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So this might sound a bit contradictory to my Arkham Villain Ranking. Let me make this clear, this is meant to show how I think of each individual villain in this story while the ranking was for my top ten villains who are the highlights of the whole story. 

This will be covering only the villains in Arkham Edition, not spin-offs or AUs like Sworn Enemies by RoseTheMagicalFlower.

This is a small list of 23 villains. I'll be grading them with the traditional school system in most tier lists. This will be graded how dangerous they are to Steven Universe and how seriously he should take them. 

F: Not even a mild inconvenience. 

D: A minor conflict that's easily rectified, even when Steven's not in peak performance. 

C: Nothing that keeps him up at night, but not something he should take too lightly. 

B A villain that Steven would rather not deal with when he's not having a good day. 

A: Someone Steven would try to handle as soon as possible, handling them with extreme force.

S: The ultimate villain that Steven will not hesitate to take down very quickly and pacify them with any means necessary. 

With that said, let's get on with the tier list.

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#1, White Diamond:

White deserves an easy A grade, because of the fact she ruled Homeworld for the longest time and gave Steven irreversible brain damage. And it's because of that why Steven went straight for her when he finally had enough of the nightmares she inflicted onto him.

It helps her case that she held her own in their fight. True, Steven had to grow to her height and wasn't used to fighting someone her own size, but you can't deny that she was competent enough to hold Steven in a temporary standstill. 

And since she's very good at mind-bending and such, perhaps it's a good thing that the fight didn't go on for much longer. Otherwise, she would have possibly won the fight by using her powers to cheat.

While I would put her in S tier, I feel like that would be biased on my part since she's my favorite Diamond. And compared to the other contenders in the S ranking, she doesn't belong there with them.

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#2, Jasper:

If I made this tier list a few months ago, Jasper would have been in D tier. But after going through the story a few times, I given her a fair score and put her in C tier.

Jasper is a solid starting villain, much like in the show, but overtime she became less and less of a threat compared to the bigger threats. 

She became more like of a old nuisance, one that Steven can and will handle - not without some effort put into it first. Plus, Jasper is a character that's got nothing going for her.

As someone who doesn't like Jasper, I can't really see any sort of intelligence beyond being a general in her. So she lacks brains and makes up with brawn. A brute, something that she admits herself.

"I thought I was a brute, you're a monster."

While this is fanfiction and this didn't happen in Arkham, Jasper really lost my respect after she indirectly set Steven on the path to corruption and NOBODY HELD HER ACCOUNTABLE.

Sorry, I digressed. Anyway, so Jasper's a solid C.

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#3, Bathia:

Bathia is a weird character to rank, since she was a 'one and done' villain. She obviously isn't as threatening as most of these characters, but she isn't entirely harmless.

She attempted to eat a baby. While it's small potatoes compared to the other atrocities the other villains had done, it's still a horrible thing to do. And then it's revealed (or implied) that she had eaten children in the past, like Hansel and Gretel except the witch is a bat-monster. 

Bathia was seen again, except it's when White Diamond tossed her back in her cell during an escape attempt. 

All in all, Bathia is a D. Not the worst, but certainly not the best.

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#4, Ghost Spinel:

No, this is not Spinel. This is Ghost Spinel, the hallucination that Steven saw during Night 3. While it's weird for her to be involved, she does classify as a villain. 

Ghost Spinel automatically earned S tier when she did something that only a few characters did in this universe.

She scared Steven.

During his first day of being in Steven's head, she managed to spook him into thinking that she's manipulating objects in the real world. If this was used more, then she would definitely show the audience why she's S tier. 

But, being the incompetent writer I am, I didn't do this. And I still regret not doing that.

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#5, Blue Diamond:

C tier. Yeah, Blue Diamond gets a short ranking. But then again, she had a short time of being a villain.

Her only moment of villainy in Arkham Edition was when she abducted Steven and took him to the Human Zoo. That's it. I'm being generous and giving her a medium ranking, since the Diamonds are commonly more dangerous than the common foes Steven encounters.

