Fuck it. Duellum tierlist based off of how much I like being on the same team with them. Elaborations below
S Tier
Kain - We're TWO dragoons, there's nothing we can't do! Even if we lose I will have a ridiculous amount of fun.
Onion Knight - My favorite non-Kain character to play with. My sweet little onion baby who I will protect with my life and raise with love and care. The length of his URs at level 9 means I can probably chain even with Dragoon's Pride's length. I like leaving mobs at 1 or 2 hits for him, and will hold off rivals if it means he can level in peace.
Krile - My preferred support, with straightforward heals that don't take 2 minutes to come back up again, allowing me to get away with not bringing Hope. Also sometimes they will use Holy against rivals and I love to see it. My only request is to please wait for me to jump before you teleport. It gives me a heart attack whenever I jump to our rival's frontlines and Krile's also there. I got this covered! Please run!
Rinoa - Angel wing is broken, and I'd much rather be on the side of the character that can kill you in like 5 autos than not.
Prompto - Prom proms! A character made to work in tandem with his allies. Every Prompto I've met has been pleasant, and it's fun picking off those they lumen.
A Tier
Lightning - She's fast! She clears crystals! She's got decent boss damage! She can harass our rivals! All around a good ally.
Firion - Excellent PvPer, which is nice since I don't really go out of my way to PvP. Has less boss damage compared to other melees but that's fine, I can handle that.
Terra - Thank you miss burst sniper. Please keep burst sniping our rivals I'm not too good at that.
B Tier
Iroha - She's fine, and has more range than I do which is nice if we're 2-melee-no-ranged but us both being squishy makes me nervous. Thank you for the Fuga chains.
Gaia - Along with Iroha, I rarely get queued alongside her. I feel like her burst window is a bit short, which isn't great for me since mine is very long.
Balthier - Depends on the build, really. While I do like having someone else handling the PvP, his burst damage is minimal so if he's not ramza-ing it to you, it gets pretty frustrating.
Cloud - He exists. Not much to say, really. Omnislash being so long and also multihit is great for chaining Dragoon's Pride.
WoL - Honestly would be higher on this list if I hadn't had a streak of bad WoL players recently. Supreme Soul is really good and I like chasing after rivals with it outside of burst. I also appreciate being protected during burst, but unfortunately, not all WoLs do this.
C Tier
Zidane - Highly dependent on the pilot. A Zidane that dedicates himself to stealing BRV and Ramza-ing it is a fantastic asset to the team. A Zidane that doesn't is a massive liability.
I hate it here
Clive - Like Firion, Clive's a great PvPer. Unlike Firion, Clive players have a singular braincell that makes them want to PvP 24/7 even if I'm ready to burst chain with them. I am tired of their shit. I hate playing with Clive, I hate playing against Clive.
Rikku - There are good Rikku players and there are bad Rikku players. 90% of Rikku players are bad, and I'd rather not roll those dice. If I get one more Rikku that uses her URs for iframes at 3k bravery I am going to lose it. Whenever Rikku uses Mega Vitality right at match start it makes me nervous.
Sephiroth - Granted. Some of this is because he is a new character so people haven't mastered him yet. But he takes so long to end the boss. If they're using Supernova outside of burst it's almost always when I'm not near rivals and so I can't finish them if they're stunned. Please just let me take your kills you take so long to end the boss when you're on your own.
second season! same rank, which i got to during the actual on-season (and was in the top 500 players)! but the game was absolutely miserable after the on-season, so im going to try not to be anywhere near this in the future
one of the worst parts of entering an established fandom is reading through the tags and realising with a dawning horror that fans have collectively decided to give one of the characters a horrible, non-canonical, cutesy nickname
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