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Jujutsu Shenanigans Tier List [V1.81.1] (August 2026) — Best Characters Ranked

By Money Lord — Founder & Editor | Updated: August 22, 2026

Restless Gambler (Hakari) is the strongest character in Jujutsu Shenanigans as of August 22, 2026, because it is the only one whose win condition is guaranteed. Its Idle Death Gamble awakening runs a slot machine, and if the first three spins fail a pity jackpot fires on the fourth — the game itself prints "In the next 50 seconds... They are effectively immortal." A jackpot doubles that to 100 seconds.

The Real Roster: 27 Characters, Not 19

Jujutsu Shenanigans (place ID 9391468976, by Tze's Shenanigans) is a 20-player battlegrounds fighter holding a 153,704 concurrent-player seven-day median as of August 22, 2026 — 28 samples from August 15–22, ranging 87,739 to 208,886 — on 6.91 billion visits. New players: see our beginner's guide.

The dropdown holds 27 characters, but only 14 are "complete" — finished and free to everyone. Those 14 are what this list ranks; the other 13 are covered below.

One naming trap catches several published lists: Mahoraga is a separate playable character, not just Ten Shadows' fourth awakening move, while "Instant Spirit Body of Distorted Killing" is a super awakening of Perfection, not a character. Any list carrying both "Cursed Partners" and "Yuta Okkotsu" counts one fighter twice.

S Tier

Restless Gambler (Kinji Hakari)

100 HP, free. The base kit is ordinary and it does not matter. Idle Death Gamble is a domain awakening that heals 15 HP, runs 80 seconds and breaks after four scenarios; hit the jackpot and Jackpot grants 100 seconds of effective immortality, or 50 from the fourth-scenario pity. Renewal rewinds 8 seconds of damage. The only counterplay is winning a domain clash.

Honored One (Satoru Gojo)

100 HP, free, and the default character every new account starts on. Lapse Blue pulls from 35 studs and Reversal Red pushes, both for 12.5. Six Eyes heals 25 HP over 60 seconds and upgrades those into Lapse Blue MAX at 44 and Hollow Purple at 70; chaining the MAX finishers triggers Unlimited Purple for 50–100 by distance. Infinite Void runs 14 seconds on 120, and the 0.2 Domain attack is worth up to 220 per target.

Perfection (Mahito)

100 HP, free. Embodiment of Self Perfection is the cleanest kill button in the game: everyone inside gains a transfiguration meter that drains near the caster, and when it empties they take 300 damage per half-second and die outright. It runs 14 seconds on 120. Essence of the Soul heals 45 HP.

Vessel (Yuji Itadori / Ryomen Sukuna)

85 HP, free — the lowest pool in S tier, offset by the largest awakening heal of any complete character: King of Curses restores 45 HP over 60 seconds. Cleave removes 40% of a target's current health (minimum 10) every 12 seconds, so it hits hardest early, and Malevolent Shrine runs 18 seconds on 120 at 2 per slash.

Defense Attorney (Hiromi Higuruma)

90 HP, free. Deadly Sentencing suspends the fight entirely — awakening drain stops and everyone is invulnerable while a three-option trial ("Confess", "Silence", "Denial") plays out. Win it and Death Penalty hands you the Executioner's Sword for 90 seconds, killing any target on the smallest cut, plus 40 HP on the way in. A mind game rather than a certainty, which is all that keeps it below Restless Gambler.

A Tier

Cursed Partners (Yuta Okkotsu & Rika)

90 HP, free. Authentic Mutual Love is the longest domain in the game at 45 seconds on 120. Inside it four blades land within reach carrying Shrine, Thin Ice Breaker, Clairvoyance, Cursed Speech or Shikigami; four direct katana swings unlock Jacob's Ladder for 62.5. True Love Beam deals 100. Copied Cursed Speech freezes every player within 35 studs for 2.5 seconds — an awakened Copy Wheel technique, not a base move.

Ten Shadows (Megumi Fushiguro)

85 HP, free, and the highest execution barrier on the roster. Base shikigami: Rabbit Escape 14, Nue 16, Divine Dog: Totality 18; Insanity heals only 15 HP but opens Max Elephant at 35. Its value is Chimera Shadow Garden, a domain invasion costing 4 HP/s that disables Infinite Void, Malevolent Shrine, Embodiment of Self-Perfection, Time Cell Moon Palace and Shining Sea of Growing Branches — a hard counter to five domains.

