Hunter X Hunter's Strongest Characters Ranked

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

I really hate powerscaling in hxh. There is a lack of fights, different ways characters can win. But this just makes me love the series more

[@BiggieChungulus]

It can't be powerscaled. In terms of raw physical prowess and aura, this entire list would be comprised of ants.

[@R1chJP]

nen fights are much more rock paper scissors or case by case. for instance uvogin has incredible aura and one of the stronger enhancers that has been shown but gets bodied by kurapika due to the fact that kurapika is a specialist when his eyes turn scarlet. but yea thats why the show is so great

[@thatguy5342]

@@R1chJPno he got bodied because kurapika made a pact that enhanced his abilities against the troupe

[@thatguy5342]

@@BiggieChungulusyou can’t get the squadron leaders into the top ten of physical ability

[@thatguy5342]

It’s a very clear theme of the series there is a ton of power scaling in hxh but the writer, I’d argue it’s one of the most clear popular shonens in terms of a power hierarchy

[@manrrr5881]

Probably hxh is the hardest manga to rank in terms of power so i appreciate the struggle. Good job!

[@johngood-l6d]

Yeah fr lol nen is just so versatile and unpredictable, truly a great power system

[@hamzajbire9680]

@@johngood-l6d it’s not even just that, most top tiers just have literally zero feats, or the feats they do have are against bums who haven’t reflected their actual power or ability. Every single zodiac is basically fearless, ging, pariston and then ppl like zigg, beyond, don, etc

[@gustavosauro1882]

Jojo is even harder

[@muizmin]

Nah that's one piece

[@rohank8783]

​@@muizmin one piece is more or less obvious. Most people are correctly able to predict about the characters strength unless and until the character is a mystery or has 0 feats. Another aspect is because one piece is a much bigger anime and has more characters.

[@mateoedwin]

Morel vs cheetuh is one of the most creative anime fights to this day

[@SaladRostrum]

Yeah because sleeping during a fight is so peak

[@mateoedwin]

@@SaladRostrum he wasn’t sleeping, it was a tactical fight, I’m sorry your simple minded

[@SaladRostrum]

@@mateoedwin I’m going to fall asleep and then beat you in this argument, because that’s really creative

[@mateoedwin]

@@SaladRostrum whatever makes you feel better about yourself champ

[@theoriginalnoc]

cheetuh is a baddie on everyones soul

[@NecromancyForKids]

Three things about Razor: 1. He did that game while simultaeously powering EVERY EMISSION ABILITY ON THE ISLAND. 2. He had more opponents than just Hisoka, and faced them alone with his own ability. 3. He was strong enough to stare the Phantom Troupe in the face without being worried of their powerz and the troupe in fact were (slightly) worried about him. The power he used to send them away from the island has to be high tier as well, and we know HE is the one powering it even if it is maybe not his.

[@Aanotherlearningaccount]

I do not know as much of hxh possibly as you but well as much of these characters (still pertains being strong , A good majority of the main fights they know their strength) As we seen in hxh especially with Kurpica there are so many levels to nen which i agree but at the same time its hard to grade them

[@Bluexepphoss]

It's rare for me to agree with power ranking tier list for my favorite series and honestly I agree with everything except Ging which is just because we have no info on him. Also THANK YOU for putting Netero above the royal guards, you can argue he wouldn't be able to damage them but even then he just ties them at worst, he'll slap them into the horizon and get away, none of them surpass his speed to damage him in any way

[@galaxywolfplays863]

Tbf on Nen mastery alone and Neteros words I think he deserves the 8 Also Beyond is prolly the strongest current person 1 read chapter 401 2 He’s likely l older than Silva or around the same age but looks a lot younger Showing he’s very proficient in 10 Also survived the DC

[@vacilion]

@@galaxywolfplays863Beyond Netero is probably as old as Zeno. Netero is over 110 years old.

[@johngood-l6d]

Thank you

[@gggallin8279]

Nah some ranking don’t make sense. Like Razor is a nen master trained by Ging who scared off almost the whole phantom troupe and effortlessly overpowered Hisoka/Killua/Gon while obviously not going all out as well. He’d wipe the floor with Hisoka (pre post mortem nen but tbh i still think he’d beat current Hisoka)

[@johngood-l6d]

@@gggallin8279 you’re basing that off a shared ignorance there is not nearly enough information to determine razors combat ability or hisokas post death power

[@mightytai9176]

Great list. I do think Shoot deserved an honorable mention. He held his own against Youpi for a short time when he was motivated.

[@47Spook]

Definitely

[@thewakandankingtchaka5331]

Tbh Shoot might be on par with Hisoka levels of agility and speed. Faster with his ultimate technique. So top tier PT members like Freitan, Hisoka and Chrollo.

[@xteddxick1]

Ging is too low on this list imo

[@NeverGoingToGiveYouUp000]

​@@xteddxick1Ging should've been 7th. The guards would beat ging they are on another level of power.

[@xteddxick1]

@ nah i dont believe that.

[@spoon115_]

Love seeing Uvogin respect I think people often forget just how much of a unit he was

[@SpawnzWasHere]

I think even against non Phantom Troupe members Kurapika has to be in the top 20

[@joaoramos7160]

Absolutely. The only chain restricted to the Phantom Troupe is chain jail - he can use judgement chain and steal chain/stealth dolphin, for example, on everyone, and both are instant wins (as judgement chain enforces a condition determined by Kurapika and steal chain enforces zetsu after the hatsu of the victim is stolen). And Emperor Time proved to be pretty effective against Uvo, as he was able to hang for a bit on hand to hand combat with one of the best enhancers of the series and heal his broken arm within seconds (due to the buff on enhancement from Emperor Time). And Kurapika is also one of the most intelligent characters. Imo he would win with relative ease against Knuckles, for example.

