Why the hell is everyone playing Ken?

[YellowFlashKid]

Update as of August: Please stop reviving/replying to this thread. It was made almost 2 months ago and I am now well aware of why everyone play Ken. Thank you for reading this.

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9/10 Ranked Matches are just Ken... I'm tired of seeing him. Did some pro post a tier list where Ken is uncontested number 1 and now everyone wants easy cheesy wins with him?

Jesus, there are other character to play. I've yet to encounter a Lily or Guile.
Some characters I've played like once or twice against, that being: JP, Dee Jay, Zangief, Dhalsim, etc.

[al64inthedark]

Fine with that. I have 77% victory against Ken. Gold 4;

[Kiyaya]

Welcome to Street Fighter. Ken has always been one of, if not the most popular picks. Either him or Ryu.

[Call Sign: Raven]

I think Ken and Ryu have historically been the most popular fighting game characters of all time, that's possibly why.

[N7 ElusiveOne]

Maybe next time they shouldn't make him so damn cool.

Originally posted by guns:

He has the best theme in the game, and it's not even close.

Is that why 90% of the matches you play are on Fete Foraine with the stage theme on? Pretty sure that one is the favorite.

[al64inthedark]

Originally posted by guns:

He has the best theme in the game, and it's not even close.

so true, Jamie second.

[pasta]

He’s strong in 6 and easy to pick up. Also saw a modern ken get to masters.

[Tyrone Biggums]

ken is just really good honestly and hes not hard to play either

[smokeymcpot]

He's just like Ryu but not asexual.

[🪻🧋Sylvie💮🍃]

Ken is always fun to play with. Just got to get used to current meta.

[Danny DeVito with a Gun]

He's a shoto and he's top tier

[0wnz0r]

i mean hes currently more than likely top 5 if not top 3. cant argue many characters r better than ken right now.

[You know who i am]

Ken isnt gay,thats enough for me to instantly pick him)

[ShadowSplit]

Yolo Ken is way of life.

[ZoneSeek81]

When we have so few lukewarm blah characters to pick from that is what happens. several of them appear to not even have a clear gender (big surprise give 'em a bud light)

They could even give us the character list from SFA3 and the game would gain interest.

Young players are being ripped off from a lack of knowledge of what is considered good. The bar is so low these days that you could'n't pour water under it.

[Maxx_Crowley]

Because Ken has been one of the, if not the, most popular characters in the series.