Best Naruto Shippuden openings

66 ELO points separate 6 – Sign from 9 – Lovers at the top of the Naruto Shippuden opening ranking, after 9017 duels.

6 – Sign dominates with 1404 ELO points and a 68% win rate across 169 duels, establishing clear distance from its closest rival. The gap between first and second place is the sharpest in the ranking, showing how decisively the community prefers this opening. Further down, 9 – Lovers holds second with 1338 points, followed by 7 – A World That Was Transparent at 1301. The beloved 3 – Blue Bird sits in fourth at 1286, while 16 – Silhouette rounds out the top five with 1276 points. The bottom of the ranking tells a different story: 11 – Assault Rock languishes at 955 ELO with just a 30% win rate, trailing far behind 10 – Newsong at 1109 points and 17 – Wind at 1130.

This ranking draws on 9017 duels cast by 160 players across 20 contenders, last updated on 10 October 2026. Whether you champion the emotional weight of Sign or believe another opening deserves the crown, the vote remains open. Head to VAINKEURZ and cast your duels to shape the ranking.

Updated on October 10, 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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