Best Skylanders Swap Force characters

3828 duels later, Trap Shadow is still #1 in the Skylanders ranking, with Magna Charge close behind at 1338 ELO points.

Trap Shadow commands the top spot with 1361 ELO points and a 61% win rate across 163 duels, but the tightest race sits just below. Magna Charge holds second place at 1338 points, while Stink Bomb occupies third with 1333 points. The sharpest divide in the ranking appears between third and fourth: 24 ELO points separate Stink Bomb from Free Ranger, marking the clearest gap in the top tier. Rattle Shake rounds out the top 5 with 1306 points and the strongest win rate among the leaders at 63%. At the opposite end, the bottom three reveal where the community draws the line: Wind-Up sits at rank 30, Pop Thorn at 31, and Slobber Tooth anchors the ranking at 32 with 1031 ELO points.

This ranking draws from 3828 duels cast by 30 players across 32 contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. Every duel refines the hierarchy, and the next vote could shift the standings. Head to the Skylanders TopList on VAINKEURZ to weigh in: pick your favorite in a head-to-head matchup and watch the ELO scores adjust in real time. The ranking remains open, and the community's voice determines who rises and who falls.

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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