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Slowly, Izuku has made this power his own and become an incredibly powerful character. Currently, only a handful of characters can be considered a match for him in combat, and even fewer can be called stronger than him. However, there are a few who can outmatch this hero — and even pose a threat to him.
Updated on June 5, 2022, by Rei Penber: The world of My Hero Academia has seen the rise of quite a few powerful characters over the years with Izuku Midoriya in midst of it all trying to establish himself as the greatest ever. While Izuku has already come very far and is, undoubtedly, one of the strongest characters in the My Hero Academia, there are some whose strength is still greater than his. This list already mentions all of those characters, however, we’ve taken a deeper dive into what makes them so powerful and, with that, expanded on the list even further.
6 Gigantomachia
Gigantomachia is one of the strongest villains to ever appear in My Hero Academia. He was once the bodyguard of All For One, which implies his strength must be tremendous. It’s been noted that Gigantomachia has multiple Quirks which include Gigantification, Pain Blocker, Dog, and Fierce Grains, among others.
Machia was strong enough to take on the entire League of Villains by himself and still gain the upper hand in the battle. To stop him, several Heroes have to combine their efforts. Until Izuku completely masters the power of One For All, he certainly isn’t going to be able to defeat Gigantomachia.
Gigantomachia’s Strongest Quirks
Gigantomachia has several Quirks at his disposal, as mentioned above. Some of his strongest abilities include Endurance, which gives him the ability to turn morale into stamina, Pain Blocker, which prevents him from feeling any pain, Gigantification, which lets him grow in size when he’s excited, and Dog, which gives him a sense of smell and hearing akin to a dog’s.
He also has access to Energy Saver – a Quirk that lets him function on very little food and water, Fierce Gains – a Quirk that lets him harden his muscles to exceptional levels, and finally, Mole, which lets him use mole-like claws for digging, among other things.
5 Nine
Nine was the main antagonist of My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising. He was a powerful character who had a power similar to the All For One. Nine had the ability to steal Quirks of other people and use up to nine Quirks in total, hence his name. His original Quirk was known as Weather Manipulation, and it was strong enough to destroy cities with ease. However, the price to pay for using this power was huge.
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Nine also stole several other Quirks, including Cell Activation, Hydra, and Air Wall, among others. He was able to defeat Izuku Midoriya at 100% of his One For All strength, which just goes to show that his level of power was incredible. Nine was eventually defeated by the combined effort of Izuku Midoriya and Katsuki Bakugo, both of whom held the power of One For All at the time. However, Izuku likely couldn’t take him on alone.
Nine’s Strongest Quirks
Being among the strongest characters in My Hero Academia: Heroes Rising, Nine has quite a few great powers up his sleeve. His strongest Quirk was definitely All For One.
Unlike the original All For One, his version of the Quirk was weaker and could only let him hold up to eight different abilities. Despite that, Nine gained tremendous power thanks to it and could steal a lot of useful abilities.
4 Star and Stripe
The Number One Hero of the United States of America, Cathleen Bate, also known as Star and Stripe, was an incredibly powerful Hero. She held an overpowered Quirk called New Order, which allowed her to set a rule on the surroundings and completely alter the battle in her favor.
By bestowing new abilities upon the environment and even on herself, Star and Stripe was strong enough to take on almost anyone in battle. Not only could she give herself new abilities, but she could also manipulate the body of her opponents, making her extremely hard to defeat. Her Quirk was simply too strong, which is why some have identified it as the power that redefines what a Quirk can be. Sadly, Star and Stripe died in her encounter with Shigaraki Tomura.
Star and Stripe’s Strongest Quirk
Star and Stipe was the wielder of New Order, as already mentioned above. With its power, Cathleen could completely redefine what a Quirk could and couldn’t do.
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By merely setting a new rule on the surroundings, she could bestow new properties to herself, and do unimaginable things. Horikoshi was quite smart to take this Quirk out of the picture as it was too powerful and with it, Cathleen had certainly become one of the strongest MHA characters.
3 Shigaraki Tomura
Born with the power of the terrific Decay Quirk, Shigaraki was strong enough to destroy anything with a mere touch ever since he was a child. After undergoing his awakening at Deika City, he gained the power to reduce a city to dust in a short period of time.
What’s more, his Decay ability now worked without needing to make direct contact. Following the events of this arc, Shigaraki underwent surgery that gave him the power of All For One, making him one of the strongest characters of all time. If that wasn’t enough, his body was also strengthed to a point where it got compared to All Might himself. Shigaraki nearly defeated the entire Hero Association on his own in the War arc.
Shigaraki’s Strongest Quirk
Although Shigaraki has access to a lot of overpowered abilities, the strongest that he has currently at his disposal is All For One. With its powers, he can easily steal any Quirk, stockpile it and even distribute it among others.
He can try many combinations of different powers and make himself even stronger in combat.
2 All For One
All For One remains the greatest villain to appear so far in the world of My Hero Academia. He is quite an old person whose Quirk has kept him alive through generations. With the power of All For One, he is able to steal, stockpile, and distribute Quirks freely among people. All For One possesses tremendous strength and when using the multitude of Quirks that he has up his sleeve, he’s almost unstoppable.
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He was strong enough to injure even All Might in his prime, which just goes to show that he was on a truly different level compared to every other villain in the story. All For One was ultimately defeated by All Might; however, to do so, he had to go past every single limit he had.
All For One’s Strongest Quirk
All For One was the original wielder of the All For One Quirk and even today, he wields a duplicate of his power. It is using this Quirk that he rose to the pinnacle of villainy and created an age where villains ran amok.
He also played a part in Nine receiving a duplicate of All For One. Eventually, his Quirk was transferred over to Shigaraki Tomura, however, he still holds a duplicate of the All For One Quirk.
1 All Might
All Might is certainly the strongest character in the world of My Hero Academia so far. Born Quirkless just like Izuku, All Might received the power of One For All from his mentor, Nana Shimura. With some training, All Might was able to make this power his own, and within a few years, he became recognized as one of the strongest Heroes of all time. With time, he established himself as the Symbol of Peace, and thanks to him, the crime rate in Japan dropped significantly.
With the power of One For All, he was able to reach the very top and stay there for years to come. Even someone as strong as All For One didn’t have it in him to defeat All Might. During his time as the Number One Hero, All Might fought All For One twice and managed to defeat him during both encounters. Without a doubt, he’s far stronger than Izuku Midoriya.
All Might’s Strongest Quirk
The former Number One Hero was the 8th wielder of One For All and used this ability long before Izuku. Even though he no longer possesses this power, he still remains to be its strongest user to date.
All Might could even go beyond 100% with his power and bring down villains such as All For One for good. At his best, he was simply unstoppable, and in his prime, not even the strongest villains could stop him.
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