JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Golden Spirit Tier List – Best Characters

It wouldn’t be a JoJo game if choosing your team didn’t require strategy, luck, and an aggressively dramatic pose. That's where our JoJo Golden Spirit Tier List comes into play.

Updated on August 24, 2026: I’ve fully reassessed our JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Tier List based on the current balance updates and post-launch meta. Jotaro Kujo has been added, several characters have moved tiers after further testing, and the best team comps have also been updated to reflect the strongest current setups.

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My JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Golden Spirit tier list ranks the best characters based on their damage, survivability, crowd control, and team utility. Whether you’ve pulled several SSR fighters or are building around more accessible SR and R options, these rankings will help you assemble the best JJBA Golden Spirit team for the current roster.

JoJo's Golden Spirit Tier List TL;DR: Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli and Koichi Hirose are the best damage and control characters in Golden Spirit, Ermes Costello is the top tank, while Giorno Giovanna, Tonio Trendy, and Joseph Joestar lead the supports. The best overall team is Ermes, Caesar, Koichi, Joseph, and Giorno.

JoJo’s Golden Spirit Tier List

Damage & Control
Tank & Bruiser
Support & Enabler
S+
Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli game image

Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli

SSR
Koichi Hirose game image

Koichi Hirose

SSR
Ermes Costello game image

Ermes Costello

SSR
Tonio Trendy game image

Tonio Trendy

SR
Giorno Giovanna game image

Giorno Giovanna

SSR
Joseph Joestar game image

Joseph Joestar

SR
S
Pet Shop game image

Pet Shop

SR
Bruno Bucciarati game image

Bruno Bucciarati

SSR
Johngalli A. game image

Johngalli A.

SR
F.F. game image

F.F.

SSR
Hol Horse game image

Hol Horse

SR
N'Doul game image

N'Doul

SR
Tarukus game image

Tarukus

SR
Santviento game image

Santviento

SR
Robert E. O. Speedwagon game image

Robert E. O. Speedwagon

SR
A
Jotaro Kujo game image

Jotaro Kujo

SSR
Mohammed Avdol game image

Mohammed Avdol

SSR
Cioccolata game image

Cioccolata

SSR
Diavolo game image

Diavolo

SSR
Secco game image

Secco

SR
Prosciutto game image

Prosciutto

SSR
Akira Otoishi game image

Akira Otoishi

SR
Guido Mista game image

Guido Mista

SR
Viviano Westwood game image

Viviano Westwood

SR
Melone game image

Melone

SR
Chaka game image

Chaka

SR
Pesci game image

Pesci

R
Narancia Ghirga game image

Narancia Ghirga

SR
Formaggio game image

Formaggio

SR
Mario Zucchero game image

Mario Zucchero

SR
Anjuro Katagiri game image

Anjuro Katagiri

R
Leone Abbacchio game image

Leone Abbacchio

SR
Ghiaccio game image

Ghiaccio

SR
Rudol von Stroheim game image

Rudol von Stroheim

SR
Kenzou game image

Kenzou

SR
Lisa Lisa game image

Lisa Lisa

SR
Will A. Zeppeli game image

Will A. Zeppeli

SR
Lang Rangler game image

Lang Rangler

SR
B
Sports Maxx game image

Sports Maxx

SR
Bruford / Blueford game image

Bruford / Blueford

R
Gwess game image

Gwess

R
Captain Dragon game image

Captain Dragon

SR
Keicho Nijimura game image

Keicho Nijimura

SR
Squalo game image

Squalo

R
Straizo game image

Straizo

R
Sale game image

Sale

R
Shigekiyo Yangu game image

Shigekiyo Yangu

R
Rubber Soul game image

Rubber Soul

R
C
Leaky Eye Luca game image

Leaky Eye Luca

R
Mariah game image

Mariah

R

Best JoJos Golden Spirit characters are ranked separately as damage dealers, tanks, or supports because each role contributes something different to a team. The evaluations consider overall performance across game modes, consistency, skill synergy, and how much investment or team support each character needs to reach their full potential.

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JoJo’s Golden Spirit Character Tier List

A single overall ranking wouldn’t tell the whole story, since damage dealers, frontline characters, and supports are expected to do very different things. Each character is therefore ranked in the role that best matches what they bring to a team. Placements consider performance throughout progression, single-target and AoE potential, consistency, Arena utility, crowd control, survivability, and proven strengths in specific matchups.

S+ Best in role S Excellent A Strong with limits B Situational or budget C Narrow and counterable

Golden Spirit Damage and Control Character Tier List

Damage dealers and control characters are ranked by how useful they are against bosses, groups of enemies, and in Arena. Don’t write off a lower-tier character, though - a specific status effect, control skill, or type of damage can make them the better pick for certain fights.

