Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5780397-20150927212953

One of those nerdy power rankings that always sparkle harsh discussions. Some will get angry at me, many will insult me, and so on. Anyway, I know power is not an entirely quantifiable concept in Bleach, but let's try anyway. There are some characters that tend to move up and down my ranking quite a lot, but let's try. Uryu, Guenael and Shaz are pretty much jokers. Where I think there is an obvious gap in power (the characters below are surely weaker than all those above them) I'll leave a blank line.

1 – Yhwach (A)

2 – Jughram (B) 3 – Gremmy (V): He is nearly omnipotent. Zaraki is lucky he managed to be perceived as a challenge and later kept Gremmy on his toes, because if Gremmy had turned his bones into cookies, he would have lost on the spot. Though I concede it was luck only at first, then it was all skill at manipulating his opponent and the flow of combat. 3.5 - Uryu (A): Mere speculation, since we haven't seen even a fragment of his new power. 4 – Pernida (C): Crazy strong. Had it used Vollstandig against Mayuri, even counting Nemu's intervention, it would have probably won. Though it is true that it powered up after "touching" Zaraki. 5 - Royd (Y): A real pity he didn't use Vollstandig, but we've all seen how strong he is. He put a fight against Yamamoto's Bankai. 6 – Askin (D): In my mind he's like Mayuri: not particularly strong, and yet invincible. With his ability, I think he could beat opponents much stronger than him (as the other guards probably are). I'm assuming his Vollstandig would make him even deadlier than Lille, basing on the abilities they have displayed so far. 7 – Lille (X): If not for the fact that Pernida is nearly impossible to kill and that it didn't even use Vollstandig, Lille would have easily been number 4. 8 – Gerard (M): Same as Lille. I think his letter grants him some crazy power boost, but for the moment, he stays here.

9 – Buzz Bee (H): Crazy strong, no doubt. 10 – Mask (S): He mopped the floor with two Captains, true, but since Buzz Bee (I prefer this name, sorry) managed to hold his own against the powered-up Shinigami whereas he completely lost to Renji, I think the difference in strength is pretty clear. 11 – As (F): Wish I could rank him higher, but... If Kubo wasn't so misogynous, he would have lost against Rukia even without Byakuya's intervention. 12 – Bambietta (E): Wasn't she said to possess the most destructive Vollstandig? Anyway, not exactlybright, but she is moderately strong. 13 – Liltotto (G): The one that most will probably criticize. Yes, she is my favourite Sternritter, or at least holds a solid spot in my top three, but I'm not overestimating her power. Basing on her own statement, she is stronger than Candice, NaNaNa and even Robert. I wish I could say she's even stronger than this, or that she'd proved beyond doubt that she's at Buzz Bee's level, but, alas. 14 – Quilge (J): I believe he is weaker than Liltotto. He had a hard time against Ichigo even before he was trained by the 0th Division. If his letter was effective against Quincy, though, I'd have given him a much higher rank.

15 – Nianzol (W): I'm assuming his power works with energy attacks, too. However, if not for his letter, he looks rather weak... and stupid. 16 – PePe (L) 17 – Giselle (Z): She (He?) is a bit of a jackal, and cannot turn stronger people in a zombie right of the batt, so, I guess she is kind of like a Joker, too. 18 – Cang (I) 19 – BG9 (K) 20 – Meninas (P): As Liltotto said, she is stronger than Robert, NaNaNa and Candice. 21 – Robert (N): I used to think he was much stronger, but following Liltotto's statement and his losing pretty quickly, I changed my mind. Actually, when he first attacked Kyoraku, he was avoided pretty easily, I guess the Captain was injured because he wasn't fighting seriouslt and Robert's power rose dramatically without notice. 22 – Candice (T)

23 – Driscoll (O): From this point onward (downward?) it is pretty difficult to make an evaluation, so do not take it too seriously. 24 – NaNaNa (U) 25 – Loyd (Y) 25.5 - Shaz (V?): Pretty random, I confess. 26 – Jerome (R): I'm pretty sure he and Berenice are the weakest Sternritter, as they were killed by Zaraki in one strike, whereas he couldn't even lay a finger on Royd. 27 – Berenice (Q)

So, what's your opinion? 