When it comes to superhero television, it’s hard to argue that the CW’s growing Arrowverse is one of the best superhero representations we’ve seen on television. While the Netflix/Marvel shows have been incredible, the recent slew of cancelations (#BringBackDaredevil, am I right?), have made the MCU’s television universe fall a bit to the wayside. However with only a couple of films gaining critical success for the DCEU, (Aquaman, Wonder Woman), DC’s biggest success has to be the shared multiverse amongst the Arrowverse. From The Flash and Supergirl to new🌸comer Black Lightning, the Legends of Tomorrow and the O.G. hero Green Arrow, the Arrowverse has gaine🍸d such popularity amongst fans that next year one of comics biggest crossover events, Crisis on Infinite Earths, will be the network’s big superhero event of the year.

With characters like Batwoman, Superman, and other characters being examined for their own shows and fan favorite characters making a comeback in the universe (Matt Ryan’s Constantine is a huge improvement to the Arrowverse), it’s only natural to take a look back at the path that led us 𒆙to this ever-growing universe of heroes. From the first season of Arrow to the origin story of Barry Allen and the discovery of a multiverse of heroes, there are several characters that have captured the audience’s attention.

That’s why today we are going to explore the 25 characters of the Arrowverse we ranked fro🐻m weakest to strongest. While everyone is a favorite when they grace the screen, some characters possess less power than others, and thus its ﷽time to learn who is the strongest there is.

25 𝓀 ꦓCaptain Cold

A brilliant thief and criminal turned hero, Captain Cold (played by the incredible Wentworth Miller) was drafted by Rip Hunter to the Legends of Tomorrow, using his thieving skills and cold gun to help the legends fight Vandal Savage in t🦄he first season.

By se♔ason’s end (SPOILER ALERT), Smart surprised everyone by staying behind and detonating a bomb tha൲t destroyed the corrupt Time Masters forever.

His selfless sacrifice showcased his change in character, making his final act a he🅘🦂roic one.

24 Rip Hunter ൲

The man of the future who recruited the Legends of Tomorrow, Rip Hunter was a Time Master who went rogue after Vandal Savage ended the lives of his wife and child in the future. He recruited the heroes and villains of the Legends to help him stop the immortal villain who takes over the world in the ☂future. In later seasons, Rip took a secondary role, giving the leadership role to Sarah Lance and briefly starting the Time Bureau before finally going rogue one last time and delaying the release of the time demon Mallus, setting off a time bomb and destroying himself in the process.

23 ꧙ Malcolm Merlyn ♛

The first true villain of the Arrowverse, Malcolm Merlyn was known as the Dark Archer, the longtime friend of the Queen family who betrayed Oliver’s father Robert and had him s𝕴tranded in the ocean alongside Oliver.

Oliver learned of Malcolm’s betrayal and stopped🐭 his plot to destroy the city.

However, Malcolm has returned time and again, revealing his connection t🔜o the League of Assassins, taking the role of leader after Ra’s Al Ghul’s defeat until his final episode, where he sacrificed himself to save his daughter, Oliver’s sister Thea Queen. Thus ended the first Arrowverse villain.

22 Heatwave

Known more commonly by his real name of Mick Rory, Mick has survived far longer than many expected. A thief and life-taker with a penchant for fire, he uses his fire gun to take on enemies, along with his fighting skills and rough personality. He’s undergone a lot of changes on the show. At one point he was left behind after causing too many problems on the ship, only to return after being trained by the Time Masters and carrying the mantle of Chronos. Since then ꦇhe has returned to the team, regaining the skills he learned but still brandishing the rouge personality that fans have come to know and love.

21 ꦬ Laurel Lance

More specifically the original Laurel of Earth-1. She began her journey as a lawyer and Oliver’s ex-girlfriend and friend, and quickly underwent an emotional journe🎀y after the return of her long lost sister Sarah, the loss and resurrection of the🌱 same sister in season 3, taking up her sister’s mantle of Black Canary and becoming a vigilante.

Unlike her Earth-2 villain coun▨terpart Black Siren, she used a sonic⛦ device for her canary cry, rather than a metahuman power.

She sadly lost her life in the battle against Damien Darhk in season 4, leaving her Earth-2 counterpart toඣ take her place in the seasons to follow.

20 𝔍 James Olsen

Superman’s former sidekick and Daily Planet photographer, James Olsen has risen through the ranks of CatCo Media alongside his best friend Kara, aka Supergirl on the hit show of the same name. Now the head 💧of the company and a vigilante hero known as Guardian, James has become a major character in the series, representing many of the social issues this show tackles on a weekly basis and bringing a voice to the problems we face in our world today.

19 ♎ 💯 Felicity Smoak

Also known by her codename of Overwatch, Felicity was the nerdy y𝓀et beautiful tech genius at Oliver’s company, Queen Indus🐻tries, who soon became a part of the original Team Arrow alongside Diggle and Oliver.

The brains behind the operation, she uses her genius ▨to watch over the city and guide Oliver on his dangerous missions.

Eventually, she also became Oliv♑er’s true love interest, marrying one another last year. In the current season, she has taken a dark turn, her battle against Ricardo Diaz making her make questionable moral decisions much like Oliver did early on in the series, and a future teasing her dark descent leave𝐆s her character’s fate up in the air.

18 Iris West

Barry Allen’s best friend growing up, she and her father, Joe, took Barry in after his father was falsely imprisoned for his wife’s tragic passing. She went on to become a prominent reporter in the city, and eventually learned Barry’s identity as The Flash. She since has not only helped Team Flash take on the villains of the city and guide them much like Felicity, but ꧒she and Barry have fallen in love and married one another. She now spends her time trying to get to know her time-traveling future daughter Nora and help find a way to stop the metahuman ending villain, Cicada.

17 ꧋ John Diggle

Also 🥂going by his codename of Spartan, John Diggle is the partner and best friend to Oliver Queen, aka Gree✅n Arrow. Married to the head of the secret government organization ARGUS, John has fought in many different capacities to protect the city, using his skills as a former soldier and government agent to help Oliver on his crusade against the city. In the current season, he works with his wife at ARGUS and is working to uncover a plot of corruption from within the organization.

16 𓄧 ꦏ Zari Tomaz

A woman from the near future who’s family wಞas taken out by the future corrupt version of ARGUS, Zari is a tech genius and holds the all-important totem that allows her to control the wind around her.

Joining the Legends last y🍰ear, she has b🍨ecome an important part of the team.

Her knowledge ꦑof how the time stream works and her tech knowledge when combined with her control over the air allows her to navigate the problems facing the ꧋team on a weekly basis.