All Chaos Gods of Warhammer in the Power Ranking
The four gods are in an eternal war, the “Great Game.” In this, it alternates again and again as to which of the gods currently has the upper hand and is thus the most powerful.
The Great Game is a canonical event that we do not want to evaluate here. For the ranking, we consider which of the gods would actually win in a hypothetical war. However, no one really wants that, as a victory would mean the end of chaos.
In addition to the four great gods, there are also some lesser chaos gods like Hashut and the Horned Rat. However, these do not play a role in the ranking here.
The Horned Rat is the god of the Skaven, which play a central role in Vermintide:
Rank 4: Nurgle
Although Father Nurgle is one of the, perhaps even the most dangerous god for mortals, he does not pose a serious threat to the other gods in direct confrontation. Demons are immune to Nurgle’s diseases, which makes his strongest weapon useless.
In the Great Game, however, Nurgle is regularly the strongest and the weakest god, which lies in his cycle of growth and decay. More factors than just pure combat power come into play here.
Rank 3: Slaanesh
Significantly stronger than Nurgle, but still weaker than the other two. Slaanesh derives its power from desire; however, many other demons are not susceptible to his seductions.
In pure combat, Slaanesh is at least not helpless due to his tendency towards sadism. However, since it is still more about lust than actual killing, Khorne and Tzeentch simply have more expertise.
Rank 2: Khorne
Khorne is actually the strongest of the four chaos gods. Since every battle and every fight strengthens him, he could single-handedly defeat any other god in combat. However, he has one major weakness: he lacks strategic superiority.
The Blood God does not care who dies, as long as someone dies. Accordingly, his servants are powerful fighters, but susceptible to brilliant tacticians – and especially vulnerable to strong fighters from a distance.
By the way, this is what the ranking of the Great Evils from Diablo looks like, in which the corresponding demonic rulers land in similar positions.
Rank 1: Tzeentch
The great strength of the architect of fate is his expertise in magic and deception. He presumably has several plans that he could implement to annihilate the other gods. However, he does not do it because Tzeentch would effectively destroy himself in the process.
If he set out to do so, the combination of manipulation, magical power, and strategic superiority would provide the advantage in direct combat. And in doubt, Tzeentch could probably simply cause his labyrinth and thus the entire warp space to collapse.
By the way, an ancient species is currently awakening in Warhammer 40,000 that has been sleeping for millions of years. These space robot zombies are something like the antithesis to chaos and when they get going, none of the four gods will have any fun: A people in Warhammer 40,000 could simply eliminate the greatest threat to the world, but it has been sleeping for 60 million years
