Stone Protectors SNES
S Tier: Angus
Angus has the most broken move in any side scrolling beat-em up. āSTEALTH BOMBERā This move causes him to camouflage into the background of the stage and be ignored by enemies for several seconds. It has no start up time, does not drain health on use and can be done repeatedly. His Headbutt throw is also strong and he has moderate strength with his punches. Angus is also strongest with the flamethrower which can be found in most stages. Even on the games hardest difficulty, using stealth bomber makes the game a breeze. Its not flawless on bosses though. There is no reason not to use Stealth Bomber.
A Tier: Clifford
Cliffordās āBā throw is the strongest attack in the game, even more powerful than instrument supers. He has good moving speed and the whip weapon he can get on some stages is very powerful. (when he is the one using it of course) He would be the best character in the game, if Angus did not have Stealth Bomber. His weapon attack is slightly good, but weak against bosses.
B Tier: Chester
On the gameās max difficulty, (not the default one which is set to easiest) you will spend a lot of time punching and throwing. Chester has the strongest punches and his Y and A throws are strong as well. Surprisingly, not stronger than Cliffordās B throw even though Chester is the wrestler on the team. His dropkick (jumping A) can be abused on bosses recovering if timed right and does decent damage. Unlike the other characters, Chester does not have a weapon that he can pick up and take through the stages. He can however lift stones that rarely appear on stages and toss them. This only works once, unlike the other chatacters who can use their extra weapons until they get knocked down.
C Tier: Cornelius/Maxwell
2nd fastest character in the game and does it with style. His weapon attack is probably the strongest in the game, but on the max difficulty they are useless because you have to punch and throw a lot. His Y and B throw do fairly decent damage and he is the strongest with the shuriken weapon which works as a good projectile. His instrument super is also nice and powerful, but hard to do.
Maxwell is faster, but his weapon and punch attack are weak. His Y and B throws do decent damage as well. He may be the only character in the game that should kick more than punch, but still throw. He does have access to the games strongest weapon, the hockey stick but it only appears on a couple of stages.
Truth be told all characters are S tier if you consider their instrumental attacks. Each character can perform with their instruments (Stone Protectors are a rock band) which will hit all enemies on screen for huge damage. It cost no health, are easy to execute and even works on bosses. You could technically go threw the game without getting hit if you know how to perform each of their musical supers. This tier list assumes you arenāt using instrumental attacks which is almost the same as cheating, but the game does tell you how to do them.
The Genesis version which is a watered down prototype does drain health when you perform an instrumental or special attack.