against them. (i.e. duelist kingdom (joey vs Yugi). Also in yugioh Gx Pegasus states that Joey Wheeler is in his top 5 duelist of all time based on pure raw talent, and he only rivals Yugi and Kaiba.
@@Diegoxo9 once again, no, he didn't 'out-duel' him because Marik was never trying to beat him in the first place in the conventional sense. He collapsed mid-duel because that was Marik's whole plan, to ruin his soul (but he underestimated Joey- he thought it would instantly drop him but Joey was even able to retain consciousness). So no, it wasn't 'bad luck'. 'Furthermore, Yugi and Kaiba have ties to ancient egypt so of course they're in a different stratosphere when it comes to dueling'. So...? They're better, end of. I'm not saying he's miles below them but he's not even on their level. 'Also in yugioh Gx Pegasus states that Joey Wheeler is in his top 5 duelist of all time based on pure raw talent, and he only rivals Yugi and Kaiba.' OK: 1. Pegasus has never even seen a lot of the other characters on this list in action (e.g. Z-ONE, Yusei, Marik). 2. Luck =/= skill. Joey's deck is largely luck-based. 3. If Pegasus said that in GX, then it's possible (and likely) that Joey got much better in later years.
@@Bragglord Ok but I'm saying Joey is in that conversation. Of course Yugi and Kaiba are the legendary premiere duelist but he's in that conversation. You could compare this Michael Jordan vs LeBron vs Kobe. Joey would be Kobe in that sense. Also yeah joey had a luck-based deck,whatever, but thing is though he makes good decision and his gambles pay off. His high risk high reward style of dueling has helped him pull off some crazy duels. And some of it is plot armor but if that is you're main concern than you have to admit that Yugi and Kaiba are culprits of that too.
He didn't say strongest, at least he didn't in the dubbed idk about subbed. He said, in the dubbed, his top 5 favorite duelists. Yes, Yugi and Seto are 2 of the strongest duelists, and Joey presumably got better after the series because he continued dueling and is considered world class in GX. But im guessing Yugi is his #1 because he's the king of games and pretty much the savior of the world at this point in time when Pegasus said this, Seto is probably his #2 because of the brutality and just overall mastery of the game, not to mention Kaiba created a Duel academy. Joey i can see him being #3 because of his duel style, using luck to his advantage to boost his skill, making him recognized as world class, even though Kaiba will never admit it he probably recognizes Joey as at least A tier as well. And Jessie he made the list because of his connection to the Crystal Beasts.
tristan is an infinite tier cos he knows hat when lose the duel u lose ur soul, when the sun rises, his voice gives him powers, he can snap necks with his mind, he can change his skin colour through will and can say the N-word, he met spiderman, he met santa claus and even got a hug from him etc.
He should be S tier. Didn’t he defeat an army of patrol man in the synchro single handily when they attempted to capture him. Plus he beat an impossible duel against Roget with his infinite loop, constantly defeating him over and over again.
@@Deathmare235 they needed to give him Limiter removal instead of cybernetic hidden technology... He needed to win that but Judai is main character... But I agree that Yubel is the strongest gx character.
Personal opinion: Yugi Muto should definitely be a High S-tier as Yami has stated a few times where Yugi is the better duelist and has proven it, albeit only in the end.
If you really think that yugi is better than atem then you should really get help. Nobody in their right mind would even consider little Yugioh anything above A tier he isn’t better than kaiba not even close.
@@ExclusivePokeLife Actually he beat Kaiba fair and square with a deck of his design. He might not have mystical powers but as a duelist he is S tier. Atem has plot armor, Yugi actually beat him with logic and anticipating and countering his strategies.
Jaden should be higher. He literally draws whatever he wants just like yumi (it's a big plot point in the manga but it's also true for the anime and it's how he draws his spells like bubble blaster). It's how he beats banner and there's an episode based around a sandwich (I know lol) and the grim reaper where his powers are a plot point in season one but gets way more powerful once he becomes the supreme king and merges with yubel. In the manga he hits top bs when facing the big bad. He outright guesses six draws In season 4 he is basically unbeatable though. Since you're going off the end of the anime he should definitely be S tier. Yubel should probably be higher too. Yubel ruled whole dimensions and wills draws as well though it's never made a plot point like jaden's.
