{"id":444408,"date":"2026-05-16T07:54:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-16T07:54:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/444408\/"},"modified":"2026-05-16T07:54:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-16T07:54:14","slug":"power-ranking-the-boys-5-strongest-characters-after-season-5-episode-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/444408\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Ranking The Boys’ 5 Strongest Characters After Season 5, Episode 7"},"content":{"rendered":"

After many episodes of stagnancy, The Boys<\/a> Season 5, Episode 7 alters the list of strongest characters in the series, if only slightly. SPOILERS ahead for The Boys Season 5, Episode 7. On the heels of Homelander getting V1 at the end of The Boys Season 5, Episode 6<\/a>, \u201cThe Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother\u2019s Milk\u201d offers clarity about how powerful he is now. Although Homelander doesn\u2019t spread the wide-scale destruction many expected, several moments from this week\u2019s episode highlight how much faster and stronger he\u2019s become.<\/p>\n

His upgrade forces The Boys to consider new ways of defeating him<\/a>, which leads to another supe breaking into the top five over Butcher\u2026well, we think so anyway. And Marie Moreau\u2019s long-awaited appearance in The Boys Season 5 raises questions about her own place on the list. Episode 7 paints a perplexing picture of her power level, sending mixed signals. After everything that happens during its runtime, here\u2019s how we\u2019re ranking The Boys\u2018 strongest characters heading into the series finale. <\/p>\n

5) Kimiko<\/p>\n

\"KimikoImage via Prime Video<\/p>\n

Kimiko spends The Boys Season 5, Episode 7 attempting to recreate the experiment that gave Soldier Boy his nuclear blasts \u2014 and by the end of this week\u2019s chapter, it seems she, Frenchie, and Sister Sage are successful. With Frenchie\u2019s death dominating the last few minutes<\/a> of the episode, we don\u2019t get a proper demonstration of her power. However, she survives extreme levels of radiation, and Frenchie tells Homelander their experiment worked. If he\u2019s right, Kimiko is now powerful enough to remove other supes\u2019 abilities. She continues to be capable of healing from grievous injuries as well. Theoretically, this means she can get close to stronger opponents, then strip them of their powers, even if she has to regenerate after. In terms of raw physical strength, Kimiko is average. Until we see more, I\u2019m not confident in putting her ahead of supes like Ryan, Marie, and Soldier Boy. However, her likely new powers give her an edge over Butcher, booting him from the list. <\/p>\n

4) Ryan Butcher<\/p>\n

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Despite Ryan not appearing in the last few episodes of The Boys, we\u2019re moving him down a level\u2026tentatively. He and Marie Moreau have remained neck and neck in our weekly rankings, mostly because we haven\u2019t seen enough of them to properly gauge where they land compared to one another. Neither has the experience or strength of Soldier Boy and Homelander currently. However, they both have the potential to get there. <\/p>\n

But while Ryan proves he\u2019s incapable of defeating his father in Season 5, Marie remains untested in that regard. And The Boys Season 5, Episode 7 sets her up as a more likely contender to defeat him, or at least to help the others do so. Despite Starlight\u2019s perplexing comment<\/a> that she can\u2019t control her powers \u2014 doesn\u2019t Gen V Season 2 cover that? \u2014 M.M. says she has \u201cHomelander-level strength or some s***.\u201d Even if that is, indeed, \u201cgreatly exaggerated,\u201d Starlight does ask for her help at the end of the episode. Marie\u2019s still being set up as a threat to Homelander, and she likely can do something about the V1 in his veins. For that reason, we\u2019re putting her ahead of Ryan.<\/p>\n

3) Marie Moreau<\/p>\n

\"MarieImage via Prime Video<\/p>\n

Following the absence of Gen V\u2018s characters<\/a> for the first six episodes of Season 5, Marie Moreau finally makes an appearance in The Boys\u2018 final season. It\u2019s fairly underwhelming, especially considering Gen V\u2018s recent cancellation<\/a>. However, \u201cThe Frenchman, the Female, and the Man Called Mother\u2019s Milk\u201d lays the groundwork for her to play a larger role in the series finale. Despite Starlight inexplicably diminishing her powers earlier, the episode ends with her asking for Marie and Jordan\u2019s help. We don\u2019t know the details of what she\u2019s planning, but Marie is capable of manipulating blood. As such, we can make an educated guess. The supe virus no longer works on Homelander, and V1 makes him unbeatable in combat. Marie might be able to take care of the latter, using he unique blood-manipulation powers to weaken or kill him.<\/p>\n

2) Soldier Boy<\/p>\n

\"JensenImage via Prime Video<\/p>\n

After The Boys Season 5, Episode 7, Soldier Boy remains near the top of our power ranking\u2026but it doesn\u2019t really matter, as we\u2019ve seen the last of Jensen Ackles\u2019 supe<\/a> in the main series. Homelander puts him back in his cryo chamber this week \u2014 and if nothing else, it demonstrates just how much more powerful Antony Starr\u2019s villain is now. Looking at raw strength, he and Soldier Boy were somewhat even before, even if Soldier Boy lacked flight and heat vision. Now, Homelander is capable of choking him out easily. It\u2019s doubtful anyone else on the list could one-up him, and it doesn\u2019t look like they\u2019ll get the chance. Soldier Boy continues to be one of the strongest supes in the series, but that won\u2019t factor into the outcome of the final episode.<\/p>\n

1) Homelander<\/p>\n

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If there was any doubt that Homelander taking V1 secured his top spot on this ranking, it\u2019s gone after this week\u2019s episode of The Boys. Homelander reveals how much more powerful his heat vision is immediately after taking the serum, but The Boys\u2018 penultimate episode shows how else he\u2019s changed. His encounter with Frenchie highlights how much faster he is, and his face-off with Soldier Boy proves he\u2019s physically stronger than before. On top of that, his power over the masses is growing. He kills President Steven Calhoun and orders Oh-Father to eliminate anyone who doesn\u2019t believe he\u2019s God. Physically and influence-wise, Homelander currently seems unbeatable. It\u2019s hard to say how The Boys and their allies will topple him, but it will probably require a group effort. On the bright side, that just proves what an effective villain he is. <\/p>\n

Who do you think is the most likely to defeat Homelander in The Boys\u2019 series finale? Leave a comment below\u00a0and join the conversation now in the\u00a0ComicBook Forum<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After many episodes of stagnancy, The Boys Season 5, Episode 7 alters the list of strongest characters in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":444409,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[146,85,46,51891,19622,411],"class_list":["post-444408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-list-feature","tag-the-boys","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444408","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444408\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/444409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}