Which Characters do you think will be strong on launch?

[NTZ Hondurez]

https://imgur.com/a/oDMZHZW

This list is for fun and to spark some healthy debate. I think every character is viable up to a point if you vibe with them.

S: E-Honda, Kimberly, Jaime, Ken
A: Manon, Guile, Dee jay, Zangief, Marisa
B: Cammy, Dhalsim, Lilly, Chun-li, Luke, Ryu
C: JP, Juri Han
D: Blanka-chan

I personally think the Graplers will be strong, but the meta will be shaped by Kimberly, Jaime and Ken. I think E. Honda will do well into them and will be a sleeper pick. Guile was a strong pick in the open beta and could easily be moved to S for someone good at zoning. Deejay looks to be a top tier zoner that can fake cast projectiles to bait to Parry or Jump which he can punish.

Throw up some hot takes and let me know why your waifu/husbando is S tier.

[svoulzor]

Ryu is always top-tier at the start

[Shilly Clive]

I think Kimberly is a knowledge check character. I think she'll become mediocre once people get a week or two to lab. During the open beta, FGC streamers mostly seemed to think Jaime was weak. Brian_F, for example, pretty much complained about Jaime's flaws the entire time. I think grapplers are gonna catch people off guard with their range in this game, so I agree with you there. I don't think Lily will be strong but I hope she is since I plan on maining her.

[zorasguitar]

Everyone who has touched the release version says JP is stupidly strong, to the point he's going to be nerfed. Hearing comparisons to vanilla SFIV Sagat.

[Xzi]

I know you ain't doing my man Jus Pimpin' like that. He's gonna be the only hard counter to grapplers, so that immediately puts him in the upper echelon. Juri isn't quite as good as Kim, but she's not three tiers below.

S: Kimberly, Guile, Dee Jay, Ken
A: JP, Zangief, Manon, Marisa, Ryu, Cammy
B: Luke, Chun-Li, Dhalsim, Juri, Lily, Jaime
C: Blanka

Manon and Marisa I think will have a ton of success early on with their more simplistic play styles, but I doubt that'll last forever. Chun-Li, Dhalsim, Jaime, and Blanka are all the opposite: gonna have a rough start but will probably start moving up the list as people lab them more and discover new tech.

[Shaia_Tempari]

grapplers tend to be strong at the start of a game, then weaken over time.

[NTZ Hondurez]

For Ryu I think he is strong but everyone that played demo knows him and Luke, so it will take some more work with them.

Lily seems like it's hard to get an idea where she will fall.

JP looks good at what he does. I just think there will be a lot people playing high pressure archtypes on day 1 so i think he could struggle with top tier matchups. So if he turns out s+ on release i think the graplers are going down in value.

[NTZ Hondurez]

Xzi の投稿を引用：

I know you ain't doing my man Jus Pimpin' like that. He's gonna be the only hard counter to grapplers, so that immediately puts him in the upper echelon. Juri isn't quite as good as Kim, but she's not three tiers below.

S: Kimberly, Guile, Dee Jay, Ken
A: JP, Zangief, Manon, Marisa, Ryu, Cammy
B: Luke, Chun-Li, Dhalsim, Juri, Lily, Jaime
C: Blanka

Manon and Marisa I think will have a ton of success early on with their more simplistic play styles, but I doubt that'll last forever. Chun-Li, Dhalsim, Jaime, and Blanka are all the opposite: gonna have a rough start but will probably start moving up the list as people lab them more and discover new tech.

I like your reasoning for JP. And I totally agree with this mastery of lower tier fighters will bring them up because they have a higher floor and ceiling. But Jaime is going to mess up people that don't know how to deal with him just like Kimberly and Ken, which is why he is up high on the list.

[SJFox]

Not gonna make a tier list but candidates of most complaints will probably be: Cammy, Kimberly, JP and Gief

[TyCobb]

Every character I play against and they'll be strong until SF7.

[Scrub McGrub]

Kimberly was strong during the beta... but her DP is no longer invincible (not sure about ex) so she'll be less good at stealing turns. Gief is going to be scary.

[mercureXI]

Juri is already A or S just because of her Drive Rush stats and corner carry / corner mixups + very good neutral

Jaime requires max drinks to be good. No way he is gonna be top tier, especially with Gief most likely ruining his day.

[AModaCaralha]

Right at the start idk, but I feel like Deejay will be pretty good after a while.

[linuxgaming]

I can't list yet, everything hinges on command grab characters imo.