Batgirl/Prime enjoyed surges of popularity from both him and Ares/Prime due to their reliance on starting power to quickly wipe out teams. For example, the addition of Cloak of Destiny elevated Bane/Luchador from decent to godlike status after its release. New gear and characters can also sometimes empower old characters. However, a few characters have been updated to become stronger, most notably Batman/Blackest Night, and less prominently Black Adam/Regime, Wonder Woman/Red Son, among others.
This section ranks Metal characters in their own right and is not to be mixed in with Gold Characters.