Okay – let’s, once again, define what powerful means to me.
I still think it’s a combination of durability, intelligence, physical strength and abilities.
So with durability it’s - how hard is it to kill?
Can you stab it?
If you stab it, does it heal?
How quickly does it heal?
That’s durability.
For my most powerful character list – an individuals intelligence was a determining
factor.
But for this list where I’m looking at creatures NOT as individuals but as an entire class
- physical strength is more important because
most creatures display at least average intelligence.
I’m still looking at overall intelligence for the type of creature and there are some
on the show that appear to lack individual intelligence all together.
Specifically the Oni, Berserkers and the Ghost Riders are either dumb muscle or forces of
nature who fulfill their purpose without free will.
There were exceptions to this.
The ghost riders pretending to be the little boy in Canaan and Claudia Stilinski did show
signs of individuality and intelligence but it’s unclear if this was them or just the
memories of the real people impressed upon them.
Overall though, these henchmen don’t count on this list.
If I were doing a separate list of just the henchmen then Ghost Riders would be the most
powerful.
Super strength, cool weapons, and a neat little pocket universe where they can throw whoever
they’re up against - means they’re the most powerful henchmen.
Wait, what was I doing?
Oh yeah the traits that make you powerful, physical strength.
This will piss some people off.
If we’re talking about creatures on this show then Werewolves are the base line.
All the other creatures are either physically stronger or physically weaker than the werewolves.
This means all the other creatures will be either more powerful or less powerful than
the werewolves on my list
Again we have exceptions.
The beast and Peter Season 1 were very strong werewolves but they were both insane.
One was killed twice by a sharp stick.
The other, at the height of his strength, was brought down by teenagers with flammable
liquids.
Yeah – so, not very durable or intelligent so they’re not good examples of powerful
creatures.
Anyway – the werewolf is the baseline for strength and overall power.
Everything either ranks above or below werewolves.
Next we have special abilities.
Controlling natural forces like Jennifer Blake would give you a high abilities score.
She’s not on this list because there was only one Darach and she wasn’t a creature
in the traditional sense, just a human with special skills.
Anyway – if you’re a banshee with a scream that can split a skull or a nogitsune who
can recreate a full Japanese garden in a high school hallway – you rate high on my Abilities
scale.
What else – oh yeah, none of this applies to the chimera.
They were manufactured creatures and none of them was ever stable enough to survive
on their own with the exception of Theo and Corey.
So they don’t rate as creatures for my purposes here.
Okay, that’s the criteria and here we go.
The most powerful creatures presented on Teen Wolf were spirit forms.
The one that showed off the most potential in all categories is nogitsune.
It can’t be killed and it is highly intelligent except for it’s addiction to creating a
spectacle and chaos. Derek: Get down!
It’s stronger than a werewolf in at least one scene and has the ability to confuse with
illusion and control other beings with houseflies.
It is by far the most powerful type of creature on the show.
Next is the hellhound.
Again, impossible to kill.
A hellhound will ride a host like Parrish until the Parrish body is destroyed – it
will then return to the wild hunt until it needs to find another host.
It’s as strong as the strongest werewolves we saw on the show and it can generate fire
and burn through mountain ash.
In all categories – the hellhound spirit form is powerful.
At number three is the Kitsune.
Again, they ride a host.
They’re more closely connected than hellhounds but the spirit and the person are apparently
not the same thing.
It would be logical that the spirit would go on existing after the individual dies.
Even if that were not the case, they are incredibly
long-lived and have a range of abilities from
summoning Oni to Kira’s lightning generation that managed to trap the Wild Hunt and almost
kill an alpha werewolf.
The spirit forms are the most powerful creatures on Teen Wolf mainly because they’re indestructible
and a long life gives you a chance to gain a lot of intelligence but they also come with
neat superpowers.
They were often saddled with inexperienced or unskilled hosts but overall, as a class,
they win.
I’m placing the werejaguar next in line merely because of that magical Aztec temple stuff.
