Character Tier

Tier 0
Description: The subhumans of Tier 0 are within the ability of even the weakest, most out of shape human to destroy through pure physical ability.

Examples: Grey Matter (Ben 10), small animals

Tier 1
Description: Characters in Tier 1 are not possessed of any abilities that make them significantly more powerful than an ordinary human. This does not mean that they have no powers, only that the abilities they possess does not make them much more dangerous than the average person.

Examples: Batman (DC), Daredevil (Marvel), Tau (Warhammer 40k), Clone Troopers (Star Wars)

Tier 2
Description: Characters in Tier 2 are endowed with abilities that grant them significant advantages over ordinary humans. This can range from anywhere from being slightly more dangerous than an ordinary human, to being a force capable overcoming several armed soldiers without using any weaponry. However, ordinary humans are still a very serious danger to them, with lower levels of the tier still being defeatable by ordinary humans in physical combat..

Examples: Captain America (Marvel), Deathstroke (DC), Weak-Average Force User (Star Wars)

Tier 3
Description: Tier 3 individuals are considerably beyond ordinary humans, and for the most part are impossible for a lone human to defeat without the use of potent weaponry. The lowest level of Tier 3 are often resistant to most low level human weaponry, and at all levels, are able to combat groups of a few dozen humans with ease. However, heavy weaponry is still a very real threat to most of them, and in most cases is still capable of incapacitating or killing them.

Examples: Wolverine (Marvel), Adeptus Astartes (Warhammer 40k), Average-Powerful Force Users (Star Wars)

Tier 4
Description: Tier 4 Superhumans are vastly beyond human capabilities. They are usually able to take on large groups of humans with ease, and require coordinated any potent attacks from their enemies to be able to defeat them. Extremely powerful weaponry is often required to be employed against them to take them down.

Examples: Spiderman (Marvel), Midnighter (DC), Venom (Marvel) High Tier Force Users (Star Wars)

Tier 5
Description: Tier 5 characters are one person wrecking balls, able to battle and win against small armies of ordinary humans. These individuals are gifted with demigod like power, and depending on their level, are capable of single handedly being threats to entire towns, or at higher levels, even cities. However, the mightiest weaponry of humanity is generally capable of killing them.

Examples: Primarchs (Warhammer 40k), Miss Marvel (Marvel)

Tier 6
Description: Tier 6 characters are usually capable of single handedly conquering nations, continents, and even worlds with nothing but their own power. They are able to battle large armies all by themselves, and often cannot be harmed by anything less than the mightiest weapons of man. They are at minimum able to easily destroy an entire city with ease, and at higher levels can be able to destroy an entire nation. This is the last tier where human weaponry can be seen as an effective means of defeating the character.

Examples: Professor X (Marvel), Average Viltrumites (Image Comics)

Tier 7
Description: Tier 7 characters are utterly beyond human power, gifted with enough might to single handedly destroy entire planets at higher levels. The weapons of man typically are useless against Tier 7 characters. At the minimum, they are able to destroy landmasses the size of several small countries, whilst at middling levels they can break continents, and at the highest level, destroy an average sized planet.

Examples: The Incredible Hulk (Marvel)

Tier 8
Description: Characters at Tier 8 are a threat to entire solar systems, mostly able to traverse through space. The least of them are able to destroy large planets, whilst those in the mid range can destroy stars, and the pinnacle of the tier can be capable of wiping out an entire solar system.

Examples: Superman (DC), Silver Surfer (Marvel)

Tier 9
Description: The vastly mighty beings of the ninth tier are at the very least able to influence or destroy areas larger than a solar system, and capable of scaling across entire galaxies at the height of their power.

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Tier 10
Description: The titanic Tier 10 characters are capable of controlling and altering areas that are at minimum larger than an entire galaxy. At the pinnacle of the tier, the character is capable of threatening entire universes, often being able to cross through the planes of existence in order to conquer them.

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Tier 11
Description: Members of this tier, as their name implies, Transcend the bounds of the universe, being able to travel to and exist within multiple realities at once.

Examples: Dr Manhattan (DC), The Living Tribunal (Marvel)