Type Soul Schrift and Voltstanding Tier List (August 2025)

Updated on August 14, 2025: Added a full tier list for Voltstanding/Vollstandig and Sklaverei.

There’s been a lot of powercreep in the Type Soul re-release with the Nimble and Overkill Schrifts being really strong. Commons and Rares seem to be outperforming base Legendaries and Mythics which is common for Shikai and Partial Res as well. But some Legendaries and Mythics remain OP in Vollstandig/Sklaverei. With all of this in mind let’s talk about all Quincy Schrifts and find the best one in my Type Soul Schrift and Voltstanding tier list and guide.

Type Soul Quincy Schrift Tier List

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This Type Soul Schrift tier list covers all Quincy Schrift options from best to worst except for Almighty. I don’t know how to get that one yet so I haven’t tested it. Other than that we seem to be getting a lot of powercreep from new Schrifts with Nimble and Overkill being OP right now for high-rank leaderboards. But there’s still some awesome Schrift options from the old era that are doing good today so let’s take a look. Below you’ll find a detailed breakdown of all Type Soul Schrifts from best to worst.

Related: If you also play Soul Reaper/Shinigami check out our Shikai and Bankai tier list and for Arrancar/Hollow we have a Resurrection/Segunda Etapa tier list.

S-Tier Schrift

A-Tier Schrift	Notes
Butterfly	• They nerfed Butterfly G’s cooldown and also made it so you can’t movestack anymore back in September 2024 • That said G is still a really fast move that can combo into other attacks really well • T is also pretty good since it’s an AOE mini-stun that serves as a great combo extender • Overall Butterfly has some great combo potential and is a viable pick in any rank
Explode	• The T has guard break and ragdolls and is great for allowing you to extend into other moves like Fast Bang, Flash Cut, Black Claw, Earth Shatter, etc. (Great with Speed and Hakuda) • The G is really good for maintaining a combo since it extends the air time on your opponent • Overall I think it’s very similar to Butterfly for comboing so I value them the same
Zombie	• I mostly like Zombie for the G counter since it true combos into a lot of other Speed-Kendo-Kido moves • Otherwise, the Zombie passive is really niche and virtually useless in high rank 1v1s though it is good in open world noob-stomping and team fights since it works like a Kyoka clone • T doesn’t have much synergy with other moves but is a pretty decent AOE cone damage in front of you
Balance	• Balance has received numerous nerfs over the past months with the removal of hyperarmor, lessening the stun effect, etc. • That said Balance is still pretty good since T still guardbreaks and gives you Order to heal with your passive • G is the main heal that sustains you and buffs your team or deals damage if you hold but I wouldn’t hold it since the heal is better • Overall while it’s not as good as it used to be it still offers excellent sustain in high rank PVP
Deathdealing	• Deathdealing is such an awesome Schrift because it’s so flexible and works on any build like Kido/Flash/Kenpo and even Ground Hakuda due to the G flashstep disable • Your passive Lethal Dosage will ramp up a huge damage burst with your moves that explodes and ragdolls enemies when they reach 100 (Executes on low HP) • T is an uncounterable move with high posture damage that just ramps up Lethal Dosage passive • G is a great area control spell (both defensively in ganks or offensively for chasedown) since it disables flashsteps and also ramps up Lethal Dosage • Just note that good players will always try to get out of G with stuff like Dropping Fang, Time Cut, Eviscerate, etc.

C-Tier Schrift	Notes
Visionary	• Visionary got massive nerfs in terms of not being able to movestack anymore so it kind of falls of heavily • T no longer movestacks into other moves and is easy to parry • G is pretty okay with the knockback but much slower and more easily punished since you can’t hit enemies in front of you who get close and put pressure as it misses them • The passives with the T damage reduction and ultra parry with G when on full Imagination is okay but not enough to place this higher than C-Tier for me personally
Fear	• The main problem I have with Fear is that it’s predictable since you can see the T move coming a mile away you can just block it or counter it • That said if you can pull it off the T move does stun enough for a true combo into something like a Rising Swallow or Floating Strikes • G doesn’t do that much damage and its only real use is slowing • Overall this is an underpowered Schrift but it’s not useless for D-Tier

D-Tier Schrift	Notes
Compulsory	• While T has been buffed to increase its speed it’s still a blockable move • G doesn’t even guardbreak even though it does good posture • Overall this is a very weak Schrift but still more usable than Royal and X Axis
Royal	• Royal really needs a buff since both T and G have huge windups/slow animations that are easily punished • They are both hyperarmor and guardbreak moves but that isn’t really worth since your opponent will have ages to dodge or punish you • This might turn into an A-Tier or higher Schrift if they speed up the starting animations on the moves
X Axis	• This is the ranged combat Schrift and the biggest problem with it is that Type Soul fights get real close real quick with lots of mobility moves • That means that the T and G slow start-up animation like with Royal sucks since you’ll just get punished • As a base Schrift this is probably the worst one in the game