Physically, this creature appears to be equal to werewolves but if you can use ancient magic
to de-age somebody and also create berserkers who do your bidding, you’ve got something
under the hood that other creatures can’t match.
They’re not the most powerful, because it appears that, once you’re away from your
temple and your bodyguards, you’re just another person with fangs and claws - but
those main tricks are impressive.
Next comes the Kanima.
This is a tough call for me because a pure Kanima is dumb as a box of rocks.
But the fact remains that it cannot be killed by anything we saw thrown at it on the show.
The human can die but once it’s in full Kanima form, it’s apparently indestructible.
It’s not smart as I said, but the combination of venom, tail and physical strength make
it a very powerful creature.
Now we get to the Werewolves and Werecoyotes.
There are differences between individuals but as species, they’re too similar to differentiate.
They have a healing factor so they’re durable.
Overall, the automatic animal instincts add to their intelligence and they all get added
strength from their animal side.
In this universe they’re squarely in the middle.
I did a video a while back to explain why the boost one gets from becoming a werewolf
is the same for everybody.
The only differences in strength or abilities come from the individual.
If they were a body builder with lots of years of werewolf experience, they’re going to
be more powerful than the string bean novice werewolf.
I mean, just look at this absolute unit.
Werewolf: I guess negotiations are over.
He is going to tear through a twink like Isaac with barely any effort.
But werewolves, on the whole, are all the same.
Now we get into creatures that are weaker and less powerful than werewolves.
Wendigo rank just below only due to their inability to control their appetite.
Sean: I'm just so hungry.
There’s also the fact that a guy with an ax was able to take out a whole family, which,
judging by their refrigerator, included two, very skilled adults.
And then Deaton was able to overpower one all by himself.
Sean got the best of Scott up on the roof but an individual show of strength doesn’t
change my thinking that they’re weaker than werewolves on the whole.
Plus, that thing where they need a constant supply of humans to eat is a major weakness
for survival and therefore harms durability in this universe.
Below wendigo we find the Anuk-Ite.
I’m struggling with this one.
It seems to be a one-of-a-kind creature.
It’s the Anuk-Ite, not an Anuk-Ite.
But if I don’t include it, there will be complaints so here it is.
I rank it weaker than werewolves for a couple of reasons.
It’s physicality, once it finally combined into one creature just seemed weak and pitiful.
Reinforcing that impression is the fact that it’s two major abilities are both designed
to stop any attacker from getting too close.
It broadcasts fear and revulsion which overwhelms most humans and also effects supernaturals.
It can also turn other creatures to stone with a purposeful glance.
Both of these signal to me that this creature is constantly terrified and wants nothing
more than to hide away.
When we’re introduced to the Anuki-Ite it has finally, after more than a hundred years,
managed to escape the Wild Hunt and has no body.
It’s also in two parts which is a further weakness or maybe that’s a strength if your
only desire is to hide.
The creature can’t be truly destroyed like the other spirit forms but it also needs a
full body to survive in the world, so in that way it’s weaker than nogitsune or hellhound
who can just retreat to different forms.
So yeah, this creature has some bomb abilities but they’re completely defensive either
to keep people away completely or stop them from attacking.
It’s ability to project illusion is designed to scare opponents into leaving it alone.
Now, the effect of it’s defensive abilities on people makes it too dangerous to just run
around unchecked. But it’s really just a scared little skinned weasel that want’s
you to go away.
We’re now up to Banshee.
While I believe their precognitive abilities mean they’re naturally more intelligent
they are also often brought to the edge of madness by that power.
Yes, their screams can tear down foundations of stone and steel and split a human skull
but the whole thing with being driven mad by your abilities trumps all that.
We’ve seen how high a Banshee can rise with the proper physical and mental training.
We’ve also seen the opposite, a brilliant young woman reduced to a psychotic break by
powers she didn’t understand.
Overall, this knife’s edge of sanity that Banshee must dance on is too unpredictable
to rate them higher as a group.