Character Evaluation
Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli Hamon
S+ SSR Ranged
  • Bubble Cutter Gliding combines penetrating basic attacks, recalled bubbles, and growing Attack Speed.
  • Bubble Lenses gives him ricocheting AoE without sacrificing pressure on the primary target.
  • Bubble Barrier reaches guaranteed Immobilize at maximum skill level and supplies another Attack Speed boost.
  • Hamon adds a valuable advantage against Vampires and Zombies, although Hol Horse can surpass him in a clean, uninterrupted single-target race.
Koichi Hirose in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Koichi Hirose Reverb Act 2
S+ SSR Special
  • Onomatopoeia turns an allied character into the center of repeated AoE attacks and delayed crowd control.
  • Smack can Immobilize enemies entering its area, giving him strong control over clustered fights.
  • His effects can add Effect Hit Up, Attack Down, and Spirit Influence while supplying excellent wave damage.
  • His ceiling depends on enemies entering the marked area and allies triggering Onomatopoeia, making him less immediate than Caesar.
Pet Shop in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Pet Shop Horus
S SR Special
  • Icicle Storm strikes a line, Freezes Chilling enemies, and stores five enhanced basic attacks.
  • Frost Realm supplies AoE damage and repeated Frostbite while Deadly Falcon amplifies damage against Chilling targets.
  • Hard crowd control, splash damage, and strong single-target pressure keep him useful in nearly every combat format.
  • His best damage and Freeze reliability depend on establishing Chill first.
Bruno Bucciarati in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Bruno Bucciarati Zipper Man
S SSR Agility
  • A 21-second Stealth opener lets him drain Energy with basic attacks before enemies can target him.
  • Unzip the Zipper combines heavy damage, buff removal, and guaranteed Stun at maximum skill level.
  • Zipper Space can remove a target from the battlefield for five seconds, giving him exceptional Arena disruption.
  • He attacks one target at a time and loses much of his defensive advantage once the opening Stealth expires.
Johngalli A. in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Johngalli A. Downtown Transfer
S SR Ranged
  • Targeting His Heart reaches a 2000% Attack payload and excels against durable single targets.
  • Manhattan Transfer strengthens his basic-attack cycle and helps him attack Stealthed enemies.
  • Read the Airflow supplies extra Crit Rate and removes Stealth when its conditions are met.
  • His Ultimate remains interruptible while channeling, and he offers no meaningful AoE pressure.
F.F. in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
F.F. F.F.
S SSR Ranged
  • Plankton Colony adds a persistent attacker and can be healed by recasting the Ultimate.
  • Micro Plankton creates sustained damage against targets affected by Dampness.
  • Reproduce and Regenerate and My Soul Is Over There give both the Colony and F.F. substantial recovery.
  • The kit is single-target focused, and the Colony cannot trigger F.F.’s equipped badge effects.
Hol Horse in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Hol Horse The Emperor
S SR Ranged
  • The Emperor fires ten shots over five seconds, with additional shots gained from Attack Speed Up.
  • Attack Marks, Defense penetration, and Energy restoration from critical hits create an exceptional boss-damage ceiling.
  • He can beat more versatile S-tier characters when allowed to channel his full Ultimate into one target.
  • Any crowd control interrupts the channel, and he cannot use basic attacks while firing.
N'doul in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
N’doul Geb
S SR Agility
  • God of Earth delivers three seconds of heavy damage with repeated Stun chances.
  • Water Assassination removes 300 Energy when the target lacks a Shield.
  • Sand Sonar strips enemy Stealth and grants Crit Up, while Perimeter Defense supplies an emergency Shield.
  • His channel is interruptible, and Shields shut down the strongest part of his Energy-denial skill.
Tarukus in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Tarukus Martial Arts
S SR Assault
  • Hell Heaven Snake Kill combines heavy damage, Damage Amplification, and guaranteed Suppress at maximum skill level.
  • Chain Death Match pulls the farthest enemy into melee range and disrupts defensive positioning.
  • Strangle executes targets below 20% HP, while Zombie supplies continual healing and life drain.
  • Nearly all of his offensive value is single-target, and Resilience is his only broad team contribution.
Jotaro Kujo in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Jotaro Kujo Star Platinum
A SSR Assault
  • You’ve Angered Me converts his next five basic attacks into repeated two-tile cone combos, giving a melee carry strong burst and useful multi-target pressure.
  • Ora Ora Ora adds repeated Stun checks and Defense Down on a short max-level cooldown, so he contributes control and team damage amplification instead of being pure DPS.
  • His separate Time Stop Ability freezes every other unit for three seconds, dives the highest-Attack enemy, then lands 12 hits plus a missing-HP finisher - excellent for bosses and priority targets.
  • His endgame ceiling settles below the very best carries, and much of the complete kit is investment-gated: 2★/3★ unlock the comeback and Retribution engine, while Time Stop requires the separate Ability.
Mohammed Avdol in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Mohammed Avdol Magician’s Red
A SSR Special
  • Crossfire Hurricane Special converts three basic attacks into heavy hits with splash damage, while his Ultimate can blanket the enemy team in Burn.
  • In the Beginning, There Was Fire restores Energy for each Burning target, letting him cycle much faster in multi-enemy fights than in a pure boss race.
  • Red Bind adds Immobilize and more Burn, and Magician’s Red increases the Burn damage enemies receive - excellent for Burn-focused and Arena teams.
  • He remains a very strong AoE/PvP attacker, but enhanced basics do not generate Energy and his single-target ceiling is less reliable than the S-tier boss specialists.