[@Professor_Fiction]

Kurapika video soon. It’s not that he’s too weak, I just don’t know which number placement he exactly belongs in. He’s a very complicated character to analyze especially for a ranking

[@galaxywolfplays863]

Na I see Kurapika as kind of a bum He’s like a worse chrollo or morel He abilities are very utility and he’s just not got the combat skill and experience I just think against non troupe members he isn’t anything special

[@hk-ex4gw]

​@@galaxywolfplays863hell no💀. He is still zodiac level surely

[@galaxywolfplays863]

@@hk-ex4gw makes no sense little experience Remember all the Zodiacs aren’t combat strong Kurapika is useful utility wise But he just isn’t the strong fighter everyone wants him to be He can’t out right brawl like silva or Hisoka But he sets himself up in good situations Like I said a worse chrollo or Morel

[@WeaponX8629]

I think with Skill Chain and Stealth Dolphin, in addition to the stat buffs to 100% proficiency with Emperor Time, Kurapika would fall somewhere in the Zoldycks/Hisoka/Chrollo range

[@tsukihiki340]

I glad there are more HxH videos. The manga coming back really buffs the content

[@attackonyugioh92]

Same

[@joseharper3314]

I like how you analyzed this. Makes total sense. I’d adjust a bit but I love how u left the door open for that. Got me as a sub. Ty and keep it up good sir

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

YESSS, FINALLY SOMEONE PUTTING RESPECT ON KNUCKLE AND MOREL. THANK YOU!!!!!!

[@localmilfchaser6938]

Morel broken af

[@what2440]

Great ranking bro

[@colin2316]

It sucks how illumis never gotten a single fight I really wanna see how he’s handle an actual 1v1

[@sid4579]

idk why but he seems to be stronger than Zeno/Silva

[@mdc7081]

Illumi is basically strong and fast for a normal person but also fragile, ex: Gon damaged his arm without nen. As assassin direct hand to hand combat is not a priority, they excel more in stealth and ambush. He would likely use his needle to neutralize the target quickly or manipulate tons of people to swarm and overwhelm the opponent.

[@mulutv]

@@mdc7081 I think we can treat early chapters feats are non canon. Concept of nen was forming in Togashi head and isnt crealy develepment to the late chapters. And when he show bare handend digging like CAT gon crush his hand wich make no sens at all.

[@arinix3618]

@@mdc7081 I think Illumi just didn't use nen to protect his arm.

[@bakedbeanz4439]

did u see the phantok rouge movie, he fights for a little bit but its not cannon so thats sad

[@AlexRaiiiii]

5:24 i spat my water out when i saw the text idk why it was that funny Great vid u always sound professional and the edits 🔥

[@B7TROLEX]

This has to be the best hxh tier list untill now. I see peole ranking characters based on power and nen and shit but you took into consideration comparing them in fights. This should deserve a like

[@fan4every1lol89]

Great video, i appreciate the thoroughness and fairness in your analysis. You gained a new sub

[@TheEternalFlame57]

This gonna be hype, excited to see

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

Sup

[@DT_958]

Amazing video props to you. Love that you actually scale the series properly, haven't really seen that

[@yesno2717]

this list is honestly pretty agreeable ngl

[@edewence3797]

Obviously it's coming out as a glacial pace but it's really interesting that we still haven't seen anything close to Meruem in the universe, whilst every other anime is constant powers ups to fight more powerful villains etc.

[@ammarsaad7917]

such an effort ! well done

[@randomens14]

You killed it. Good ranking.

[@YacineScales]

Morel in Top 20 was so good to see, I'm always surprised at people not including him in the conversation especially since he entered the Palace in 40 to 30% nerfed state, also very surprised that beyond netero is placed that high and even above ging since i just just reached Chapter 341 where he gets introduced, very very solid list

[@thewakandankingtchaka5331]

Beyond has to be guaranteed top 5 I think. There’s only one character in the series who’s been to the Dark continent twice. That’s his father Issac. Beyond has been once and wants to go back again. They are built different.

[@localmilfchaser6938]

I mean we do know beyond is a genius manipulator

[@SatorisYT]

Solid list!

[@joaoramos7160]

Kurapika is being underestimated here. The only chain restricted to the Phantom Troupe is Chain Jail. He can use, for example, Judgement Chain and Steal Chain on everyone, and both are instant win conditions. Ofc is not that easy to hit the target, but Kurapika is one of the most intelligent characters on the series, and he's shown himself to be pretty tricky with the set up for his chains. Also Emperor Time is quite busted, as he was able to hang with Uvo, a beast enhancer, for a bit while being a specialist (furthest away from enhancing). Also his enhancing buffed by ET showed to make his Holy Chain really effective aswell, since he healed a shattered arm in seconds. He would win without much trouble against Knuckles imo, and could fight with every character of the top 15 (Killua godspeed is quite tricky, cause I think Killua would assassinate him in seconds lol)

[@FiFiFilth]

Proficient Nen users outclass raw power in this series. Togashi has shown this time and time again. I think the Succession War is doing a great job of showing what can really be done using Nen. What makes Ging, Beyond and Tserreidnisch the strongest Nen users are there insanely intelligent use of Nen. Being able to make curses, see into the future and come up with new Hatsu on the spot. They work in ways that are much more similiar to Kurapika. These kinds of Hunters with their versatility rank far above others. I think we are going to see insane things that are going to give us a new perspective.

[@Tafkadasoh78]

Thanks for the video! :)

[@reidcacaro2919]

11:48 it cracks me up that he hired Zeno and the only thing he did was injure a little girl. Other than transporting netero there

[@billykessler5359]

11:28 is wild

[@JT28.]

