Gakuen Idolmaster P-idol tier list

Every P-idol in Gakumas is locked to exactly one of three plans: Sense, Logic, or Anomaly. The plan decides the entire core mechanic they use to score points during exams — it is not a minor side attribute.

• Sense runs on Good Condition (好調, a percentage score boost while in a good state) plus Concentration (集中, points that stack card by card) — a burst-per-turn playstyle.
• Logic runs on Good Impression (好印象, passive scoring every turn) plus Genki/Motivation (やる気) — a steady, snowballing playstyle.
• Anomaly is the newer plan, built around its own abnormal-state mechanics.

Because these three mechanics don't measure the same thing, putting a Sense P-idol and a Logic P-idol on the same row is comparing two different subjects. A proper tier table has to split by plan first, then rank within that plan.

Beyond the base chapter, Gakumas has two separate produce chapters: H.I.F編 and 初レジェンド (First Legend). Each chapter runs a different ruleset, so the same P-idol can rank high in one chapter and low in another.

• In H.I.F編, the shared Legend cards (cards multiple P-idols can borrow) CANNOT be used — this flips the power balance between plans compared to the normal chapter, since any plan that leaned heavily on Legend cards loses that edge here.
• Some P-idols are also not yet unlocked for produce in H.I.F編, so they simply don't appear in that chapter's tier table at all.

The result: a P-idol's tier isn't one fixed number, it's a set of numbers per chapter. A complete ranking in theory needs 3 plans × 3 chapters (base / H.I.F編 / 初レジェンド), not one combined table.

Even within a single plan and a single chapter, tier splits along two more axes: the P-idol's rarity, and the separate support card system.

• SR gets its own tier table, never merged with SSR. SR is still viable and genuinely easier to obtain, since every 10-pull is guaranteed at least one SR — a strong SR P-idol within the SR bracket is still worth investing in even though it can't be compared to SSR directly.
• Support cards get an entirely separate tier table, apart from P-idols. Support cards are a second system: they only unlock their ability at Lv25, and only pay off when matched to the right nurture direction (育成方針).

Merging P-idols with support cards into one table, or merging SR with SSR, both distort the reading — the two don't compete for the same slot in a produce team.

Tier measures a P-idol's CEILING once their skill card set, P-item, and support card already match their dominant effect (recommendedEffect), at a reasonable investment level — not their power the moment you get them with empty hands.

That ceiling ultimately comes down to one question: what produce rank score it can push you to. Read the rank table below alongside the tier.

Total rating score = finish-rank score + total Vocal/Dance/Visual stats × 2.3 (Legend difficulty uses 2.1 instead). Stat caps also differ by difficulty: Regular 1000, Pro 1500, Master 1800, Legend 3000 — so a P-idol that's top tier on Master won't necessarily hit that same ceiling on Legend.

Tier only tells you the ceiling, not who you SHOULD pull. Pull priority also depends on your own actual situation.

• Which plan — Sense, Logic, or Anomaly — is missing from your current P-idol roster.
• Whether you already own a support card matching that P-idol's dominant effect, since a high tier ceiling is hard to reach without the right support card.
• The gacha cap: SSR 5%, SR 17%, R 78% rates, with SR guaranteed within every 10-pull, and a hard cap at 200 pulls (200 points fully exchange for a P-idol or support card on the exchange list).

A high tier P-idol in a plan where you have no matching support card is, specifically for you, worth less than a lower tier P-idol that already fits what you have.