Best superpowers to have

7334 duels later, Teleportation is still #1 in the Superpower ranking, with Time travel close behind.

The top positions remain tight, but a decisive gap of 44 ELO points separates Telekinesis at rank 3 from Flight at rank 4, marking the sharpest divide in the ranking. Teleportation edges out Time travel by just 5 points, a margin thin enough to shift with a handful of votes. The close race at the summit reflects a community drawn to powers of movement and manipulation, whether across space, through history, or over objects. Stop time rounds out the top 5 with 1275 ELO points, trailing Flight by just 3 points. At the bottom, Immortality languishes at rank 27 with 1078 ELO points, while Communicate with the dead sits last at rank 28 with 1032 points, suggesting voters prefer abilities with immediate, tangible impact over existential or spectral options. The low placement of Immortality, often considered a defining superpower in fiction, reveals a preference for utility over longevity.

The ranking draws from 7334 duels submitted by 78 players across 28 contenders, updated on 11 October 2026. Each vote refines the standings, and with the top spots separated by narrow margins, the hierarchy remains fluid. Cast your own duels to shape which superpower rises to the top.

Updated on October 11, 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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