Board 8 > Board 8 Ranked 127 Street Fighter Characters - Results

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Recently, I had a bunch of users submit rankings of Street Fighter Characters. We had quite a few votes, and I've finished tallying the results! I gave a little more weight to people's top 20 lists, and I think we've wound up with a pretty good list. We'll see, though.

We ranked 127 Street Fighter Characters. Why 127? That's just how many people ranked. It's all the playable characters with a few non-playable ones. Including two guest fighters in Terry and Mai.

Special Thanks to everyone who voted, and extra special thanks to everyone who submitted write-ups!

Character List:
A.K.I.
Abel
Abigail
Ace
Adon
Akira
Akuma
Alex
Allen
Area
Arkane
Balrog (Boxer)
Birdie
Blade
Blair Dame
Blanka
Bloody Hokuto
Bosch
C. Jack
C. Viper
Cammy
Charlie
Chun Li
Cody
Cyloid Beta
Cyloid Gamma
Dan Hibiki
Darun Mister
Decapre
Dee Jay
Dhalsim
Doctrine Dark
Dudley
E. Honda
Eagle
Ed
Effie
El Fuerte
Elena
Eleven
Eliza Masters
Evil Ryu
F.A.N.G.
F7
Falke
Fei Long
G
Garuda
Geki
Gen
Gill
Gou Hibiki
Gouken
Guile
Guy
Haggar
Hakan
Hayate
Hayate Kamite (Hayate II)
Hokuto
Hugo
Ibuki
Ingrid
Jamie
Joe
JP
Juli
Juni
Juri
Kage
Kairi
Karin
Ken Masters
Khyber
Kimberly
Kolin
Laura
Lee
Lily
Lucia
Luke
M. Bison (Dictator)
Mai Shiranui
Maki
Makoto
Manon
Marisa
Menat
Mike
Nanase/Sanane
Necalli
Necro
Oni
Oro
Poison
Pullum Purna
Q
R. Mika
Rashid
Remy
Retsu
Rolento
Rose
Rufus
Ryu
Sagat
Sakura
Sawada
Sean
Seth
Shadowgeist
Sharon
Shin Akuma
Skullomania
Sodom
T. Hawk
Terry Bogard
Twelve
Urien
Vega (Claws)
Violent Ken
Vulcano
Yamato Nadeshiko
Yang
Yun
Zangief
Zeku

@everyone

get in here

What? You don't want us potentially ranking all 1000+ Fire Emblem characters at once? XD

ok i missed Effie and Haggar since apparently they were not in the op of the last topic? =/

#127th: Allen Snider
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Highest Rank: 51st
Lowest Rank: 124th
Average Rank: 108th
Highest Percentile: 39.02%
Lowest Percentile: 1.60%
Average Percentile: 11.32%
Number of lists: 14/21 (66.6%)

Our last place character is Allen Snider, who was mostly unpopular with everyone, but did almost make someone's Top 50. He has the lowest average percentile of all characters. Not exactly anyone's favorite. He's kind of a doofus, which is probably why he's even below some of the other characters.

Shadaloo Bio: "This young man is best known for his massive sideburns. Even today, he's taking down his opponents with the powerful, forward-moving Justice Fist. Formerly the strongest American karate martial artist. He was knocked out of the first round of the All American Martial Arts Tournament by none other than Ken Masters, who said to him "you're like a frog in a well!" Misunderstanding what Ken meant, he aims to become the strongest "frog" in the world."
Yet another Shoto, Allen Snider is a Ken inspired character with some more punches and grabs who is possibly modeled on a young Chuck Norris. He's also apparently a complete idiot who's unable to comprehend metaphors and prone to chanting "U.S.A.! U.S.A.!" when he wins. I hate everything about this character and hope to never see him again. He was one of the only two characters seriously considered for last place in my Ranking & just barely snuck into next-to-last place. - FluttershyPony

His design is either bland or an overdone mess. Disappeared after the first EX game, and for good reason. - GavEvans123

#126th: Cyloid Beta
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Highest Rank: 73rd
Lowest Rank: 125th
Average Rank: 108th
Highest Percentile: 42.40%
Lowest Percentile: .80%
Average Percentile: 12.30%
Number of lists: 13/21 (62%)

Surprisingly not last, probably because Cyloid Beta actually has someone who kind of sort of likes them, and also listed more characters. Nobody's going to be upset with this, except maybe people who thought Cyloid Beta should be last.