Cioccolata in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Cioccolata Green Tea
A SSR Special
  • Unbridled Malice attacks every enemy and establishes Mold Infection immediately, giving him excellent opening pressure in wave and Arena fights.
  • Spread Mold refreshes the status and lowers Effect Res around the primary target, making follow-up control and debuffs easier to land.
  • Crowd control from any ally can generate additional Mold Infection, so he scales particularly well in control-heavy teams.
  • His Mold disappears when he leaves the battlefield and his direct boss damage is only average, which makes him a powerful specialist rather than an S-tier universal carry.
Diavolo in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Diavolo Emperor Crimson
A SSR Agility
  • A ten-second Stealth opener adds damage to every successful attack during its duration.
  • Finished Now deals a heavy hit and gains missing-HP damage against an Isolated target.
  • Skills apply Isolated, grant Damage Res, and support Defense penetration and Energy restoration.
  • He is a durable assassin, but the kit has no meaningful AoE and needs Isolated for its full payoff.
Secco in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Secco Sanctuary
A SR Assault
  • Ground Liquefaction makes nearby enemies Grounded, preventing them from escaping his Ultimate area.
  • Block Down and Defense Down create a large damage opening for everyone attacking his targets.
  • Repeated Shields and healing from Rockfall Spear let him remain active in the middle of a fight.
  • His pressure is concentrated around a limited area, so mobile or spread-out enemies reduce his impact.
Prosciutto in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Prosciutto Thankful Death
A SSR Assault
  • I’ll Kill Him! applies Senility to every enemy as soon as battle begins.
  • Thankful Death repeatedly damages all enemies and adds more Senility, while Accelerated Aging removes a buff.
  • Prosciutto’s Resolve executes weakened enemies, and Senility briefly remains after his defeat.
  • His ordinary damage is less impressive when enemies remain above the execution threshold.
Akira Otoishi in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Akira Otoishi Chili Pepper
A SR Agility
  • Basic attacks drain Energy, and Chili Pepper deals more Ultimate damage as the target’s Energy falls.
  • Electricity stacks add damage to Kill You Nice and Easy and restore HP when gained.
  • His battery can prevent one defeat and return him to battle in an enhanced state.
  • Electricity continually drains during battle, and he offers no AoE or protection for allies.
Guido Mista in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Guido Mista Six Bullets
A SR Ranged
  • Direct Hit! delivers a heavy single-target attack with built-in Defense penetration.
  • Cut Through the Darkness fires six shots and can restore Energy when it defeats enemies.
  • Critical hits can add more Defense penetration and Energy, supporting repeated damage cycles.
  • Quiet Concentration needs him to remain stationary, while Tetraphobia reduces the Hit Rate of every fourth attack.
Viviano Westwood in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Viviano Westwood Starlight Waves
A SR Assault
  • I Am the Strongest! guarantees Stun at maximum skill level before striking nearby enemies and applying Block Down.
  • Meteorite Fall gains additional damage against Burning targets.
  • Skill casts grant Attack Up and eventually trigger additional meteor strikes.
  • His best damage needs Burn support, and the kit provides no healing or protection for allies.
Melone in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Melone Babyhead
A SR Agility
  • Melone remains off the battlefield while Babyhead fights with his attributes.
  • Babyhead gains Growth over time, enters battle in Stealth, and can become Stealthed again at low HP.
  • Remove the Throat briefly makes Babyhead Unselectable before dealing damage and potentially Silencing the target.
  • The kit is single-target only, and Melone flees if Babyhead falls while no other ally remains.
Chaka in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Chaka Anubis
A SR Assault
  • Master of the Sword grants large Attack and Attack Speed bonuses that can grow through assists.
  • Cleave You in Two! attacks a cone, applies Defense Down, and gains faster cooldowns from basic attacks.
  • Defense penetration gives him reliable sustained offense after his buffs are established.
  • He needs time or assists to snowball and lacks the immediate hard control found on higher-ranked attackers.
Pesci in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Pesci Fisher Man
A R Support
  • Reel You In can begin battle with a full Ultimate gauge at maximum skill level.
  • Fisher Man locks the farthest enemy in a three-second Stun while repeatedly pulling them closer.
  • Damage taken during the channel is partially transferred to the hooked target.
  • Crowd control or dispelling the target’s Stun interrupts the Ultimate, and Pesci has no AoE.
Narancia Ghirga in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Narancia Ghirga Li’l Bomber
A SR Special
  • Aerial Bomb provides immediate AoE followed by persistent damage and Burn chances.
  • Get Him, Li’l Bomber! attacks a long area, Immobilizes briefly, and applies Damage Down.
  • Breath Tracking can inflict Suffocation and remove Stealth, while Radar Sign increases allied Effect Hit.
  • His single-target damage is only moderate, so his value comes from combining AoE with debuffs.
Formaggio in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Formaggio Tiny Feet
A SR Agility
  • Way of Assassination provides guaranteed four-second Stun at maximum skill level and pushes secondary targets away.
  • Kill Every One of You can Shrink the primary target for three seconds.
  • His low-HP trigger restores health, grants Stealth, and accelerates Energy generation.
  • The comeback activates once, and his sustained damage is less impressive outside Arena control scenarios.
Mario Zucchero in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Mario Zucchero Tender Machine
A SR Agility
  • Tender Machine immediately breaks the target’s Shield before applying Deflate.
