Top Ten Most Underrated Warrior Cats

This is a list of the most underrated warrior cats.
The Top Ten
1 Dovewing Dovewing is a character in the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. She has pale gray fur with green, pr sky-blue, or pale gold eyes. Her first appearance is in the fourth arc, know as Omen of the Stars, in the book The Fourth Apprentice. She was part of the Power of Three, and her power was to hear and see things very far away, farther than any normal cat could ever do. Her parents are Whitewing and Birchfall,... read more

I like Dovewing because she's part of the prophecy and everybody or almost everyone thinks that Hollyleaf is part of the prophecy but she's not because Dovewing has the part "kin of your kin". Her mother is Whitewing witch is the kit of Cloudtail. And Cloudtail's mother is Princess which she is Firestar's sister. So she has three cats but since she's the kit of Whitewing she doesn't have three, she has two cats until Firestar witch means that she is "kin of your kin". Hollyleaf is so overrated because everybody thinks that she is part of the prophecy but if you have a sibling that has read some or all of it or your on it then you would know that Dovewing. Ivypool is selfish and she trained in the Dark Forest, although Brambleclaw trains there just because he was forced to when Ivypool chose to train the with Dark Forest. Ivypool is so selfish. And poor Dovewing! Everyone treats her like a piece of garbage. Everyone that thinks Dovewing is bad is a mouse-brained, crow-food-eating, mangy pelt that deserves to go to the Dark Forest! - Dovefeather of ThunderClan

2 Needletail

I really loved her character and she definitely deserves more love!
At first we see a mischievous young apprentice who has no concern for rules, and she doesn't really believe in Clan life. I really thought she was cute on the quest, but then again I've always loved spunky, sharp-tonged characters! When they got back from the quest she took Violetkit with her. She never payed much attention to her, until she realized how lonely Violet was. She swore to protect her till the end. That in my opinion was one of the sweetest moments in VOS. Then she slowly starts seeing the rouges more and more until they take over ShadowClan. There she's having a great life. She kinda goes into what I like to call, her dark ages. She doesn't really pay attention to Violetpaw and starts hanging out with Rain much more. But in the end she realized that friends were more important than breaking rules. And in the end makes a daring sacrifice to let Violetpaw survive. She really needs more love! Whose with me!?

3 Hawkheart Hawkheart is a stone-gray tom with flecks of darker brown fur, yellow eyes, and graying whiskers.

Hawkheart was a WindClan medicine cat under Heatherstar’s leadership in the forest territories. He originally served as a warrior before becoming a medicine cat. He was said to have an unusually strong and rough personality. During an attack on WindClan's camp, Hawkheart violently defended his... read more

Poor Hawkheart. Everyone hates him for killing Moonflower. Can you really blame him though? There's this warrior attacking the healing supply, what are you supposed to do? Beg with them? NO! You have to act quickly! At the time, herbs were very scarce so if Hawkheart didn't act, WindClan would have had a rough leaf bare. Don't give me that, "Oh! He didn't have to kill her! He was just being cruel on purpose." No, just no. Without the herbs, a lot of lives would have been lost without the herbs. Hawkheart did do the right thing. Plus, what was Goosefeather really thinking? I know he can see the future and stuff but I personally think he was a little too overconfident with this omen. Destroy the herbs supply of a clan? Goosefeather is a MEDICINE CAT! He should know better then to give this message to the clan.

Lionblaze killed Russetfur, and do we hate him? Do we think he is evil? No! If Hawkheart killed another cat, like Swiftbreeze, would you have cared as much? I'm betting you won't, especially if it were a background character like Patchpelt. Hawkheart gets all this hate over a SINGLE. CAT'S. DEATH. So many good cats have killed and no one raps on them. What if Featherwhisker killed a cat? Would you hate him, or defend his actions because he was "nice"? Hawkheart was a loyal medicine cat nonetheless. Yes, Moonflower's death was sad and I don't think she should have died like that, but can you blame Hawkheart. His clan almost lost herbs that could have saved them in the future, so it makes sense that his first action would be to defend them! Ugh.

