Best K-pop Demon Hunters characters

Rumi leads the K-pop Demon Hunters ranking with 1428 ELO points over 147 duels, ahead of Zoey and Mira.

The sharpest divide in the ranking sits between second and third place, where 63 ELO points separate Zoey from Mira. Rumi holds the top spot with 1428 points, but Zoey trails by just 24 points, keeping the competition tight at the summit. Below the podium, Jinu nearly matches Mira's score at 1340 points, while Derpy rounds out the top 5 with 1297. The bottom of the ranking tells a different story: Gwi-Ma sits at 1037 ELO, Celine at 1046, and Romance at 1066, suggesting these characters fail to connect with the fanbase in the same way their higher-ranked counterparts do.

This ranking draws from 982 duels cast by 29 players across 13 contenders, last updated on 12 October 2026. The data reflects genuine preferences within the K-pop Demon Hunters community, shaped by head-to-head matchups that pit character against character. Whether Rumi can maintain the lead or Zoey will close the gap depends on future votes. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your own duels and influence where these demon hunters land in the ranking.

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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