Questions & Mysteries What are all the “S Tier” cursed techniques?

[Shiroyru]

It’s no secret that some CTs are just way better than others. What are all the CTs that should be considered S Tier? A few obvious ones include:

Idle Transfiguration (arguably the best CT)
Comedian
Copy
Curse Spirit Manipulation
Limitless with Six Eyes
Star Rage

Some debatable ones include:

Sukuna’s CT (probably S Tier, but we don’t know all of its abilities yet, and I don’t think Cleave/Dismantle alone are as good as the ones listed above)
Limitless w/o Six Eyes (all we know is that it’s much harder to use without the Six Eyes, but it should still probably be pretty decent by itself)
Ten Shadows (yes Mahoraga is busted, but it’s nearly impossible for a TS user to tame him, so they can’t use him without killing themselves)
Idle Death Gamble

 

[matt245]

Limitless without 6E means no Red, HP nor DE. On top of that no passive infinity neither AND reduced CE efficiency. That's too big of a nerf to be considered a S tier.
10S is A-/B+ tier. Without Maho it's borderline mid and with Maho you will defeat 90% of the opponents but you will die...
Besides that I'd put Star Rage as A. Maybe A+ because every other S tier is simply superior.


Extinguishment should be borderline S tier too. It's ability to negate Jujutsu is just too strong in the right hands. Plus there's also the possibility of DE which could be a Domain where the enemy can't use Jujutsu at all (CE, CT, RCT, DE...etc). That has the potential of being extremely busted in the verse

 

[zenox]

S tier : limitless , shrine , 10 shadows , comedy , whatever higuruma's ct was , idle transfiguration

A+ tier : kashimo's ct , copy

A tier : star rage , csm , yoruzo's technique , uro's sky manipulation , hakari's ct ( cause of the DE ) , jogo's ct

Sukuna’s CT (probably S Tier, but we don’t know all of its abilities yet, and I don’t think Cleave/Dismantle alone are as good as the ones listed above)

the space slash is literally better than anything above

 

[EmperorKinyagi]

@Shiroyru are you counting Cleave/Dismantle w/o the world slash/extended target?

Because with the target extended to space it literally has the highest AP in the verse

 

[EmperorKinyagi]

S tier : limitless , shrine , 10 shadows , comedy , whatever higuruma's ct was , idle transfiguration

A+ tier : kashimo's ct , copy

A tier : star rage , csm , yoruzo's technique , uro's sky manipulation , hakari's ct ( cause of the DE ) , jogo's ct


the space slash is literally better than anything above

Had the same thought, not having Cleave/Dismantle S tier NOW is kinda wild

 

[trav]

Had the same thought, not having Cleave/Dismantle S tier NOW is kinda wild

Asspulls make the CT.
Ratio would be S on anyone decently strong.

 

[EmperorKinyagi]

Asspulls make the CT.
Ratio would be S on anyone decently strong.

Expanding the interpretation of your CT isn’t an asspull

We’ve literally seen it from other characters before

 

[trav]

"What if I target everything?"
"lol it worked"

jfl
Then you can put any ability in S because they could be "expanding the interpretation" of it.

 

[Shiroyru]

S tier : limitless , shrine , 10 shadows , comedy , whatever higuruma's ct was , idle transfiguration

A+ tier : kashimo's ct , copy

A tier : star rage , csm , yoruzo's technique , uro's sky manipulation , hakari's ct ( cause of the DE ) , jogo's ct


the space slash is literally better than anything above

Only a genius like Sukuna could pull off world slash. Give his Cleave/Dismantle to some ordinary sorceror and it’s not that special

 

[Elan_Zoroeb]

Had the same thought, not having Cleave/Dismantle S tier NOW is kinda wild

but it's not the ability of sukuna's ct. it could be amplied to any attack, while using binding vow or whatever it needed. it's just sukuna learned how to do it, not his ct's unique ability

 

[EmperorKinyagi]

Only a genius like Sukuna could pull off world slash. Give his Cleave/Dismantle to some ordinary sorceror and it’s not that special

But isn't the limitless partially so good because there's an in-clan guide on it's uses?

