The s plus is pretty much the meta rn but I think jp is slowly getting pushed down. I would flip jp and juri

So for disclaimer this are my thoughts on how well characters are for this game and also I don't have everyone in here again this are my kinda thoughts for a few of the cast.

I’m a scrub but I think Chun-li is at least S

Out of curiosity who do you main?

My list

S+: Ken, JP, DeeJay

S : Luke, Kimberly, Cammy, Juri

A : Honda, Lily, Chun Li

B : Everyone Else

Ed has to be S+

Getting nerfed doesn't stop him from being all over top 8s at tournaments.

I wonder if the sub will still overrate the shit out of sagat like they usually do lol

Glad to see some honesty with Ryu near the top of the tier list. He is a drive gauge and damage monster.

A+ is kinda where every character should want to be, strong enough to compete and not be targeted with nerfs

And matchups. I miss the days when people would actually post matchup spread aggregates from top players. A character that is really dominant might have a few jarring matchups and might end their tournament run. But a character with 5-5 matchups across the board is very safe and allows more wiggle room for personal skill.

Nearly everyone's dropped him for tournament play. And the ones that haven't are trying to pick up a new character (Ryukichi, Tokido). Takamura is probably the top player that seems to be sticking to Ken.

He's definitely S tier if we must have that tier...

Let's go Lily! :'(

Edit: yo who put her A tier? I'm a big up-seller, but even I am like, she ain't A, lol

Since no one’s given you an actual answer about the NEW cast yet, here’s my take:

Tier 1: Godlike- Ryu & Akuma,

Tier 2: Subgod- Ken, Dhalsilm, JP.

Tier 3: Superpowered- Juri, Chun Li, Rashid, Cammy, Blanka, Guile, Zangief

Tier 4: Inhuman-, Deejay, Luke, Jamie, Marissa, Honda, Aki, Ed

Tier 5: Talented- Manon, Kimberly, Lily

Admittedly this is not the most accurate ranking so please lmk your thoughts.

The strongest are Ryu, Akuma and Dhalsm. I don't think it's really debatable to be honest, they're easily the best out of the cast considering their past and their present currently.

Some people may try to argue that Ken should also be up there, but I think he's currently out of his game since he's probably currently trying to get out of his bad situation rather than really train and practice his skills, but who knows for sure? It's hard to say.

It dosent matter bacuse as far as I know akuma is the strongest Canon character rivaled by ryu bison and gill

Zangief is strongest (look at his body of iron!)

What do the asterisks denote on Guile and Blanka? My guess is lower representation by players, but still a sizably number 1900MR+ but would be nice to confirm

Guile is literally the only character stopping this from just looking like a top level player's tier list I would see on Twitter lol. Thats really interesting!

Jamie need buffs, bruh. I mean, the dude (along with Luke) is supposed to be the new face of Street Fighter going forward. This is what the head developers said themselves on numerous occasions. So how is it that Luke is on pace to do just that while the other is absolute bottom tier and totally abandoned by top players?! Capcom, fix this character, yo.

I would love to see this vs character popularity as a whole. Sure there's a ton of Kens above 1900MR but there's also just... tons of Ken players. It would put things in a more complete context.

Jamie players are the most opressed group in sf6, we need to rise up

Undoubtedly, the character above with the most active playstyle is akuma, but ed can be extrememly busy as well. Akuma can fireball, jump, demon flip and craps damage, while Ed is baiting, pulling people in and doing many fireball setups.

Cammy and akuma have a lot of overlap: but the key difference is cammy does things reactionary while akuma does things to cause reactions. Cammy's tools are slow but designed to counter a specific type of move from your opponent. Their strength is their walkspeed: where other character's buttons are longer they can walk into range and pressure that way. Cammy can stick to people a lot easier once she's in, but that's the struggle.

Ed and Chun are slower, so depend more on longer pokes before people can get close enough to attack. With people respecting pokes, you can then use a fireball type move to lock people down and force a guess. Ed's easier to play (except for his dream combos), where Chun has to do 2 different moves where other characters would just attack with 2 buttons, so it's more work to learn.

Cammy, Ed and Chun are best played as "whiff punishing" or midrange characters: it's more about catching people who miss and learning how to make people miss. Akuma is good playing this way too, and his low health encourages caution, as wild agro does cause more misses which he can't afford.

