Top 10 Strongest Sword Art Online Characters
Kazuto Kirigaya is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara. Kirito is the strongest. Even better than Yuuki. Why do I say so? It was explained that the Medicuboid enhances your diving experience to help the user (medical patient) ease their pain, which explains Yuuki's faster reaction time. Also, her three-year full dive experience isn't purely of swordsmanship (compared to Kirito's two and a half years of pure swordsmanship).
It was mentioned that in her three years of diving, she also went onto different games (like the insect bite etc). If we sum it up, it still all goes down to Kirito's sword experience in SAO. I could also say that speed isn't everything in a fight. I am aware that Yuuki is faster than Kirito, but the skill and experience with wielding the weapon are far different.
When you fight with your sword and with your life on the line, you gain wisdom in fighting. That is what Yuuki lacks. That is why I highly believe Kirito is still the strongest warrior out there.
Asuna was a well-put-together character and is the strongest of SAO and ALO due to her incredible sword skills, willpower, confidence, intelligence, and powerful magic. She was also an amazing mom to Yui. I honestly believe that they gave Asuna a better character and Kirito's abilities are very illogical compared to Asuna.
Asuna is my favorite and one of the quickest and most skilled characters in SAO. When she joins ALO, her magic is unbelievable and better than Leafa by far.
She's stronger than all the other harem girls with Kirito.
I personally liked her when she was in SAO. She had almost full control over the entire system and she was an immortal item.
Even though she accessed the Cardinal System, you have to admit she's pretty badass and adorable.
Yuuki Konno is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara. Strongest character, she was literally written to represent the highest limit a player could reach. The author himself has said she's the strongest.
For the people who say that Kirito let Yuuki win in their second duel, do you realize that even if time wasn't up, Yuuki would win? Based on her fight with Asuna, she was able to block Asuna's Quadruple Pain, which is a very fast sword skill, faster than how Kirito was going at Yuuki at the end.
Also, in Sword Art Online Alicization Rising Steel, they fight again in a tournament and Yuuki won even there, so Yuuki is clearly the strongest character in SAO, besides the god mode bullcrap. Case closed.
Someone cited that Kirito would have beaten Heathcliff in the duel if it hadn't been for Heathcliff activating the system. But that was a duel where the winner was the one who landed the first hit. That's all. That's not indicative of strength. Kirito simply landed first blood.
1. He made the game. Yes, that gives him an unfair advantage. He knows the systems and can predict the patterns of the sword skills. But the question is who is the strongest character, not who is the strongest while on an even playing field.
2. "No one's ever seen the Commander's HP bar dip down into the yellow zone before" (Asuna, S01E10). We've seen Kirito's go down into the red before against dungeon bosses. The Gleam Eyes in particular.
3. Heathcliff, by his own admission, was said to be the boss on Floor 100. When his true identity was revealed, they were on floor 75 where they lost 14 people to the Skull Reaper, and Heathcliff's HP stayed green the whole time. The players had a hard enough time on Floor 75, and would have needed to level up substantially to beat Floor 100. Anyone who has played an MMO knows that you can't beat the final boss when you're only 3/4 of the way through the story.
4. His unique skill, The Divine Blade (Shinseiken), is cited as being given "to the strongest player". Similar to how Dual Wielding is given "to the player with the fastest reaction time." So even the SAO system itself sees Heathcliff as the strongest in all of SAO. Can't argue with the numbers on that one.
Unfair though it may be, Heathcliff takes the win. Kirito will have to settle for 2nd, and the rest can fall in line behind him.
If you all keep defending Jesus-kun (Kirito), then you are just naive, because Yuuki is stronger than Kirito, like many people said. If she was in SAO, she would've gotten the dual wielding skill, not Kirito, and he even said it himself!
In all their fights, Yuuki won both of them. In the first one, they both weren't trying, and in the second one, it isn't canon because, if you read the light novels, it says they both used their OSS and Yuuki's beat Kirito. Before you say, "Oh, but the time ran out!" No, it didn't. There was no time limit in the light novels or one to be spoken of.
Even if you say, "But post-Alicization Kirito would beat Yuuki," Reki even said himself that Kirito would lose. The only way he would win is if he used Excalibur as one of his swords, but he would only win two out of ten fights. So, shut up.
She deserves a higher spot. If people had read the light novel, she would be much higher on the list.
Considering she can match or overpower both Kirito and Asuna and destroy entire armies, Alice definitely should be in the top four here.
Shino Asada is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara. Come on, you forgot Sinon? She's got skill with that Hecate II anti-material rifle of hers.
It's clearly him. He planned out an assassination within a game, therefore using a creator for his own deeds. Much deeper than the plot of Kayaba. Also, he bent the game's limits for his purposes. He didn't create them to fit himself.
SPOILER: She's the number one player in Ordinal Scale and is designed to be immortal there. So she deserves higher.
He's an essential copy of Kirito with more emotions. Arguably stronger than non-SAO mode Kirito due to his emotional intensity. Kirito admits his potential is higher, but Kirito hasn't taught him everything and hasn't dual-wielded in the Underworld, even when given the chance.
He has supreme willpower and is kind of like a copy of Kirito with more potential. He is also emotionally stronger. Honestly, I think he's just a better-written version of Kirito all in all.
Eugeo is Best Boi, definitely powerful, and deserves more recognition. I love him so much. He's so precious.
Ryoutarou Tsuboi is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara. The only guild leader who survived the game with the whole Fuurinkazan members.
He's the best. If this was just the SAO survivors, he would be third at least.
Leafa is the in-game avatar of Suguha Kirigaya, who is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara.
Keiko Ayano is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara.
She has almost godlike power. If it weren't for Eugeo, Kirito, and Alice wouldn't have stood a chance. But she didn't have any willpower, which is ultimately why she died.
If this is in real life, Suguha is the strongest of them all. She's actually muscular and is a national quarter-finalist in kendo. Even with his incredible skills with swords in games, Kirito is no match for her in real life.
Andrew Gilbert Mills is a fictional character who appears in the Sword Art Online series of light novels by Reki Kawahara.Remember how she ragdolled Kirito and shrugged off Eugeo's perfect weapon control like it was nothing?
She's the culmination of all VR players, meaning she has everyone's experience and emotions.