Shadaloo Bio: "I have no idea where this mysterious weapon came from. It seems to be made of a pale, translucent material. Wonder if it's cold to the touch. We found this unconfirmed weapon while tracking down Cycloid Gamma, who escaped the last time. It seems to be working in order to shut down the rampaging Cycloid Gamma. Anything other than that is a complete mystery. However, it does seem to be learning the techniques of other fighters, similar to Cycloid Gamma."

The good news is that Cycloid Beta's shiny blue character model looks better than Gamma's wireframe. The bad news is that Beta has no backstory; he exists only to show off some graphical effects & "playable tech demo" isn't exactly a compelling character design. His moveset is a composite of various other characters, but that gimmick is done better by others and Beta really has no place in the SF universe.

Would I be interested in seeing him in a new game? ...I mean... "shiny blue robot with a strange, composite moveset" isn't the worst idea ever. I wouldn't be excited to see him announced for a new game, but I'd be curious why he was brought back and if they cared to give an actual backstory this time. - FluttershyPony

Placeholder. Thats not me reminding myself to write something here, thats what he is. - GavEvans123

this list has lost all credibility

#125th: Mike
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Highest Rank: 77th
Lowest Rank: 123rd
Average Rank: 106th
Highest Percentile: 18.40%
Lowest Percentile: 2.40%
Average Percentile: 12.30%

Not to be confused with Mike Bison, who isn't to be confused with Balrog. Even if Balrog does get an alternate based on Mike. Also not to be confused with Mike Tyson for licensing reasons.

Mike was the original boxing character in Street Fighter. But he was completely replaced by Balrog starting in the second game and Capcom never looked back. Honestly, there's not a lot to Mike; he learned how to box while in prison for robbery, but turned his life around once he got out and spends his time assisting his community & teaching boxing skills to kids. It's not a terrible backstory, but it feels like "ex-con, determined to turn his life around & support his community" should be starring in a drama rather than a fighting game. And with Balrog replacing Mike so completely, it is exceedingly unlikely for Capcom to ever bring him back. ...Although, he has an unnamed younger sister... there aren't any female boxers in Street Fighter. A relative of someone from the original game who would be a type of fighter the series has never done before... huh. How weird is it that I'd be fairly hyped for Mike's sister to appear in a game? - FluttershyPony

His cameo in Balrogs SF5 ending is funny. - GavsEvans123

#124th: Lee
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Highest Rank: 67th
Lowest Rank: 120th
Average Rank: 106th
Highest Percentile: 18.40%
Lowest Percentile: 4.59%
Average Percentile: 12.76%

An opponent from the Original Street Fighter. But not much more than that, so nobody really loves him.

Shadaloo Bio: "A relative of Yun and Yang, Lee is a master of Bajiquan and Drunken Fist, and incredibly fleet of foot. He created the Raigeki-Shu, an air kick that drops down sharply from above. He's currently semi-retired and runs a small real estate operation, which the twins are helping redecorate."

Lee is... not great. A karate guy who entered a fighting tournament to promote karate, lost, and went into the real estate business. The end. I suppose being related to Yun & Yang gives him a minimal connection to things, but... eh. There's just nothing about him in terms of design, backstory, or moveset to make him even remotely interesting. At least he's too generic to be worth hating, that's... something.... - FluttershyPony

He has good fortune, but not enough to ever come back. - GavsEvans123

#123rd: F7
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Highest Rank: 58th
Lowest Rank: 122nd
Average Rank: 108th
Highest Percentile: 54.40%
Lowest Percentile: 3.20%
Average Percentile: 14.06%

Our first character actually in someone's Top half! Surprisingly fast for that to happen, but probably expected.

