Top 20 strongest Hunter X Hunter characters

Want to see what everyone else thinks:

From strongest to weakest:

1. 5 calamities (Except the disease Zobae)

2. Meruem post-rose

3. Gon in his adult form/Meruem pre-rose. (I think Gon is stronger, I just don’t want to have Meruem have two separate spots and the gap between the two isn’t that big)

4. Beyond Netero

5. Isaac Netero

6. Royal Guards

7. Maha Zoldyck

8. Ging Freecs

9. Chrollo Lucilfer

10. Pariston Hill (I think Botobai BTW will be here but he hasn’t done much so disregard this part if you don’t agree)

11. Silva Zoldyck

12. Zeno Zoldyck

13. Hisoka

14. Illumi

15. Killua

16. Feitan

17. Kite (Gon before his power-up should be here too)

18. Morel

19. Razor

20. Shalnark

Ignore the previous list, forgot Kurapika:

1. 5 calamities (Except the disease Zobae)

2. Meruem post-rose

3. Gon in his adult form/Meruem pre-rose. (I think Gon is stronger, I just don’t want to have Meruem have two separate spots and the gap between the two isn’t that big)

4. Beyond Netero

5. Isaac Netero

6. Royal Guards

7. Maha Zoldyck

8. Ging Freecs

9. Chrollo Lucilfer

10. Pariston Hill (I think Botobai BTW will be here but he hasn’t done much so disregard this part if you don’t agree)

11. Silva Zoldyck

12. Zeno Zoldyck

13. Hisoka

14. Illumi

15. Kurapika

16. Killua

17. Feitan

18. Kite (Gon before his power-up should be here too)

19. Morel

20. Razor

Adult Gon and the King were equal in power according to Pitou so they should be tied.

There is no evidence that current Maha is stronger than anyone on this list.

I don't see the reason why Chrollo is so above Silva when Chrollo was unable to kill Silva during their fight and vice versa.

Well he said post rose. And Pitou never met King after his temporary power up from eating his friends where he grew wings and stuff.

I thought he was weakened after the rose since it poisoned him. All he got from his guards were new abilities from what I saw.

In the anime atleast, Knuckle and them were under the impression his power increased his nen being stronger and stuff.

Just that his life span was still shortened

I don't remember that, but I don't remember that not happening either.

Also what has Pariston and Ging done that has put them above Silva, Zeno and many of the others?

It is extremely hard to gauge power differences and "tiers" in the HxH world due to either lack of feats, and the fact that Nen comparison isn't anything close to something like Power Level comparison. Every battle is mostly a battle of circumstance and rarely does someone win just because they are more powerful. Weaker people win, or disadvantaged people win because the other person is stupid example being Cheetu vs Morel.

Matter of fact I would put Silva above the royal guards. A self knowledgeable Youpi would probably be his most dangerous opponent. Knowing is usually half of the battle in Hunter x Hunter.

Post-rose Meruem is stronger than his pre-rose self, it outright says he grew in strength. The Poison was only hampering him later on, in the beginning he gained much faster speed and his Nen blasts where his strongest attack see. Pariston and Ging are up there cause Hype, Ging is specifically said to be in the top 5 strongest Nen users in the world according to Netero, Pariston is implied to be just below him. And why do you think Silva is above the Guards? He and Zeno are like on-par, I think Silva is a bit stronger than him but either than that the difference shouldn't e too high. Zeno said that compared to Netero he was nothing to him in fighting capability. Netero said he was below Pitou before his training, and even after the first part of it he still wouldn't have taken a Royal Guard according to Colt.

It wasn't until the final part of Netero's training was he able to hit a Guard and send him flying, don't think Silva would be able to do that if Zeno who's below pre-training Netero says he's a baby to him and pre-training Netero is below Pitou. Also I think Killua with Kanmuru should be in the top 10, probably on the 10 spot itself. I can't see really anyone being able to take on a barrage of his hits and no one can really touch him, the only reason why I would have Ging and Chrollo above him is because they could adapt to it. Maha I have him up there because it said he was able to take on Netero and couldn't kill him, implying he's below Netero.

Originally posted by The Merchant
Post-rose Meruem is stronger than his pre-rose self, it outright says he grew in strength. The Poison was only hampering him later on, in the beginning he gained much faster speed and his Nen blasts where his strongest attack see. Pariston and Ging are up there cause Hype, Ging is specifically said to be in the top 5 strongest Nen users in the world according to Netero, Pariston is implied to be just below him. And why do you think Silva is above the Guards? He and Zeno are like on-par, I think Silva is a bit stronger than him but either than that the difference shouldn't e too high. Zeno said that compared to Netero he was nothing to him in fighting capability. Netero said he was below Pitou before his training, and even after the first part of it he still wouldn't have taken a Royal Guard according to Colt.

