Strikeborn Tier List
Free to play · 2 ranked kits · 2 unranked slotsAn honest Strikeborn tier list is short: the current build has exactly 2 finished characters, so they share S-tier by default — there is nothing else finished to rank them against. The two remaining select-screen slots are not complete kits, and this list deliberately refuses to rank them: D-tier still means "a real character who lost", and a slot with no full kit is not a character yet. Gon took a step forward in v0.2.0 (a real base move, Janken Scissors, with 3 variants), but one skill is not a kit. That also means a Strikeborn "tier list" is really a starter-pick decision — which complete kit fits your device and your hands.
S-tier — the complete kits
Guts — Black Swordsman
The complete greatsword kit with the longest M1s in the build, a named command grab (Carnage Grip), the Devastation awakening move added in v0.2.0, air variants on two skill slots, and the look-down kick tech — the reason the cliff screenshots look like a real game.
Higher than Yuji (timing and camera control) · Best on PC with shift lock S-tier · Vessel Sorcerer · Jujutsu KaisenYuji — Vessel Sorcerer
The complete fist kit and the default way to learn Strikeborn's air game — quicker M1s than the greatsword, a kick that doubles as a counter, and air follow-ups that turn one mistake into a full juggle.
Lowest among complete characters · Best on Mobile and PCUnranked — not complete yet
Gon — the unfinished slot
The Gon slot is the fourth portrait on the select screen and still not a complete kit — but it is moving: the v0.2.0 update added his first real base move, Janken Scissors, with 3 variants. One skill does not make a character, so the slot stays unranked and unreviewed for now.
Not a finished character — see the character page for status Unranked · M1-only portraitJinchuriki — the Naruto slot
The Jinchuriki slot on the character select screen is a portrait you can click, not a kit you can main. It still plays as an M1-only dummy with no skill bar, no air layer and no ultimate — the v0.2.0 update added a skill to Gon but nothing for this slot.
Not a finished character — see the character page for statusBest starter pick by device
Pick Yuji if…
- You play mobile, or you have never labbed a slow heavy in a battlegrounds game.
- You want the fastest path into air combos — quicker M1s mean uppercut converts happen more often.
- You like counter buttons: his kick works as both a swing and a counter.
Pick Guts if…
- You play PC with shift lock and you enjoy spacing more than scrambling.
- You want the kit creators are already inventing named tech for (look-down kick, air slot 4, Carnage Grip).
- You think a greatsword on a cliff is the entire aesthetic pitch of the game — and you are correct.
Controller
Yuji first unless you already play heavies in other fighters — dead zones eat Guts' uppercuts. Flatten the stick during the M1 string.
How this list will grow
When a third complete character ships, this page adds a third S-tier branch the same day the kit is verifiable — the unfinished slots will graduate to real rows only when they become real characters. Until then: Yuji or Guts, everything else is in progress. Depth for both picks lives in the combat guide and the Yuji / Guts character pages, and the Free to Play guide covers the age gate and join fixes before you queue up on Roblox.