7 is a character I have somewhat conflicting thoughts on. On the one hand, he has a very large and varied moveset. With teleportation, flame breath, extending limbs, body parts turning into knives, and electricity powers F7 would fit right in at a Marvel VS Capcom game. Arguably more so than any of the Street Fighter characters anyone cares about, who tend to be more grounded than F7's Cartman-esque "I have the power to have all the powers I want" character design. On the other hand, F7 is clearly the lamest of the Shadaloo Shock Troopers. He has the worst design, his moveset is taken from more interesting characters, and he has no backstory. I suppose I have enough interest in a cyborg with a wide variety of powers that I kinda like him more than I want to admit... - FluttershyPony

Keyboard g sorry, dual batons goon. - GavsEvans123

#122nd: Khyber
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Highest Rank: 49th
Lowest Rank: 123rd
Average Rank: 107th
Highest Percentile: 61.60%
Lowest Percentile: 2.40%
Average Percentile: 14.79%

Our second character to make someones top half to drop. But mostly ranked low by everyone else. Street Fighter: The Movie characters did not do very well for the most part.

Khyber & Arkane were the closest the Street Fighter: The Movie game came to having Dhalsim. Arkane got the teleportation and stretchiness, while Khyber's flame attacks are very Yoga inspired and I suppose that gimmick kinda worked in the context of the game he appeared in. Dhalsim was never seriously considered to appear in the game as his movie version was a scientist that wouldn't have played anything like his source material, so instead, we've got... some fat Bison soldier with a flamethrower in his mask to replicate half of Dhalsim's moveset. ....And yet, I'm the type of weirdo who likes playing as pyromaniac henchmen, so I have this character much higher on my list than he would if I cared to even pretend to be objective... - FluttershyPony

Flamethrower goon. A different body build makes him distinct from the rest of the goon squad. - GavsEvans123

#121st: Cycloid Gamma
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/c/cd6c617b.jpg
Highest Rank: 23rd
Lowest Rank: 125th
Average Rank: 105th
Highest Percentile: 82.40%
Lowest Percentile: .80%
Average Percentile: 15.24%

Our highest ranking character so far, making nearly the Top 20, and it wasn't on a list with fewer than 100 characters, either.

For a wireframe character with no personality, Gamma actually has a good backstory! An ultimate weapon created by the main villains, designed to copy everyone's fighting styles... only it's a bit too excited to gather data and keeps escaping the organization to do research on its own. It's funny without being too ludicrous. Gamma does fill the same role as Street Fighter II Animated's "Cyborg", but does so in a slightly more comedic way, so I'm not as bothered by the redundancy here. His moveset is a composite of various characters (Guile, Akuma, Bison, Skullomania, etc) which... isn't really my favorite gimmick, but it could be interesting? Depends entirely on which moves are copied and if it's done in an interesting way that doesn't diminish the uniqueness of everyone who has had their moves stolen. Watching some combo videos, he seems like a fun enough character. - FluttershyPony

Marginally more interesting placeholder. Remember the wireframe first-person mode in Tekken 2? - GavsEvans123

Noooooooo

Please dont tell me rightful bottom place doesnt show up for like 10 spots or something

i'm very curious how many of these i'll manage highest for...and lowest

There's a bunch of series I don't think I could personally rank but I enjoy seeing the results

Although Mass Effect might be one I could participate in. Kingdom Hearts too but I doubt we'd get enough people for that one lol

Allen looks like a version of Ken from some unlicensed chinese knockoff street fighter game

PrinceKaro posted...