4 Millie Millie is a character in the Warriors series. She's a small, short-furred light gray tabby with blue eyes and a torn ear. Also current mate of Graystripe and mother of Bumblestripe, Blossomfall and Briarlight.

I don't see why people hate Millie. She's one of my favourite cats. Many people think she's a prat for showering so much attention on Briarlight, but I don't blame her. You people have no empathy, her daughter's SPINE was BROKEN. She has the right to snap at others. You think she's heartless because she's worried? Yeah, whatever. Another reason people dislike her is because her "undeveloped" relationship with Graystripe. 97% of the people who think Millie x Graystripe is the worst couple ever haven't even read Graystripe's manga series...Summary: The people who hate Millie haven't even looked into the exact reason as to why they hate her. They don't seem to be able to put themselves in someone else's paws.

Millie is not the best character, but she does get a lot of hate. I do not see her as a Silverstream replacement. If Greystripe wanted one, he'd probably end up with a she-cat from Thunderclan once he got over his grief. He started being with Millie too long after that for it to happen. Also, she probably didn't even know about Silverstream when they became mates. Everyone complains about Millie not being a fair mother, but people forget that Briarlight is disabled and at first needed Millie's help. She also was a faithful mate to Greystripe and helped him get to his clan rather than take him away from it (I don't hate Silverstream).

5 Briarlight Briarlight was born to Graystripe and Millie alongside Blossomfall and Bumblestripe. When she was an apprentice, she tried to save Longtail from a falling tree and crushed her lower spine. After that, she had to do exercises to strengthen her backbone. She lived in the Med Cat den, until a case of greencough took her down. She now hunts in StarClan, where she can run painlessly forever.

People call her annoying for needing so much care. Oh sure, I tried crawling on my two arms without using the other half of my body, and it hurt like hell, and it was impossible to move! Poor briarlight. I can't understand how Dovewing is at the top of this list!

I love Briarlight! She's so sweet, happy and she lives her life and doesn't want pity! It's sad that she's more happy than her healthy sister who just whines all day about not getting attention.

I am a Briarlight hater and I'm not ashamed. Here's why. 1. She is a Mary-Sue. She never does anything wrong and everyone likes her. 2. She is a spoiled brat.
3. She can be grumpy.
She ruined Warriors for me!

6 Bumblestripe

Let me explain why Bumblestripe and Dovewing don't belong together. Bumble had a book where he developed a crush on Dove, and then the very next book he is SLEEPING with her! In that same book, he pressures Dovewing with the help of many cats, including HER OWN MOTHER! It's not that difficult! Dovewing doesn't like Bumblestripe! "Bumblestripe is so sweet, and blah blah blah! " Harrassment and peer pressure are not being sweet, romantic, and caring.

BuMbLesTrIpE iS ToO gOoD for DoVeWiNG I SaY. RoSepEtAl was rIGhT. Hunny, No. If someone is obsessed with you and you clearly don't like them back in that way unless your a jerk u let em' down gently. Dovewing tried that. Bumblestripe not only continued to have this obsession with her but then guilt tripped her by throwing a tantrum. Dovewing made her choice. She has no feelings for bumble. Also the nest thing was not weird cats just share body heat. But respectfully I don't like how Bumblestripe got dovewings friends and family to tell her to love Bumblestripe back. Eh, he's a decent and nice guy and I think maybe he could've made dovewing happy but dovewing wasn't into it. I'm imagining them together and Bumblestripe would be so loving and happy. However, dovewing didn't want to be with him. And I fully respect my gentle doves choice.

7 Brackenfur

I've always felt bad for Brackenfur. He's an awesome warrior, loyal, wise, courageous, but when he was the obvious choice for deputy, Firestar had to break the warrior code for someone less qualified. But even through that, Brackenfur supported Brambleclaw, which reminds me of Whitestorm, a great warrior, also a bit underestimated. Then, Brackenfur lost his only son, his daughter from a snake, one of his daughters turned out to be a reincarnation of his sister, which gets weird, his mate dies, one of his kits dies. He goes through so much, and he's never rewarded for any of it.