S-Tier Voltstanding	Notes
Royal	• Royal has a bad base moveset with slow wind-ups but the Voltstandig version deals incredible damage and has great hyperarmor moves • First your new sword has an amazing crit that deals great damage with good range and more importantly stuns to combo into other moves • Z is where it gets crazy since it’s a massive AOE series of slashes dealing great damage and stun-locking so if you hit one you’re hitting them all • X is a ranged slash that guardbreaks and deals massive damage • C deals the most damage but it’s really hard to land since it has a slow wind-up so I’m not the biggest fan • But the C has a powerful one-time use mechanic where once you deal enough damage you get a CD reset on it and an aura that stuns your opponent forcing them to take the hit
Glutton	• Glutton is one of the best AOE/Combo movesets due to its Z that dashes you, guardbreaks and then deals AOE damage pulling people around you and combos into X and C • X is your powerhouse that deals damage, heals you and sets up C which is another beartrap but a much more powerful one in melee that’s a great finisher • Overall Glutton is a one trick pony but that trick is damn good since Z is just such a powerful combo starter
Visionary	• Right of the bat Visionary Volt is miles better than Schrift, it just gets extra free damage on M1s and Crits by summoning no-stun rockets and guns • T gets boosted to stun and deal more posture damage while G is hyperarmor multicast AOE damage spam • Z also just stuns and deals damage so you can combo G’s hyperarmor casts into Z for free damage • And then after Z you can spam X and C for damage • Note that while C’s one-time meteor version deals massive damage it is parryable and dodge-able, but the regular C is also powerful to combo off of Z • Overall tons of high damage combos that’s really hard to fight against in 1v1 and teamfights
Heat	• Heat continues being S-Tier material with the Z Burner Finger combo stages just stunning enemies, dealing high posture and a lot of damage with some of it being AOE • X is just overall really strong due to high damage, projectile range and guardbreak • And C is a great tool for AOE damage around you and burn • Heat is just reliable high damage and burn with tons of moves
Deathdealing	• If you’ve been in a Raid with a True Deathdealing Sklaverei you know that Lethal Dosage builds almost globally and can be incredibly powerful for executing • You also get much better M1s and an incredibly good Crit with hyperarmor and a massive AOE applying Lethal Dosage • The best moves here are Z cause it’s a massive AOE damage with Lethal Dosage and Flashstep disable and you also debuff with C which is an AOE Lethal Dosage that ragdolls • X is a hit or miss since its a no-Flashstep domain where you build up LD on enemies but they can get out with Horizon Core, Time Cut, Blooming Cut to someone, etc. • The cherry on top is that you get auto-revived when you die in Volt to 30% HP so try to time deaths while in Volt (20-30s CD is quite short so you can do this twice usually) • Easy S-Tier
Explode	• Tons of great high-damage moves with big AOEs that are also aided by the Volt’s powerful M1s and Crit • M1s guardbreak and deal high posture while the Crit has hyperarmor for dealing massive AOE damage and escaping combos • Z is just a free damage dash since its unpunishable due to its hyperarmor • X is great for controlling an area with invisible mines, especially in teamfights since they don’t hit teammates • That said, the main AOE damage comes from the C which is a massive damage nuke that you can use two times and have iFrames while charging it so you can also dodge moves with it • Overall tons of damage and utility with the hyperarmor and iFrames

B-Tier Voltstanding	Notes
Zombie	• If the Zombie corpse revive passive wasn’t so niche this would be a much better style, especially now that they keep their mode if you raise in Volt (For example if you could just raise random corpses without having to grip) • That said, Z is pretty good because it’s an instant damage burst scaling with how much Blood they have and if they’re on 100% it’s a long stun that true combos into everything (Auto-executes if low HP) • X is overall weak but decent for starting combos due to the skeleton hit stun while C is just overall decent mobility & damage that applies Blood • In general, Zombie is decent but when compared to A and S it’s just a bit weak since a lot of power is in that zombie passive that rarely triggers
Thunderbolt	• The Volt weapon deals decent M1 damage but the Crit is better because it ragdolls so you can combo into Kendo and Speed moves easily • Z and X are jumping moves but X is the better one because it has hyperarmor disabling flashsteps • C strikes all enemies around you and disables their flashsteps so both X and C are good into G • Overall viable but as as overpowered as the higher tiers
Fear	• Fear has an okay moveset but the only reason it’s not in C-Tier is because stacking of the Z and the Fear Volt aura Mindbreak passive stunning enemies allowing you to true combo into moves • This means that you’re really encourages to keep the melee pressure going so I like using Speed a lot in combination here • Z also applies the passive around you so it’s another good combo start • X is a good reposition if you applied Mindbreak but are a bit further away so it’s a combo connector while C is just meh damage poke

C-Tier Voltstanding	Notes
Power	• Don’t get me wrong, Power Vollstandig moves do really great damage and AOE but they just don’t combo well together • There’s no innate synergy so your playstyle will mostly be trying to land each move separately for good damage • Higher-tier Volts offer more utility and combos so Power is IMO a C-Tier though miles better than Iron and Complusory
Iron	• Iron’s Voltstanding is similar to Power where it has good moves but they just don’t really combo well together • The Z is a hyperarmor projectile that deals good damage and X is the same but melee AOE • C is a really fast frame 1 counter but it doesn’t really true stun so this is overall C-Tier

D-Tier Voltstanding	Notes
Compulsory	• One of the weaker Volts because the moves just do random stuff without having much synergy or combos • Z deals okay damage, X stuns and C is just bad in my opinion since it’s anti-combo potential • I would skip Compulsory