Every Member of My Hero Academia’s League of Villains, Ranked From Weakest to Strongest

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From the beginning of My Hero Academia, the League of Villains has been presented as the dangerous opposite of Class 1-A. Many action-packed anime series, like those featuring the Akatsuki and Phantom Troupe, include powerful villain groups, and the League of Villains fits right in as a ruthless team of criminals with impressive abilities. Now, fans are curious to know which members are the strongest and what they can do.

In the first season of My Hero Academia, the League of Villains initially had many weak members, like Tesla and Needle Hair, and used numerous Nomu to appear more powerful and intimidate UA High. However, the League quickly narrowed its focus to its strongest and most capable members. Fans of the show can easily rank these core villains by their fighting skills and how well they control their Quirks. This explains why some villains posed a serious threat throughout the series, while others were quickly defeated and removed from the story after just a few battles.

Spinner Represented the Plight of Heteromorphs

Quirk: Gecko

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Spinner is considered the weakest of the major League of Villains members, mainly because his Quirk doesn’t offer much in terms of fighting ability. While he did become more powerful during the final war by acquiring new Quirks, it still wasn’t enough to make him a serious threat. He was ultimately defeated by Mezo Shoji and Koji Koda, two heroes who aren’t even among the strongest students in Class 1-A.

Spinner’s greatest strength was how he represented a larger idea. His anger towards society and his leadership of the heteromorphs, while extreme, weren’t unfounded, as society was often unfair to them. He became the symbol of their hidden rage, and when the moment came, that resentment exploded into violent action, even if it wasn’t always morally justifiable.

Magne Blended Martial Arts With Magnetism to Fight

Quirk: Magnetism

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  • Magne wasn’t shown fighting much, so it’s unclear if she could have developed her Quirk further. However, My Hero Academia fans definitely saw that she was a very dangerous fighter – a skilled martial artist with a violent streak, who had already killed several people before her fight with Tiger.

    Magne’s Quirk, Magnetism, wasn’t fully explored in the series, but viewers understood its power and versatility. It’s perfect for pulling enemies closer for an attack, and Magne can even use it to quickly push or move people around during fights. It’s a Quirk that really shines when the user is clever and thinks on their feet.

Mr. Compress Adds Some Sneaky Flair to the League of Villains

Quirk: Compress

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The League of Villains doesn’t just need villains with strong, forceful Quirks. While many of its members might enjoy a good fight, there’s also a place for those who prefer clever, sneaky tactics. This unexpected approach can catch both heroes and viewers off guard, making things even more interesting.

Mr. Compress’s Quirk allows him to compress anything – people like Bakugo, objects, even large items like cars – for various purposes. He can use this to kidnap, sneak things around, or launch surprise attacks by quickly releasing the compressed items, even creating instant barriers.

Muscular is the Brutish Berserker of the League of Villains

Quirk: Pump Up

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Villains like Mr. Compress are great for clever surprises and sneaky attacks, but the League of Villains also needs strong fighters to go head-to-head with heroes and protect each other. Muscular fits that role, but unfortunately, he tended to fight on his own instead of working as a team, which wasn’t always effective.

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When Muscular uses his Quirk to massively inflate and strengthen his muscles, he’s incredibly dangerous at close range. His muscles become so dense they act like armor, giving him remarkable durability similar to Eijiro Kirishima and allowing him to overpower most opponents. However, Muscular struggles against enemies who can attack from a distance, or those with Quirks that are unpredictable and function like magical abilities. Simply being strong isn’t enough to win every fight.

Twice Became a Real Powerhouse After Awakening His Quirk

Quirk: Double

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I remember when Twice first showed up in My Hero Academia. At first, he didn’t seem that dangerous. His Quirk let him create duplicates of himself, and while that could be useful, it wasn’t initially a huge threat. But as I watched, I realized he was a really smart fighter. He could use his duplicates to control where enemies moved, trap them, or even protect his teammates. He could even make copies of the good guys if he needed to, which was a pretty clever tactic.

Twice is a valuable member of the League of Villains because he developed a powerful ability called Double Quirk. This wasn’t the only Quirk awakening within the League, but Twice’s allowed him to create thousands of clones during battles with Sad Man’s Parade. This ability was crucial to his survival during the fight with the Meta Liberation Army, and it also made Himiko even more formidable when she used Double herself.

