My Tierlist

[BigScug A.K.A Heroic Mr. Piss]

BE WARNED: I am not a great player. I quit the game around when dark mirror launched and have only come back a few days ago. Played a bit of DM0 but the enemies were too tanky, and because of my carpal tunnel, one or two rooms in i would have to quit. Therefore this is a non dark mirror tierlist.
Looks and fun are entirely subjective, but the other 3 are more objective.
If you don't like the list, fine. I don't really care as long as people are not mean about it.
If you disagree with a skul then i request it to be in the format i have the ratings in.
And finally IF YOU ARE NEW TO SKUL, DO NOT TAKE THIS LIST AS FACT. I HAVE SOME VERY BASIC INFO, BUT IT MAY BE OUTDATED, WRONG, OR BIASED (such as my champion rating) The only tier the newbies should actually care about is the Ease of use tier. That is the only valuable tier IMO.

Based on Looks, Fun, Ease of use, Boss killing, Room to room (in that order)It will be legendary focused, but will reference previous tiers here and there.
Carleon Commander. A tier
B. sword is mid but the blue is beautiful, i like all the sheaths on him though. Abilities are fine.
A. the summoner style is fun.
S. Pretty simple, set and forget.
B. Depends on the summons.
A. Set and forget allows him to be all over the room.

Elder Ent. C. tier (may update with another run)
C. I like the birds. That's it.
F. I don't use it enough to rate fairly, but i don't like the style honestly (may update after another run)
B. Pre legendary it's kind of rough to use.
C. Also very boss dependent, but can be very good vs 3rd and 4th.
B. Nice aoe.

Saviour. A tier,
B. The huge coffin is great. The rest is meh. I like how he alters the entire room.
S. I like the summoner style, and power is my favorite type.
A. Power is harder to wield for most so i'll put it in A.
C. Best for the adventurers. Kind of rough for all but 3rd boss though.
A. Nice AOE.

Sage. B tier.
F. Hat is too big. Unique was perfection though. Abilities are boring.
A. I like having to build mana at every opening for the burst. It's fun.
D. very rough pre legendary.
A. Good for all bosses.
B. Not much to say, pretty alright.

Outlaw. C tier.
F. garbage first 3 tiers, Legendary is boring. Abilities are whatever.
C. Bland speed skull.
S. Easy.
C. Unique is way better for it
B. neutral

Pikeman Captain. C tier.
C. Too ghostly, the spear is ugly.
C. Holding down on my dash button the whole time gets boring.
C. I use the Forward X! abilities. you lose invulnerability, so you have to put some effort to dodge. I build for midair and dashing.
B. Fine.
A. Speedy.

Guardian Commander. B tier.
D. The shield is superglued to his hand, weird when turning. Big head. pancake shoulders, abilities are fine.
B. Parries are cool, attack is clunky garbage. Being so tanky is a plus.
A. Tanky, top tier swap skill. Basic attack sucks.
C. You outlast them.
F. Slow.

Royal Guard Captain S with bleeding 4, C or B without it.
C. Too demonic. Not using a flamberge is a waste. ON FIRE?!??!?!?!?!?
B. Needs bleeding 4 to be fun.
S. Simple and very high damage.
S. high damage.
B. Medium range.

Overlord. B is for boring.
B. B is for boring.
D. Pretty unfun.
C. Annoying to use,
B. okay.
A. Great AOE. Being speed is a plus

Eternal Werewolf. B tier.
A. I like the progression. The spirit is very sick. I actually like the green.
C. Constant movement is fun, but the dash is.... Terrible imo. Skills are boring, but effective.
B. Dash is rough and movement speed is veeeery high. High up because it uses both magic and physical.
B. Hit and run style is good for most bosses.
A. AOE is quite good. Super fast.

Thunderlord. N/A
S. Cool hammer.
Didn't use enough, just not a big fan.

Demi god. B tier.
C. Boring.
S. I love parries.
C. Parries are not for everyone.
S. Easy back and forth.
B. AOE is fine.

Overall the common skulls are nifty, but have some i really dislike. On to the rare skuls.

