When it comes to quantifying extra-dimensional feats and characters, pretty much everyone on the subject would've at least heard of the Tiering System by VS Battles Wiki. It is a good place to start understanding some context in these VS Battles, but following it blindly probably wouldn't do for many cases. Here's what I think:
This system is primarily only to create a general consensus and guideline for users of VS Battles Wiki to abide to when discussing about relevant topics within the website, thus can be very specific in their definitions of certain concepts to minimise ambiguity as much as possible. However, when the definitions is this specific, it loses the applicability to certain realities of fiction, thus cannot be regarded as the default go-to definition for some of the concepts. For example:
2-B: Multiverse level
Characters who can create and/or destroy 1001 to any higher finite number of universal 4-dimensional space-time continuums.
As you can see, the word "Multiverse" alone does not encompass "1001 4D spacetime continuums". VS Battles define words in their own terms so to be clear only when they use it, but clearly not everyone in the world abides to these guidelines. So I thought I would have a try on making one myself, based on having a coherent of the concepts, rather than a coherent definition.
To give meaning to the tiers rather than just an arbitrary distinction for easier reading, they are multiplier increments. For example, each level in Tier 9 is 10x the previous level, while each level in Tier 8 is 100x the previous level.
Have fun reading!
Introduction to Common Terms
Okay firstly, we need to settle on the recurring terms first, such as "+" symbol, High <something>. They are not covered on the Tiering System page, but it does appear in the Attack Potency page.
Plus "+" symbol
"+" symbol should only be used when the Attack Potency has been calculated to be greater than the average (arithmetic mean)
I do support this definition because this is pretty much the motive behind this usage. Sometimes, simply the tier/level may be too vague to describe the character as accurate as we want. The "+" sign just means the higher end of the spectrum. Although I would also like to add a "-" sign to indicate the lower end.
"High" and "Low"
At VSB, these are words that are not separately defined, but are present within the tier names themselves to distinguish themselves as a separate tier and definition. For example:
Universe level: Characters who can destroy all of the physical matter within an observable universe
High Universe level: Characters who have an infinite degree of 3-dimensional power.
Again, the word "high" itself cannot fully represent the difference between these two tropes. In no way does "high" suggest a difference between matter within and infinite 3D. One who does not read the VSB page will not understand what another is talking about if this is used. Thus, I often avoid using these terms completely.
"Large" and "Small"
I also tend to avoid using these terms because they are very ambiguous and difficult to define without context.
"Multi-"
Multi-Solar System level: Instead of doubling the value of Solar System level, the distance between two such systems needs to be accounted for as well.
Multi-Galaxy level: Instead of doubling the value of Galaxy level, the distance between two galaxies needs to be accounted for as well.
Though not formally defined, there is a recurring use for "Multi-" to be accounting for the distance in-between. But usually in language, it just means "multiple", which can range from a handful (5) to a thousand (1,000). But for convenience sake, we usually just make it 10-1,000 for our decimal-aligned minds.
The upper bound, thousand, is not completely arbitrary fixed either. It holds great significance as the first so-called "largest number", thus being one of the first to be denoted (as K) and the first number to be separated by a comma in many countries today.
Note that "Multiverse" is an example of this usage as it is an entire word in its own right.
The 11th Tier
Tier 1
01: Regular (1x)11-C: Below Average level
11-B: Average level (~1x Below Average)
11-A: Athlete Level (~1x Average)
Before "The Ten Tiers" formally begin, the Regular tier should be distinguished from the rest as the base tier for the other tiers to scale to. This is not a real tier of the same aspect as characters are all relative to each other (~1x) with no multipliers between them.
The Ten Tiers
Tier
910: Superhuman (10x)10-C: Street level (10x Athlete)
10-B: Wall level (10x Street)
10-A:
Small Buildinglevel (10x Wall)
Starting off the list we have Superhuman at 10x multiplier. One who are at least 10x stronger than any athlete is considered a street level character. While applicable to some animals, humans in this tier only exists in fiction. Even the fastest runner or the strongest lifter is not 10x better than any athlete. One who can destroy a wall should be able to exert 100x more, and Floor level should be able to destroy 10 such walls.
Tier
89: Urban (100x)9-C: Building level (100x Floor)
9-B:
City Blocklevel (100x Building)9-A:
Multi-City Block levellevel (100x City Block)
A building of 100 floors, a city block of 100 buildings and a town of 100 city blocks are all reasonable estimates on this scale. Despite the naming, some "cities" may be just as big as what Town level may cover.