Allen looks like a version of Ken from some unlicensed chinese knockoff street fighter game

"We have Street Fighter at home" vibes with Allen

A Metal Gear one would be fun

Mass Effect is the answer here though

I assume all the ones so far are from SF 1, EX, or the Movie? I dont recognize a few of these.

Fiop posted...

I assume all the ones so far are from SF 1, EX, or the Movie? I dont recognize a few of these.

Yep, no "mainline" games yet.

zzzz power through these randos

Yay it begins!

#120th: Blade
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Highest Rank: 18th
Lowest Rank: 123rd
Average Rank: 104th
Highest Percentile: 86.40%
Lowest Percentile: 2.40%
Average Percentile: 15.76%
Number of lists: 15/21 (71%)

Not too surprising I bet to see another movie character this low on the list. Though he does have a big fan who ranked him in the Top 20, which is probably why he's a little higher than the rest.

I love Blade. He is such an absolutely insane character. First off, the dude is a walking arsenal, hiding a variety of weapons on his body: Knife hands, knife feet, stun batons, and he somehow even has a bazooka hidden somewhere (?!) and I think that's actually a gimmick that is unique in the Street Fighter series. There are characters who use weapons, but I don't think we have any other weapon specialists who have such a wide variety. And there's something I find incredibly fun about him covering every inch of his body with weapons to cover ever scenario..And his backstory is so completely insane (he's Guile's brother and a professional wrestler possibly based on Lex Luger who joins Shadaloo a secret double agent) that I absolutely love this idiot. - FluttershyPony

Knife goon. The other guys get cooler stuff, but he drew the short straw. - GavsEvans123

#119th: Retsu
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Highest Rank: 79th
Lowest Rank: 121st
Average Rank: 102nd
Highest Percentile: 25.60%
Lowest Percentile: 4%
Average Percentile: 15.32%
Number of lists: 15/21 (71%)

Another character originally from the original Street Fighter!

Retsu is a character who feels like he could have been a big deal in the Street Fighter universe, if only he had a more interesting character design. A wise monk who has been excommunicated from his temple due his use of forbidden fighting techniques and a tendency to get into brawls... not a bad backstory for a character and he also has connections to every other wise martial arts teacher in the series, which gives him some potentially fun interactions with people. He could never be a main character, but he definitely fits into the SF universe and it would be pretty easy to slot him into any game's story. The problem is that Retsu is boring. So very, very boring. His appearance is one of the most generic in all of Street Fighter, having absolutely nothing going for him to set him apart from any random background NPC. His moveset is also incredibly bland, punches and kicks without any real flair to them. - FluttershyPony

I like that SF6 turned him into a friendly guy whos mellowed out in his old age. I think he has a decent chance of being playable next time. One of my tier guardian characters. - GavsEvans123

#118th: Ace
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Highest Rank: 86th
Lowest Rank: 120th
Average Rank: 102nd
Highest Percentile: 32%
Lowest Percentile: 4.80%
Average Percentile: 17.32%
Number of lists: 13/21 (62%)

Ace has the lowest high of the list at 86th. Nobody else has a lower high. So seeing him here isn't a surprise.

Somehow, and I'm not entirely sure how, Ace has been growing on me lately. I really don't get it... his design is generic, customizable movesets don't really work in Street Fighter, the "customizable character" thing is done better by SF6's Avatar, installing cards into his spine is a nonsensical way of stealing moves, and there are plenty of better move stealing characters in the universe. ...And yet... I keep moving Ace up on my list. I had him in my bottom five for the longest time, but the more I think about it, the more "government agent equipped with a set of Street Fighter trading cards" makes me smile. It Is an absolutely abysmal character design, but it's almost endearingly stupid? Or maybe I'm just in a secret government agent mood. Or maybe there's just so many characters I don't want to see again that he keeps rising up the list by default. Probably all of the above, to some degree. Objectively, I should move him back to the bottom five. Subjectively... ehh... I actually feel rather happy with how high up the list I've got him. - FluttershyPony

Ace at looking like a goober maybe. - GavsEvans123

#117th: Arkane
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/d/d0f243f1.jpg
Highest Rank: 38th
Lowest Rank: 125th
Average Rank: 102nd
Highest Percentile: 70.40%
Lowest Percentile: .80%
Average Percentile: 18.58%
Number of lists: 12 (57%)

Another Street Fighter: The Movie character.

