DNF Duel Character Tier List

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Tier lists are ever popular, nearly always controversial, and for good reason. They touch on the overall strength of all characters in a fighting game, as well as each individual character's strength compared to the others. With so many people loving their own characters and hating everyone else’s, things are bound to get heated.

DNF Duel is no exception. In fact, the character strength is even higher than most other fighting games, with many characters having full-screen normals or specials (or nearly full-screen), being able to create tons of plus frames to harass and pressure opponents, and passive Awakening abilities that can crank things up to 10.

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This tier list will cover each character available in the 1.0 version of DNF Duel, including Lost Warrior, the secret character that can be unlocked by completing Story Mode with any other character (don’t worry, Story Mode can be completed in around 30-45 minutes with around six fights).

Some important notes: The names of each tier matter. A game with higher overall character strength and a smaller difference in individual character power will have tiers like SSS, SS, S, S-, and so on, while games with a wide gap between the strongest and weakest will have tiers like S, A, B, C, and even D. A character in the S tier or A tier is very good, even if there are 20 or more characters higher than them. More than anything else, tier lists are a fun conversation starter that can tell you which characters have strong win conditions and