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

[@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

[@yesno2717]

this list is honestly pretty agreeable ngl

[@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.

[@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

[@tsukihiki340]

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

[@attackonyugioh92]

Same

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

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

[@localmilfchaser6938]

Morel broken af

[@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

[@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

[@user_miike]

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

[@spoon115_]

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

[@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 🔥

[@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

[@TheEternalFlame57]

This gonna be hype, excited to see

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

Sup

[@fan4every1lol89]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@jonasc4386]

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

[@DT_958]

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

[@SatorisYT]

Solid list!

[@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(?)

[@billykessler5359]

11:28 is wild

[@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.

[@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.

[@Parmaitë]

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

[@yattzz69]

The thing that makes me think about adult Gon vs Meruem is that Meruem attempted to kill Pitou when he hit them but did no damage, while adult Gon hit Pitou and did crazy damage

[@MarcellusMichelson-wh1lp]

Very good video, keep up the nice work.

[@brickbrickerson8419]

Honesty really agree with this list

[@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.

[@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. 🤭

[@gus699]

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

[@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

[@ΣερτηςΠαπας]

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

[@iforgor3904]

Well this is certainly an interesting list…

[@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.

[@lukesmith8967]

Nice vid

[@attackonyugioh92]

Love to see it

[@PauloHenrique-ok3yb]

great list

[@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

[@alemusic97]

how didnt kurapika make this list?

[@ryandauzat1571]

Fr

[@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.

[@OI_456]

Best proffesor fiction vid

[@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

[@Coolperson...3]

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

[@dull1831]

good video

[@yeikelamores6085]

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

[@jaeheonlee1764]

kinda funny how I could recognize korean subtitle cuz i'm korean zzz. overall I agree with the list

[@skycentipede74]

Great video, absolutely love your stuff. Only thing is I think the logic is at least flawed as fuck when it comes to Killuah, Pouf, and Yupi 😂 The way you see it, Killuah took a chunk out of poufs head so they are at least even. I’d say, if Killuah can take a chunk out of someone’s head then he is clearly superior. EXCEPT when that someone survives like it was nothing lol. In that case I would at least give the edge to the person who is slightly irritated at their face being cut in half. I won’t deny I’m also biased. #pouf4life

[@chiefautogaming9734]

Kurapika top 10 with dolphin chain, chain jail and Father Time he confident in beating zodiacs can become specialist and Father Time furthers his power because it is a condition based nen ability and he can steal abilities

[@unnoticed9988]

Killua glaze strikes again

[@sptflcrw8583]

Frankly he's lowballed here.

[@peolfpetler8500]

Kite is so underrated it's crazy. People don't understand how strong he really is. Kite with one hand put up a fight against Pitou and he was bleeding out the whole fight. Pitou is insanely strong, besides Meruem and Adult Gon, she is arguably close to even Netero (Netero said himself that she was stronger),.

[@lukechai4663]

⁠@@peolfpetler8500netero likes to highball other characters. said that morel and the glasses guy(forgot his name) are the same level in strength as him.

[@peolfpetler8500]

@@lukechai4663 If Netero thought he could beat Pitou at the time the arc would have been over. Netero is stronger and at the time he was out of shape, but I don't think he is stronger by much.

[@mdc7081]

Pitou can't touch Netero's speed, but she is very durable, even mega Gon needs a lot of Jajanken to crushed her.

[@doudoubiramwade5674]

Feitan should be higher I mean how are for example how uvo or illumi are suppose to survive his pain packer and this apply to a lot of people in this list. But beside that great video and great 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.

[@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).

[@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

[@LJohnson88]

Pray they bring back the anime seasonally. No need to work yourself to death but sure would love to see the succession arc and dark continent arcs animated. 🙏

[@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

[@justincase6640]

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

[@JustinL186]

Don Freecs has the best feat in the series by a comical margin, surviving in the dark continent for hundreds of years when Netero gave up after like a week or something and there's bigger threats than the Chimera ants there from the very little that the V5 Nations know about it. He has to be #1

[@perfyyy7262]

but the fact remains that we don't know if he actually survived for hundred of years. it was only one of two theories. we don't know much about don freecs for him to be included in any top tier list.