Ooh, I actually really like Arkane's official artwork. The striking blue uniform, fists glowing with electricity, captured mid-teleport.... that art is doing a lot of work for Arkane making it as high up on my list as he does. His moveset is a bit harder to score; like Khyber, he's another rather Dhalsim inspired fighter. Khyber got all the Yoga fire moves, Arkane got the teleportation and stretchy limbs. On the positive side, Arkane also has some electric based attacks, so he's not just "Dhalsim with half the moveset" like Khyber. The bad thing is that Arkane has NOTHING going in terms of backstory. Literally. We know he's one of Bison's Shock Troopers and that he's a cyborg which is how he has such stretchy limbs. That's it. The Shadaloo Bios for F7 and Khyber at least gave them a personality trait, but Arkane has *nothing*. - FluttershyPony

Electricity goon. He and Blanka have never been playable in the same game. Food for thought? - GavsEvans123

#116th: Eleven
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Highest Rank: 68th
Lowest Rank: 125th
Average Rank: 96th
Highest Percentile: 46.40%
Lowest Percentile: .80%
Average Percentile: 17.86%
Number of lists: 16/21 (76%)

Not surprised to see Eleven this low either tbh. Surprised he was almost in someone's Top half, though. But to each their own.

Oh boy, a random select button. How thrilling. Eleven has no unique abilities, no story, cannot even be used in arcade mode, and you can't even really use him in official tournaments; if you win a match as Eleven, you must switch to playing as whatever character Eleven had turned into so that your opponent can properly counter pick you. So if you can't really use him in the single player modes, and you can't use him professionally in tournaments, and he has nothing unique about him, and the SF series has so many vastly superior characters that mimic other characters moves.... WHY DOES THIS CHARACTER EVEN EXIST? - FluttershyPony

Slightly higher than the successor model. Mokujin is way better though. - GavsEvans123

these are just some guys

but there are worse characters than that

Note: I miscounted the number of lists, but it does not affect the ranking.

#115th: Geki
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Highest Rank: 58th
Lowest Rank: 120th
Average Rank: 98th
Highest Percentile: 54.40%
Lowest Percentile: 3.36%
Average Percentile: 18.42%
Number of lists: 16/22 (72%)

It's another opponent from the original game. He reminds me of Ryu Hayabusa from Ninja Gaiden.

Geki isn't a bad character. With his claw & shurikens, he was one of the first Street Fighters to use a weapon and he's also the first character to have a teleport. Also, ninja are just cool. So if he had a good enough design and the most unique moveset in the original game, what happened to him? ...Good question. Presumably "generic ninja" just wasn't good enough. Vega took over as the resident claw using assassin and there just wasn't really any place left for Geki. And now that Ibuki has taken over as the shuriken user, there really isn't room for Geki. ...To a point that the character is officially retired. - FluttershyPony

We have Vega at home. - GavsEvans123

#114th: Joe
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Highest Rank: 42nd
Lowest Rank: 122nd
Average Rank: 98th
Highest Percentile: 67.20%
Lowest Percentile: 2.52%
Average Percentile: 18.62%
Number of lists: 16/22 (72%)

Another character who originated in the first Street Fighter game as an opponent.

