Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26873003-20150809191532/@comment-26871105-20150812125808

Star Platium and The World are actually not that broken. Sure stopping time sounds OP as hell, but think for a moment and you would remember there were quite a few stands who had given Jotaro so much trouble, he had to practically beat them with the use of plot shields or other more or less nonsensical/out of place reasonings. Such as Geb, Yellow Temperance, Death 13 (Jotaro wouldn't stand much chance had it not attack Kakyoin first), Justice and Sethan.

But that's not saying those are stronger than SP stand-wise. They are definitely inferior by comparison, but what it really matters the most in a stand fight is not the power of your own stand, but how well you use it.

Also take another look at Hermit Purple, it is meant to be a weak stand in terms of raw power, because it's a utility stand in the first place. What Hermit Purple can do ranges from hacking and controlling machines to GPS, to being a grappling hook, to being used as a hamon conductor. It's not strong sure, but none can stand in parallel in terms of just plain usefulness.

Hence I would say, there shouldn't be that many tiers as one has to factor in all the potential a stand has when making this kind of list. If I may to make my own version of the Part 3 stand tier list it would be like:

Tier 1 (overall the hardest to deal with): Star Platinum, The World, Sethan, Cream, Yellow Temperance, Death 13, Silver Chariot (after some thought I figured I have to put it here due to its armour and its speed when without it)

Tier 2 (very hard to deal with especially when the user knows their stuff): The Fool, Horus, Geb, Hierophant Green, Hanged Man, Anubis, Strength (it is actually a really strong bound stand, the only problem was that its user wasn't all that smart. Strength), Atum, Justice

Tier 3 (average tier with strengths and weaknesses considered): Magician’s Red, High Priestess, Dark Blue Moon, Judgement, Lovers, Wheel of Fortune, Sun, Tower of Gray, Emperor, Hermit Purple, Empress, Ebony Devil, Osiris

Tier 4 (too conditional or just not all that useful with everything considered): Bastet, Thoth, Khnum, Tenore Sax

EDIT: Made some correction on the list, shifted things a bit.