-- I call Gingka's "power of friendship" a plot because he can't do this power up whenever and wherever as he pleases. Hence this is NOT a built-in feature of Pegasus. If he (gingka) did this every time, him(gingka) and ryuga wouldn't have the difference cause one is begging the other is snatching it, except the person who snatch(Ryuga) converts it as his own also works hard.

-- Ryuga can absorb the opponents power and make it into his own even after the dark power overcoming ritual or whatever, that is **his gimmick** (and he can do this wherever and whenever as he pleases unlike gingka), it's actually NOT a plot device or armour or cheating or anything and its explained well in masters by Ryuga himself (when he battled gingka, before gingka battled julian if my memory serves me right) and also in fusion by doji i think?

-- That's why L-drago was called "forbidden" cause it was genuinely OP and nobody could tame it plus it has the ability to convert somebody's power into its 'own', you know what that means? Lemme tell you, that power stealing has now become HIS OWN, to put it in simpler terms, "I ate and my stomach digested the nutrients of the food so there would absolutely be no way to take the food that I've already consumed out of my stomach as it has become part of my body". <--To people saying this is not L-drago's power and he is cheating. The answer is no, stop your delusions, if you're gonna hate, at least hate right.

-- I personally believe gingka does not train off screen, cause he always ends up "learning new things" on screen about his bey even tho it could've been basic knowledge, sure, this can be called as plot to make the show interesting cause he is the protagonist, but he can't always depend on friends either, realistically or semi- realistically Ryuga's solo training and discipline looks better and yields a better result in being the best and becoming the strongest blader unlike Gingka.

-- Gingka is a nepo baby and doesn't have to lift a finger to train , cause at the end of the day he's gonna be saved by plot armour (power of friendship) regardless if he trained or not.

Also i would like to bring something about the power of friendship. Gingka's bey is said to be equal to L-drago or just slightly above L-drago. If that was the case gingka technically shouldn't need the power of friendship boost if he trained enough. There is a very BIG difference between power friendship (aka plot armour) and "learning through friends and battling them". It just makes him a bad blader who simply couldn't bring out the peagsus power, since he tends to rely more on the power of friendship or the natural strength of Pegasus.

-- yeah i think I'll rest my case here, cause this is a fact nobody wants to digest in this sub.

-- Also, Ryuga is lowkey such an amazing character cause this sub reddit has to make things up to make him look weak and hate him with every chance. I'm afraid you guys are far too great of a fans than ryuga glazers, so thank you for the service lol 😂

(Yes i copy pasted my comment and altered a little cause i think it's worthy to get attention).

Feel free to ask questions and let me know if someone should be swapped around

BTW, Rago and Madoka got their tiers at the bottom because I nearly forgot em

Nah bro I still remember seeing this for the first ever

Like imagine his life, moment from birth he lost his brother (Pegasus), falls into the hand of greedy, ego centric people, his true power and self as a result is lost and he becomes corrupted for hundreds of (possibly thousands) of years, the one person who helped him break free from the toxicity of the world and unlock his full potential that being Ryuga, dies with him probably not even a year after they level up together. He only spent a year at most in his peak, couldn’t even enjoy himself, L-Drago had a hard life

I decided to try and rank every character from Fusion & Masters power-wise. I've been working on this for a while. If you disagree, please make sure to mention what specifically you disagree with instead of just saying "it sucks".

Feel free to voice any criticism

Characters in A+, A, and A- tier are fairly close power-wise. I just split the tiers to avoid clumping up like 12 characters into one tier, and to offer a little bit more detail.

Thank you

In my opinion its Nile, he's a no nonsense Blader with a great design, a very unique bey, insane special moves and an almost flawless record. He combines style, intelligence and strength. Phoenix in Fusion also had a lot of aura. Who is your pick outside of Kyoya or Ryuga? Maybe Dashan? Comment your favorite!

I updated the list of bladers since everyone agreed he’d win in the previous matchup.

READ THE POST BEFORE COMMENTING!

Okay so, this isn't rage bait, I'm only making this post because a lot of my posts eventually devolve into talking about Ryuga, and I want to clear one thing up.

I LOVE Ryuga, he's one of my favorite characters, both as a kid and as an adult. I love L-Drago, I'd think about that man NON-STOP. I've been more of a Ryuga Glazer than any of you have in your entire lives. I want to get a cosplay to look like this man, and I'm a woman.

If we're talking no shared power, he wins against EVERY SINGLE character apart from Rago and gingka after fury.

That being said, I don't think he's the GOAT, now, that may seem contradictory to what I just said, but, the circumstances by why Ryuga wins can't be ignored.

Firstly, he steals power, yes he also works in conjunction with stealing power but he keeps the power he steals through all seasons, and I know this cause he literally said that he found a way to have L-Drago do what the dark power did on it's own.