Dark Alchemist. A tier.
B. tier 1 is amazing. I like the enemy turned ally skuls.
C. Passive heavy (i use a stun build most of the time, so low damage)
S. Build variety is high. Very safe.
S. Stun build crushes all the bosses, even at tier 1.
B. Nothing to say.

Joker. B tier.
F. Gross after tier 1.
B. Boring, but for a speed skul it's not too bad.
A. Jump attack is rough, but abilities are easy to use, nice basic attack, and it CAN be used for both physical and magic (Don't use magic though tbh.)
B. Fine.
A. Nice AOE. Speed is a plus.

Frozen Soul. S tier.
F. SOOOO BORING, no real change between 1 and 2.
C. Boring tbh. I hate the look so i don't use much though.
S. Very safe.
S. Good damage and CC
S. Good AOE and CC.

Golden Gargoyle. B tier.
B. Good design, not much change though.
B. Chill gameplay.
B. Complex to use, but easy building and game plan, very safe
B. Odd angle so safe vs most attacks
B. Chilling.

Magnifico. S tier. (higher than i thought it would be ngl, but he has amazing defensive power)
C. 1&2 suck, 3 is passable.
S.Parries are cool.
S. Very safe, Magic and physical builds are possible (kinda). Constant attacks with the dash.
S. Safe, huge attack-boxes.
B. Fine amount of AOE.

Ghoooooul. PERFECT S!!!!! Strong and very easy to use.
S. May be bland, but he is so insanely huge. He just is a BOSS.
S. His grapple hook is nice to use, He's so big.
S, Tanky, huge, very mobile for no reason. VERY good damage. Simple.
S. He is the BOSS.
S. Big, fast, strong.

Sniper. B tier.
A. Outlaw but cooler
C. Boring. CHARGE SHOT!!! CHARGE SHOT!!!! CHARGE SHOT!!!
A. Easy to use, amazing AOE, one of the safest Skuls. NEEDS concentration, but is physical only, so you may need to rock a magic item for that sweet 40% speed.
B. Bosses are big so they just eat all the arrows. big damage.
B. Slow but safe.

Minotaurus III. N/A.
F. Ugly.
Not enough use.

Revived Ancient Mummy. Almost a PERFECT A!
N/A. No change, such a waste.
A. Cool.
A. basic attack focused.
A. Depends.
A. Depends.

Nightmare. C tier. Hard to use
A. Cool. Minor change for tier 3. Abilities are all epic.
S. One of my favorite speed skuls. Ghost rider is sick.
D. Magic and physical, but very hard to pilot
B. Fast, so pretty safe, DOT is nice.
S. Built to speedrun rooms.

Demolitions Expert. S tier.
S. KABOOM!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHHAAHAHAHAH!!!!!
S. KABOOM!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHHAAHAHAHAH!!!!!
S. KABOOM!!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAA!!!!!
S. KABOOM!!!!!!! HAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHHAAHAH!!!!!
F. KABOOM!!!!!! HAHAHAHAHHAHHAAHAHAHAH!!!!!

Warlord. B tier.
B. tier 2 is epic, tier 3 is stupid looking.
S. I like parries, big damage.
C. Power skull, Long charge times, weak basic attack, same as sniper with concentration, but is pretty tanky with big AOE.
S. Boss killer.
A. Good AOE.

Poseidon. PERFECT S.
S. Maybe the best looking power skul.
S. Mindless basic attacking spawns countless waves. Fun.
S. Look above ^. Tanky. Great AOE.
S. Good for all but 1st boss.
S. AOE is so strong.

God of War. A tier.
B. Cool skills, but why red??? Ugly when paired with the green.
S. Huge attacks.
B. Huge attacks, safe, but the combo based gameplay might be annoying to some.
C. Combo based gameplay.
S. Big ole stick.