This cat is leader material. I don't know why he isn't leader or even deputy. He's my favorite cat and deserves more attention he was way more qualified than Brambleclaw. Heck, Brambleclaw was about to kill Firestar on purpose! Brackenfur is Loyal, caring, and just an amazing cat overall. Brambleclaw picked Squirrelflight as deputy when Brackenfur is way better and he's not selfish either. Great we've got two mouse-brains running Thunderclan. I'm taking Brackenfur and Spiderleg and Purdy and going to Shadowclan.

8 Crowfrost

ShadowClan deputy as of Thunder and Shadow. He really deserves more attention. He was loyal, honest, brave, and true. Lemme just say one more thing: Dawnpelt did NOT deserve him.

Such a great and noble name! He honestly should have been leader. I know he was a minor character, but he handled everything so well when Rowanstar was sick. I felt really sad when he died

He was a good cat. He kept everything in line, and was pretty nice. Crowfrost let Twigpaw go when they were holding her hostage for lungwort. He told everyone not to make her suffer for them. Forget Rowanstar, think CrowSTAR! It was pretty sad when he died of yellowcough.

Smokeshade of PineClan

9 Tigerheart Tigerheart, now known as Tigerstar, is a fictional character created by Erin Hunter for the book series named Warrior Cats. He became more important to the plot after gaining his own book, Tigerheart's Shadow. He was one of the cats to have worked as a spy on the Dark Forest. Now he currently is the strong leader of Shadowclan and mate of former ThunderClan warrior Dovewing. And on the new arc, The... read more

He's my favorite. His super edition is the best. I don't care at all if he's immature, I like his silliness. And he is sheltering exiled ThunderClan cats right now. People say he "stole" Dovewing from Bumblestripe, but Dovewing liked Tigerheart before she liked Bumblestripe. And Tigerheart traveled MILES away to find Dovewing. Has Bumblestripe ever done that? Nope!

I absolutely love him. Burdened with Tigerstar's blood but us still a very noble warrior. On his Journey with Dovewing, we saw even farther into his personality; ambitious, fast-thinking and many more.
A great leader for Shadowclan!

Tigerheart did something many Warrior Cats wouldn't do across Clan borders. He followed his heart, which led him to Dovewing. Tiger x Dove is way better than Bumble x Dove.

10 Dawnpelt

Dawnpelt sacrificed herself for her kits while waiting for them to leave shadowclan during DarkTail's reign. Dawnpelt may have threatened Jayfeather but that was because she was burdened by her brother's death she felt like she HAD to blame someone. Aside from that Dawnpelt was an amazing mother/warrior and I enjoyed her last moments in AVOS. Too bad she died.

Honestly, I thought she was amazing throughout the book series! The only time I didn't like her was that whole Jayfeather accusation thing. But in her defense she was mourning. Still, it wasn't justified. But in VOS she made it up. She was a really good and kind mentor to Violetpaw, and she sacrificed herself for her kits. So sweet

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I absolutely love Dawnpelt. During the DoTc arc she may have been a female dog but she only wanted to protect her brother's legacy. She had the need to blame Jayfeather only because she was grief-stricken after Flametail's death. She was also an exceptional mother but her children (Sleekwhisker, Strikestone, and Juniperclaw just took the wrong turn). Sleekwhisker was willingly abandoning Shadowclan while Strikestone and Juniperclaw stayed with their mother and Rowanstar loyally. At least she taught /them/ well. (Even though Juniperpaw -then- went willingly with Sleekpaw, in the end he ran away with Strikestone to Thunderclan). Unfortunately Dawnpelt did die in a very sad way. Presumed to have been drowned like how Needletail would have been if she were to be killed right there and then. She protected her kits and the cats she helped escape and was an amazing character.

The Contenders
11 Thrushpelt

He was super nice - everyone compares him to Bumblestripe, but he is way nicer! He was always happy for Bluestar, even when she didn't love him the same way and was a kind mentor to Spottedleaf, accepting that her destiny was to be a medicine cat.

He was such a lovely soul. Much better than Ashfur. Like he obviously loved Blue fur/star so much. He was also a good warrior!

Why isn't he higher! Without him the same thing that happened to Mapleshade would have happened to Bluestar!