Sadly true... the rival of yugi is jaden in the manga. And yugi needed to rely on Pharao. In fact the Pharao struggled and also nearly lost. If Plot wouldn’t exist, Jaden would win
Yugi in his prime should be S-tier, unless we are counting magic. He beat Yami Yugi and he beat Kaiba in DSoD before the duel was interrupted. A confident older Yugi (GX era) is unstoppable. Kaiba definitely has to be S-tier. Pegasus considers him the 2nd best duelist in the world in GX, and the only person to beat him without cheating is (Yami) Yugi. Dartz, just due to his massively overpowered deck, is also S-tier. He nearly beat Atem and Kaiba in a 1 vs 2 match!
Kaiba beat Yugi and atem dude. Heart of the cards is cheating. Ygi loses by default. Nobody ever beat kaiba. All his loses are by cheaters. Pegasus reads minds,dartz uses fake cards Pegasus never made,atem and Yugi use heart of the cards cheat and help each other strategize,Noah held mokuba hostage. Kaiba can't lose. Also Joey>marik. Shadow realm torture is cheating. You can attack someone during a duel. Isn't legal.
@@fridaynightnicktoons6885 Mate heart of the cards isn't cheatimg. It doesn't fall in the definition of the word "cheat" that's a fact, not a matter of your opinion How about you think logically for a second? Take any sport into consideration, if a person has better reaction times, eyesight, strenght or genetics, it's completly and utterly fair because it's either a skill they gained throu training or they have it genetically. Heart of cards is in no way *EVER* cheating, it's a skill that Atem as a person poseses. He doesn't pre build the decks, he doesn't top deck, he has a simple skill that break's no rules of the game Skills that break no rules have and never will be considered cheating
@@fridaynightnicktoons6885 Also, Yugi and Atem helping each other strategy is in *NO WAY SHAPE NOR FORM CHEATING* They reside in the same body you complete and utter moron. You are an actual uninteligent moron
I think you needed an SS tier for the OP characters, this way yugi/kaiba can be s tier instead of being in the same tier as for example shay. Aster also deserves to be in a different tier than joey
I think its sort of unfair how you ranked some of the characters. I dont think win- loss ratio is really a reflection on their skill, its not how much they have won or lost, it should be how they preformed and who they lost to who matters. Because a lot of the time they played flawlessly, but they lost because the person they were playing against pulled some bullcrap or they were just better, doesn't mean they were trash. I'd say a good example of this was Chazz and Bastion, they lost to main characters and villains, but were sti regarded as very skilled and talented duelists.
Honestly I think Chazz should be B tier at least, maybe even A tier. He’s an incredible pilot to his decks, especially considering that most of the decks he uses have inherent disadvantages to most other decks. Here are some of his feats: - He defeated everyone in north academy with a bunch of random cards he found while swimming around in the ice (while also otk-ing 4 duelists at once) - He defeated his older brother using a deck where all the monsters had 0 attack - He defeated everyone in the society of light and won the genex tournament - He lost to Jaden in season 4 only because Dave told him not to activate Chthonian Polymer, a card that would have given him the win had he activated it - He defeated Aster Phoenix, even when Aster had access to what was stated to be the strongest D card Imo Chazz should be higher. Dude’s got an insane win loss ratio and is able to pilot his many decks incredibly well
He simply is the best charater on gx, period. He has not the best design, or the best deck, but as a character that grows and matures from start to finish he takes the spotlight, it took jaden the dead of all his friends for him to stop acting like a child, the chazz is the best man for sure
I don't see Chazz making it to A Rank, though I do agree that he should be B Rank. See, Chazz has a really inconsistent deck, which severely hampers his skills as a duelist. It would be one thing if he had broken protagonist powers, but since he doesn't, I can't really put him on par with the other A Rankers.
What character development has Yusei ever gotten? Let's not get delusional, o get liking Yusei as a character. But he is the *MOST UNDEVELOPED* main characfer in Yugioh, he get's no development and is a below average character
idk about the anime but in the manga kaiba acknowledges Atem as basically his only "equal" wich is the closest he will ever get to admitting Atem's better
In the anime, Kaiba acknowledges Yugi as being as strong as if not stronger than himself, as he was present during the Ceremonial Battle, instead of just appearing afterwards to stare at them over a sand dune after the battle was finished.