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#6, Tyberius Toaster:

Tyberius is an odd character, but he's actually a decent villain when you look into his character more. Despite losing to a frying pan, Tyberius actually held his own against half the Crystal Gems. Keep in mind, his goal was to distract them and keep them busy.

And he did his job very well, his prime directive wasn't to win - just be a diversion. And he did just that. He's basically Metroman done right in Arkham Edition (you're gonna be surprised where Metroman ended up). 

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#7, Squaridot:

Squaridot is A tier. Here's why:

Her stance demands more from Steven than the Crystal Knight and Black Diamond ever did. How? 

Well, a total recap from Squaridot is that she makes Steven play scavenger hunt in Night 1 to 3. 

Which doesn't sound too threatening, but when you realize some of the reasons behind them, you kind of understand why. 

In Night 1, she had the capability to expose his location to the Diamond Authority at any time. He needed to stop her as soon as possible.

In Night 2, she had kidnapped humans. That couldn't be ignored, especially since he knew everyone she held hostage. She was forcing them to walk or else they would have exploded into bits.

In Night 3, she merely planned to use her mech and robots to kill Steven.

All of those in comparison to the villains below her, it makes sense why she's in A.

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#8, Dr. Moonstone:

As it pains me to say it, Dr. Moonstone gets F tier for not being significant enough.

She only got one important scene in the story, making Steven see Ghost Spinel. But even then, that's because of Black Diamond telling her to.

She did have her interviews with some characters in the Audio Tapes Part 2, but none of those went anywhere, aside from Red Crystal receiving the second beer bottle being lodged into her eye socket.

Such wasted potential.

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#9, Eudialyte:

D tier, at best. Another 'one and done' villain, but never went anywhere.

Bathia only got a tier higher than her because of her implied/referred kill count of children. Eudialyte just showed up and took Spinel.

Much like Dr. Moonstone, just wasted potential. She's higher than Moonstone since she had a greater impact for a brief period - compared to Moonstone just being a unremarkable servant to Black Diamond.

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#10, Emerald:

Just like Eudialyte and Moonstone, just wasted potential. I gave her some points for being a part of Steven's first few enemies, working along with Jade and Kunzite (not counting those two as villains, since they're mostly lackeys for Moonlight). 

So she gets a D tier.

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#11, Solomon Grundy:

Grundy is a solid villain, similar to Tyberius. One of Rosemary's first vessels that the Crystal Gems meet. And as such, he deserves to be a C. He's no different than Jasper, but he can't really die and electricity makes him stronger.

And he gets a few bonus points for referencing Batman, who slayed the monster previously.

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#12, Metroman:

F tier. Purely because he was defeated by White Diamond taking advantage of him, without using her power.

Even though he was used as a vessel, he is an embarrassment in comparison to Solomon Grundy. Tyberius Toaster should've replaced him entirely, and this would have given Tyberius more time to shine.

Despite being similar to Superman, Metroman went down very easily.

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#13, The Black Knight:

We shouldn't be surprised when I say that the Black Knight is F tier. He was literally not even threatening in Monty Python And The Holy Grail, so he shouldn't be much of a threat in Arkham Edition. 

I know Arkham usually takes insignificant characters and upgrade them (both Arkham Edition and Arkhamverse), but Black Knight is too much of a joke to even be taken seriously in the movie.

He's more of an obstacle than a villain in Arkham Edition.

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#14, Huge Gigantacus:

This dude literally carried the story. Of course he deserves to be S tier.

Even on paper, he's an S tier character.

He carried a weapon that could pacify most characters, as well as held a nuke over the Diamond Authority's head. 

The only thing that makes him seem like a less-threatening villain is the fact he's a victim of circumstance.

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#15, Spinel:

A direct upgrade from Canon Spinel. She took everything from what made Canon Spinel good, and added more to it.

Canon Spinel was already an A tier villain (on par with White Diamond), but Arkham Spinel shows up and moved herself up to S tier.