12 Hollyleaf Hollyleaf was one of the rare, strictly loyal cats of ThunderClan.

Her birth broke the warrior code, and she killed Ashfur in fear of him revealing the truth over her family. She lived in the tunnels for a while, before rejoining ThunderClan. Hollyleaf was slain by Hawkfrost and spent her last moments with her mother Leafpool saying her last words ”I couldn’t bear to… to leave without... read more

I will tell you EXACTLY why everyone hates this wonderful character, because she killed the butthurt, emo, murderous, most overrated character in this ENTIRE series, yep I'm talking about Ashfur. She killed him by ACCIDENT, at that. she may have been the one of the ONLY characters in this book series that actually gave a crap about the Warrior Code, "But, But She killed my bae! ". Guess who doesn't care. Lionblaze has no personality whatsoever, and Jayfeather is a bit overrated, but not as much as Ashfur, nowhere near as Overrated.Now Back To The Character In Question. In my opinion she is one of the best developed characters in the series, she's up there with Firestar, Jayfeather and Scourge (who is very overrated), but please don't remind me of Ashfur X Scourge, the very notion of this fandom made me sing out loud at the top of my voice "You've got a friend in Clorox Bleach! " Sorry if this triggered any of the Ashfur Defense Squad Members Out There, But I Just Had To Say This. Hollyleaf is one of the best characters out there, she is the glue that holds Jayfeather and Lionblaze together and I think the only way she could ever be a villain is giving in to jealousy about not being one of the Three. - Darth Scourge

13 Alderheart

Alderheart is really one of the only characters that is underrated. A lot of characters on this list (cough cough Scourge) are HEAVILY overrated for what they are. Alderheart is a main character for several books and he doesn't get the same attention as other main characters do.

While I am not a fan of A Vision of Shadows (like at ALL) Alderheart was one of the few characters that helped bring the series up a bit. Twigbranch and Violetshine were okay, but they had so much more potential.

I was excited for Alderheart's chapters after dragging through Twig and Violet's who only really focused on SkyClan, Alderheart focused on more than that.

Overall, one of the few underrated characters that deserves more (his back must hurt from carrying the whole A Vision of Shadows arc


-Sweethoney of SkyClan

Alderheart is my favorite med cat! He is so sweet and nervous and always does his best! So underrated!

14 Ferncloud

A purrfect queen, exceptional mate, and an amazing friend. People don't like her for being a queen. The truth is, half the warriors you love wouldn't be here without her mothering them, and ThunderClan would die. Lionblaze, Hollyleaf, and Jayfeather are around because she helped raise them!

Something similar to Daisy, and the whole "kit machine" thing. Why are people mad at her for having /seven/ kits? Sorreltail had one less than she did. Also, bear in mind that some of these kits /died/. I can't believe you people for demanding Ferncloud should die. She /doesn't/ "do nothing in the nursery all day." Why are people so mad at her? If mad at her for being a kit machine, be mad at Sorreltail for having six kits, Robinwing for having 6+ kits (she has had other unnamed kits).

She had so many litters and was such a sweet cat! She is super underrated and without her thunder clan wouldn't have as many cats 100%

15 Sandstorm

Everyone thinks that Spottedleaf is Firestar's mate, but she's not, she's just a childhood crush. A blind kit could see that! Sandstorm is the best mate for Firestar and nothing will change my mind. Spottedleaf is such a stalker! She's to calm and she broke the warrior code by watching Clawface carry the kits out of camp before she died. Sandstorm has been through way more with Firestar and Nothingleaf has been threw nothing eith him, by the way, her new name is Nothingleaf since she's nothing! Dovefeather of ThunderClan

She is actually one of my favorite characters and I find her here finally.
I hate anybody who says sandstorm is overrated and that firestar x spottedleaf is a better ship. So firestar barely even new who spottedleaf is. It was a love at first sight thing and I think it is horrible. Spottedleaf was a grandma of some sort and firestar was like a kit still. It's just creepy. Meanwhile sandstorm is the same age as him. It's perfect for them. In the beginning she may have been a little mean to him... I know... but she was sort of with dustpaw(pelt) and they sort of were like, bfs or something. Until In fire and ice the worst book ever sandstorm is nicer to fire when he ask her about the patrol or something. Then if anyone even remembers sometimes dustpelt was mean to fire and sandstorm would step up and defend him. So I would def require sandstorm a little higher on the list. She is a good character! She should be higher than 16th place!