Tier
78: Nuclear (1000x)8-C:
Town levelMountain level8-B:
City levelIsland level8-A:
Mountain levelState level
A typical mega-city like New York is divided into a handful of county-level "boroughs" which are then sub-divided into many towns or collections of city blocks.
Tier
67: Tectonic (10^4)7-C:
Island levelCountry level7-B:
Countrylevel7-A:
Continentlevel
Tier
56:PlanetaryCelestial (10^5)6-C: Moon level
6-B: Planet level
6-A:
Large Planetlevel
Tier
45:StellarCosmic (10^6)5-C: Star level
5-B:
Solar Systemlevel5-A:
Multi-Solar Systemlevel
Tier 5 is where the difference gets astronomical quite literally.
Tier
34:CosmicUniversal (10^7)4-C:
Galaxy levelObservable Universe4-B:
Multi-Galaxy levelUniverse4-A:
Universe levelMulti-Universe
"Universal" is a vague enough term to deserve its own general tier. Level 3-B "Universe" applies to only 3D or 4D universes. Pocket universes or higher-dimensional universes (which can be as large as a multiverse) are not covered.
Multi-Universe is simply numerous universes but with the lack of a better name. Not to be confused with Multiverse, which is a real structure that contains universes.
Multi-Universe covers any number of universes from 10^7 to 10^14. From 10^15 onwards it is considered as good as infinite.
Tier 23: Multiversal (10^8)
3-C:
Low Multiverse levelInfinite Universe
Universe level+Low Multiverse level3-B: Multiverse level
3-A:
Multiverse level+Multi-Multiverse
Multiverse level+High Multiverse level+
From 10^7 × 10^8 = 10^15 universes, they are practically infinite and considered to be level 2-C. This is a safe number since there are no multiverse (fiction or otherwise) with this number of known universes till date.
The "Multiverse" in level 7-B refers to any multiverse, regardless of the number of universes that exists within it. (not to be confused with the "Multiversal") While a multiverse technically should be infinitely bigger than a universe, for practical purposes, we still can still extrapolate the framework and assign a number 10^15 × 10^8 = 10^23 times that of Universe level before it will be considered as Multiverse level.
Tier
12: Extradimensional2-C:
Complex Multiverse levelMegaversal (10^9)
Low Complex Multiverse levelInfinite MultiverseComplex Multiverse levelMegaverseHigh Complex Multiverse levelMulti Megaverse2-B:
Hyperverse levelGigaversal (10^10)
Low Hyperverse levelInfinite MegaverseHyperverse levelGigaverseHigh Hyperverse levelMulti Gigaverse2-A:
Outerverse levelTeraversal (10^11)
Outerverse levelInfinite GigaverseHigh Outerverse levelTeraverse- Multi Teraverse
Tier 2 is simply repeating the same thing as in Tier 3 but with a bigger number 10^9. Megaverse level is 10^8 × 10^9 × 10^9 = 10^26 times that of Multiverse level. Gigaverse level is 10^29 times that of Megaverse level. Teraverse is 10^32 times that of Gigaverse level. Note that this is more of an estimate since the relative size of the realities varies.
Tier 1: Metaphysical (10^10^10)
1-C: Archverse
1-B: Hyperverse
1-A: Outerverse
To justify this new addition of tier, it goes back to Composite Hierarchies, a cosmological setting understood by VSB Wiki itself.
Within such a cosmology, the difference between these layers/planes is actually greater than the difference between physical dimensions, due to each layer containing several dimensions within them. Otherwise, these can be known as metaphysical layers.
Archverse is about counting the number of "layers" of infinite dimensions. For example, if Multiverse contains infinite Universes, it is a "1st degree infinity", and Megaverse with infinite Multiverse is "2nd degree infinity" and so on. Archverse is any reality that is of such a high degree of infinity that we no longer have a term to refer to that of the specific degree. Typically, anything above Teraverse level is already an Archverse level (though few may still know it as Petaverse).
Hyperverse is the collection of all the Archverse, usually infinite of them.
The Zeroth Tier
Tier 0: Boundless (∞)
0: Absolute Infinity
The closest synonym we can get to Omniversal.
Absolutism, the idea of being absolute in some way, is often a problematic stand in philosophy even in principle. I have already explained why Absolute Omnipotence may not be impossible, but it is definitely a meaningless concept in a discussion. Omniversal, if defined in similar manner, will be no less problematic than that.