Kaiba has actually admitted that not only atem but also yugi are better than him . their they only 2 duelist that he acknowledged specially atem his obsessed with him lol
@@lexbryant4564 Kaiba's declaration actually confuses a lot of people. Because, it differs between the manga and the anime. In the anime, he aknowledges little yugi as worthy of being king of games, but in the manga he doesn't, and in fact he leaves before the end of the final duel. In fact, Kaiba's obsession with bringing back the pharaoh in the movie is because the movie actually follows the manga storyline, not the anime. He was so obsessed because he thought he didn't have anyone as a rival, and he wanted to bring back Atem at all costs. If he had aknowledged yugi, the movie wouldn't make sense, because his actual rival from that point on would have been little yugi instead of Atem if it followed the anime.
I feel that Jaden could definitely be considered an S tier duelist. Zarc should have been higher too imo, as he beat several of the people who were in the A tier.
It's Creature Yami wasn’t playing through that guy (his name was Dimitri). Which is why Dimitri lost, as he was just copying Yugi. So he couldn’t use Yugi’s deck with the same ability that Yugi/Yami could.
Pikachu Ik the dude did act like the people who’s decks he was using but I thought he wasn’t actually copying him but yami was playing threw him in that episode although I could have misinterpreted that part
Oh yes very interesting with the multiple screw the rules I can pull whatever I want draws and a bunch of people without any mouth arguing with eachother and don thousand saying screw the rules u play what I say u play
I can fix that problem he in C pretty strong by ZEXAL standards his deck revolves around XYZ so its pretty weak and his character development is garbage no lie like he put his sons in a coma then changes because Yuma grabbed his hands people can say it's more complex but nah it really ain't
B is perfect for Joey, he can’t compete with any character is A tier and would get destroyed by some of the other B tier characters. He relies way too much on luck. Soulburner, Shark, Crow, Zane, Aster, Jesse, Yuma, Zarc, Ai, Yubel, Bohman, and Z-one would all destroy Joey.
marlon green Jesse’s deck was able to hold its own against Zane without rainbow dragon. He would have also been able to beat Jaden in their first duel if rainbow dragon existed. I don’t see Joey accomplishing similar feats. However I could see Joey beating Aster.
I know this is an old video, but if you ever do it again, there are some things to consider. One thing to think of is where the characters end, not necessarily how well they did early on. Chazz starts as a C tiered character, but by the end of the series he was in the same league as Aster, even beating him once. Then there is Syrus who was in the same league as his brother by the end of the series, even though he was pretty weak during the beginning and middle. If you are going strictly by skill, Zarc is probably only D-status since he was easily outplayed by almost every character he dualed against. What saved him was his near unstoppable deck. However, if you are including his deck, He's S-rank due to the anime boosting his card effects to godly levels, and him defeating a dozen dualists in a row. Same with Dartz considering he took both Yugi and Kaiba on at the same time. Mai should be up a tier. She was going to beat Marik but Marik virtually cheated to win; and while Marik didn't win a single dual without cheating that I can think of, he did push Yugi to his utmost max despite Yugi being given a card to directly counter Marik's strategy. Therefore Mai is easily B-Tier Yubel should also be higher, considering she beat Zane, and the only reason Jaden beat her was because he used Super-poly, which is a broken card. Same with Rafael, considering he did beat yugi in a fair dual, and Yugi needed two legendary dragons to beat him in a rematch. Otherwise I'd say the placements are pretty well done.
But then the professor should also be A tier he took yuya and akaba on at the same time. Declan should be S tier he out dueled everybody it is that yuya beated him because of the fk irritating action cards
@@ramonvanesveld2558 To be fair, he put Declan at really high A tier, only behind Kaiba the Yugis, and Yusei, making Declan the 5th top duelist on the list. That's pretty high. I wouldn't quiet put him in the same class as Yugi or Yusei, those two are just OP and have unique abilities to draw cards they need when loosing. You are right about Declan's father though. Declan's father was a brutal dualist who was probably as good if not possibly better than Declan. It's hard to say how good he was with just a single dual as luck/plot armor may have helped in that one dual, but considering he probably taught many of the best dualist in the fusion realm, he's up their in ranks.