16 Foxleap

No one talks about Foxleap. NO ONE. He is an amazing, funny character with a bright personality and deserves to have quite a few more lines!

He had a great friendship with Dovewing on the journey to the mountains.

Foxleaf should have deserved more! I hope he sends a prophecy or we get to see I'm in Starclan.

17 Ivypool Ivypool is a fictional character created by Erin Hunter for the Book series named Warrior Cats. Ivypool is a common silver-and-white tabby. She spied in the Dark Forest and has dark blue eyes. She is the sister of Dovewing and the kit of Whitewing and Birchfall. Her mate is Fernsong, and she is the mother of Flipclaw, Bristlefrost, and Thriftear.

Alright, come on people, this is a list of characters underrated by the fandom, or else why would Dovewing be #1? Ivypool has many fans and is very popular with the fandom. Not saying that she shouldn't be (I love her as well) but she is NOT underrated. Even if it was cats who were underrated in the series, Ivypool is not on. She has a point of view! Everyone is putting cats on here like Thrushpelt and Brackenfur who get all the attention they need from the fandom. Save this list for REAL underrated characters, like Spottedleaf, Millie, Dovewing, Lionblaze, Bramblestar... The list goes on and on.

Person: She was annoying as an apprentice!
Me: umm... what does that have to do with this?
Person:...

A lot of people put her down for not supporting Dovewing, but I feel like she wanted to, and just was struggling emotionally, and it was to hard to tell her. AND, even though Dovewing isn't the best character ever, she did care for Ivypool when she went to the dark forest. I think people don't like her because she tried to kill Hawkfrost with Brambleclaw, which the villians are probably in 3rd place for most overrated characters ever. They just don't want to admit she did the right thing. And, she tried to heal her relationship with Dovewing afterwards, and I give credit to Dovewing for trying too. She also only tried to protect Dovewing from Tigerheart, and never actually wanted to kill Flametail. And, she wasn't the one out of her and her sister to scream, "I hate you! " first. Also, she's not the best character ever but a well~developed one, and deserves a bit more love. Also, she's gone back to being a normal warrior, and might even become mates with Fernsong. Also, more honorable mentions for underrated characters; Brakenfur, Squirrelflight, Cinderheart, Fallen Leaves, Tigerheart, Bumblestripe, Spottedleaf, Sandstorm, Whitestorm, Ravenpaw, and Firestar.

18 Lionblaze Lionblaze is a character in the Warrior Cats series. He is part of The Three, along with Jayfeather and Dovewing, and has the power of being undefeated in battle. However, the power if removed from him after the Clans are saved from the Dark Forest. Lionblaze is a broad-shouldered, muscular, bright, golden tabby tom with amber eyes the color of the sun. He has thick fur, thick fluff ringing around... read more

Out of the three, Lionblaze is by far my favorite. Whoever calls him a so-called 'Gary Stu' does not know what the full definition is. A Gary Stu is someone who is entirely perfect and does no wrong. "But Lionblaze is perfect because he's invincible! " So what? Does that mean that Jayfeather is a Gary Stu because he can walk in other cat's dreams? Apparently not. Lionblaze, if I remember correct, made countless mistakes: He nearly began a half-clan relationship with Heatherpaw. He trained in the Dark Forest with Tigerstar for an amount of time. He even KILLED dang old Russetfur. I know first-hand that a Gary Stu would not begin a half-clan relationship; he would not train to do evil; heck, he'd never even THINK about killing anyone! It is not as if he WANTED the power to be invincible in battle. In fact, he downright DIDN'T. He himself said that he wanted to be normal, especially when Cinderheart rejected him because of his destiny. But honestly, aside from Berrynose, Lionblaze is probably the best father and/or mate in the series. I hope he lives on. ~Rocky

19 Mapleshade Mapleshade is a character in the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. Mapleshade is a large, tortoiseshell-and-white she-cat, with a scarred white muzzle, and white patches throughout her pelt. She is thick-furred, and her pelt is ragged, patched, and scarred. Her fur is thick around her neck, like a mane, and she has a broad muzzle and face. She has amber eyes. she is mistakenly described as ginger-and-white... read more

She lost so much yet stayed so brave. She can't help that she was hallucinating nor can she help that she lost her kits. I mean, you'd avenge your child's death if you knew there was someone you could blame, wouldn't you?