Of the characters you mentioned, Akuma would be your best bet. He’s a shoto, which basically means he’s a character with a fireball and an uppercut. Shotos are like the gold standard of a well rounded Street Fighter character. He’s probably the most aggressive Shoto, perhaps in contention with Ken, but he has a lower health total to compensate for his insanely diverse toolkit. Whether or not you stick with Akuma long term doesn’t matter, because he has the tools to teach you how to anti air and play neutral, which translates to all characters.

Dude just play the characters that feel good and dont think about it

Ryu, if ur new, is the process imo

I got 7 in master but im pretty trash so take this with a pinch of salt. I started with cammy and it was really good, fast tho she doesnt hit extremely hard. I absolutely loved Ed! but he got nerfed several times and havent tried him in this patch, and his combos are very timing precise. Akuma, amazing... before the patch. Now its a shadow of his former self, still viable but not like before. If you like aggressive and fast, go for cammy. You like taking your time and analyze the situation, go for ed. You like brute force? Marisa all the way. Honestly choose the one he looks the cooler for you, thats what I always do.

He dominates Gief, so I can see why'd you'd feel that way, but IMO as someone who plays Sim and Luke, Sim is nowhere near top 5. Terrible wakeup defense, at risk of jump-ins on a lot of his best moves and doesn't have a DP for tight anti airs, and his walk speed is terrible. Also doesn't have a good meterless jab confirm (outside of counter hit/punish counter).

Basically I think he has to take too many risks in neutral for not enough reward.

They're better than I'll ever be, but Sim as D tier below Honda,aki, and manon is bananas. Better tournament results, better matchups, makes me question the rest of the list.

Ken has obnoxious stuff but the big thing that average players like you and me need to consider is that one of his obnoxious things in high level play, is not his neutral. That's where everyone beats him. He's still a strong character but you can see that as players have learned the matchup, Ken matches tend to be a lot more scrambly uphill battles that his players are snatching from the jaws of defeat more often than just dominating opponents.

Ryu worse than Manon, Honda, Lily and Aki ? Come on.

Yeah I know, why play Ryu when Ken and Luke exist, but let's not be ridiculous.

You understand that the people who made the tier list are rashid, Marisa, and Chun players right?

Yes, a Rashid, a Marisa, and a Modern main have a vested interest in downplaying ken.

How do you get out bed smoking that much copium lol. Gotta be blasted out of your mind.

Like I don't even care where ken falls on the tier list as long as it's not top 2, but man reddit is really, really crazy when it comes to ken. You either put him top 3 or you're trying to downplay him to avoid nerfs or you're a (secret) ken main.

Legitimately the hottest take on this list is not ken's placement, it's Manons, but Ken out of top 3? Start up the torches and pitchforks boys.

Surprised not to see Kim up in the A/S tiers. She feels like the character that can just run over you if you don't know the matchup well.

This semi makes sense intuitively, since you'd expect the "robbery" characters to perform better since you can play weird or volatile and take wins off of people who may be better, so it makes sense to see weirdos or characters with gimmicks and tricks like Blanka, AKI, and Honda high, or characters who can be really snowbally and hit like a truck like Marisa. Surprised to see Ken and JP low then, but I guess because people see so many of them that they're probably used to the matchup even if they haven't labbed it much lol.

Though the big shocker for me is Dhalsim being so low

Dang Ryu is just that honest huh? I guess the good thing is that if you play Ryu you have statistical evidence that you’ve earned all of your wins.

Thank you for creating this. Data analysis is fun and interesting!

At a glance, it looks like this tier list is at least somewhat inversely correlated with pick-rate (compare to https://i.redd.it/x6q0ixkqwqbc1.png) which makes sense as players are presumably less prepared for characters which they encounter infrequently. But there are a few standout exceptions:

• Dhalsim is consistently lowest-picked and yet also places very low on this tier list. Poor guy.
• Cammy (and to a lesser extent) Marisa stand out as placing high despite being relatively common picks.

It would be interesting to see what the results would look like if you could (somehow?) account for pick-rate.

Twelve really deserves a second chance in sf6. He looked cool, was basically a terminator, but he was just so weak in the gameplay department.

It's extremely mean to say that Abigail is C tier, and I would like to speak to your manager! /s

nash belongs at the lowest possible tier

Stop posting

Normally I wouldn't pay much attention to a tier list but you did put Sakura in S Tier so I have to give you a point there haha

They should all be S tier

Nightmare, Clarity and Spectre low tier, smh.

At least Thorn and Razor are High, so that’s based.

Very largely mixed vibes

pristine blade in s tier is the only correct opinion

Voice of stubborn is a real one, he has enough willpower that he can force himself into S tier

Tower at C? unsubscribe

totally not because I'm a bottom