[@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

[@MountainTig3r]

if netero said ging is top 5 wouldnt that mean he is saying ging is stronger than him at that current point meaning that ging and beyond should both be above old netero but probably not prime netero

[@superxcrazy1989]

Yea it’s a possibility but also have to take that statement with a grain of salt considering Netero is humble and said he’s around the same level as Morel and Knov which we know is not true

[@Professor_Fiction]

Saying Ging is top 5 doesn’t put Ging above Netero. Netero never said “I’m not top 5 anymore” he just said “I’m not the strongest anymore” but we don’t know who Netero rates above him. This is before Netero trains to get back into shape, and Knov says later Netero is underestimating himself. I personally theorize Netero was lying because he secretly wanted Meruem to be born to be the fighter of his dream, which explains why he was so relaxed during the Chimera Ant Arc. I go into greater detail on all of this in my Netero video

[@t-god2439]

@@superxcrazy1989netero is humble but he isn’t a fool. And he also believes that only the strong should survive. Which is evident by him being fine with so many weaklings die during the hunter exam. So for him to make that statement I think it hold a lot of weight.

[@mulutv]

@@Professor_Fiction I agree and disagree at same time. I understand it more like best nen users not strongest. Skill =/= strenght. Ging show sick nen control and ability to copy simple nen hatsu but still he can be worse fighter then idk Silva or Hisoka (probably he is insane strong fighter). Meruem is out league for sure. But Royal guards are in reach for others then just Netero. Zeno reaction is answer for this. He didint panic when he spot Pitou, he know this is tough fight but not hopeless. He was sure he can keep Pitou out of Netero for give him 1 vs 1 with Meruem. Bute when he saw ant king he know one bad move means death.

[@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

[@Cosmic_VaRiAtIoN]

Love the video, would be kinda curious where normal Gon would rank though. He's strong but I don't think stronger than Killua. Can't wait for the next one Prof.

[@DEMOMLORD7]

Yeah normal yeah but his adult form nah and hunter x hunter is gon continue

[@Professor_Fiction]

I think Knuckle was stronger than normal Gon(aside from rage boost) so he’d unfortunately not be on the list but he’d probably crack the top 30 for sure

[@superxcrazy1989]

⁠@@Professor_FictionAre you saying rage Gon doesn’t make top 20? Because if so I think that’s a little weird he scales directly to Killua in the data book

[@darryelphillip5219]

​@@Professor_Fictionif u literally have to commit suicide to get a drae u are not stronger than the other person gon shouldnt be on list

[@sptflcrw8583]

​@superxcrazy1989 he said Rage gon was stronger than knuckle, not base.

[@aminguesmi-f9d]

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

[@peacemakerp7]

I respect this top

[@christianheath718]

Bro you have Beyond & Ging ranked but say you can’t rank Kurapika 💀 make it make sense

[@KanderUdon]

Pretty apt list, although killua is too high. Its very well done though, crazy how much I agree with.

[@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

[@BunnyAce]

I don't think there is any way Adult Gon is stronger than Netero if we were to put them against one another, it's not just the gap in intelligence and analytical skill between Meruem and Gon (which is huge to begin with) that would prevent Gon from beating Netero, it's just that Gon doesn't have nearly as much durability as Meruem. Meruem is a litteral tank, Gon's anatomy isn't remotely similar. Gon might never figure out how to break Netero's defenses first of all but also even if he was as smart as Meruem he would have died long before Meruem started to feel the dullest aches of pain from Netero's strikes in their face-off.

[@thatguy5342]

I think that’s a decent point in a 1v1 but generally speaking gon is still way above him in terms of physical abilities which I think is enough for him to be higher

[@BunnyAce]

@@thatguy5342 yes I agree, but the way he ranked and justified the ranking, Netero should be second, he did make them fight un theory to justify higher placements and said that Gon would basically beat Netero which I disagreed with but in the same vein as uvogin losing "so easily" and still being very strong (which I agree with) Gon is still "more powerful than Netero the same way Pitou was more powerful than Netero but they both might still lose in a 1v1

[@thatguy5342]

@@BunnyAce fair

[@CameronkAK]

Same way God speed Killua can't just execute every human fighter just because he's quicker than them, characters who have much higher aura are literally harder to pierce. Thousands of hits from Netero's statue and all his aura couldn't cause serious damage to Meruem. Gon would simply outlast Netero since Gon and Meruem aren't far enough away, durability wise, for Netero to be able to kill him.