To be honest, despite you stating biscuit's power. I don't see her losing against uvogin ang above. same with zeno and silva, i don't see them being weaker to hisoka. Silva once killed a troupe member and Chrollo didn't get his revenge against him

[@yadafty7671]

Well silva only killed a member who wasnt a part of the original members from meteor city. The troupe doesnt seem to care too much about these members. Afterall they allowed hisoka to join the troupe after he killed a member who wasnt from meteor city, but when kurapika killed one of the original members they got the whole troupe together to hunt down kurapika. If silva did kill an orignal member then theres no doubt the troupe wouldve went on a war against the zoldycks.

[@jonasc4386]

I been waiting for someone to make a video of the top 20 finally

[@MarcellusMichelson-wh1lp]

Very good video, keep up the nice work.

[@severusdimt]

So tough to powerscale with this manga, but you did a good job. I believe the strongest characters in hxh are still yet to prove their strength: - Jairo - Tserreidnich - Beyond - Pariston - Ging - Don Freecs(?)

[@Kraken-lm1cx]

Great video, must say though, Killua > any of the 16, 17, 18 trio seems odd to me. I mean I don't think he grows enough in the CA arc to go from him and Gon together being weaker than 1 arm Kite to being Kites equal. Ik Killua is most probably a top 20 strongest HxH person we've seen to date but he's definitely overrated by the community. Youpi was already electrified by Killuas previous attack so there's a high likelihood that he was moving slower than prior. Also, Knuckle was dodging Youpi pretty easily before he was tricked into attacking. To say that Killua could be runner up to the RG is CRAZY.

[@linamalakramache7100]

Youbi is more durability than human killua stronger than knuckle and shot and morel

[@linamalakramache7100]

The narrator said the speed difference between Yubi and Killua is huge Yubi didn't have time to scream and said I am powerless in front of him and once he punched Yubi it is considered an achievement while Nakal and Shot were unable to touch him and expresses Killua's strength without exaggeration and Yubi is a powerful physical strength so Killua's technique seemed weak and if he used it against a human how would its effect be and Narukami paralyzed Yubi and the latter as I said is powerful in durability and physical strength if he was shocked then a human might die Killua is strong and skilled but he only lacks experience other than that he is special and talented according to Bisky and Rise said his talent is terrifying it did not reach that level until he was in his late twenties and he turned his aura into electricity at a young age which surprised Bisky and Tsugaru and his technique he invented in a week and used it for the first time against Yubi after two months of training and he is one of the most dangerous hunters

[@lukesmith8967]

Nice vid

[@pingutune]

which book are you using for the stats? idk if i’d use it because togashi released information that would disprove parts of it. therefore it’s unreliable.

[@Professor_Fiction]

It’s the Yuyu Hakusho guide, Hxh section. I’m mainly using the guide as supporting evidence it’s not my main source, which I think is the safest way to use it. This is why I didn’t want to rank Biscuit despite her high stats, it’s just not consistent

[@pingutune]

@@Professor_Fiction ah i see. that’s a good choice to make! great video btw

[@leo-jp8ru]

As someone who is very passionate on hxh powerscaling this list is one of the few ive seen that are near perfect

[@blameurwifi257]

Where would you rank base gon?

[@Professor_Fiction]

He wouldn’t be above Knuckle, at least without the Rage Boost. Rage Boost is probably too complicated to rank without concrete feats but he could be physically stronger than everyone before the Royals

[@Tomiwa101]

​@@Professor_FictionDude, your bias for Gon is absolutely ridiculous. What exactly is "rage boost" when he's up against the likes of Uvogin who you placed below top 10?Bro, HxH ain't Naruto or My Hero Academia.

[@Professor_Fiction]

During the events of the Palace Invasion Gon was Rage Boosted due to his bloodlust against Pitou. It is confirmed that in hxh powerful emotions can increase Aura, that’s not a Naruto thing lol

[@ichiryu87]

This manga is so freaking awesome and it makes me so mad that it had so many interruptions and it was delayed so much. I wish we could have more consistent releases and that the anime could continue

[@creeperman1295]

Good video! Razor is probably the weirdest character when comparing him to others, so an honorable mention is definitely fitting for him alongside the Zodiacs imo. It depends on how much you think Razor being in charge of all of the emissive systems on Greed Island (or at the very least "most spells" as Chapter 145 put it) nerfed his abilities, what with creating the Nen Devils for the volleyball game alone significantly nerfing him before fusing the Devils back into himself. He could be absolutely insane if you highball him, but I highly doubt we'll be seeing much of him again if at all to really know lmao. Just a minor point for the Chrollo section that doesn't really change too much, but it should be noted that the 'Ben's Knife' Chrollo used wasn't really comparable to a normal/"standard" poison knife that he just infused Nen into as you implied a couple times during that section. Each knife was noted to be a masterpiece in design, had Silva himself note how the knife must be good if it could cut him, and had Post-Mortem Nen that could be sensed by Gon and Killua, after all.

[@caiosampaio6087]

Morel and feitan are weaker than killua? Omg you was lunatic

[@attackonyugioh92]

Love to see it

[@PauloHenrique-ok3yb]

great list

[@asianpablo1574]

It’s important to note that a lot of your chrollo comparisons were drawn by when he fought Zeno and Silva. You misinterpreted a lot of the fight, which is why it’s so hard to power scale in this series. Chrollo wasn’t trying to kill either of them he was only waiting for illumi, who he hired, to kill the Dons so Zeno wouldn’t have to kill chrollo for the bounty. If chrollo actually wanted to kill them he would’ve done a similar setup to what he did against hisoka, so you can’t use chrollo not putting these restrictions and abilities as a nod to hisoka being stronger than Zeno and Silva. Zeno also strongly implies that chrollo is the strongest, as he blatantly says if you were trying to kill us the fight would play out a lot differently; meaning that he already knew it wasn’t gonna be a battle to the death as well.