Mapleshade may be a vengeful cat, but she has reasons for her actions - Her mate never loved her, she lost her kits. If you were mapleshade, how would you feel. So Mapleshade is NOT I repeat NOT a bad character, plus I love the line:
Sandstorm:Who are you!
Mapleshade: You should know who I am, thunderClan deystroyed my life.
It makes sense why mapleshade is evil, she suffered so much..how can you blame her. I'm on the Mapleshade defense squad.

-RabbitLeap of WindClan

I'm with you! Mapleshade had kits, only to be found out and cast out of the Clan. When she went to RiverClan for support, her mate turned on her. I hear many theories about Mapleshade meeting her kits at the StarClan border. Facing everything that Mapleshade faced, Mapleshade must have not only a broken heart, but a shattered one, too. And does'nt anyone find it incredibly annoying when, like Greystripe, for example,(sorry greystripe fans) had kits with a she-cat from another Clan. Another example; Dovewing(sorry not sorry dove wing fans) Dovewing ran of to a random city, pregnant with kits with the father from ShadowClan, and came back when all trouble is finished. What's with that!? But Mapleshade did exactly what so many cats did and got cast out from her Clan?!?! Come on people? Maple shade deserves better! Shouldn't Mapleshade be at least third in the list?
-Featherbreeze

20 Tigerstar Tigerstar is a villain in the Warriors series by Erin Hunter. Son of Leopardfoot and Pinestar, former mate of Goldenflower and Sasha, and father of Bramblestar, Tawnypelt, Mothwing, Hawkfrost, and Tadpole. This brown tabby cat almost causes the downfall of the clans. But is killed, firstly by Scourge, who strips all his lives away. And then by Firestar, who moves on to StarClan when they meet again... read more

Hated and just dumped. Tigerstar may have started many issues of Thunderclan, but to be honest, aside from his story, he's a very unique villain. Unlike some others, Tigerstar developed to be evil, just as the prophecy said so. This was because of his past, probably receiving so much hatred and eventually, getting a mentor who decided to train him in the ways of the Dark Forest. This villain only came to be because he was determined to be the best he can, blinded by his mentor, became evil. Tigerstar is a villain well to work with, and took the story far as a powerful villain.

It's all thistle claws fault. He was once white storms friend and he did try to be good but his mentor ruined it.

Actually, he is the second-most overrated villain just after Scourge (but I love Scourge)

21 Daisy

Many people claim she's always sitting around in the nursery, pretending to take care of kits. Excuse me, do you even know how HARD it is to take care of kits? Don't you know how obnoxious they are? Daisy had a right to worry about Berrykit when he got his tail stuck in the trap. And those ShadowClan warriors did /nothing/ to help! Speaking of Berrykit...

I love Daisy. She's not useless. She takes care of all the kits and if kits are given away who do you think takes care of them?

Daisy is a great cat , she devoted her life to raising generations of kits!

22 Stonefur

He is Soo underrated! His death made me cry and he is my favorite character! 100%! Without him Feathertail wouldn't have saved the tribe of rushing water because she would be dead and Stormfur would have died as well! Stonefur deserves so much and they should mention him in Starclan more often!

He was a GREAT character! First, he was a half clan kit who actually managed to make it to the rank of deputy in his clan before dying in an act of pure selfless heroism via saving Graystripe's (also half-clan born) kits. I believe he should be more loved for what he did.

23 Petal

Petal sacrificed herself for her kits to live, and yet I never see her on the best mother's in warrior cats lists

24 Graypool
25 Goosefeather

I have a love/hate for Goosefeather. He did come up with some false prophecies and /did/ get cats killed, but realize that there are crazier cats than Goosefeather... *cough*Ashfur*cough*

He was actually a favorite of mine. He was fun when he was normal, and when he went all crazy, he was just creepy abit. Nothing major

He is pretty underrated and gets a bit to much unwarranted hate.

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