[@BunnyAce]

@@CameronkAK Where do you get the "Gon and Meruem aren't far away durability wise" thing? Nothing points to that I'm 100% sure, Adult Gon has 0 durability feat he actually has the opposite by having his arm cut off by Pitou (even if willingly) and Meruem isn't just durable because of nen but because of his chimera ants king anatomy. Also on the "outlast" Netero, in what way? Meruem didn't outlast Netero, he pierced his defences, they have pointed at the fact that Netero's stamina is off the chart (because of his training mostly) so it was probably the only outcome and adult Gon doesn't come close to matching the intellect of the king.

[@youuuuuuuuuuutube]

The strongest 2 team combo would be Killua + Nanika, since she can grant him any wish.

[@JakeTheSnake222]

Pitou's assessment of Gon vs Merium in the anime and manga are completely different.

[@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😂

[@spookybones2248]

Will you ever make chainsaw man content? Pochita vs sukuna would be a cool video

[@vishwajeetpanwar3271]

Does Gon make top 15 excluding his 1 time ability

[@thathobbydude]

Little bit of a head cannon but I feel like it could be possible that ilumi isn't that impressive but one of his manipulator abilities lets him adjust the appearance of his nen abilities and aura output with the effect being strong enough to fool hisoka Not likely but until we see more then hisoka glazing from him I choose to believe it

[@jayph9082]

how about Zigg zoldeck, beyond netero and don freecs?

[@eliasandradeschindler9402]

I believe you wildly undererstimate Morel. He has an amazing hatsu and arguably the highest fight IQ outside of Chrollo, Hisoka or Netero. Killua above Kite or Feitan is really strange but above Morel is just plain wrong, especially because Morels ability matches up really well against speedsters and baseline Killua should be absolutely no match for either of the three, but especially Morel, who is kind of known as a statchecker.

[@fan4every1lol89]

Adult Gon's speed and reflex is probably the best just behind Meruem and Netero

[@himmyjimmy90]

id still put razor here along with biscuit because biscuit is a veteran hunter who has insane amounts of power her aura pools are massive but i understand she doesn't have enough feats but for razor i think he should be here now let me make my case first i will say that tesgerra said if he wasnt completely compared that dodge ball would of killed him this is against a razor who one had his devils out witch makes him weaker and was powering the entirety of greed island and for gon taking one of his hits one his hands where highly injured form this and he was standing still using all the aura he could just for that me personally razor should be top 10 think about it he injured hisoka and broke his fingers while powering a ability that spanded a entire island id say he also great battle iq not chrollo or hisoka level but high due to him being able to gauge gon and hisokas strategies fully also hsioka was going all out well at least i think he was due to him wanting gon to win because of his power and knowing if he loses this he would miss out on a chance to fight a incredibly strong opponent in the future pls bro i cant take people misplaying him

[@BlockyRaptor]

Number 0: The Narrator, brother worked overtime

[@andrewcontreras427]

i agree with morel and kite being same level. if morel had to protect a weak younger gon and killua he would be dead too by pituo. but i think feitan is a rank above only because he could just use pain packer on all the royal guard ants and send youpis explosion and other attacks back at youpi even stronger. Feitan also has different abilities we havent seen.

[@Professor_Fiction]

Feitan probably wouldn’t be able to survive Youpi’s attacks

[@arinix3618]

Zeno confidently said it himself that he can beat Chrollo 1v1. One of information we have on Zeno's power was he can do 300m radius of En. That's almost 20x wider than Nobunaga's En. But Chrollo being able to cut Silva also shows how he is way above other members of the troupe. Silva must be faster than Cheetu since Zeno said it wouldn't matter if Cheetu learned that Silva was charging towards him. I think Silva and Chrollo is about the same level, and Zeno is on top with Netero.

[@Professor_Fiction]

Zeno only said that because Chrollo was holding back. He said it would be different if Chrollo was actually going all out. Zeno admitted he’s far beneath Netero

[@arinix3618]

@Professor_Fiction I don't think Zeno was talking about Chrollo going all out. Zeno was saying that Chrollo got the potential and if he stops playing around (by actually reaching his full potential), it would be hard for him to win.