[@Professor_Fiction]

I agree, not sure what you mean by misinterpretation? I couldn’t go into super deep detail because I had to discuss all the other characters too but I did go into very great detail in my Chrollo video, but I believe I did say Chrollo was holding back

[@saxisolousdood276]

I don't think they misinterpreted anything, they said that Zeno Chrollo and Hisoka are interchangeable, and honestly I'd put them in the same hierarchy if I were to estimate, I do think that Hisoka's strikes were much more threatening to Chrollo throughout the heavens arena battle when compared to those of Zeno and even Silva, he could actually tank a whole lot of their attacks and pretty much come out with minimal damage, so especially since Zeno and Silva are so specialised at knowing how to deal a killing decisive blow and Chrollo took so many of them I actually think that brings Hisoka's attack potency up a lot, right now I'd say Hisoka(revived) is the strongest, but Chrollo would still be lower on the list cause of his higher potential to become stronger

[@asianpablo1574]

@@saxisolousdood276 hisoka revived is probably the strongest since he pretty much got a power up after his death, but my interpretation is chrollo is basically the Batman of the universe. Zeno pretty much implies that if chrollo wants to take anyone out he pretty much can with enough planning and the amount of abilities at his disposal that aren’t revealed. It prob goes hisoka = chrollo (without planning), Zeno, hisoka (revived), and chrollo (with planning).

[@iforgor3904]

Well this is certainly an interesting list…

[@superbeltman6197]

19:36 Didn’t Ging train Razor (along with the unspecified amount of time inbetween then and Greed Island Arc) so I don’t think old Razor can be compared to current Razor

[@trillakodiene11]

7:39 did he say that before or after the zoldyck fight?

[@kxarma6444]

Before

[@theyoungknight.3119]

Yes but he had fought Silva before saying this, So only Zeno excluded.

[@trillakodiene11]

@@theyoungknight.3119 thats crazy fr, guess i find it hard to believe since Kurapika made him look like fodder.

[@trillakodiene11]

Would be cool of one of these Mangakas did like a VS/Power Scaling series for a Bonus

[@trillakodiene11]

@@theyoungknight.3119 lmao i just noticed something. I asked was it before or after and you said Yes🤣🤣 Then you answered my question lol

[@arthurmarinho4248]

Really underrate Silva

[@nethrieprasoody4142]

Good video, but I think that Silva and Zeno should be in top 10 or at least Zeno because he is old and was not going all out against chrollo

[@theonetrueedgelord3596]

found your channel recently and im loving your videos. curious to where you think base gon scales also adult gons speed is really underrated. he could perception blitz pitou who was able to follow netero's movements plus gons supposed to have bottomless potential so itd make no sense for netero to be faster than him when he reaches his full potential.

[@Professor_Fiction]

Considering doing a Gon and Killua video eventually Also we don’t know if Gon perception blitzed Pitou, and it wouldn’t matter either since Pitou only saw Netero because her perception of time was compressed to its limits. We don’t know if that happened against Gon

[@theonetrueedgelord3596]

@@Professor_Fiction when gon evaded him the first time they looked around for a bit which would imply they didn't see where he went. we do know the compressed time thing happens to gon. when he speaks to killua the narrator describes the scene in a similar way as when netero blitzed pitou. except they said there wasn't enough time to blink in the gon example while the narrator described the netero scene as a blink of an eye.

[@hugoreyes7185]

Honestly your video is very well made but you've missed key points like Kurapika being OP not only against PT members, bad translation on Maha's mention (the original statement is "He's the only man alive who has fought my own grandpa" pointing out Netero's age), or missing some hints on Razor's actual power

[@stealthgamer4620]

In no particular order, I think this list is a pretty objective list. The only things that I could find arguable are the bottom characters and maybe characters that didn’t make it in but pretty much everyone who should’ve been in here is in here.

[@Yokasu1]

Nah Broskie Ging is too low but i should admit that hxh is the hardest manga to rank and i respect you to be brave enough to make this list good luck in the future ❤

[@ohIear]

You lost me when you put Killua above Feitan. Not only does it not make sense, it wouldn't even be realistic within the way Togashi writes the story. Killua at his peak should be 17th. There's literally nothing Killua could do against Feitan, Morel, or Kite. They all outlast his godspeed ability and deal with what's remaining fairly easily. His power is efficient and great at aiding his survival, but it's not the greatest offensive ability and definitely not enough to handle intelligent nen users like those three before him specifically.

[@sptflcrw8583]

Killua is already physically pretty close to feitan, if he landed a hundred hits on him before Feitan could defend himself, he's fucked.

[@Professor_Fiction]

Togashi has in no way indicated Killua is weaker than Feitan by the Chimera Ant Arc. He rips through Officer Ants with his bare hands, way more efficiently and easily than the other troupe members do, and with Godspeed rips literal chunks out of Pouf’s body. He’d blitz Feitan so bad he can’t see, do serious damage with every single attack, and by the time Godspeed runs out, Feitan will not look good assuming he’s even alive. From there Killua could just stop all of Feitan’s attacks with lightning bolts that can paralyze Royal Guards. Feitan’s intellect is also wildly overrated. He has never won a battle using his intelligence, Killua has

[@bromous1446]

