Best Charlotte espers

Yū Otosaka leads the Charlotte student council Esper ranking with 1353 ELO points over 6 duels, ahead of Nao Tomori and Yusa Nishimori / Misa Kurobane.

The top three stand relatively close, with 53 points separating Yū Otosaka from Nao Tomori in second, then a further 88 points down to Yusa Nishimori / Misa Kurobane in third. The sharpest divide appears below the podium: a 98-point gap isolates the third-ranked contender from Takehito Kumagami in fourth place. Despite posting a strong 75 percent win rate over 8 duels, Yusa Nishimori / Misa Kurobane cannot break into the top two, while Yū Otosaka claims first with 67 percent wins across 6 duels. Nao Tomori holds second with 1300 ELO and 57 percent wins over 7 duels. At the bottom, Jōjirō Takajō occupies fifth place with 1021 ELO and a 0 percent win rate over 5 duels, suggesting the community finds little appeal in this character compared to the others.

This ranking draws on 270 duels cast by 41 players across 5 contenders, last updated on 12 October 2026. The vote remains open: log in to VAINKEURZ, pick your preferred student council Esper in head-to-head matchups, and shape the standings with your choices.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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