  • Rapier Jab supplies another heavy hit and removes one buff.
  • He can outperform higher-ranked attackers when a dangerous Shield must be removed immediately.
  • His opening Stealth lasts only five seconds, and the kit has no AoE or team support.
Anjuro Katagiri in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Anjuro Katagiri Aqua Necklace
A R Special
  • His air humidifier can repeatedly apply Dampness across a wide area for 20 seconds, which is particularly useful for characters that exploit Dampness such as F.F.
  • Liquid Attack delivers three rapid hits on a short cooldown, while Dampness unlocks missing-HP damage and additional attacks against nearby affected enemies.
  • He can outperform his tier in a dedicated Dampness setup or long clustered fight where the humidifier has time to work.
  • Slow setup, modest standalone pressure, and no hard control, sustain, or ally protection make him harder to justify than the broader A-tier damage/control picks.
Sports Maxx in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Sports Maxx Limp Viscuit
B SR Assault
  • Corpse Manipulation damages three enemies and repeatedly attempts to apply Defense Down.
  • Limp Viscuit can add Damage Amplification and Bleed across numerous damage instances.
  • After fatal damage, he remains Unselectable and active for up to ten more seconds.
  • Random targeting and chance-based debuffs make him less consistent than the leading A-tier characters.
Blueford in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Blueford Swordsmanship
B R Assault
  • Coup De Grace! gains additional damage from the target’s missing HP.
  • His Ultimate applies up to eight stacks of Defense Down at maximum skill level.
  • Life-Leeching Hair provides passive recovery, current-HP drain, and extra healing after a defeat.
  • He is a strong budget finisher but lacks hard control and must fight at close range.
Gwess in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Gwess G.G. Dolls
B R Agility
  • Good Boy! delivers a 1500% Attack hit and Shrinks the target for five seconds.
  • Her remaining passives add damage against Shrunken enemies and punish them for attacking her.
  • The long Shrink can disrupt an important enemy when Gwess is protected from control.
  • Any crowd control affecting Gwess removes every Shrink she applied, and she has no AoE.
Captain Dragon in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Captain Dragon Dark Blue Moon
B SR Special
  • Dark Blue Moon channels AoE damage around its target while building Barnacle stacks.
  • Power Absorption adds more Barnacle and restores Energy against an already affected target.
  • Water Is My Home Turf increases allied Debuff Proficiency while he remains in battle.
  • The four-second Ultimate channel is vulnerable to interruption and prevents basic attacks.
Keicho Nijimura in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Keicho Nijimura Worse Company
B SR Ranged
  • Worse Company summons a tank, while Apache Helicopter adds another attacker capable of applying Burn.
  • Combat Position grants Attack Up and Attack Speed Up to Keicho and his summoned allies.
  • Additional bodies create steady pressure and can absorb enemy attention.
  • Summoned attacks cannot trigger Keicho’s additional skill or badge effects, and the kit lacks hard control.
Squalo in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Squalo Crush
B R Agility
  • Rip Out Throat deals damage for four seconds while keeping the target Silenced.
  • Latched On reaches the farthest enemy within range and removes 200 Energy.
  • Instant Flash pulls the Ultimate target closer, adding useful disruption to a budget character.
  • The Ultimate is interruptible, and Squalo contributes nothing against additional enemies.
Straizo in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Straizo Martial Arts
B R Agility
  • Space Ripper Stingy Eyes can strike several enemies positioned in a straight line.
  • Vampirism provides passive healing, current-HP drain, and recovery after defeating an enemy.
  • Hamon Neutralization prevents the additional damage caused by Hamon Energy effects.
  • The line attack loses damage after each enemy hit, and he lacks crowd control or allied utility.
Sale in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Sale Arts & Crafts
B R Ranged
  • Power Release delivers a 1500% Attack shot when its three-second channel completes.
  • Flawless Fixity guarantees a two-second Immobilize on a regular skill.
  • Nowhere to Run can Incapacitate nearby attackers, while Fixed Position resists displacement.
  • His main attack is easy to interrupt, and he has no AoE or allied support.
Shigekiyo Yangu in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Shigekiyo Yangu Harvest
B R Special
  • Harvest channels for five seconds and removes 200 Energy per second from enemies in its area.
  • Numerous damage instances can trigger extra damage, Bleed, and Effect Res Down.
  • He can outperform his tier when Energy denial is more important than raw damage.
  • The channel is vulnerable to crowd control, and his direct damage remains modest.
Leaky Eye Luca in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Leaky Eye Luca Shovel Frenzy
C R Assault
  • Shovel Swirl gives him uncomplicated close-range AoE, and basic attacks reduce Shovel Smite’s cooldown for a steady early-game damage loop.
  • Skill casts grant Crit Up, while assists can build Attack Up and help him snowball through weaker progression waves.
  • That simplicity makes him usable before a roster is developed, but his output falls behind rapidly once stronger R/SR options are built.
  • He brings no crowd control, Defense Down, sustain, Energy manipulation, or team utility, leaving very little endgame reason to field him.
Mariah in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Mariah Bast
C R Support
  • Magnetic Force enables multi-target Stun, Suppress chances, and extra damage when affected enemies stand together.
  • Her control can swing an Arena fight when enemies remain clustered and she is left untouched.
  • Stick Together cannot be used until Magnetic Force has been established.
  • Any crowd control affecting Mariah removes every Magnetic Force stack, making the entire setup unusually fragile.

