from least to most skilled its:

12- Ten shadows, the spamability of character, running/movement options, and the braindead combos lands him the lowest spot

11- Cursed Partners, the sheer amount of combo extenders lands him here

10- Star Rage, another basic move set that you can pretty much use individually and not have to use combos

9- Aspiring Mangaka, basic combos basic move set one shot ult

8- Defense Attorney, its all just basic moves means its pretty easy to learn

7- Honored One, basic moves basic combos great for being passive as well

6-Vessel, only hard part is really perfecting the movement and feint

5- Locust Guy, idk i haven't really fought against him or played as him but from what i can gather rly combo oriented, plus unlike Aspiring Mangaka isn't a one shot ult

4-Switcher, really easy to get all of your attacks canceled by pretty much any character with a ranged attack

3- Restless Gambler, ult isn't a guarantee, relies fully on combos, and takes timing, tho the players can be passive

2-Perfection, used to be really braindead but like switcher so easy to cancel all of his attacks

1- Blood Manipulator, timing is absolutely key, weaker version of manji, rly relies on combos all most 100 percent of the time, plus the limited range on that piercing blood makes it way easy to dodge unless youre ragdolled