Read my Arkham Spinel analysis to get a better understanding why she's S tier.

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#16, The Crystal Knight:

Pretty much what Arkham Spinel could have been if written incorrectly. I will admit, the Crystal Knight is a step-down from Spinel after Valentine's Day, and I really wished I had done more with her. 

Her backstory and motivation is perfect, it's just her execution that was the downgrade. The Crystal Knight is such a disappointing character for me to talk about, especially since she could have had a bigger impact than what she got.

Then again, maybe it's because Arkham Spinel scored way too high for her to ever be replicated. Like, nothing could ever fill the gap the clown left. So even a medicroe like the Knight can't hold a candle to her.

She gets a C tier, and that's giving her the benefit of the doubt. 

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#17, Black Diamond:

Same story like the Crystal Knight, even more disappointing.

When making these two villains, I initially thought of making another big bad that was a follow-up to Spinel. But instead of making one villain that followed Spinel's example, I split it up into two villains.

Black being the brain and the Knight being the brawn.

But Black Diamond was even more lackluster than Crystal Knight. I wanted to dive more into the fact that Black and White Diamond were polar opposites and have their encounters being like very severe sibling rivalry.

But once again, I dropped the ball and didn't write it as perfectly as Spinel. So she's C tier.

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#18, Aquamarine:

Aquamarine is actually B tier, because of how much raw power she contains in that little tractor beam.

I had to nerf it in Arkham, making it to where it's like a temporary thing (though, it's not explicitly stated).

You're gonna be surprised at this next one.

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#19, Bluebird:

That awkward moment when the fusion of a villain scores lower than one of the gems involved with the fusion.

Bluebird scored lower than Aquamarine given to the fact that she's dumber, since the ruby (Eyeball) dulls her intelligence.

She's also a pansy, since she got scared from Steven smiling.

Then again, if you see Arkham Steven smiling at you - after knowing that he's ALWAYS serious and he was even a suspected shatterer at the time - would you be scared?

The quote I made about it is, "If you see Arkham Steven smile, you run." 

Bluebird got a C tier.

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#20, Holly Blue Agate:

Just like Emerald, she was wasted potential that was only introduced early on in Arkham Edition.

She's in D tier because at least she mattered in the plot, unlike those in F tier. 

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#21, Yellow Diamond:

B tier. She's in between the ranking of White and Blue Diamond.

As a villain, she was solid throughout her villainy. Going from being the one who tried destroying the Earth with the Cluster to kidnapping Steven's friends during Night 1.

What gives her more points is that Steven defeated her very quickly and effectively, by breaking both of her arms and one of her legs.

While this may seem like a cop-out to defeat her instead of engaging in a climatic fight, like how Steven and Kunzite fought later that night, I intended to write this as a way of Steven taking Yellow out as fast as possible to make sure she doesn't even process what happen.

Think about it, he had her defeated before she could even imagine how she would land her punch. That would mean she's very dangerous for him to do that.

Well, she kinda is. You see, if she realized that her power of changing a gem's form would affect Steven, she could've shrunk him down to the point where he couldn't grow up to be her size. And then she could just crush him with her foot.

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#22, Moonlight:

S tier. She's literally other Steven Universe villains (Spinel, Jasper, White Diamond) combined together in one character. And she's known to do some things to Steven that no one else could do.

One of her crowning achievements was breaking Steven's back in half like a twig.

Similar to what I said in Spinel's ranking, go read the Moonlight analysis to fully understand why she's S tier.

The same could be said for the last one.

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#23, Rose The Flower:

The final boss of Arkham Edition. The most easy S tier ever.

The fact that she controlled pretty much most (or all) of these villains is the bare minimum of getting her to S tier. The rest of her actions is icing on the cake.

Go read "Why Rose The Flower Is The Perfect Final Boss" if you want to know the exact details.

Here's the picture showing the tier list (Moonstone and Eudialyte don't have photos):

Yeah, some of the photos messed up and looked seemed in at weird parts of the characters.

July 8th, 2023. 12:51 AM.