@@Professor_Fiction I’d agree if half the top tiers, and a significant number of mid tier fighters can accidentally counter Killua by taking time to explain their technique, over analyzing and strategizing to fight Killua, and using techniques that don’t require movement, or require standing still entirely. Morel hard counters Killua since most of his fights consist of him staying in a single spot and analyzing his opponents. Same with kite who most the time just picks a weapon and stands still to find an opening. And if both of them are able to counter whirlwind effortlessly, and Feiten is equal to them (by your list’s interpretation) then he’d by category be above Killua just by association. And it makes sense for a multitude of reasons. He doesn’t counter the same way the other 2 do, but he should have superior stats to Killua when it comes to nen combat. Since he has more nen experience and training, realistically speaking, he has higher aura quantity, and likely output. Meaning that his nen defenses > Killua’s nen offense, because they’re both transmuters with only 80% proficiency in enhancement, which as explained by biscuit in GI, means the offense would be ineffective. Even assuming that just means his hits do half the damage, it wouldn’t be enough to instantly beat him, and it would just deal damage. And as damage accumulated on Feiten, pain packer becomes stronger. And there’s 0 argument that Killua would survive being hit by rising sun, and likely any other pain packer variants.

[@ΣερτηςΠαπας]

Killua stomps

[@micahmcfadden8082]

Facts😂

[@dull1831]

good video

[@michaelrowland6336]

Shout out to Palm. Once she became an ant she got a huge power increase. Killua at the time couldn't do a dam thing against her. Aside from that though we didn't get much from her. Also thought Bisky deserved an actual spot rather than a mention. Again, I know we haven't seen much of her, but given her age, who she studied under, and the fact she's an ultimate nen user, I think she has a lot going on for her. Her nen ability doesn't do anything in combat that's an issue I guess. Good video thanks.

[@mdc7081]

Bisky is strong enough to slap, mess up, knock out Killua. 🤭

[@jaw9095]

kurapika should definently be in here, hes insanely strong right now. hes one of the smartest people in the entire series which is what makes him so strong, hes only 19 and put a complete standstill by himself in the succession war, this list honestly needs alot of fixing because how is kite below killua? and you put uvogin in the number 14 while kurapika beat him when he just learned nen after 6 months and killed pakunoda and also gave chrollo problems. and is much stronger than he was back then and would absolutely mop the floor with uvogin right now. and with how killua is right now after chimera ant he wouldnt even be able to beat uvogin but kurapika isnt in the top 20 as of now? also feitan below killua , knuckle in the top 20 but not kurpika. list needs alot of fixing , id put kurapika around 12th as of now. emperor time just makes him broken. also him being able to have chrollos ability (dolphin chain) but worse while also having emperors time and his other chains makes him absolutely busted. i think hes the strongest of the 4 mcs , if someone is stronger than kurapika then they are are absolutely busted usually. these are the only characters i would put above kurapika as of now from my memory: chrollo (he would beat him in a 1v1), hisoka , illumi, silva and zeno , the guards , netero and beyond , ging , adult gon if you wanna count him , and thats honestly it. there is probably some stronger ones that we havent seen yet like pariston but as of now id put him only behind these characters. very maybe stronger than illumi but need to see more of him in this arc to truly assess that. also one more thing i want to quickly note, people always mix this up with kurapika but he is not any weaker against normal people than against the troupe!!! he only loses 1 chain which is the judgement chain he can use everything else completely fine.

[@kylerholcomb229]

Ok ummm Illumi put a nen needle in Killuas head that forced him to flee if he couldn’t win. To keep him safe. He didn’t “teach” it to him. Nothing to do with ilumi doing the same for himself. Doesn’t really change the outcome of hisoka vs Illumi, but an important distinction in terms of plot has character. It’s kind of part of killuas journey. So it’s important to get that correct.

[@Professor_Fiction]

My point wasn’t that Illumi programmed a needle into his own head, what I meant is Illumi probably complies to the same philosophy personally

[@sharkonstage]

@@Professor_Fiction or he's just being protective of his little brother, Killua is inexperienced, cocky and overconfident. On the other hand there's never a good reason for any person to fight someone stronger than them 1v1 so I don't think it's an important talking point anyway

[@brickbrickerson8419]

Honesty really agree with this list

[@Jhyrkan032]

10:14 Killua didn’t mention Kite because he was talking about the malice inside the En. Since hisoka and Illumi have so much malice in theirs while Kite’s had none. But Pitou just outclassed their malice. But idk who would win in a fight between kite and Illumi.

[@trollverse171]

I’d say Razor is definitely above Knuckle, doesn’t Greed Island run on his Nen? If so he’s pretty much never at 100% and seemed pretty confident on confronting the Phantom Troupe plus he’s got that energy blast which seem pretty destructive.

[@gus699]

Excellent list, In my opinion i would rank Kite just behind Silva

[@Parmaitë]

prof fiction will be at 10 mil subs soon enough -- loving the hxh analysis

[@justincase6640]

*Morel spews poison in the air Literally just Morel chillin casually exhaling air

[@ΣερτηςΠαπας]

Nice list. I would probably rank Bisky around the 15s

[@user_miike]

great tier list. i really like how you thoroughly explained certain placements.

[@TheEternalFlame57]

Amazing list. I honestly don’t think I have a problem especially with what you mentioned about Killua having inconsistent amount of time for how long he can use Godspeed

[@timetaker7816]

Where is tseirreidnich?

[@yeikelamores6085]

I love that one of the plots is that Meruem is similar to a character from another series

[@OI_456]

Best proffesor fiction vid

[@Giant2005]

I can't agree with your number 1 pick. I'd agree if you had chosen pre-rose Mereum, but post-rose Mereum is already dead, all you have to do is wait for the radiation to finish him off. Anyone that can be defeated by anyone taking a nap, should not be in contention for the top spot.

