Best Champions & Styles Tier List (Framework)

The best kit in a movement game is the kit that turns your skill into results. That sounds obvious, but it’s where most tier lists fail: they rank based on flash or theoretical speed rather than how often players can actually finish runs cleanly.

For Parkour Champions, the research materials emphasize the idea that the game is not just “run fast.” It’s “use abilities to design an optimal path and keep the movement chain alive.” That means the best kits tend to be the ones that help you maintain momentum while making route decisions under pressure.

So a kit can be “best” for one player and mediocre for another. A high-skill kit may have extreme mobility but punish small mistakes. A beginner-friendly kit may be slightly slower in theory but far faster in practice because it is controllable and forgiving.

When guides talk about “best,” they often mix two different goals: racing performance and free roam expression. These goals overlap, but they are not identical.

Racing tier criteria: consistency, recovery tools, low-risk transitions, and predictable cooldown loops. A racing S-tier kit helps you finish cleanly even when you get bumped, take a slightly wrong angle, or mis-time a jump.

Free roam tier criteria: exploration tools, vertical access, flashy movement, and the ability to chain stylish actions. A free roam S-tier kit makes the city feel like a playground and helps you reach places easily.

If you don’t separate these goals, you’ll pick a kit that feels amazing in exploration but collapses in real races, or a kit that wins races but feels boring when you practice.

Use these criteria to judge any kit, even after updates. A kit that satisfies most of these is a strong candidate for S-tier for your playstyle.

1) Momentum preservation: the kit helps you keep speed through transitions rather than forcing full stops. 2) Recovery: when you make a mistake, the kit provides a reliable way to stabilize and continue. 3) Route flexibility: the kit can handle both vertical and horizontal changes without becoming awkward. 4) Consistency: the kit’s best moves are easy enough to repeat under pressure. 5) Low decision load: you can perform without thinking too much about cooldowns and button order.

If you find a kit that is incredibly strong but fails on consistency, it may be A-tier for advanced players and B-tier for beginners. That is not a contradiction; it’s the reality of movement skill.

Don’t rank kits by feelings alone. Use a short test protocol and you’ll get results that match real performance.

Pick one short route that includes: a straight section, a vertical change, and a tight turn. Run it five times with the same kit. Record: how many runs finished cleanly, how many major collisions occurred, and how many times you had to “reset” your speed.

Then change only one thing (a new Style or a different Champion) and repeat. If the new kit produces more clean finishes, it’s better for you right now. If it produces fewer clean finishes but looks flashy, it might be a free roam pick rather than a racing pick.

This method is not glamorous, but it is the fastest way to build a tier list that actually improves your times.

Some external tier lists and guides sometimes name specific strong options and label them S-tier. For example, some sources mention certain Styles/Champions as top-tier picks. Treat those as pointers, not guarantees.

Why? Because (1) updates can change kits, (2) players have different skill profiles, and (3) racing routes vary. A kit that dominates one route can be average on another.

Use outside tier lists to generate candidates to test. Then run the test method above to decide what’s actually best for you.