Overall I quite like the rare skuls. Water skul, Ghoul and Gargoyle are really cool in particular. Now for Unique

Devil Berserker. S tier.
A. Pink? Devil form is crap. Sword and armor is super cool though.
S. Crushes everything.
A. Easy to use, but some may be scared of burning through HP.
S. Just wail on them.
S. Decent AOE, fast and decently long basic attacks,

Dark Avenger. D tier. I love this Skul so much. I'll glaze him for days.
S. Wow. So so so COOL! Sword is the highlight. The design fits with his gameplay really well. He feels like a headless horse man, actually. Magical and inhuman.
S. Purple is my favorite color, and he just throws wave of purple everywhere, its sick. His skills are nice to watch, but are pretty long, which goes against his theme of being an untouchable master magic swordsman since it makes you a sitting duck.
F. I would love for a PERFECT S! but he is among the hardest skuls to use, since he is pretty mid without his shield. One mistake and you lose it. Magic damage when shield is up, so despite having both types, you can only have one, and it has to be magic.
F. Weak vs bosses, because you basically need to perfect them.
S. Huge amount of AOE decent CC too.

Abyssal Monarch. PERFECT C! I just don't like the skul. It's my least favorite of the three.
C. Purple and green don't mix, gold is nasty. Tier 1 is legendary status though.
C. Meteor is cool, Thats it.
C. Easy to get hit, super slow, skills are kind of limited. Complex to save on charge time with.
C. Fine boss damage, but really clunky.
C. Odd angles for most skills and Concentration is very slow.

Soul Knight. A tier.
A. Tier 1 is kind of ugly, but i like the sword in the head. Tier 2 is boring, but i like having such a slender power skul so i'll place it high.
S. Fire everywhere. You can turn any room into hell.
A. Slow to charge, but not too hard. Set and forget pretty much.
B. Fine.
S+. My first S+. King of AOE.

Ninja Master F tier. Just too clunky.
A tier, I can't get over those knives. They are super ugly, like jade razor blades. Cool mask and hair
N/A Haven't used in a while.
F. Despite being the most mobile skul, it's very clunky. A 2 in 1 skul that has different movesets depending on if you're mid air or not.
B. If you are good enough it can make bosses really easy.
A. good group killing, very fast.

Destroyer. B tier.
B. Tier 1 is great, Tier 2's green is too bright. Like radiation. I like the spider theme.
A. Blender minigame.
B. Long skills, quite annoying to spam and it's not hard to miss the inputs.
C. Nice damage, but long skills make you an easy target.
S. Fast and you just blend everything.

The King. A tier.
F. Color scheme is rough.
A. Most of the skills are nice, having to deal with random combos is fun.
B. Random skills, too many of them to master the skul, but not too hard.
N/A.
N/A.

Super rock star. S tier.
S. Tier 1 is the best non legendary skul design wise. (based off of Detroit metal city btw. I don't like the manga very much, but the OST was quite good) Tier 2 however is....... Not... Great. At least compared to tier 1.
D. Bursty. Not too big of a fan.
B. Not too hard, has set and forget skills too. Boss damage is nice.
S. The band can solo.
A. Speedy, good AOE and group killing.

Neo Samurai. C tier. Hyper focused on boss killing, but is among the worst skuls for general use.
S. Cool looking. I like the sword.
F. I always got this skul late in the game, and every time it sucked. Even with a physical build.
C. Focused on its Boss killing slash, but once you get it, you are down a skill, until you find an enemy worth using it on. Takes up a slot. Parry skill is the only one worth using,
S+. Made to eat bosses alive.
F. Single target duelist.

The Absolute. N/A
S tier. I like the spirit style (like with the werewolf) The blue is cool
N/A used this skul one time ever.

Overall the Unique skuls are pretty boring, but some are cool. Has some good skul designs too. Finally time for the LEGENDARY SKULS!!!!!

Archlich. A tier. Fitting of the legendary title.
S. The blue is nice. the robes are cool too. Final boss energy.
C. I don't enjoy the skul very much.
A. Easy to use buthas some odd angles.
B. Good single target damage.
N/A. Don't remember lol.