[@crocky6996]

I'm actually impressed at how Kurapika got outed by Knuckle given that he was smacking Uvogin physically before going 100%, and managed to kill both him, Paku and put Chrollo into trouble, all of this after 6 months of learning and training Nen. Dude was already in par with the 14th place so early in the show only by the Emperor Time enhancement boost, and with the newly acquired Steal Chain (a great upgrade over Chain Jail) and Stealth Dolphin, he can disarm any opponent he faces.

[@Professor_Fiction]

Tbh Kurapika SHOULD be on the list but I could not for the life of me decided WHERE on the list. Could he have beaten Uvogin if not for the fact Uvogin is a troupe member? Should he be above Morel? These questions made me question how to explain him in a ranking video. There will be an in-depth Kurapika video next week

[@ShootingsBootings]

Kurapika should be on this list but he’s in no way shape or form on par with Uvogin when it comes to fighting non troop members. We have never seen him outclass any high caliber fighter even in the succession war

[@Zero.freeman]

@@ShootingsBootings The only ability kurapika can only use on troop members is chain jail the rest is free game. He could prolly not beat uvogin that early as the york new but now in the succ arc he most def could. He is faster infinte heal smarter

[@crocky6996]

@@ShootingsBootings I could kinda agree, if it wasn't that Kurapika was manhandling Uvo during their fight, and Uvo needed not only to go 100%, but also catch Pika by surprise to turn the tides in; and even then, that injure got cured soon after. All of this only using his base chains, ET, and Healing Thumb. If he hasn't been able to overpower a fighter like Uvo on the boat is because he's defending a baby prince, and the rest are playing the long game instead of doing 1v1 matches.

[@Crimzon.16]

​@Professor_Fiction I have him at 15 bare minimum. Physically he should outclass the majority of the verse, and his heal chain allows him to heal from a full power Big Bang Impact, so he could probably heal from a couple of seconds of Godspeed. He also now has his dolphin chain, which allows him to steal an opponent's nen ability and put them into a Zetsu-like state. Since he's an incredibly fast character to a majority of the verse, I see this as a potential wincon even against people like Zeno or Hisoka.

[@kxarma6444]

You kinda lost me when you ranked Kilua above morale I know we really shouldn’t be taking one V ones into it account here, but Morales specifically designed to deal with speedster. Smoky jail is quite literally the perfect counter to Godspeed.

[@Professor_Fiction]

Morel might be a good matchup for Killua but I think Killua is overall a better combatant. Morel would have to go into the fight with knowledge on how Godspeed works, because it’s a surprisingly subtle ability. If you ask me it would take a lot of trial and error to figure out that it’s automatic, he can’t just glance at Killua and know how it works, and if Killua can freely bombard Morel with attacks until then, he won’t be looking too good

[@protocetus499]

Killua after Pariston arc is definitely stronger than Morel

[@MYLIFE-r1t]

i truly wished we saw merum vs gon that would have been awesome fr like id lowk pay to watch that😭

[@BlockyRaptor]

Number 0: The Narrator, brother worked overtime

[@Atlas9766]

unpopular opinion, Gon n Killua were never top tiers in the series, aside from adult Gon form only their potential n talent were top tier but they never really made it to that level, so Knockle should not be on this list

[@robinneubert3039]

If I understand something wrong, pls dont blame me, but you said that you inform yourself to manga chapter 400, but the real top 3 wasnt even in this video, 3. Maha Zoldyck, 2. Zigg Zoldyck and with way to far distance number 1 Don Freecs, if you want anything to know comment me

[@Professor_Fiction]

Zigg and Maha are too ambiguous to rank but they are not top 3. I forgot Don existed but he’s also too strange to rank

[@trehubb6144]

Yea HxH power scaling is hard no matter who does it😅. I understand your logic but personally I can't believe Hisoka is stronger than Silva. I believe he could beat Zeno mainly due to a physical advantage but even then it would be extremely difficult and I still have Zeno as a superior Nen user. Chrollo is always gonna be a wild card especially depending on what abilities wants to let him use. Personally I'm still wanting on Togashi to give Zeno or Silva or more Killua style fight. Meaning they aren't looking to finish within a few seconds but will fight as long as the battle demands. I feel that's the component most miss in the Chrollo fight with them. Zeno and Silva yes are master assassin's but they weren't looking to fight beyond 5 secs at a time I feel. They were using assassin mindset moreso than having any prolonged plan or fighting openly

[@jayph9082]

how about Zigg zoldeck, beyond netero and don freecs?

[@Mihailo0]

Adult Gon isnt beating Netero simply bcs he doesnt have enough experience or durability to tank his buddha like Meruem did, and he only managed to do that bcs of his extreme durability.

[@Artryom]

Experience matter very little like with Meruem, his physical stats should be enough.

[@eliasandradeschindler9402]

Honestly adult Gon is so hard to rank, because his only showing was a no diff fight. To me the way he *outclassed* Pitou, especially speedwise looked was an even more impressive combat fest than either Netero or Meruem have displayed. Also Meruem fought Netero with the handicap of not wanting to kill him, while his thoughts implied that he he could have ended it at every moment otherwise. I believe there is a good chance that adult Gon can overwhelme Netero by stats alone, maybe even speedblitz him.

[@wooskys8685]

@@eliasandradeschindler9402they fail to realize this. he basically did what netero did speed wise, but backs it up with a serious punch. ( Netero flung Pitou and dealt 0 damage, Gon took them out of the fight )

[@Tomiwa101]

​@@eliasandradeschindler9402Did you just say Netero will get speedblitz by Gon? 😂 You clearly don't understand how fast the fight between Netero and Meruem was. And the argument of Meruem not wanting to kill Netero is weak AF. Meruem went all out against Netero and Netero was still able to block his OP attacks. Everything is not about attack especially in HxH. Defense is also very crucial...and we know Gon doesn't have solid defensive moves in his arsenal. With that said, if Netero uses his 100-type Guanyin Bodhisattva which is perfectly balanced in attack and defense, what's Gon gonna do? 😂 Remember he got his arm chopped off and was bleeding. At least, Netero was capable of sealing his wounds. Gon is basically an OP version of Uvogin. You also talked about Netero not doing damage to Pitou, again, another weak argument. Netero had no intention of fighting Pitou and had already predetermined the matchups. His attack was to push Pitou as far back as possible.

