Best GREAT PRETENDER characters

ABBIE leads the GREAT PRETENDER ranking with 1293 ELO points over 6 duels, ahead of LAURENT and EDAMURA.

LAURENT trails by just 16 points, a narrow margin that keeps the top two positions fiercely contested. ABBIE's 83% win rate across 6 duels confirms strong voter preference for this character, while LAURENT achieves 75% over 4 duels. EDAMURA sits at rank 3 with 1192 ELO, barely edging out CYNTHIA by a single point at 1191. Both share identical 43% win rates over 7 duels, making their positions virtually interchangeable. The sharpest divide appears between CYNTHIA at rank 4 and KUDO at rank 5, separated by 144 ELO points. KUDO sits at the bottom with 1047 ELO and a winless record across 4 duels, suggesting the community views this character as less compelling than the rest of the crew when weighing charm, cunning and narrative weight.

This ranking draws on 233 duels submitted by 35 players across 5 contenders, updated on 12 October 2026. The tight race at the top and the decisive gap before the final position reflect how voters measure their favorite con artists from the series. Cast your vote in head-to-head duels on VAINKEURZ to shift the standings or widen the gaps between these characters.

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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