@@crazymallets ohh didn't know that in the ranks it goes by order but still kaiba and Declan should be 2 steps higher in the A tier above yuya and the other guy because yuya would have lost his last duel if action cards didn't exist. But still Dartz, yubel and Diva should also be A tier.
@@ramonvanesveld2558 I don’t know if you noticed it, but he reorganizes the specific tiers at the end and Kaiba and Declan are below Yugi so top 5. I’m assuming you just didn’t notice or stay long enough to see
@@shadowrealm3245 This is all ultimately opinion, but just so you understand where my take is coming from, here's how I look at this. You're welcome to like whoever you like, I personally think all of the leads in 5D's were awesome and a much stronger cast than Duel Monsters and GX combined. Plants are a far better synchro engine than Resonators; especially at the time the series was airing. Cards like Black Garden, Dandylion (which is now banned by the way), Glow Up Bulb, Red Rose Dragon, and White Rose Dragon keep the deck moving fast. Pheonixian Cluster Amaryllis is the best card for burn damage in the entire TCG, so much so that it had to be banned due to loop abuse. In a deck that can steadily supply plants to the graveyard, Black Rose Dragon is a much better ace than Red Dragon Archfiend. There are also a lot of great plant synchro monsters Aki didn't use in the show like Moonlight Rose or Garden Rose Maiden (the latter coming later on). It wasn't really until Arc V provided Scarlight RDA and additional Resonator engine that Resonators could do much more than bring out Red Nova. Red Nova (and the newly released Red Supernova) are great cards but it's 90% due to the same protection effects that every upgraded or accel synchro monster got in 5D's. Beyond those, it is just a huge beatstick. If we ever got a Blazing Rose Dragon upgrade that followed the Black Rose theme with something like a field nuke that couldn't be negated or didn't destroy itself, it would have been way more generally useful. Aki also always played her deck to its full potential and only ever really lost when the plot demanded it. She only ever lost to Yusei because winning either duel would have messed with 5D's initial story arc. The only reason she "lost" against Team Unicorn was because Jack screwed that duel up so badly, and frankly she did an amazing job setting Yusei up for the 3v1 comeback victory. She was a big reason why Team 5D's didn't lose then and there. The rest of her non-wins were DNF's that were again plot driven, like the Arcadia building collapsing. One of the most notable duels in the series where Aki was not obligated to play slowly or lose in was her tag duel in Ark Cradle with Crow, where she carried him while he was playing a better archetype than her. Even when the duels were slow like with Misty, Aki never struggled against any opponent not named Yusei and even then both of her duels with Yusei were extremely close. She proved to be arguably just as skilled a strategist as Yusei on several occasions, the show was just a bit more subtle about her abilities and did not make as big a deal about them or put her in the limelight nearly as often as Yusei. Meanwhile Jack had some very flashy, fun, and engaging duels, but most of his strategy amounts to summoning tons of big beatsticks to win with powah. Jack is actually exactly the type of duelist Aki excelled at stomping most; often toying with them by utilizing negates and burn damage until they make the mistake of using up all of their deck's resources to bring out a huge monster. That is generally the point she would synchro into Black Rose, field nuke, and use some combination of card effects to revive BRD for the kill. I loved all of the duelists in 5D's: Jack, Yusei, Aki, and Crow all included. Any one of these characters could go head to head with the strongest duelists in previous seasons and win relatively easily.
Agree, well this is more than a favourite tier list than an actual duelist tier list (puts the ultimate cheater on top but the one who rekt 3 egyptiam gods and the goddamn Chaos Max Dragon below)
Bastion isn’t a D, Adrian Gecko literally almost beat Yubel, he deserves B, Chazz is clearly a B, Atlas is a B (5Ds version) ArcV he’s a A or B, Jaden, Yugi and Kaiba are definitely S.