[@eliasandradeschindler9402]

@@Tomiwa101 1) No I said we do not know how fast/powerful/durable Gon really is and because the only speed feat we get from him is probably the most impressive feat in the show we can not rule out that he could blitz Netero. 2) How is that working out in your head? Do you imagine Meruem going 100% against Netero to go through his defense and then taking a second to look for an opportunity for not lethal force? Of course not, Meruem would have to rule out every possiblity of death before even attempting to break through, that could mean ruling out more than 80% of opportunities that Meruem saw, that result in the death of Netero, again, we do not know exactly, we just know Meruem considered it a massive handicap. 3) The only time we see Gon get injured it is by post mortem nen of a royal guard, do you realise how hard that is to quantify in the first place? The way post mortem nen is described it would not shock me if Pitou was boosted by the factor 4 or more, which again could mean that attack could have even killed Meruem. Again we do know nothing. Also it is very possible that Gon could have avoided the attack if he deemed it necessary, he just didn‘t because Pitou was already dead. 4) Also why do you imagine Gon and Netero fighting the same way as Netero and Meruem, when we have never seen two similar fights. The King and Meruem played a game, they both enjoyed the challenge, thats one big reason why that fight even happend that way. We have no idea how a fight between Gon and Netero could go, how do you know Gon wouldn‘t use his emission hatsu? How do you know Gon couldn‘t just throw out en so powerful it incapacitates Netero? It does Sound strange but when the raw stats are that lopsided can you really rule it out? 4) I don‘t really care if you have Netero beating Gon, my point is it is very much a close call in Neteros favour and possibly an easy stomp in Gons favour, so I know how I would rank them.

[@michalsindler3931]

Gin is the strongest character in my opinion because he was able to made the Island game : teleportation, healing, transport etc.

[@Coolperson...3]

Ik glad some people still post hxh, cuz everyone is forgetting about it nowadays😭😭

[@Trizzer89]

Illumi/Silva/Zeno is super underrated here

[@ben8718]

All of them are OP af

[@m.d4375]

I agree although I think its pretty obvious that Isaac Netero > Adult gon, and it would be low difficulty for Netero if they were to fight. Sure in raw power, Adult gon is much stronger than Netero, since he is stated to be close to the king. However in HxH, nen combat revolves mostly around zetsu. Let's say Adult gon has similar physical stats to Meruem, he would then be defenseless to dodge Isaac Netero's 100 type hands. However Adult gon does not have even anywhere close to the durability of meruem's natural skin/armor, even with aura. We also saw that Neferpitou was very easily able to sever adult gon's arm. So against Netero's 100 hands, he would be overwhelmed just like Meruem was at first but he would probably take serious damage after a few hits, I would be surprised if he could even survive 99th hands. On top of this, adult gon does not even posess a fraction of the god-like intelligence that Meruem has, which is what allowed him to ultimately defeat Netero along with his insane durability. Without either of these, the fight would likely be over in a few seconds. A royal guard would stand a better chance against Netero, even though the royal guards would all lose against adult gon, that's just the way HxH matchups work..

[@johnkramer7444]

Little fun fact, Poofs nick name is poof as a nod to poof from yu yu hakusho:)

[@LeelosAdventure]

We should collab sometime bro

[@Professor_Fiction]

Lowkey was gonna hit you up about this

[@thewanderer8438]

​@@Professor_Fictionyour list is a joke bro. Killua ahead of Kite, Morel, Knuckles and Feitan is absolutely hilarious.

[@blastoiseboy8177]

Kurapika not making list is actually crazy

[@XinLao1069]

Bruhhh Kurapika Can Use Emperor Time On Anybody, its just the chain jail that he can only use against the spiders and thats just something for capturing the spider and not killing

[@Zero.freeman]

kurapika is not losing to killua. If kurapika has emperor time i see no way in him losing. He was with no effort beating uvogin and remember the only abilty kurapika can only use on troope members is chainjail and even without chain jail he was mid diffing uvogin. emperor time is really broken he can heal whenever he can steal abilties like chrollo. 100% enhancment is really broken. I would put kurapika higen then uvogin but lower then silva and kick out the guy in the 20 place forgot his name

[@tjadams98]

Decent list tbh. Everybody seems to be in the tier that they fit best in. However I don’t understand how Hisoka got ranked so high. He’s physically superior to chrollo. And? That’s not necessarily impressive. Do you really think he’d beat zeno? Someone just as smart if not smarter with more experience. Same goes with Silva. Especially if Hisoka thinks illumi is a good fight. I literally just cannot see Hisoka beating zeno whatsoever. Hisoka nd illumi at the bottom of that tier with zeno chrollo nd Silva at top. Also kil seems to lack ap feats so he’d be a bit lower on the list for me. Other than that good job

[@Professor_Fiction]

Hisoka’s feats are against a more serious, and stronger Chrollo than the one who fought Silva. The feats Hisoka has in that fight are just better than what Zeno did. Zeno only ever fought a half serious, not bloodlusted and 0 prep Chrollo, while Chrollo was trying as hard as he possibly could to defeat Hisoka. Hisoka’s ability to no sell attacks from Chrollo and tagging him and drawing blood with simple attacks is much better than Zeno or Silva who only drew blood with a small cut to the cheek, and otherwise Chrollo blocked or dodged absolutely every attack, even in 2 on 1. And I think Hisoka’s feats of intelligence are at least on a comparable level

