Injustice 2 Tier List Showdown: Pros vs. Fans Pick Most Powerful Characters in the Game

Matthew Hayes

11/09/2017 05:40 pm EST

As the weeks wear on, the Injustice 2 meta continues to evolve. More and more fighting game players at all levels of play are weighing in on who they think the best characters in the game are. Tier lists are starting to emerge, and everyone thinks they know which characters you need to pick when you want to come out on top.

Tier lists are always a suggestive thing, but that doesn't stop amateur and intermediate players from all over the world from tuning in to see who their favorite pro players are recommending. Today we have a few options before us. WWG has pushed a tier list based on a fan poll which has made the rounds, and established fighting game pros have weighed in to make their voices heard as well.

So whose tier list reigns supreme. When you look across multiple tier lists, who are the characters who appear in all of them at high ranks, and who are the characters that almost everyone recommends you avoid? By comparing tier lists, you can start to form an idea about which characters are perceived as the most powerful or the least powerful across the board.

Let's kick things off with Echo Fox, a champion who has proven to be the best in the world at multiple NetherRealm games, including Injustice 2:

Echo Fox's Tier List

Echo Fox sounded off on Twitter, and share his top picks in Injustice 2. So who does this Evo champion default to when he needs to crush the competition? His tier list, in this order:

Black Adam
Aquaman
Atrocitus
Darkseid
Deadshot
Batman
Superman
Bane
Poison Ivy
Robin

He only gives us his top ten right now, but no doubt his list is still evolving. Another well-known figure in the NetherRealm competitive scene, Pig of the Hut, gives us his full tier list. We think you'll find that Pig of the Hut's top five character correspond almost exactly to Echo Fox's picks. They both posted their lists on the same day.

Pig of the Hut's Tier List

(Photo: Warner Bros. Interactive)

Pig of the Hut was a little more organized, and set up his tier list in sections according to rank. How did he rank your favorite fighter?

S+

Batman
Aquaman
Deadshot
Black Adam
Darkseid
Superman
Atrocitus

A+

Harley Quinn
Black Canary
Robin
Supergirl

Firestorm
Green Lantern
Poison Ivy
Catwoman
Joker
Dr Fate
Flash
Scarecrow
Cheetah
Green Arrow
Cyborg
Blue Beetle
Bane

B+

Brainiac
Cold
Wonder Woman
Gorilla Grodd

C / trash

Swamp Thing

Already we're seeing some clear favorites here. Black Adam is a character who appears on virtually everyone's tier list in a top spot, and Batman is a consistent favorite, due in part to his ease of use and fairly easy combo execution, no doubt. So how do these two compare to the tier list created by you the fans voting? There are some striking differences.

Fan-Voted Tier List

This is how the fans all voted on an EventHubs poll. According to you the players, these are the most powerful and least powerful fighters in Injustice 2.

Deadshot
Supergirl
Darkseid
Black Adam
Robin
Dr. Fate

Batman
Superman
Poison Ivy
Brainiac
Captain Cold
Firestorm

Aquaman
Green Lantern
Joker
Haryley Quinn
Swamp Thing
Cyborg

Catwoman
Wonder Woman
Blue Beetle
Green Arrow
Gorilla Grodd

D / F

Flash
Black Canary
Atrocitus
Bane
Cheetah

It seems like the casual players and the pros have some serious differences in opinion, here. For one, Black Canary was voted down by fans as basically a trash-tier character, whereas Pig of the Hut has her listed at the top as one of the strongest heroes in the game. Once again, the one thing we can all agree on is this: Black Adam is a beast. So out of all of the most consistently-chosen top-tier characters, who do you think is the strongest? Weigh in below.

Who's the strongest?

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