Bastion: no character development. no deck growth. Bad deck Adrian Gecko: Completely agree tbh but he's not main character so he gets swept to side of course Chazz: Deck was bad but they made it so lowkey, Character development somewhat, Notable feat was off-screen my boi Atlas: Deserves that A bro... Highest duel score, Great win percentage and he's dueled many people making the duel percentage look even greater the only quality that brings him down is character development one day he was just like i miss friends Atlas (Arc-V): Great deck, No character development, Unsure of he even likes the city I'd say B Jaden :Deserves S because swag nothing more neeeded to be said Kaiba: One track mind that's why A ( I think the "he's the original mentality is clouding everyone's judgement of the original characters like Atem i like him but i don't believe he is S")
MadStatZ if you watch yugioh 5ds, some of Atlas wins were given to him. Calling into question if his past duels were legit or not. Also he didn’t beat any notable duelist except for Carly. Bastion had character growth in season two, when Jaden dueled that scientist, he found his purpose in dueling. Kaiba deserves a S rating because of his really slow, but actual character development in yugioh, the movie and GX. If Kaiba dueled Jaden or Yusei, with his updated deck, it’s a coin flip to whoever wins.
@@Phantica Bastion no character development?! WHAT? He was done bad by the writers but he found his purpose on dueling and he kicked Manjome's ass and would've done it twice had he not surrendered just cuz he wanted to be acknowledged. I don't get how Kaiba deserves an S when he lost against all the main antagonists but Chazz doesn't deserve at least A cuz he didn't get many on screens W
matteo g Jack (5ds version) is not better than Yubel, Yuma, Jesse, Zane and Shark. So Jack (5ds) is a B. Jack wasn’t feared by other duelist, and was treated as a joke. So he’s definitely a B.
In my opinion, you cannot place Atem in S tier without including Yugi. They couldn’t have done it without each other. Atem was using Yugi’s knowledge of Duel Monsters to duel. Yugi dueled Kaiba down to 100 LP in DSOD, before the duel was interrupted and never concluded due to Diva. The lack of conclusion, to me, implies that Yugi is strong enough to hold his own even after time has elapsed. He also beat Atem in the ceremonial duel. That was no fluke.
The Professor should've been at least B. He was actually really good against Reiji and Yuya until... well... Gatling Ghoul. But 2 on 1 against a reincarnation of Zarc and REIJI AKABA is a really difficult matchup.
Speaking of female protagonist Alexis Rhodes AKA Asuka Tenjoin from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX We didn’t see to much of her and Idk how she would hold up but she does have an incredible Win/Lost record.
@@damiannova5207 also against those bad guys in GX S1 and Jaden was the last member with a special item. AND against those guys at season 4??? Only in English sub.
Yugi defeated Yami Yugi, Bakura, and held his own against Kaiba and Diva. On top of that Yami says before their final duel, that Yugi has the same skills as himself, he just lacked confidence.
I think this guy explains it perfectly, Yugi was the only one who could beat Atem because of his knowledge of him, but Yami was the better duelist between the two of them against any other opponent.
@@RMor66 Other than Gold Sarcophagus Anime Effect, Yugi beat Atem who literally has the most powerful luck boost possible. But DSoD Yugi is way stronger than both Atem and his past self, able to pretty much defeat both DSoD Kaiba (who beats Atem btw,) and Regular Diva. And DSoD Kaiba DID lose, his facedown card was Polymerization as he had it in hand and never played it until his last turn.
I feel like this list should have been based on the characters at the end of the series, and while duel records should be looked at, I don’t think they’re that important. You emphasized losses a bit much.
@@koraydemirci9729 It's not, He has a great deck, has great strategy and is great at critical thinking. I doubt that anyone in S tier can beat him. Soe he is *100%* S tier
Jaden hasn't done anything too broken? Man's can literally read your mind, know your entire deck and know which order of cards his deck is in (telepathy, communication with card spirits, future vision) and has destiny draw yet still chooses not to use his powers unlike a certain nameless pharaoh who likes to cheat and draw any card he wants cause he can. The reason why they banned pot of greed was single handedly the fault of Atem. If it came down to a brawl Jaden could enslave your entire deck + exodia and kill your ancestors let alone you.
