Suikoden+2+tier+list Fixed Jun 2026

These characters are best left at the castle to manage shops or mini-games. : Poor stats and limited weapon range.

: Though often underestimated due to her early-game performance, she is incredibly fast. If you boost her power with Runes, her high Speed allows her to act as a primary healer or item-user before enemies can move. suikoden+2+tier+list

These characters never leave my active party. They break the game or make it trivial. These characters are best left at the castle

I cannot, in good conscience, tier Jowy. He is only playable for a very short window early in the game and briefly in flashbacks. If you boost her power with Runes, her

Let's address the elephant. Jowy is S-Tier while he is in your party (he has the Black Sword Rune ). After he leaves, if you re-recruit him in the epilogue, he returns with none of his gear and his rune is sealed. He becomes a generic soldier with bad stats. A tragic fall from grace.

This tiering weighs three axes: combat effectiveness (levels, stat growth, unique abilities), party-role flexibility (physical attacker, magic, support/healer, ranged), and narrative/character impact (story scenes, player attachment). For some characters, narrative importance raises their practical tier despite middling combat utility.