Introduction
This article covers manga events through Chapter 271 (full series ending). Anime-only fans should bookmark and return after Season 4.
The All Jujutsu Kaisen Cursed Techniques Ranked debate is the single longest-running argument in the JJK fandom, and most tier lists get the core mechanics wrong. Here at Shonen Vortex, we have been tracking every Innate Technique reveal since Hidden Inventory dropped, and this is the only ranking that scales every named technique by feats, hax, and verified manga receipts. Two years after the manga ended, the dust has settled. Right now, this is the definitive list.
Table of Contents
- The Ranking Methodology
- S+ Tier: The Reality Benders
- S Tier: The Special Grade Techniques
- A Tier: The High Grade Techniques
- B Tier: The Notable Innate Techniques
- The Heavenly Restriction Edge Case
- FAQs
The Ranking Methodology
Every cursed technique on this list was scored across six axes before placement. We are not ranking by popularity or screen time.
- Versatility: how many combat situations the technique can handle
- Raw output: maximum destructive potential demonstrated in canon
- Hax: reality-bending or stat-bypassing abilities
- Domain sure-hit: whether the user can deploy a Domain Expansion
- Counter-ability: how difficult the technique is to neutralize
- Ceiling: theoretical maximum power if mastered
For the broader framework on how cursed techniques fit into the verse, our JJK power system breakdown covers cursed energy, Innate Techniques, Reverse Cursed Technique, and binding vows in detail.
S+ Tier: The Reality Benders
These three techniques operate at a level the rest of the verse cannot reach. They do not just damage the world. They rewrite its rules.
1. Limitless (Satoru Gojo) Limitless converges infinite space at every micro-distance, making physical contact functionally impossible. Combined with the Six Eyes, Gojo’s perception lets him manage the technique with negligible cursed energy drain. Output forms include Blue (attractive force), Red (repulsive force), and Hollow Purple (an imaginary mass that erases what it touches). Our how Gojo’s Infinity actually works explainer breaks down each form. The only sorcerers to ever bypass it are Toji Fushiguro through Heavenly Restriction, Sukuna with Mahoraga’s adaptation, and Yuta after the body swap. Read the Is Gojo the strongest modern sorcerer breakdown for the full power profile.
2. Cleave and Dismantle (Ryomen Sukuna) Sukuna’s Innate Technique splits into two cursed slashes, calibrated by the target’s cursed energy and the gap between them. Cleave adjusts force to slice anything with cursed energy. Dismantle is the default slash for non-cursed targets. Combined with his Domain Expansion, Malevolent Shrine, the technique ignores barriers entirely. Our Sukuna’s Malevolent Shrine breakdown and Sukuna’s true form analysis cover the full kit.
3. Idle Transfiguration (Mahito) The most disturbing technique in the series. Mahito alters souls on touch, reshaping bodies into anything he imagines. The hax ceiling is theoretically infinite, limited only by Mahito’s understanding of soul mechanics. Yuji and Nanami’s confrontation with him in Shibuya remains the gold standard for psychological horror in modern shonen.
S Tier: The Special Grade Techniques
S Tier techniques are top-bracket Special Grade material. Each one wins fights against most named sorcerers.
4. Ten Shadows Technique (Megumi Fushiguro and later Sukuna) The Zenin clan’s hereditary technique summons ten shikigami, with mastery achieved by defeating each one in sequence. The crown jewel is Mahoraga, whose adaptation ability counters any phenomenon it experiences. Our Mahoraga shikigami breakdown covers the adaptation mechanic in full, and our Megumi Fushiguro powers explained maps every shikigami in his arsenal.
5. Construction (Kinji Hakari) Hakari’s domain triggers a slot machine. Hitting jackpot grants four minutes and eleven seconds of guaranteed regeneration and infinite cursed energy. The probability rigging makes Hakari functionally immortal during the buff window. Easily the most broken positive-energy technique in the series.
6. Cursed Speech (Toge Inumaki line) A verbal command technique tied to the Inumaki clan’s Snake and Fang heritage. Words spoken with intent force compliance from anyone who hears them. The drawback is the speaker’s own throat takes damage proportional to the command’s severity.
7. Star Rage and Sky Manipulation (Yuki Tsukumo) Yuki adds virtual mass to herself and her shikigami Garuda, generating impact at the level of orbital weaponry. As one of the four Special Grade sorcerers in modern times, her ceiling is theoretically Sukuna-tier in raw output.
8. Copy (Yuta Okkotsu) Yuta replicates any cursed technique he touches with his cursed energy. Combined with his lineage as a descendant of Sugawara no Michizane, his cursed energy reserves let him use copied techniques without drain. Our Yuta Okkotsu full breakdown and the Yuta vs Gojo strength comparison cover his full kit. Copy belongs in S Tier because of the ceiling, even though Yuta’s personal output is what carries it.