[@tjadams98]

@@Professor_Fiction true but I think there’s a little more context than just that. U say chrollo was half serious, not bloodlusted. Bloodlusted I agree with, why would he only be half serious tho? He was trying to capture their abilities, that doesn’t imply that he wasn’t fighting seriously, just that he wasn’t bloodlusted. And also keep in mind zeno and Silva were fighting cautiously from the beginning too. Zeno was using that time to analyze chrollo. Silva even notes to be cautious, and it’s a part of their nature to only make moves that gurantee victory. Like literally once they made up their mind to kill him they just ragdoll him. It’s disingenuous to say in the beginning they were going all out nd he was going half speed. There’s absolutely no way that statement u mentioned was saying chrollo is above both zeno and Silva together. He even admits a simple Ko punch from zeno is too much for his defenses. The only thing chrollo actually does in this battle is scratch Silva. Like the only thing lol

[@Trickey2413]

The cope is unreal. Zeno said he had to sacrifice himself to beat corollo in a 2v1 fight.

[@tjadams98]

@@Trickey2413 and? What does that mean? In that very same fight Chrollo himself doesn’t even know who’d win which is why he asked zeno. So clearly things aren’t as cut and dry as u think they are bud.

[@josephapsey9965]

My gut says Kite should be higher but man’s just got too many unknowns in his arsenal and not many feats, I would be curious to know how big a boost nen gave to the ants physicals as, Zazan pushed Feitan to at bare minimum mid diff (I’d argue high personally) meanwhile Kite one shot Yunji, like even with nen I can’t see Yunji giving Kite anywhere close to the trouble Zazan gave Feitan, and given just how strong Pitou is I find it hard to believe that someone scaling to just above a squadron ant with nen would be enough make them that excited But again that’s just my gut feeling that Kite and Feitan should not be comparable I ain’t got any actual feats to back it up 😅 Also love how Uvo above Feitan is being preached never understood why so many people thought Feitan was stronger just bizarre to em Overall very solid list

[@aminguesmi-f9d]

people who watch anime content in youtube are so nice unlike tiktok

[@vishwajeetpanwar3271]

Does Gon make top 15 excluding his 1 time ability

[@Smoakz]

likely be just under killua

[@EAOO]

While i still disagree with knuckle top 20, i dont think its that out of place to put him them. Its just kinda crazy how few feats weve seen, considering the power difference between knuckle and the top 5-10, even though they arent that far apart in placement. Within the actually hxh world, there are probably a few hundred people stronger than knuckle if I had to guess, we just havent seen them, or they dont have feats

[@jesusgomez3805]

In chrollo's case, in his fight against hisoka, a lot of h x h fans forget one important aspect of chrollo and nen in general. That being that chrollo is a specialist, meaning that he doesn't have access to any enhancement, like at all. Mean while, hisoka, being a transmuter, has access to enhancement, which explains why, whenever hisoka got up close to chrollo, he was the superior fighter.

[@sptflcrw8583]

That's not true, lol

[@onecrunch5308]

That's not true. Specialists have a weird spread of nen affinity percentages. Some could be 80% and some could be 40% in enhancement.

[@jesusgomez3805]

@sptflcrw8583 I shii, my bad. Haven't been up to date with the series in a while. However, my point still stands strong, chrollo's enhancement capabilities are nowhere NEAR of what hisoka is capable of. So yes, I was wrong, but not entirely.

[@sptflcrw8583]

@@jesusgomez3805 we don't actually know that for certain. Although given that data books say they have comparable nen levels, you're probably right.

[@Professor_Fiction]

Chrollo’s skill with enhancement was still enough to block full on punches from Silva Zoldyck, and come out from a flurry of punches from Zeno unscathed

[@sslyy7876]

holy headcannon on ging 😭🙏

[@rallymurrah]

Pitou is more Utility. Heals, Mind Control, EN to watch look out. Youpi is made to Protect he has no utility he’s made to fight and evolve to get more powerful. Youpi is the strongest Royale Guard when it comes to battling

[@what2440]

Id say pitou based on what we actually see

[@Tetheinvincible]

I think Zeno is stronger than Hisoka, Chrollo and Silva. Only by the simple fact that Netero brought and hired Zeno out of all the Zoldyick family and out of all the phantom troupe to fight the greatest fight and opponent of his life(chimera ant arc), with the fate of the verse on the line Netero who most likely knows the depth and strength of each member of the Z family, Netero also most likely knows the depth of the troupe as well, because he already knows the ability and power of Hisoka and didn't even view Hisoka as a threat before the ant arc, the reason why this is extremely glaring is because pre ant arc Netero is vastly weaker than warmed up Netero who was ready to fight the royal guard and the king himself, considering that Hisoka is extremely relative to Chrollo as well, with a slight edge to Hisoka imo. My vote would definitely go Zeno convincingly.

[@ugene77]

The reason Netero hired Zeno is because of his specific set of abilities and possibly even familiarity between the two. If he was stronger than Silva, he would still be the head of the family. Also, he very clearly implied that if Chrollo fought him seriously, he would win, he knew that Chrollo was trying to steal his ability, not kill him. Given that Hisoka is relative to Chrollo in terms of power, I don't think Hisoka being stronger than Zeno would be farfetched.

[@pedro-ehlamaar8084]

This video became uncredible when you put the zoldycks in the middle of the list.

[@Professor_Fiction]

Considering most of the top 10 are literally genetic mutation super ants from the dark continent not much higher the Zoldycks could go