Himiko Toga Took Twice’s Fighting Style to the Next Level:

Quirk: Transform

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When I first saw Himiko Toga in My Hero Academia, she reminded me of Twice – dangerous, but not overwhelmingly powerful. Like Mr. Compress, she used her Quirk more for clever tricks than brute strength. Her ability to transform was really key when she tricked Deku during the Provisional Hero License Exam, and it continued to make her a serious problem during the Shie Hassaikai Arc.

Himiko quickly became a more powerful and dangerous opponent after developing her Quirk. Once awakened, her Quirk, Transform, allowed her to copy other people’s Quirks if she felt strongly about them – that’s why she was able to use both Zero Gravity and Double. While fans were shocked when she defeated Curious by using Zero Gravity to drop them from a great height, her true potential became clear when she significantly improved Double, creating the devastating Sad Man’s Death Parade.

Dabi Was Ready to Destroy Himself to Incinerate the Hero World

Quirk: Blueflame

Shoto was the only one of Endeavor’s children to receive the perfect mix of powerful Quirks and resistance to extreme temperatures with his Half-Cold Half-Hot ability. While Fuyumi and Natsuo didn’t have strong enough Quirks, Toya Todoroki, also known as Dabi, had plenty of power but couldn’t control it. Dabi is essentially a weaker version of Endeavor – he possesses intense flames but lacks the ability to withstand the heat, unlike his father, who carefully manages his own fire-based Quirk.

Unlike many others, Dabi was completely prepared to sacrifice himself to dismantle everything his pro hero father valued. His ability to become a devastatingly powerful explosive is frightening, and it firmly establishes him as one of the League of Villains’ strongest members.

Gigantomachia Towers Over all the Heroes and Villains

Quirk: Gigantification

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I’ve noticed that Gigantomachia, much like the villain Muscular, is all about raw power, but he takes it to an entirely different level – he’s far stronger. While Muscular was tough and hit hard, Gigantomachia is a monstrous, kaiju-sized villain. He basically acted as a bodyguard for both All For One and Tomura Shigaraki.

Gigantomachia is different from Muscular because of his immense size and speed, which allows him to carry multiple League members at once. He’s also much more powerful, boasting a wider range of abilities that required the combined effort of classes 1-A and 1-B to overcome. Interestingly, Tomura never managed to defeat Gigantomachia in training, despite likely being capable of defeating Muscular.

Tomura Shigaraki Awakened His Quirk and Gained a Whole Lot More in Dr. Garaki’s Lab

Quirk: Decay

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Tomura Shigaraki quickly rose through the ranks to become the second-in-command of the League of Villains, though he never quite matched his mentor’s strength. From the beginning, his Decay Quirk – which allowed him to disintegrate anything he touched – made him a serious danger to both professional heroes and students. He later enhanced his Quirk, gaining the ability to destroy massive areas, as demonstrated when he defeated the powerful Re-Destro in Deika City.

Tomura continued to grow stronger as All For One’s successor, becoming a frightening new force. While he didn’t become as powerful as All For One himself, he came remarkably close, effectively using the additional Quirks he received through Dr. Garaki’s experiments. What set Tomura apart was his unique fighting style – creating massive formations of giant fingers, which gave him significant power even when opponents like Eraser Head and Neito Monoma used their abilities to suppress his Quirks.

All For One is the Eternal Symbol of Evil

Quirk: All For One

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All For One was, for many years and up until his defeat, the most dangerous and powerful villain alive. He was the strongest fighter in the League of Villains, possessing a huge number of powerful Quirks that no one could rival. This incredible power allowed him to almost beat All Might on several occasions.

All For One’s long history of fighting both with and against different Quirks gives him a significant advantage in battle. His deep understanding of Quirks – earned through years of experience – allows him to anticipate and defeat opponents’ strategies while skillfully using his own powers. With his passing, a wealth of Quirk knowledge, accumulated over a lifetime or more, has been lost, and someone with that level of expertise may never appear again.

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2026-02-21 21:37