Blood Manipulator (Choso)

100 HP, free. Supernova is a melee counter with a 0.6-second window that deals 14 and goes on no cooldown when it lands, which is why it dominates neutral. Plasma Wave deals 95 at minimum range. No domain, which keeps it out of S.

Head of the Hei (Naoya Zenin)

90 HP, free. Not Toji Fushiguro — this is Naoya, and the kit runs on Projection Sorcery: every move feeds a Projection meter that freezes whoever loses the exchange. Vengeance heals 90 HP, the largest heal in the game, then kills the user when its 60 seconds expire. Time Cell Moon Palace lasts 25 seconds on a 60-second cooldown — the shortest in the game — but casting it ends the awakening.

B Tier

Mahoraga

150 HP, the highest pool in the game, but you cannot select it: Mahoraga unlocks only by landing Ten Shadows' Mahoraga move, which costs 40% of the awakening bar. Twice normal size, 1.5x melee range, destruction on every M1. A payoff, not a pick.

Puppet Master (Kokichi Muta)

85 HP, free, and the swingiest character in the game. Absolute sets your HP to roughly 117 and lasts anywhere from 8 to 180 seconds depending on banked energy, and Pigeon Viola reaches 355 per bullet at high charge. Misjudge the energy economy and it evaporates in seconds.

True Cannon (Ryu Ishigori)

100 HP, free, and the newest complete character (added V1.75, finished V1.76). It runs an Overheat meter instead of cooldowns: Granite Blast fires for 5.5 every 0.5 seconds at 20% heat, and Restyle vents 60%. Every Last Drop. is the longest standard awakening at 90 seconds and hits for 105.

C Tier

Switcher (Aoi Todo)

100 HP, free. Boogie Woogie swaps positions on a 6-second cooldown (3 on block) and is unblockable inside 35 studs — V1.81.1 widened that range by 10 studs. Strong mind games, but False Memories heals only 20 HP and there is no domain to close a round with.

Salaryman (Kento Nanami)

100 HP, free, finished only in V1.73. Ratio Point runs on 5 seconds and marks weak points; Sharpen deals 15, or 23 into a Ratio mark. Everything works, nothing is oppressive, and it is the only complete character with neither a domain nor a burst option.

Full Tier List Summary Table

All 14 complete characters as of August 22, 2026 on V1.81.1. All free.

Characters We Did Not Rank

Base-only (6, free): Locust Guy (V1.49), Star Rage (V1.56), Aspiring Mangaka (V1.58), Lucky Coward (V1.73), Crow Charmer (V1.74), Black Death (V1.76). These awaken into a single special move rather than a full moveset — Star Rage's Unrestricted Density deals 500 per second with heavy distance falloff.

Early Access (2, paid): Disaster Plants (V1.74) and Register (V1.78) need the Early Access game pass, 345 Robux as of August 22, 2026 per Roblox's live game-pass API; the wiki still prints the older 300 Robux figure. Both are unfinished — Register's Con Artistry awakening is listed as TBA — so ranking them would go stale within days. Register is what the game's [REGISTER] title tag refers to; our JJS Robux guide covers earning the pass without spending.

Restricted (5): Strongest Of History (V1.45) and Monkey Kid (V1.69) are flagged "Overpowered", reachable only through specific gamemodes, the Overpowered private-server command or staff access. Super TZE, Mokou and Cursed Child are developer-only.

How We Verified This List

We have no in-game access and did not play a single match to build this. Here is exactly what we used.

Roster and numbers: the raw wikitext of the Jujutsu Shenanigans community wiki, pulled character page by character page through its MediaWiki API on August 22, 2026. The Characters index (last edited August 21) gives the 27 total and the 14/6/2/2/3 split; each infobox gives HP and unlock cost; each ability template gives damage, cooldown, duration and healing. The Update Log (edited August 20) confirmed V1.81.1.

Live game data: Roblox's own APIs on August 22, 2026 — games.roblox.com for visits, likes and the 20-player cap, apis.roblox.com/game-passes for all six passes with prices and isForSale status, and our player-count radar for the seven-day median. Where wiki and API disagreed on the Early Access price, we published the API figure.

Where we disagree with other lists. Two larger published JJS tier lists contradict each other outright: one dated August 17, 2026 puts Perfection in S+ and Switcher in A; one dated May 7, 2026 puts Perfection in B and Switcher in C. Rather than average them, we ranked on documented mechanics — whether a character has a domain, how long it lasts, and whether its win condition can be interrupted.

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• Jujutsu Infinite Tier List — different game
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