Golden Spirit Tank Character Tier List

Tank rankings come down to how well each character can soak up damage, protect teammates, save allies in a pinch, disrupt enemies, and hold up against different types of attacks. Check out our JoJo Golden Spirit tier list for tanks

Character Evaluation
Ermes Costello in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Ermes Costello Smack
S+ SSR Defense
  • Smack opens battle with a large Shield, while Duplicated Form repeatedly refreshes her protection and Defense Up.
  • Hypersonic Harpoon rescues the lowest-HP ally with a massive Shield and can Stun nearby enemies for four seconds.
  • Her alternative Ultimate pulls enemies into a cone before delivering another four-second Stun.
  • Shield sharing gives her more team protection than the roster’s self-focused tanks.
Santviento in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Santviento Martial Arts
S SR Defense
  • Devouring Cell delivers Defense-based damage and a massive heal that grows as his HP falls.
  • Pillar Man continually stacks Defense Up, making him stronger during long battles.
  • Absorber increases Max HP after nearby defeats, while Meat Invade supplies persistent percentage-based healing.
  • He is the best self-sustaining anchor, but he provides no Shields, healing, or emergency protection to allies.
Leone Abbacchio in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Leone Abbacchio Moody Jazz
A SR Defense
  • Replay forces the enemy attacking Abbacchio to target Moody Jazz instead.
  • After Moody Jazz expires, Abbacchio receives an enormous Defense-based Shield.
  • Pride and Honor supplies another Shield and Block Up, while his low-HP passive adds a final defensive failsafe.
  • He is excellent against predictable aggro but offers little protection when several allies are attacked simultaneously.
Ghiaccio in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Ghiaccio White Ice
A SR Defense
  • White Ice Gently Weeps grants nearby allies up to 35% ranged Damage Resistance, Block Up, and retaliation damage.
  • Frost Armor adds more personal ranged resistance and major mitigation against attackers with insufficient Attack.
  • Chill, Attack Down, and Freeze give him meaningful control beyond raw durability.
  • He can outperform higher-ranked tanks against ranged-heavy opposition but loses much of his identity in other matchups.
Rudol von Stroheim in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Rudol von Stroheim Power of Science
A SR Defense
  • Embodiment of German Intellect begins battle with five stacks of Defense Up at maximum skill level.
  • Human Greatness and Abdominal Machine Gun provide strong Defense-based self-healing.
  • Repeated skill casts add Block Up, giving him reliable personal durability.
  • Cyborg Form Stuns him for three seconds during his emergency repair, and he offers no team protection.
Rubber Soul in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Rubber Soul Yellow Temperance
B R Defense
  • Yellow Temperance stacks on enemies whenever he deals damage or receives melee damage.
  • I Have Luck on My Side consumes nearby stacks to heal him, while Slow Eater converts damage into more recovery.
  • Melee Damage Resistance makes him a serviceable budget counter to close-range attackers.
  • Consuming stacks resets part of his setup, and he provides no Shields, hard control, or protection for allies.