Since when were Colt's words equivalent to fact? Netero would kill ANY guard. Pitou was no match for him and there's nothing that proves that he couldn't do it. Netero still had his hatsu before coming out of the room.

Silva is slightly above Zeno but Chrollo can beat and kill Zeno but he can't kill Silva? You have Chrollo two spots above Silva when he couldn't even kill Silva. That Maha/Netero fight has never been seen, there's nothing that says that Netero was the better one, or that Maha was the weaker one. Zeno says that Netero is the only one who has fought him and SURVIVED. That doesn't imply that Netero beat him or that Maha was weaker.

Also what's the reason to put Feitan over the rest of the Spiders?

HxH battles are rarely about overall power and more about circumstance, that is why it is hard to rank people. Just because A>B and B>C doesn't meant that A>C.

Also, Netero didn't train at all in that room that Knov made. He was spending that time to test the ants capabilities and potential. He wasn't using them to train himself since he could one shot all of them.

Originally posted by Wei Phoenix
Also, Netero didn't train at all in that room that Knov made. He was spending that time to test the ants capabilities and potential. He wasn't using them to train himself since he could one shot all of them.

Originally posted by Wei Phoenix
Also, Netero didn't train at all in that room that Knov made. He was spending that time to test the ants capabilities and potential. He wasn't using them to train himself since he could one shot all of them.

I was referring to Netero BEFORE his training, which we have no reason to doubt his and Colt's words. After his training and Meditation was when he was getting close to his prime again.

Yes he was using Knov's room for training, he even said he was getting back in shape before the finale battle. After that Colt evaluated his aura and Colt said he still wasn't a match for a Guard. Even if you want to say Colt didn't see Netero's Hatsu, he also never saw the Guards Hatsu's either, he only felt Pitou's En and that's pretty much it. In fact he never even saw them unleash their Aura's like how Netero did for him. Then he did his Meditation for the remaining time-period he had before the final battle. Pre-training Netero is below the Guards, Post is above them.

We have evidence that Netero won that fight and is stronger than Maha: First, the fact that Netero is still alive says he was able to hold his own in a fight. Zoldyck's always kill their contracts even if they don't want to unless an outside circumstance happens that stops them from completing the job. 2nd, Netero's personality isn't the kind to run away as we've seen with the Meruem fight. He even goes on about how bored he was since he always beats his opponents and lets them have the first move. And finally even after the fight Neter was still considered the strongest Nen User in the world.

Feitan's Rising Sun according to Phinks almost killed the whole Troupe once lol.

Never said they did hun.

I actually have a new List, I re-read certain parts of HXH and here's my new one:

0:Five Calamaties
1.Post-nuke Meruem
2.Adult Gon/Pre-Nuke Meruem
3.Isaac Netero
4.Royal Guards
5.Beyond Netero
6.Maha Zoldyck
7.Ging Freecs
8.Chrollo Lucilfer/Pariston Hill
9.Silva Zoldyck
10.Zeno Zoldyck
11.Killua with Kanmuru
12.Kite
13.Hisoka
14.Illumi
15.Kurapika
16.Feitan
17.Shalnark Auto-pilot
18.Bonolenov
19.Uvogin
20.Razor.

He was testing the resolve of the ants, easily beating them. Netero was even said to have a quiet aura and you're not supposed to be able to just sense how strong and amazing he is.

What evidence says that?

Yes, I agree that he was able to survive because he is alive.

First you have to prove that Netero was the target of an assassination. Prove that he was Maha's target and not his ally or simple acquaintance.

Second you have to prove that even if he was a target that there was no outside circumstance stopping Maha from killing him like the original contractor died so there was no one to pay him even if he succeeded.

I never said he ran away, I'm not saying he ran away. What I'm saying is that we have no evidence or context to their battle, you can't say that it is a fact that they fought to kill, no evidence to say that they fought just to spar, no evidence to say that Maha was even the initiator to the fight.

Yes, it would've killed them. Uvogine can kill the entire troupe if he hit them, Shalnark could kill the whole group, Feitan, Frankie, Phinks, Bonolenov as well. They all have the potential to kill each other. I even believe that the fight would've been over a lot sooner if certain ants reached her first.