Champion. F-. A bit too much hate. The skul isn't useless, just i don't like him, even slightly. He doesn't do much either.
F-. The design is bad. Too much going on, The "Rage form is nice if you think of it as his soul, but is still ugly.
F-. Feels like he has pool noodles for hands. Wish his Slip passive did more. Most of my attacks are the counter punch though, so it's easy to activate ig.
F-. Aerial attack goes against the rest of his kit, he deals low damage, all of his skills are single target, rage form is trash too.
F-. Only good for the 2nd bosses phase 0 and Phase 2 of the final boss. Still terrible.
F-. He is the worst. Every single move is single target.

Davy Jones. F. Another of my favorite skuls i place super low, he is a high amount of effort for medium return.
S+. The best. I love the cannon, the hat is too bright, but it fits. adds some nice color too.
S+. He looks great, i love the feel, his cannon minigame and strategy is fun too.
F-. He is also the hardest skul to play, even at a basic level. He has a very very very very high skill floor, but the skill ceiling is not even there. Once you learn to play him, you basically mastered him.
A. Definitely does some good damage, but relies on one of the skeleton cannon balls, or the Bombs away cannon ball.
S. Set and forget.

Gambler.
C. Boring. The skills are cool though.
S. Luck based skul. Very fun for me, but it's gonna sting for most once they get the eleventh failure in a row.
A. Not too hard, but relies heavily on luck. Has some long skills, but his 2 best ones (IMO) are set and forget.
S. Set and forget.
S+Set and forget, fast.

Grim Reaper. B tier. Scaling skuls don't pair well with the Legendary tier.
S. Simple. Can't go wrong.
C. Boring. Scaling skul so it's just total garbage if you don't get it early
B. Takes forever to scale, cooldowns are long
B. fine.
A. Slow cooldowns but has some great room clear.

Yaksha. F tier.
F. Looks like a bean. Rakshasa is cool though.
F. I feel like a caged animal when using this skul. Strong but still in a cage.
C. same problem as Destroyer, skills are annoying to spam, and super easy to fail the input with. At least it's only 1 skill. Limited area you can use your transfomation.
B. You become the boss.
F-. Limited vertical mobility, you are forced to stay still.

Dominator. N/A
I reset my save when i came back (idk why) so i haven't had the chance to use it, and there isn't a wiki page either :(
S. looks like a dragon, the blade is pretty cool too. Reminds me of the misery cleaver from records of ragnarok (manga and anime. Its round 6 iirc if you are interested in checking it out)

Unknown King. B tier.
A. Too bright, but cool, i like the broken sword.
C. regular speed skul, really.
B. Long basic attack chain, skills are kind of long (not too long though)
C. fine.
A. Fast, decent AOE.

King of Heroes. The true form of the Unknown King. S tier. Cool as hell.
B. I like how he's a memory of sorts. It feels like Excalibur forced out the soul of the King. It's cool, but just really bright.
S. I feel cool using it.
A. Bigger range.
A. Good burst at the end of Last Radiance.
S. Fast. Great AOE.

Legendary skuls are kind of a letdown, But can be great if you get them early enough to build for them.



So that's my list. Read the very top of the post if you haven't yet.

[Arc]

Its a confusing list since half the time you're rating on appearence and half the time on mechanics. No consistency at all.

Anyways;
SSS ghoul: Can facetank the super boss on the hardest mode with no attempt made to dodge and win.

SS: Ent, Water, anything else that can 100% invul with switching.

S: Hercules, 100% invul provided the enemy can be touched.

[BigScug A.K.A Heroic Mr. Piss]

Originally posted by Arc:

Its a confusing list since half the time you're rating on appearence and half the time on mechanics. No consistency at all.

Anyways;
SSS ghoul: Can facetank the super boss on the hardest mode with no attempt made to dodge and win.

SS: Ent, Water, anything else that can 100% invul with switching.

S: Hercules, 100% invul provided the enemy can be touched.

I tried to have the rating be a combination of all of them. Sorry if i failed on some.

[TWEAKER TWEAKER PUMPKIN EATER]

for your carpal tunnel have you tried playing on controller? this game is way more fluid on controller imo as well as controller I typically dont have issues with carpal tunnel (I cant even play tboi on M+KB anymore because it just kills me)