Golden Spirit Support and Enabler Character Tier List

This part of our JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure Golden Spirit tier list covers healing, cleansing, Energy generation, damage amplification, crowd control, and other effects that improve the performance or survival of allied characters.

Character Evaluation
Giorno Giovanna in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Giorno Giovanna Golden Wind
S+ SSR Support
  • Life Energy Detection restores Energy to every ally at battle start and whenever Giorno casts a skill.
  • His healing Ultimate restores up to 70% of Giorno’s Max HP and adds Regeneration to the target.
  • Reflective Shield protects the healed ally, while Golden Growth returns additional Energy.
  • His alternate Ultimate provides heavy damage, five-second Incapacitate, and 40% increased damage taken, but the kit has no Cleanse.
Tonio Trendy in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Tonio Trendy Pole Jam
S+ SR Support
  • Italian Cuisine continuously heals allies within three tiles and becomes permanently stronger after each of its first two Ultimates.
  • Skills and the Ultimate can remove up to five debuffs from every affected ally.
  • A Chef’s Purpose improves incoming healing and Shields, while Welcome! supplies Energy over time.
  • Tonio never uses basic attacks, and strong crowd control temporarily disables his passive healing.
Joseph Joestar in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Joseph Joestar Hermit Purple
S+ SR Support
  • Hermit Purple can Stun the closest enemy, then pull and Immobilize additional targets, giving Joseph unusually strong offensive control for a Support character.
  • Part of the damage taken by affected enemies can be transferred between them, dramatically increasing the value of allied AoE against clustered targets.
  • Spirit Photograph stacks Damage Amplification on a priority target and removes Stealth, so he improves both boss focus-fire and Arena target access.
  • He provides no conventional healing, but the combination of control, damage amplification, Stealth removal, and teamwide offensive enablement makes him one of the strongest endgame supports.
Robert E. O. Speedwagon in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Robert E· O· Speedwagon Martial Arts
S SR Support
  • Don’t Lay a Finger! removes a debuff and Shields every ally within three tiles.
  • Speedwagon continually heals Shielded allies, turning each Shield into a sustained recovery effect.
  • Ally Ultimates restore his Energy, while empowered allies gain Attack Speed and more Energy after enemy defeats.
  • His healing depends on maintaining Shields, and his own damage is negligible.
Kenzou in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Kenzou Dragon’s Dream
A SR Support
  • The Direction of Safety grants the whole team up to 10% Crit Rate, making him an efficient enabler for Crit-heavy damage dealers.
  • Assassination Feng Shui applies Unlucky Spot and Crit Res Down to a priority target, while Drowning Hand reaches guaranteed Silence at maximum skill level.
  • He is especially valuable when a team already has enough sustain and wants to push single-target Crit damage or shut down one dangerous skill user.
  • No healing, no meaningful AoE, and a narrower Crit-focused payoff keep him below the more universally useful S-tier supports.
Lisa Lisa in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Lisa Lisa Hamon
A SR Assault
  • Hamon Punishment drags enemies along its path before delivering a four-second Stun.
  • Hamon Coach restores up to 200 Energy to the ally with the highest Attack at battle start and after every skill cast.
  • Snake Muffler makes her Unselectable and grants a Shield, helping her survive aggressive Arena openings.
  • She has no team healing or Cleanse and only accelerates one primary attacker.
Will A. Zeppeli in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Will A. Zeppeli Hamon
A SR Support
  • Breathing Technique heals the lowest-HP ally while restoring their Energy for five seconds.
  • Deep Pass Overdrive grants the highest-Attack ally five Attack Up stacks and rapid Energy restoration.
  • Sendo Wave Kick provides guaranteed Stun at maximum skill level, and his skills apply Block Down.
  • He lacks Cleanse and AoE support, while both major buffs focus on a single ally.
Lang Rangler in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit
Lang Rangler Jumpin’ Jack Spark
A SR Support
  • Zero-Gravity Zone increases ranged damage taken by enemies inside it by up to 45%.
  • Enemies remaining in the zone are Stunned, while unshielded targets lose Energy and take additional ranged damage.
  • Jumpin’ Jack Spark grants Attack Speed Up to every ally at battle start and on Ultimate use.
  • He can outperform the S-tier supports in a ranged-focused strategy but contributes far less when enemies leave the zone or remain Shielded.

