There were a lot of fights in Part 3.
The team faced many threats in this journey, but how tough were these stand users?
That's what we're going to look into today.
I will rank them by the stand's overall strength and how practical they are.
Araki makes conflict be more than just the issue at hand.
The surrounding problems also make up for why someone would be so strong.
But let's get into this with the weakest.
[E-Tier] Starting with E-tier, we have Oingo's Khnum.
The ability to alter his appearance.
That's it.
The power doesn't even change his clothes.
Khnum's transfiguration is not a fighting ability.
It's a moderately good disguise to hopefully get you out of a fight with the wrong people.
And when considering the strength of the stand users of the world, everyone is the wrong
person when you have something this weak.
Next, Arabia Fat's "The Sun."
Now, I'm going to say this one goes in a group of stands that would work better with another
user assisting them.
But, as it goes right now, The Sun is terrible in 1v1 situations.
It is especially considering that Arabia Fatts doesn't have an immunity to his power.
So without precautions and an immunity, The Sun earns its spot in this wack-ass tier.
[D-Tier] Now we have D-Tier.
The D stands for "Damn, that's a lot of characters."
We'll try to summarize each character in about 2-3 sentences.
First is Devo's Ebony Devil.
It banks on him getting hurt first and staying alive.
Even if you did get this ability off, a neutral environment would keep this from working.
Very impractical.
Nena's Empress is another stand with start-up lag.
Again, don't bother trying if you need help in a fight; you have already lost.
Next is Steely Dan and his stand, Lovers.
While its ability is good in a frenzy, Steely Dan is not one of the characters who can fight
with the others.
You don't need to be Star Platinum to smoke this guy in a 1v1.
Next to the party is Daniel J. D'Arby.
If it isn't a game, then he ain't playing.
His combat potential is a joke, so I promise you, he's another one to get smoked.
Justice is here to join in the ring, but without anything.
Your chances are as good as the next if you have nothing to fake or possess.
Strength can bind itself to a ship, bro.
So what are we doing with this?
Yeah, I can give you the scenario that "Oh hey, what if it does have a ship in the middle
of nowhere."
But that's so dumb.
I hate this.
Move this down to E tier too.
Mannish Boy and Death 13 aren't about to do anything.
So as long as you stay awake, the dub is yours for you to take.
Dark Blue Moon isn't doing anything anytime soon.
It could be a slaughter if you were in the water, but since you're not, hands are all
he's got.
Don't talk to me about this stand regarding J. Geil and "Hanged Man."
I don't have a rhyme for this.
The character is not someone I think would have a good chance against other villains
here.
Sethan and Alessi would work better if Alessi were a more competent user.
With that in mind, you have a weak user and a stand with no offensive options.
So the result is that he gets smacked out of the ring.
I wouldn't even bother with Judgement considering that this is going off how well they'd fare
in this 1v1 scenario.
[C-Tier] So, C-Tier here is a bit more conditional.
And what I mean by that is that it's based on your beliefs.
So, there's Mariah and T. D'Arby.
Mariah, in most cases, is also a part of the D-Tier.
So, it's very easy to do it.
But, if you're some of the people that think of Mariah using HFTF, that's on the table.
Personally, I don't, but that would also be hilarious and an immediate spot in
the C-Tier if that was the case.
As for Telence T. D'Arby, this is based on how you register the interaction against Star
Platinum.
If you believe that Atum might have the speed to be considered a good combat stand, then
the C-Tier placement here would make sense.
There's also Wheel of Fortune, but I think he's C-Tier.
They did a pretty good job against the Crusaders, and I believe in a 1v1 situation, they could
take it over a lot of stands out here.
[B-Tier] Before we have B-Tier, we'll have B to C-minus
for Tower of Gray in specific.
The speed and power of the stand are great, but the only defense it has is its speed.
So the characters ahead of Tower of Gray would most likely be able to deal with this stand.
"With not much difficulty to it either.
Oh, haha, hehe, hoho, you can't hit Tower of Gray."
And then you smoke Gray Fly because how would he even be able to protect himself.
Now, let's move on to B-Tier.
Anubis has shown itself to be a formidable opponent when present with an active user.
Possessing a random farmer like Chaka turned him into someone that was able to give Polnareff
a lot of push.
I think that's more than enough for a B-Tier spot.
Anubis would probably be an S-Tier stand if we consider the Polnareff Anubis combo, but
let's not.
You're only as good as your weakest user.
Or, well, something
like that.
Behind Anubis, I'll put Rubber Soul and Horse.
Rubber Soul still has a great defense, even without assimilating anything in this 1v1
scenario.
In addition to that, they can attempt to absorb the person they're fighting.
Hol Horse, with the combination of homing bullets, point-blank summons, and plot armor,
I think he'd do a great job against many of these characters.
[A-Tier]
Now we're up to A-Tier.
The next character here is Midler and High Priestess.
With the ability to possess inorganic matter, not only can High Priestess do a great job
leveling the playing field.
They can become the playing field.
Midler had done a fantastic job against the Crusaders.
I think this is an incredible powerhouse of a stand.
Alongside Midler, we've got N'Doul.
Some of the best range in the franchise with the combination of power, speed, and enhanced
hearing.
Without the help of Iggy, you can imagine that the Crusaders might not make it out of
that situation.
I'd put N'Doul higher if that were an option, but unfortunately, there's Pet Shop.
Not only are they broken in Heritage for the Future, but they're also a fantastic stand
and user in the anime.
These air icicles are unpunishable.
If you're not getting out of the way or able to hide underground, you're a sitting duck.
That's unfortunate, but the game is the game.
[S-Tier]
And finally, aside from the Dio tier, we have Vanilla Ice in the S-Tier spot.
Now here's the thing: to confuse those who clicked here, we will show visuals of other
stand users while talking about Vanilla Ice.
So, besides the glaring flaw of getting so into his head that it affects his fighting,
I'd say that Vanilla Ice is easily the strongest minor villain in Stardust Crusaders.
For the most part, he's a great assassin and would clear everyone below him, without a
doubt.
Considering that he works under Dio because of his loyalty says something else too.
Imagine if he wanted to attack Dio with him inside of the void.
Aside from maneuvering around with Time Stop, he'd most likely be able to apply a lot of
pressure against him.
I think you could take it a step further and say that Vanilla Ice could most likely perform
exceptionally well even if you dropped him into any other part.
His "stand" is legitimately that powerful.
Oh, you must've thought we we're done?
Well, guess what.
It's time for the X-tier.
A tier that's meant for only the most broken of the broken and snapped of the most snapped.
You may be surprised to see these results.
It's Dio, and Kenny G because of his name.
Godspeed everyone!