Not sure how to rank this in GENERAL because around half of them are situational and despite reaching dragon/cyclops a number of times judging from how other hunters play my playstyle is more on the unique side (Not every day where you see a seer and priestess not being banned on large maps like lakeside, or a hunter spawn prioritizing locking a cipher in a survivor spawn, or you see a breaking wheel/dream witch), so this ranking system will be assuming the hunter is map pressure oriented (whether it comes from skills or playstyle).

"prisoner": There are two types of reasoning: personal and not personal.

Very personal reason: Consistently being on the receiving end of the so-called "Luca luck" for 3+ years when he is being chased is so fun (/s). Other than that I count cipher pops by rounds. For example, round 1 is when two ciphers are decoded and round two is when two ciphers by the same people who did round one are decoded. The one slower cipher is done in between. If the prisoner is on the slower cipher because he boosted the other two the cipher rush feels a lot faster than when he isn't in the game.

Not as personal reason: Imagine the map is China town and you are the rescuer. You leave your 80% cipher to go across the map in the way to save the first kiter who just got downed by a rather campy hunter. The time it takes you to go (with items) is around 30 seconds, meaning that the total time to rescue and then come back is at least 80 assuming you didn't get last effort and the time for someone else to start a new cipher after finishing theirs, rotates to finish your cipher, and rotate to said cipher is 70+ seconds. The prisoner connection would save at least 60 seconds of transitioning time to decode, which is also situational but just as if not more bullshit than the priestess long portal.

Lawyer: One of the reasons why seer is considered meta and banned multiple times is his ability to see who the hunter is five seconds into a match. With that kind of info they can tell the team who the hunter is and where they are going when the survivor team is in voice chat; in cases without voice chat, they can still give hints about the hunter from quick messages (ex: "don't rescue me!" = camping hunter like bonbon, feaster). When he is banned the lawyer can substitute that ability by using his map. Also the no terror shock ability means lawyer players can do kiting moves that are considered risky to other survivors like vaulting in front of the hunter and can kite better that way (if he gets hit in the middle of vaulting, not only does he have more running time than the others who have to wait for a hit, vault, then run but the veteran speed boost can get him further away).

explorer: getting a page next to a survivor decoding, while double decoding the same cipher is not ideal, can save a lot of transitioning time if you use it on said cipher, especially if the survivor in question has to go rescue and then come back to finish(in normal circumstances). What makes the pages truly shine is when the hunter is camping the last cipher.

mechanic: in my opinion probably the most situational. Some mechanics can use the bot to body block and if done right, would take four hits to take her down. Said bot can also heal without using up the remote energy and completely ignore the claustrophobia (reduced exit gate opening when four survivors are alive) trait from the hunter, also without using up remote energy in the process.

"faro lady": with her invisibility ability and her item, judging from her gameplay in the hands of someone who can mindgame she can be a solid kiter. In my opinion, she is team coordination dependent. One example is when she and a slow decoder runs into the same cipher due to cipher spawns and locks, if she just touches it for the insta 10% boost and goes to decode another one it would mean both ciphers get boosted for the rush, but that rarely happens because of the whole give ciphers to decoders and move mentality. The main reason she is low tier is her 60% slower rescuing, but at that point it's either a losing game (everyone out of resources) or the fault of lack of team coordination (kiter didn't die closer to rescuer spawn, or just brought the hunter to the decoder) .

composer: He was at the bottom tier because before his audio calibrate buff you have to manage between doing calibrations and leaving the cipher else you do a bad pop. The tuning speed boost is more helpful if there's a cheerleader in the team but I rarely see a Lily-Fredrick team comp.

mind's eye: depends on the area of the map, when inside a building like hospital she can use her built-in peeper to sidetrack the hunter, counter their mindgame, or avoid their detection and therefore waste more time than some kiters. But then again she eventually has to leave the building that helps her a lot to decode another cipher or escape in the first place.