Flint Coal: My man is just a CHILL MOTHERFUCKER. I love Flint, such a cool dude. His name was inspired from an Achievement Hunter minecraft video, so that's always cool. My man has the most weird weapon in the show (or at least one of them), but he's a cool dude. He's only in C tier because I haven't seen him enough and get got speared by Weiss.
Ghira: I don't have much of an opinion on Ghira Belladonna. He's just here because I love his voice, that's really it. Again, this is a personal list so where a character is depends on how I feel about them.
Coco Adel: HOMEGIRL GOT STYLE. I love her glassES AND HER GUN. Would be in B-Tier if her bullets actually did something in Volume 3 when the Atlas robots started attacking.
Neptune: He doesn't do anything at all in the show, but he's funny in RWBY CHIBI. RWBY CHIBI shouldn't matter for this list, but its Neptune, he's not going to be relevant in the show anymore.
Yatsuhashi Daichi and Fox: No real opinion on them... I don't wanna put the two in D tier or anything lower than that because we don't know much about them (I didn't read the novel because AS i said, I shouldn't have to read non-original source material to learn about a character when I should've learned about them in the show.)
Penny: She was turned into quarters to soon :c
Ironwood: I might but him up further after the next Volume, cuz I see a lot of potential character for him in the future. I don't know much about him, but he would be in A tier if he gets some character development because he's a fucking badass (just remember volume 3 where he just pulled out his gun and fucked Grimm up? That was RAD as hell).
Oscar: See... I wanna like Oscar, I love his voice actor so much right, but the thing is... he just leaves his house and loses a lot of character development that he should've got in Volume 4. He sometimes just has a mental breakdown for now reason and its obvious that he's becoming Ship Bait for Ruby. However he's in C tier because my man gets memed for having a harem.
Hazel: I have no real opinion on him, he's just in C tier because his semblance is sorta cool.
Emerald: I dunno how to feel about Emerald. There's a lot to say about her, but I don't really like her that much, but I don't hate her. She sorta just exists.
Maria / Grimm Reaper: I dont even know why she's in the story, but her personality is funny as hell. I get it, she's a silver eyed warrior, but she's just teaching Ruby the stuff Ozpin should've taught Ruby.
B TIER TIMETyrian: My man would've been in A Tier if it wasn't for the fact he got BITCHED by Ruby. His voice actor is great (he voiced Tokoyami in BNHA and Issei in DxD) and that peRSONALITY IS YEET AS HELL (the good shit). But again, he got bitched by Ruby (well mostly Qrow, but Ruby is the one who cut that tail off :c)
Velvet: ... ... ... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Nora/Ren: I am a Rensexual, and I find that Ren and Nora had a LOT OF CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT IN VOLUME 4! But they just sorta exist now. I adore them both, and they'd be in A tier if it wasn't for the fact that Nora has some of the worst lines in the show.
Pyrrha Nikos-sama: Pyrrha is great! I just like her personality, it reminds of a Canadian. Really, I don't have much of a reason for her to be in B Tier besides the fact that I just like her personality a lot.
Salem: TBH putting her in B-Tier is a bad idea, she should've been in E Tier. I already made the list, okay? i just have faith she'll become a threat in the future and not a jobber like e v e r y o t h e r v i l l a i n in the show.
Neo: ... ... ... ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ... she's a baddie ok?
Winter: BruH WINTER IS GREAT, I love her interactions with Qrow and Weiss. They're both two completely different sides to her, and I'm excited to
potentially see her in Volume 7.
Yang: Yang would be be in F tier if her character in Volumes 1-3 didn't exist. Her PTSD is poorly handed, Idc what anyone says, BUT HEY, I adored her in Volume 2 the most. Like her in Volume 2, is probably Yang at her best.
Taiyang: My man is an ABSOLUTE CHAD. He didn't just fuck Raven... he ALSO SMASHED SUMMER ROSE. That's respect right there.
A TIERQrow: WHy IS hIS NAME SPELT WITH A Q?!
I just love him okay? He would be S tier if it wasn't for the fact that he turned into a jobber. He is one of my favs in the show don't @ me.Jaune "Mother fucking" Arc: My man. The man, the myth, the legend. He probably has the most character development in the show (in my opinion - though Blake might have more) and I just love him. I don't relate to him at all, but he's great. I don't like his semblance though - too OP valve please nerf
Weiss Schnee: I don't wanna write an essay as to why Weiss is great, but I do really like her. Her change from Volume 1 Weiss to Volume 2 Weiss was amazing. Her character growth in Volume 4 was great.
Mercury: Its... hard to explain really??? I like Mercury a lot, and its revealed that he doesn't have a semblance, so that's just ultimate chad right there. Obviously Taiyang is the ABSOLUTE CHAD which is the greatest of the great, but Mercury is pretty cool (though he does, much like Qrow, turn into a jobber and gets one-shotted by
RUBY ROSE HAHAHAHAH kill me)
Oobleck: He's just cool. I don't even need to explain why, he's just cool, ok?
Cardin: He is one of the only characters that actually shows any form of Faunus Racism in the show. IDC if he's a stereotypical bully, and bullied Velvet, my man is great. When he saw that Grimm in Volume 1 (or whatever), my mans made the tactical decision to RUNAWAY, pulling a trick out of Joseph Joestar's tactics, thus making Cardin Winchester an amazing JoJo.
S TIER
Roman Torchwick: Okay, serious time. Roman is by far, my second favorite character in the show. His attitude, his spunk, everything about him was awesome. His weapon was great and his design really popped. Roman is S TIER, and would be SS+ tier if he wasn't no scoped by a Grimm. Luckily, I can see more of him in RWBY Chibi, so that's fine.
Sun Wukong: I LOVE HIS VOICE ACTOR REEE. Real talk though, Sun vs Roman was one of the coolest action sequences I've seen by a low-budget company... probably ever! His weapon is fucking AMAZING, and I love how he just doesn't give a single fuck about Faunus Discrimination (however, there barely is any real racism actually shown, its mostly just told to us). My mans tries to pipe Blake, but he gets abused. F in chat. Now, the inspiration for Sun's character is great, he's great, I love him. I'm glad he left to go back with his team, because that just means that he doesn't need to be around Blake anymore (the only reason I want Bumblebee to happen is so my Sun get it doesn't have to suffer ;v. Sun is, without a doubt, my favorite character in the show.
Peter Port: I am not going to lie, I wouldn't put this guy in S tier if it wasn't for this singular line: "ONE FINAL MATCH! PLACE YOUR BETS!!". Peter "The Mustache" Port is the ULTIMATE badass. I wanna see what he was like in his Youth, desperately. Everything about port is just fucking GREAT.
Aight that is my Tier List. Much like I said before, this is heavily opinionated, so I rather not start any arguments in chat. Lets all be civil fellas.