A Tier: The High Grade Techniques
Strong, fight-defining techniques that win bouts but lack the verse-breaking ceilings of higher tiers.
9. Boogie Woogie (Aoi Todo) A clap-activated swap of any two targets sharing the same cursed energy parameters. Sounds simple. In practice, it lets Todo ignore positioning entirely and create offensive combinations no other sorcerer can replicate.
10. Disaster Curses (Jogo, Hanami, Dagon, Mahito) Elemental cursed techniques tied to humanity’s collective fears. Volcanic Body, Wood Manipulation, and Domain Expansions tied to natural disasters. Jogo’s volcanic eruption in Shibuya remains one of the highest raw output displays in the manga.
11. Judgeman (Hiromi Higuruma) A courtroom domain that imposes binding judgment via the Judgeman shikigami. The Executioner’s Sword can permanently strip a target’s cursed technique if Higuruma wins the trial. Niche but devastating against the right target.
12. Body Replication and Cursed Womb (Choso, Death Painting Wombs) Blood manipulation tied to half-curse, half-human heritage. Choso’s Piercing Blood and Convergence demonstrate why cursed wombs are top-tier vessels.
B Tier: The Notable Innate Techniques
Solid Innate Techniques that won meaningful fights but lacked the ceilings to break out.
13. Straw Doll Technique (Nobara Kugisaki) Resonance through hammer and nails creates ranged damage to any target Nobara has connected via cursed essence. Hairpin and Resonance are specialized variants.
14. Black Bird Manipulation (Mei Mei) Mei Mei controls crows for surveillance and ranged attack. Combined with her Black Bird’s Eye and Bird Strike, the technique is Special Grade level despite Mei Mei’s Grade 1 ranking.
15. Mythical Beast Amber (Hajime Kashimo) Electricity manipulation channeled through Kashimo’s body. Pure offensive output, designed for one-shot kills against high-tier opponents. The 400-year-old sorcerer fought Sukuna at full power and barely lasted.
For the full antagonist roster and where each villain lands, our every JJK villain ranked breakdown covers the complete tier list. The strongest JJK characters ranked piece maps technique tiers against character tiers, since the two are not always identical.
The Heavenly Restriction Edge Case
Heavenly Restriction is not a cursed technique. It is a trade. The user is born with zero cursed energy in exchange for superhuman physical capability. Toji Fushiguro and Maki Zenin are the canonical examples, and Toji’s complete invisibility to cursed energy detection let him kill Gojo in Hidden Inventory before Gojo unlocked Reverse Cursed Technique. Our how Toji defeated Gojo breakdown covers exactly why this counter worked.
After tracking the tier list discourse for two years, the mistake most rankers make is including Heavenly Restriction inside the cursed technique list. It is not. It is the absence of one. But excluding it from the conversation entirely also misses the point. Heavenly Restriction characters can defeat S+ Tier technique users on the right day, which is why the edge case matters.
For more on advanced technique applications, our Reverse Cursed Technique explainer,Triple Domain Expansion breakdown, and all Domain Expansions ranked piece round out the technique conversation.
FAQs
1. What is the strongest cursed technique in Jujutsu Kaisen?
Limitless, wielded by Satoru Gojo, is the strongest cursed technique in Jujutsu Kaisen. Its combination with the Six Eyes makes it functionally impossible to defeat without specific counters like Heavenly Restriction or Mahoraga’s adaptation.
2. Is Sukuna’s technique stronger than Gojo’s Limitless?
In raw output, Cleave and Dismantle are comparable to Limitless, but Limitless wins on defensive utility. Sukuna’s edge comes from the Malevolent Shrine domain and the Ten Shadows after he stole it from Megumi.
3. What tier is Mahoraga in?
Mahoraga sits at the top of S Tier as part of the Ten Shadows Technique. Its adaptation ability counters Limitless, making it one of the only canonical hard counters to Gojo.
4. Is Heavenly Restriction a cursed technique?
No. Heavenly Restriction is the absence of cursed energy in exchange for physical superhuman capability. Toji Fushiguro and Maki Zenin are the prime examples.
5. How is Yuta’s Copy ranked so high?
Copy’s ceiling is whichever cursed technique Yuta has acquired. Combined with his enormous cursed energy reserves from his Sugawara no Michizane lineage, Copy lets him punch above his base profile against almost any opponent.
Conclusion
Limitless stands alone at the top, Cleave and Dismantle anchors the verse, and Heavenly Restriction lurks as the edge case that ruins every clean ranking. Two years after the manga’s final chapter, this is where every technique in Jujutsu Kaisen lands when ranked by power, hax, and feats.
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