Superpowers Tier List
Superpower arguments are really arguments about what you would do with an unfair advantage. Twelve powers, unranked, judged on daily usefulness, disaster potential and what it would actually cost you. All twelve entries begin in Unranked, so the ordering is entirely yours: drag or tap into S–F, rename the rows, share the link or export a PNG.
Flight
Teleportation
Invisibility
Telepathy
Time Travel
Super Strength
Mind Control
Healing
Shapeshifting
Telekinesis
Immortality
Precognition0 of 12 items ranked.
Board saved automatically in this browser. Original.
How this board is built: the 12 tiles are an editorial starting set, not an official roster and not a published ranking — every entry waits in Unranked until you place it. Item tiles are original pictograms or two-letter emblems drawn for this site rather than character artwork, film stills or club logos, so nothing here is licensed material reused from a rights holder. Tiers you set are your own judgement.
What's included in this Superpowers board
The board arrives with all 12 entries present as tiles and none of them assigned to a tier. That is deliberate: a template that opens with a finished ranking only invites you to agree or disagree with whoever made it, whereas an empty ladder makes you commit to an ordering of your own. Drag a tile onto a row, or on a phone tap the tile and then the tier you want. You can add rows for extra categories, rename the standard ones, and remove any entry you do not recognise — a list you can defend is more useful than a long one you cannot.
How to rank this Superpowers board
Rank everyday usefulness first. Flight is fun for a week and then becomes a commute; healing is useful every single day. Then weigh how badly it could go wrong — powers with a failure mode that hurts other people belong lower, even if they are stronger. Third, judge what it does to your life. Immortality sounds excellent until you think about everyone else, and shapeshifting sounds better than it is once identity stops meaning anything. Finish by separating personal use from world-scale use. A power that is wonderful privately and catastrophic publicly is a different ranking, and the most interesting boards show both.
Using the board without over-thinking it
Most people finish a board like this in a couple of minutes and then reorder the middle rows for another ten. That middle is where the honest disagreement lives, so do not rush it: place the obvious top three and the obvious bottom three first, then work inward. If two entries still feel identical, that is a real observation — say so in a row note or a text tile rather than inventing a difference. When the ordering settles, export the PNG so the arrangement is saved somewhere permanent, and copy the share link if you want someone else to argue with it.
Ranking criteria used here
- everyday usefulness
- how badly it could go wrong
- how it would change your life
Before you share it
Put your criterion in the board title, so a reader knows whether they are looking at a favourites list or an analytical one. If the subject changes with patches, seasons or releases, add the date. And remember the share link carries tier names, colours and the tile order — uploaded photos stay on your device, so export a PNG when those matter.
All 12 items in this template
Back to the boardFlightTeleportationInvisibilityTelepathyTime TravelSuper StrengthMind ControlHealingShapeshiftingTelekinesisImmortalityPrecognitionSuperpowers tier list FAQ
Are we ranking combat or daily life?
Daily life by default, because most of us are not in a comic. Say so in the title if you want the fighting version.
Where does time travel belong?
Usually high on power and low on safety. Rank it on usefulness and then note that it breaks every rule on the board.
