(Edit: April 25, updating my top e-rank regular list)
In the recent chapters, SIU has been mentioning that certain regulars are in top of e-ranks:
Androssi was in the tournament finals, Ran is probably top 5, Novik is probably top 10 , Chang is a top 5 fisherman
In chapter 40 (season 2) SIU also mentions that this arc will be strongly focused on battles between regulars’ battles. So, let's make a top ranking of our own, and see how closely it matches’ SIU’s ranking when the fights start:
The possible contenders. Note: If you think there are still other regulars that we haven’t seen in the top ranks, then leave some ranks as ???
Androssi
Anak
Ran
Hatsu
Rak
Novik
Akryung
Chang
Quaetro
Laure
Koon Agero Agnis
Cassano
Reflejo
Verdi: octopus girl in Leesoo's team
These 3 are also strong, but they were not ranked when the others were ranked, so if you want to rank them, rank them using ‘.5’, for example I think Baam is the strongest so his rank is "0.5", and Horyang is between rank 2 and 3, so his rank is “2.5”
Baam
Horyang
Yihwa
Please give some reasons for your rankings:
For example, my ranking would be something like this:
0.5 Baam: 5 baangs, ranker level techniques, supreme shinsoo resistance, powerful enough to freeze even a ranker (with 2 rooms) 2 years ago (Baam is probably quite a bit more powerful now).
1 Anak: Anak beat Androssi in the tournament finals; Androssi was impressed by her talent when they fought back in season 1, Ren was also impressed that Anak ignited Green April,
Note: when Koon's weaker teammates said that Ran is probably one of the top 5 e-rank regulars (chapter 25), they should know that Androssi, Anak, the DOTRA, and Hatsu are in the rankings, out of these 5, the most likely person that beat Androssi is Anak (I'll explain why below)
2 Androssi: she was in tournament finals, but she probably wasn’t the winner.
3 Hatsu: he is very famous; every strong person wants to fight the DOTRA who beat him: Baam (when he thought Rapdevil beat Hatsu), Ran, Novik, in chapter 48, Aguero also says that he would be satisfied with his team if his team can beat DOTRA, meaning that Ran (who is ranked in the top 5) is probably weaker than Hatsu. Even though he fought on par with Anak in season 1, I don't think his growth rate is as amazing as Anak's, so unlike Anak, I don't think he has become strong enough to beat Androssi in the tournament,
(he'll probably never surpass Androssi, but I don't want to jinx his chances yet).
4 Cassano: I don't think that Hatsu has beaten Cassano yet, but I do think Hatsu is stronger overall. From chapter 61 (season 2), I get the feeling that Cassano only beat Hatsu because Cassano is Hatsu's natural weakness: i.e. even though Hatsu's other abilities are better than Cassano's, Cassano's high defence (being a human weapon) > Hatsu's weak attack power.
4.5 Horyang: I've ranked Horyang and Cassano’s fighting ability as similar / equal because both of them were able to fight with Ran and Novik at the same time- Cassano took Ran's sword of light attack head-on and still had enough strength to punch through Horyang, Horyang dodged Ran's sword of light.
5 Ran, he isn't as famous as Anak and Hatsu (Edin Dan has never heard of him). His recent fights have not been that impressive because he is not even able to win two on one.
Ran & Novik vs Cassano: Ran thinks that he has killed Cassano, he is clearly wrong
Ran & Novik vs Horyang: Horyang fought on par with them (until he was back stabbed) so their fight was a tie
6 Koon Aguero Agnis: Because of his high level / expensive equipment, I'd say he is around rank 6. I get the feeliing that Aguero's high level equipment is one of the reasons that Chang can't beat him.
If he doesn’t have that high level equipment, I’d say he is around rank 9. Note: even with his armor, Agero is still vulnerable to head shots so, unlike in RPGs, Agero's armor isn't OP.
7 Chang: he is a top 5 fisherman, Anak and Androssi are probably top, so I’d say he is the number 4 fisherman (below Ran). Since Aguero states that Chang can't beat him, I evaluate Chang as being weaker than Aguero.
Even after seeing Baam use 5 baangs to beat Quaetro instantly, he seems to think that he has a chance against Baam. Chang is probably overconfident because he hasn’t even seen Baam’s ranker level techniques yet, but a calculating person like Chang must be able to back up his confidence somehow (i.e.: if Baam doesn’t have ranker level techniques, Chang might be able to put up a good fight).
7.5 Yihwa: Baam acknowledged that even Rankers would have a hard time controlling her flames, so she might be powerful enough to be rank 4, but her lack of control lowers her ranking a bit,
8 Akryung: passing the spear-bearer test instantly, Androssi also seems to think that he is strong
9 Laure: he figured that he wouldn’t win and started to sleep, compared to Quaetro who controls 3 baangs on floor 28, he either controlled 2 baangs or was close to controlling 2 on floor 2 (flying and shooting a beam at Anak the same time). I expect Laure to have 4 or 5 rooms now.
He is not as famous as the others on his team (Anak, Androssi and Hatsu) because his teammates don’t bother to wake him up when he isn’t really needed, which is often because his team is just too strong.
10 Novik: He loses to everyone (except Edin Dan, but Edin Dan only has speed).
11 Rak: passing the spear-bearer test in 4 days with training. Rak's rank is more of my intuition than anything else.
12 Reflejo: I'm not fully convinced that Novik is weaker than him because Reflejo's 'eye' only intimidated Novik, it's possible that Reflejo is only better at close range fighting than Novik (hence why Novik backed away), but since Novik is a spearbearer (longer range), I'm betting Novik can beat him.
13 Quaetro: Novik and Ran acknowledged him as being one of the best wavecontrollers, but Agero’s team is below Androssi’s team, so they probably haven’t met Laure.
14 ~ 20 Verdi: she seemed to have defeated over 16 regulars (14 regulars lying face down + Prince and Miseng). Since she joined the S1 team- the strongest e-rank regular team aside from FUG, she is probably very high in the rankings.
This is mostly a thread to discuss/debate e-regular rankings. So, if you don't feel like posting a long list like mine, you can agree or disagree with my list/other lists, and explain why you think my list/other lists are right/wrong. When using evidence from Word of God (SIU's words), please back it up with a link.
Edited by fawn, 25 April 2013 - 08:48 AM.