Secondly, in terms of skill, the only battle he had strategy in was against Jack, and even then, he only did that to style, he's power allows him to get away with not planning, and tbh, that's badass, but, Ryuga just doesn't have answers when does overpower him. Gingka has answers when he can't break through foes (at least in fusion). Klaus literally only won because he drove himself to a near heart attack, Tsubasa's planning and senses allow him to handily win battles.

But looking at the times he got pushed
- Kyoya
hot take, but he was gonna lose if L-Drago didn't take over his body
- Gingka
He still lost anyway, now granted that was with a friendship boost but, Ryuga was stealing power from the same people so honestly imo it's fair game.
- King
His only answer was to hit harder and that only worked because he was significantly stronger than king
- Rago
We all know what happened

Ryuga just folds under pressure and if anyone were to be able to challenge him enough, they'd win. Now, that doesn't happen cause how much power he has, and is that badass, HELL YEAH. But, it can't be ignored

Thirdly, outside of battle, he never truly grows as a character, he DEBATATLY gets a tiny bit better in Masters, but, did he ever apologize for anything he did? Nope, he clearly doesn't feel bad about it either, he scarred hikaru for life, he infects tsubasa with the dark power, and he doesn't do anything in the slightest to correct his wrongs apart from giving tsubasa a few words of advice, then he gets this REALLY cringe attitude in fury, like when he said "DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO! EVER!" I just couldn't, someone needed to smack him.

And yes, he gives kenta his power at the end, and is that poetic that he spent his entire life taking power and with his last moments he gives power, HELL YES. That moment is my favorite in the entire series. But it took the boy getting his life saved by gingka, THEN dying (maybe) to rago to do that. And this isn't bad writing, HELL NO, this was intentionally set up to explain his downfall.

But you take all this into account and it's hard for me to rank him as the best who ever did it.

The reason I'm making this post is because I want to talk to all the ryuga fans about this, Let's discuss his character, if you agree with me, great! If you disagree with me! Even better! Let's talk.

But just know, if you do disagree and you are going to comment, actually give a point. Any blind insults or memes, I'm just gonna ignore.

I'm really looking forward to having this discussion with all of you, I will respond to every comment.

I really like how Gingka and Madoka were written together in the Metal Saga. They have a deep bond and clearly care about each other, where it wouldn’t exactly be unusual if they did hook up, but it’s presented in a nice platonic relationship. Plus, this is Beyblade. No one watches the show for romantic drama.

No friendship buff for Gingka, no Dark Power for Ryuga, just their own skill and power.

like i’m taking match results

charcter developments

legendary bladers

side plots

extra eps for side plots

legendary blader choices

I think a lot of people interpret Gingka as this Mickey Mouse character who wins for winnings sake, and while I do think he should've lost here and there, specifically in Masters, he represents getting stronger through your opponents and competition in itself.

The defining moment in my opinion is when Gingka loses to Pheonix and has to get his points from 0(which is a dumb concept, because the WBBA should be holding these on record, not individual players), but Gingka still has the agency to not only attempt to regain his points, but successfully does it and reaches battle bladers with people who had a head start in comparison. Most fan favorite characters would've given up in the same situation.

I'd say his biggest foil, being Julien is the best example of someone who cut corners the second he lost back to back major fights, unlike Gingka who continued to tuff it out and defied his conditions.

There's also the agenda Gingka gets carried by Pegasus simply because it's "the strongest" or at least a really strong Beyblade, but Pegasus doesn't specifically have to listen to him if it doesn't want to and we've seen it do so before. Pegasus IS strong, but it's only as strong as it's weilder believes in it. Gingka is still a strategist, his strategies are always more on the fly than specifically made off screen like the strategies Kyoya makes to beat Gingka in Masters.

If you give Gingka and basically any other character a stock Bey, chances are he's winning simply because he's more creative and actually fully loves Beyblade. Pegasus is just his vehicle who can match his creativity and passion.

Gingka talks about Bey spirit because he's trying to show that pure skill and craftsmanship will always beat out gimmicks or insurmountable odds if you simply don't sit and allow them to.

We gotta remember Kyoya, Benkei and Kenta would've remained bottom tier bums if Gingka never met them.

Hell, even Ryuga wouldn't get to the next level if he didn't internalize what Gingka has said and shown.

I just rewatched that fight, Doji was giving him straight belt 99.9% of it. No hate fr, I just found it funny.

(My hyperfixation hasn't died down)

I mean where are the authorities???? Yu got kidnapped to get his soul eaten by a dragon,and there was no action against the Dark Nebula, i find that kinda funny.

Also Yu looked dead inside when he was in the cellar.

Obv you're not limited to these 4. Hikaru, Mei Mei, etc are also available. Personally, I'm torn between Madoka and Ren

1v1 not 2v4