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Best Team Comps in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit

My JoJo Golden Spirit Tier List wouldn't be complete without a best team comps list. Golden Spirit teams only have five slots, so every pick needs to support the same game plan. The lineups below cover at least three Fighting Types for RUSH while balancing damage, control, sustain, and the specific setup their main carry needs.

The best five-character JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit team compositions, including their roles, synergies, weaknesses, and substitutions.
Team Composition How It Works
Best Overall Bubble Beatdown
Ermes Costello in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Ermes Costello Tank / Rescue
Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli Main DPS
Koichi Hirose in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Koichi Hirose AoE / Control
Joseph Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Joseph Joestar Grouping / Amp
Giorno Giovanna in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Giorno Giovanna Heal / Energy
RUSH: 4 Fighting Types Best for: Story, waves, general play

This is the safest five-character core in this JoJo’s Golden Spirit tier list. It has top-end damage, grouping, control, sustain, and enough emergency protection to handle most PvE stages without rebuilding the team around one matchup.

  • Caesar handles the bulk of the damage, while Koichi's Onomatopoeia adds more AoE and repeatable Immobilize around its carrier.
  • Joseph pulls enemies together, links their damage taken, and amplifies priority targets, giving Caesar's penetrating bubbles and Koichi's area damage much better targets.
  • Ermes replaces the unavailable Jonathan as the frontline anchor. Her emergency Shield can save the ally under the most pressure, while her Stuns add another layer of control.
  • Giorno supplies healing and team Energy so the whole control-and-damage cycle starts earlier and repeats more often. The main weakness is still positioning, since several effects reward a compact formation.
Useful swaps: Tonio Trendy can replace Joseph when cleansing and heavier sustain matter more than grouping. Santviento is a sturdier self-sustain option over Ermes for long fights where protecting the backline is less important.
Best Boss Double Carry Damage Check
Hol Horse in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Hol Horse Boss DPS
Tarukus in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Tarukus Boss DPS / Amp
Kenzou in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Kenzou Crit / Damage Amp
Lisa Lisa in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Lisa Lisa Energy Battery
Giorno Giovanna in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Giorno Giovanna Heal / Energy
RUSH: Ranged + Assault + Support Best for: Bosses, single-target damage checks

This version drops the old Caesar-only hypercarry plan and runs two of the strongest dedicated single-target threats instead. Hol Horse supplies the highest uninterrupted ranged ceiling, while Tarukus gives the team a second boss killer who also stacks damage amplification.

  • Hol Horse is the primary damage engine. Keep him safe during The Emperor channel and build enough Attack Speed to squeeze extra shots into each Ultimate.
  • Tarukus adds another heavy single-target payload, Damage Amplification, Suppress, execution pressure, and self-healing, so the comp does not collapse if Hol Horse loses a channel.
  • Kenzou improves Crit consistency and marks the boss for increased incoming damage, while Lisa Lisa feeds Energy to the team's highest-Attack character. Tune Attack so her battery lands on the carry you want to accelerate.
  • Giorno provides the sustain this otherwise greedy setup lacks and accelerates the team's first Ultimate cycle. The tradeoff is having no conventional tank, so mechanics that repeatedly interrupt or dive the backline can still punish it.
Useful swaps: Caesar is the safer replacement for Tarukus when the encounter mixes a boss with dangerous adds. Will A. Zeppeli can replace Kenzou if you prefer direct Attack Up and another targeted Energy feed.
Best Arena Full Lockdown
Ermes Costello in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Ermes Costello Tank / Rescue
Koichi Hirose in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Koichi Hirose AoE / Immobilize
Joseph Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Joseph Joestar Pull / Stun
Jotaro Kujo in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Jotaro Kujo Carry Hunter / Control
Giorno Giovanna in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Giorno Giovanna Heal / Incapacitate
RUSH: 4 Fighting Types Best for: Arena, carry shutdown

This comp wins by collapsing the enemy formation, chaining crowd control, and then letting Jotaro remove the most dangerous opposing carry before it can stabilize.