[@Professor_Fiction]

Zeno’s words were literally “though it would be a different story if you were really trying to kill me” and Chrollo replied “he knew.” Chrollo was holding back because he wanted to steal Zeno’s ability and Zeno knew it

[@DrJJ10]

Nah illumi and silva outside top ten is crazy

[@NirmanTamang]

Gon wouldn't need any tactics to bypass netero's statue arms he can simply move forward punching and destroying those arms

[@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

[@_asseater]

chrollo only prepared to fight hisoka because his goal was simple, he just wanted to kill him. That doesn’t mean he’s not good in spur of the moment fights

[@Veggielistic]

That was one way to interpret hxh

[@temi472]

Thing that confuses me about zeno and silva is i don't they went all out against chrollo, infact they likely knew about chrollos contract with illumi and this was all performative. Even zeno telling silva to take him down with chrollo and him casually standing up suggests this. I think Silva and Zeno are masters of bluffing. I can't see how silva wouldnt be multiple levels above illumi. But head canon lol. I would definitely love to see silva get pushed

[@tatsumikaede9044]

i cant think of someone in the HXH that can match or last longer than a minute vs perfect form Meruem...

[@stealthgamer4620]

Hey Professor Fiction, could you do a video on who could be “Nen Masters”? And we know the concept is real since Togashi has confirmed 7 of them. I think this is a topic worthy video, every time I see HxH videos I think “how Hisoka could be a master Nen User” because of after his Heaven’s Arena fight against Chrollo, he had access to a post mortem ability, which unlike other post mortem nen users he knew about it, and just going against Chrollo head to head is a big deal. It would make sense because he has a simple ability and he’s proven his masterful technique (in this context not saying this exactly makes him a master nen user). It’s interesting to note Chrollo wasn’t considered a master nen user by Togashi, but I think it’s because he PURELY doesn’t own his own style. It’s also interesting how Adult Gon is considered a master nen user over the latter. Anyway, hoping this turns into a video, and Hisoka is on the list because I feel like next time Hisoka needs to use a large amount of his power he will have more and more masterful than ever. Or we will see him use it on Dark Continent enemies.

[@kalesuli]

Not going to lie, I disagreed with literally everything Top 6 down. Which is good and funny really highlighting how good of a writer togashi is and the complexities of nen. In the beginning you said "That I value as the overall superior combatant." I wish you went more in depth about how they beat who is above them because that would put more insight into the thought process. Although if you're including adult form Gon which was a Special condition specifically for pitou. However not including Kurapika feels outright weird. Razor feels like a crime to not have higher than hisoka when hisoka broke his fingers catching the ball with razor aura on it that his clone threw. The fact his clone is outright stronger than the pull of hisoka's bungie gum is another thing but whatever. I would type out everything but I'm lazy. Interesting video though.

[@Professor_Fiction]

Kurapika is getting an in-depth video himself this week, I just felt he was too difficult to narrow down a precise statement. He’d have a better chance beating Chrollo than he would against Zeno or Silva even though I view Chrollo is noticeably superior than those. He has high physical power and good hax but those hax are very contextual. Adult Gon even if you assume it’s a Pitou specific ability, which I don’t think it is because it was still active even after Pitou died, has a more definitive place in terms of power level. When I say the better overall combatant I mean I think they’d beat most people lower than them 6/10 times or more. I didn’t discuss specific matchups because everyone in hxh has a different skill set and ability so I didn’t want the list to just be rock paper scissors, I’ll save that for specific versus battle videos

[@gunslinger9786]

I think Chimera ant Palm should have made the list tbh

[@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.

[@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

[@asura3229]

Im pretty shore it was only 1/14 of pouf power. Also morel at like 30-40% made pouf think running and taking his pipe was the best option. Bro should have been on the list.

[@myrdin9216]

Gon shouldn't be here. His adult transformation was a one time thing that should have killed him, and it can't be used in regular combat. Also, Feitan is way too low. His pain packer is one of the most powerful abilities we have seen, and his speed is also crazy.

[@sejadlulic8377]

this is anime only?