Ok mate,some constructive critisism. Rafael as B is a bit ridiculous. The guy was capturing souls left right and center,beat Yami fair and square using card exchange. Yami was forced to play Seal,or else his monsters wouldnt have powered up and if I remember correctly he was holding 1-2 cards incl orichalcos,tough luck beating Rafaels guardian grarl without playing the card. It was an awesome strategy to take down the king of games and it happened as planned. After that,Rafael took down Mai,and in the second duel against Yami,lost purposely by using the effects of soul charge (because he understood that he wasnt fighting on the right side). Should be a very strong A or even S. He had heart. Second up,Aster at B is not very logical aswell,he was a champ,beat Zane,beat Jaden and multiple times in the 2nd season was identified as the best duelist,hardy tier B category,right?
How the hell is Joey lower B. Pegasus himself said in GX he was only below Yugi and Kaiba as the 3rd greatest duelist. That was according to the creator of the Game. That means as of GX there were only 2 duelist above him. He could've beat Merick without a god card or his red-eyes if not for passing out which is a BS reason for losing. Joey is without a doubt an A tier duelist his luck was part of his skill similar to how Yugi had the heart of the cards and could will his way to a good draw Joey could will his way to a dice roll or a coin flip as he did so so many times in the series. Joey overcame an orichalos powered biker who beat Duke and Rebecca in one turn, beat world finalist Rex in his first duel, beat Yugi of screen to regain his Red-Eyes. If you think Joey is a tier B duelist despite his accomplishments you need to rewatch Yugioh again.
His deck sucked and every battle we did see was awful honestly. Maybe someday they'll show us that future where he gets amazing but we the audience never see it, so unless the author shows it to us can we really count it?
Challenge accepted ima use your words against you since you said 'ALL' ima take out some Crow: Deck is great and fun to this day lovable character even in arc-v Deserves A Tier Zane: Decks are GREAT, Character is GREAT, character development is a'ight, Greatest Duel in all of GX, Season 4 ruined his arc Deserves S Tier Chazz: Deck is lowkey trash, Character is boring usually used for comic relief, has character development somewhat, His one notable feat is off-screen...MY BOI this guy is mistreated his one LEGENDARY duel is off-screen serious Trash he's lucky to got top C Kite: Deck is Great, Character is a'ight, Bad design tho..., no character development but purely of his win streak and just swag deserves the A tier So i beat you by solidifying Chazz's C tier and making Zane over A tier
Yusei and Jacks connection with the crimson dragon thing allowed them to create transformations for their dragons in the middle of Their duels. basically creating cards out of nowhere. and breaking the extra deck rule.
Pretty sure yusaku hasn't lost a duel. The flashbacks are yusaku playing a simulation so it doesn't count as a loss. Needs an S Yuma should be an A if judai is also if astral is in A tier Yuma should be there.
I agree with everything except Zark personally. He should definitely be High A tier or low S-tier. Nobody could take down his (bullshit) deck. It took some random ass SUPER situational cards to beat him.
Kinda wished that jaden was s tier since elemental hero’s are really flexible and could take on nearly anyone though only a portion was shown in anime since the e-hero archetype was extended even more after gx ended.
Zeronality I’m trying to say that although he is skillful his e-hero support/extended archetype cards he could’ve had would’ve help him a little more but A tier still pretty high.
@@TGSAnime playmaker is broken, he never lost in like 40 duels and has like 3 draws against bohman and revolver, also getting a random link monster that always wins you the game, you must admit, is broken
@Luke Ed Kaiba was passed down in history as the No.2 after Atem, the only reason he has so many defeats is so that Atem could shine out more and get the victory all the time. After Kaiba this changed and rivals were given a bit more respect
@Luke Ed I wouldn't say "overestimate", even though I do think he'd be able to reach that S-tier. But either way thats just my opinion, who knows maybe if Diva hadn't interrupted Kaiba's and Yugi's duel in Dark side of dimensions we could've seen more of what he can do (saying this because his LP suddenly stopped at 100 instead of going to 0, and im pretty sure he had one more facedown on the field). Im not mad or anything he didn't out him as S, everyone has their opinions
Consider what the intros teach you about life zexal is about how believing and friendship go along way and 5d's main topic is Destiny plus teamwork. My opinion thou don't come @ me alright
@@Missing-Ace I honestly recommend watching Zexal subbed. Sure it starts off slow, but as soon as Kaito arrives the plot picks up and Zexal II, in my opinion, has some of the strongest and most coherent storytelling in the Yugioh franchise. Zexal dub sucks though.
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