You seem to now quite a bit about Street Fighter, do you have a favorite character to use?
well my original favorite character from Street Fighter World Warrior, which is what I started on, is Guile. but years later I discovered he is broken and unbalanced, being the undisputed only top tier character.
my new favorite character is Cammy!
i thought Sagat was the only top tier character
well first of all the original sf2 did not have boss characters selectable.
from the original post:
"If some people are clueless as to what Tier's are, although this summary does not do it justice, I will say that Tier's are a ranking of characters advantages and disadvantages, and exploits, etc, etc when having two players of equal skill against one another (Two players of equal skill who know how to play the game).
Street Fighter II World Warriors
Top Tier
Guile
Upper Tier
Dhalsim
Middle Tier
Everyone Else (no particular order)
Low Tier
Ken
Ryu
Guile - He without question is the undisputed Emperor in WW, he dominates so completely and utterly in this game, that it isn't even funny. He dominates everywhere, zoning, spacing, poking, positioning, you name it, he is #1 period, he even has the crazy 5-hit jab dizzy and re-dizzy, and of course, you can't forget the "handcuffs" although those aren't tournament viable but fun to use on newbies, lolz. Dhalsim is a far, far, and away #2.
Street Fighter II Hyper Fighting
Note: Hyper Fighting to this day, is the most balanced Street Fighter game ever made, and arguably the most balanced 2-D fighting game of all time, and in my opinion in the Top 3 most balanced fighting games of all time
Top Tier
Ryu
Guile
Blanka
Upper Tier
Sagat
Ken
Zangief
Middle Tier
Chunli
E. Honda
Dhalsim
Balrog
Low Tier
Vega
M. Bison
Ryu - The best character in Hyper Fighting, the speed boost greatly improved his gameplay, and the nerfing of the Top 3 CE characters, Guile, Bison, and Sagat helped as well, since Ryu was ranked #4 in CE. 11-39 Hadouken speed, making it the fastest Hadouken in SFII incarnation, jab shoryuken beast, 1-frame inv. start up hurricane kick which could pass through attacks or projectiles and knock the opponent to the ground, crazy 2 in 1 aerial hurricane kicks against taller opponents, Ryu is the most complete character in HF.
Blanka - Excellent poking game and damage potential, Vertical Roll is simply too good, on hit, and even on block, because on block, it leads to grab throw madness.
Zangief - Super Fast Lariat with 3xKicks with invincibility, crazy cross ups with the beastly body splash, the monster c.mk on block into SPD. HF. Zangief was a contender without a doubt.
Super Street Fighter II Turbo (This one, the tier spot in which the character is in, and the placements of their names within that tier spot is not in any particular order, considering some people say O. Sagat, is #1, while other's Sim, other's Rog, etc, etc, you get the idea, however they are ranked within where they are respectively placed though)
Elite Tier
Gouki
Top Tier
O. Sagat
Dhalsim
Balrog
Vega (Alot of people consider him Top Now, so I'm throwing him up there)
Upper Tier
Chunli
Ryu
M. Bison
Middle Tier
Dee Jay
Guile
Ken
Low Tier
E. Honda
Fei-Long
Zangief
Bottom Tier
Hawk
Blanka
Cammy
O. Sagat - Sickening Tiger Shot speed of 11-37, making these Tiger Shots as deadly as his CE counterpart. Plus 2 in 1's with his lk, sickening damage, and super dominant zoning game made O. Sagat one of the most powerful and feared characters in ST.
Balrog - Best Rushdown Game in ST period. Excellent pokes, mixups, and low sweep dash, throw which leads to stupid guessing game and mixups, the BEST SUPER in the game, and it can even stuff out O. Sagat doing a Low Tiger shot from full screen, which is BS imo.
Street Fighter III 3rd Strike
Top Tier
Chunli
Yun
Upper Tier
Ken
Makoto
Dudley
Yang
Middle Tier
Gouki
Urien
Ryu
Oro
Ibuki
Elena
Low Tier
Necro
Alex
Remy
Q
Hugo
Twelve
Bottom Tier
Sean
I read at srk.com a few months ago, that Chunli had now taken the #1 spot in the 3S Tier Listing, and this was coming from Japan, and since Japan is overall better then any other country in 3S, most would likely agree that they know what they are talking about."
this is pretty accurate. Sagat was notorious for dominating Street Fighter IV in online matches