  • Joseph starts the disruption by Stunning the closest target, pulling nearby enemies together, and Immobilizing the clump for Koichi's Onomatopoeia pressure.
  • Koichi repeatedly punishes grouped enemies with AoE and more control, while Ermes protects whichever ally gets focused first and adds another source of Stun.
  • Jotaro gives the lineup a direct answer to enemy carries. Time Stop automatically hunts the highest-Attack enemy for a huge burst, while You've Angered Me is the better option when you want cone pressure and repeated Stun chances into a packed formation.
  • Giorno supplies early Energy, healing, and another long single-target control effect. High Effect Res, fast Cleanse, or control immunity remain the main counters to the entire game plan.
Useful swaps: Caesar is the best Jotaro replacement if you do not own him or his Time Stop Ability, trading carry assassination for stronger general AoE. Tonio Trendy can replace Joseph against teams that win through debuffs, while Ghiaccio remains a useful Ermes swap into ranged-heavy opponents.
Best Ranged Zero-Gravity Firing Squad
Ghiaccio in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Ghiaccio Tank / Ranged Counter
Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli AoE DPS
Hol Horse in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Hol Horse Single-Target DPS
Lang Rangler in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Lang Rangler Ranged Amp / Zone
Giorno Giovanna in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Giorno Giovanna Heal / Energy
RUSH: Defense + Ranged + Support Best for: Stationary targets, ranged matchups

Lang Rangler turns one patch of the map into a shooting gallery, Caesar handles everything standing in a line or cluster, and Hol Horse deletes the target that actually needs to die.

  • Zero-Gravity Zone makes enemies take substantially more ranged damage, while unshielded targets lose Energy and take additional damage when ranged attacks connect.
  • Lang's team-wide Attack Speed Up is excellent for Caesar's basic-attack engine and especially valuable for Hol Horse because more Attack Speed can add shots to The Emperor.
  • Caesar supplies the comp's wave clear and control, while Hol Horse gives it a much higher single-target ceiling than the previous Johngalli version when his Ultimate can channel uninterrupted.
  • Ghiaccio makes the lineup especially strong into enemy ranged teams, and Giorno covers healing and Energy. Mobile enemies leaving Lang's zone and repeated interruption on Hol Horse are the two biggest ways to reduce its ceiling.
Useful swaps: Johngalli A. can replace Hol Horse when you want Stealth detection and a less Attack-Speed-dependent single-target carry. Koichi Hirose is the better replacement for Hol Horse in wave-heavy content, while Ermes can replace Ghiaccio against mixed damage.
All SR Budget Bullet Train
Santviento in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Santviento Self-Sustain Tank
Hol Horse in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Hol Horse Main DPS
Joseph Joestar in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Joseph Joestar Grouping / Amp
Lang Rangler in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Lang Rangler Ranged Amp / Speed
Tonio Trendy in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit Tonio Trendy Heal / Cleanse
RUSH: Defense + Ranged + Support Cost: No SSR characters

The final team stays completely SSR-free, but it now uses Joseph instead of Lisa Lisa to make the lineup much better outside pure boss races. You still build around Hol Horse; the difference is that the rest of the squad now helps him hit grouped enemies harder while keeping the team stable.

  • Joseph pulls enemies together, controls the clump, and links their damage taken, giving Hol Horse and the rest of the team more valuable targets instead of only feeding one carry Energy.
  • Lang supplies Attack Speed Up for extra Hol Horse Ultimate shots and creates a zone that amplifies ranged damage, making him the key offensive enabler of the lineup.
  • Santviento anchors through Defense stacking and self-healing, while Tonio adds team healing, Cleanse, Shields, and Energy so the comp can survive longer fights without an SSR support.
  • Hol Horse's Ultimate is still a vulnerable channel, and Santviento cannot rescue pressured backliners. Against heavy dive or repeated crowd control, the team's damage ceiling drops sharply.
Useful swaps: Lisa Lisa can replace Joseph in pure single-target fights when directly feeding Energy to Hol Horse matters more than grouping. Will A. Zeppeli is another boss-oriented swap, while Robert E. O. Speedwagon can replace Tonio when you want stronger Shield-based protection.

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Huh, that was a long read, wasn't it? Have you honestly read all of it? You did? Well, thank you, then! I hope this JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Golden Spirit tier list helps you assemble the perfect team of the best JJBA Golden Spirit characters. And since you're already here, why not check out some of our other guides?


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