Like an ordinary sorcerer even if given the six eyes most likely cannot use purple.

If cleave/dismantle had a similar guide most top tier sorcerers could have a chance at figuring it out

 

[Elan_Zoroeb]

in theory, sukuna can use target expansion with any ct. kenny understood what he did by looking at his device.
it's a question of binding vow and usage. ct itself doesn't have this ability.

for example, if gojo, kenny or fuckin reggie learns target expansion, it doesn't make it the ability of their ct

 

[Shiroyru]

But isn't the limitless partially so good because there's an in-clan guide on it's uses?

Like an ordinary sorcerer even if given the six eyes most likely cannot use purple.

If cleave/dismantle had a similar guide most top tier sorcerers could have a chance at figuring it out

Expanding the target of your technique theoretically isn’t exclusive to Cleave/Dismantle

 

[EmperorKinyagi]

Expanding the target of your technique theoretically isn’t exclusive to Cleave/Dismantle

Theoretically, but it’s difficult to imagine for CTs that aren’t simple attacks like crushing or cutting

A lot of CTs like Todo’s for example would never be able to target space since they need the target to have Cursed Energy

 

[Shiroyru]

S tier : limitless , shrine , 10 shadows , comedy , whatever higuruma's ct was , idle transfiguration

A+ tier : kashimo's ct , copy

A tier : star rage , csm , yoruzo's technique , uro's sky manipulation , hakari's ct ( cause of the DE ) , jogo's ct


the space slash is literally better than anything above

Why is TS in S tier? Mahoraga is busted, but it’s basically a suicide technique unless the user somehow manages to tame it. The other 9 Shikigami are good but nothing special

 

[NikaInParis]

Puppet Creation (Yaga's Technique, dk if I wrote the name right)
You can create an army of ~Grade 1 potential cursed corpses. And with the core mutations like Panda has (3 cores in one corpse) you get busted combos

 

[MonochromeYoru]

You're basically asking "what are the CTs that are S tier at base with no special requirements"

Basically, CT's any fodder can acquire and instantly become special grade.


Cause some of the S tier CTs are only S tier or even serviceable BECAUSE of their users and their special stuff.

you should include the "fodder to special grade" specification in the question.


It is interesting that the highest of the high in CTs are those that have very specific conditions/need the users to be special though.

Like, who knows, maybe if gojo or Sukuna had blood manipulation or any non S tier CT, they would have made it into S tier CTs because of their genius intellect in CE CT understanding and utilization.

 

[Shiroyru]

Puppet Creation (Yaga's Technique, dk if I wrote the name right)
You can create an army of ~Grade 1 potential cursed corpses. And with the core mutations like Panda has (3 cores in one corpse) you get busted combos

Don’t they take a while to age up tho? It’s not like Panda was born as strong as he is at the start of the story

 

[zenox]

Why is TS in S tier? Mahoraga is busted, but it’s basically a suicide technique unless the user somehow manages to tame it. The other 9 Shikigami are good but nothing special

u would really think the way sukuna and gojo creams abt 10 shadows , it should be s-tier

and this thread really isnt abt how regular sorcerers with those techniques will be
its about the ranking of techniques
and the peak of 10 shadows is def S-TIER deserving
just cause some bums cant tame mahoraga doesnt mean the technique itself isnt busted

same goes with the shrine thing i mentioned
sukuna was able to expand the ct's target range to the space itself and made it the most op technique in the manga surpassing even limitless

it doesnt matter shit how regular sorcerers will handle shrine
what matters is how high the technique can go

 

[AZA]

S+ tier: Volume 0 Copy
S: Idle Transfiguration | Ten Shadows
A+: Higaruma's CT | Comedy | CSM
A: Limitless (S tier only if you have the Six Eyes and can use technique reversal)

Shrine just off cleave and dismantle is really a B+ technique; Sukuna made it powerful. Shrine in the hands of someone with average output would not be amazing