Joe is possibly the most generic Street Fighter of all, but there's something oddly endearing about him as a result. I actually kinda like his design and, while his kickboxing moveset isn't terribly interesting, the fact that he's inspired by a real life kickboxer (Benny Urquidez) does help justify how grounded and realistic his moveset is. I even find how basic his backstory is to be charming in its own way; in a world of super powered martial artists, Joe is just some guy trying to make some money. He's allegedly reformed from his life of crime and now fights in indie promotions. - FluttershyPony

It should have been me, not him! Its not fair! - GavsEvans123

#113th: Sawada
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Highest Rank: 51th
Lowest Rank: 119th
Average Rank: 97th
Highest Percentile: 60%
Lowest Percentile: 5.60%
Average Percentile: 22.38%
Number of lists: 15/22 (68%)

The character who was in The Movie, before being in Street Fighter: The Movie. All I still remember about that movie was how awesome Raul Julia was. For me, it was Tuesday.

A very cool character who was ruined by backstage drama. I love what the character was meant to be, I enjoy his version in the arcade game even if executive meddling messed him up a bit, and I despise the horribly unfunny joke character they turned him into on the console ports. The result is a character that I could have anywhere from my top ten to dead last and feel justified for the placement. - FluttershyPony

The Stryker of Street Fighter in that he looks like some guy in 90s work-out gear when everyone else is more impressive. Unlike Stryker, he managed to become a semi-ironic fan favourite. - GavsEvans123

#112th: Hayate
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Highest Rank: 77th
Lowest Rank: 120th
Average Rank: 98th
Highest Percentile: 36.80%
Lowest Percentile: 4.80%
Average Percentile: 20.72%
Number of lists: 14/22 (59%)

Street Fighter EX characters just aren't as popular. Though he did almost make a Top 50!

One of the most obscure characters, even by Street Fighter EX standards. Appearing only in the original EX 2 & the home port of EX 2 Plus (he was removed from the arcade version for unknown reasons), he doesn't exactly have much of a presence in the series. He didn't appear in EX 3, he was completely replaced by his descendant for Fighting EX Layer, he's basically been completely forgotten by history. Perhaps he would have been remembered more if there was anything actually interesting about him. "Traditional samurai who fights evil" is about as generic as it goes and nothing about Hayate actually stands out. But... well, I suppose I'd probably play as any generic sword user if they were available, so it's not like I can complain too much about the EX series giving me something I want (even if done in the most generic way possible). - FluttershyPony

The most generic looking samurai youve ever seen. So lame even EX killed him permanently. - GavsEvans123

#111th: Bosch
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Highest Rank: 53rd
Lowest Rank: 125th
Average Rank: 91st
Highest Percentile: 58.40%
Lowest Percentile: .80%
Average Percentile: 22.46%
Number of lists: 15/22 (68%)

Hey! It's a character who originated in Street Fighter VI! But he's also not playable.

I haven't played SF6 yet, so Bosch is a new character to me! He seems like a pretty cool character though. I dig his original royal blue outfit, the gold accents kinda remind me of Cyclops' 90's outfit which is actually pretty neat. Surprisingly, I even dig the outfit he shifts to later in the story; he has two very distinct looks and I'm a fan of both. His moveset is a modified version of Luke's, which... I really should penalize him for -but- if Luke is intended to be "the Ryu of the new generation", then it actually makes a lot of sense to introduce someone with a variant fighting style. And Bosch does pick up some different techniques later in the story, so I think if they upgraded him to a full playable character, there's plenty to work with to make him stand out even with the intentional similarities to Luke.

I got SF6 and played through World Tour so I could rank him better. And yeah, Im comfortable with him being this low. He sucks. Please dont waste a playable character slot on him. Calling me up and acting like we the best of friends talking about the good old days or some shit. Bro we knew each other for a DAY! Fucking weirdo - kateee

Ifrit posted...

115th: Geki

Hayate's writeup was accidentally posted there, not that I had much to say about Geki:

Geki isn't a bad character. With his claw & shurikens, he was one of the first Street Fighters to use a weapon and he's also the first character to have a teleport. Also, ninja are just cool. So if he had a good enough design and the most unique moveset in the original game, what happened to him? ...Good question. Presumably "generic ninja" just wasn't good enough. Vega took over as the resident claw using assassin and there just wasn't really any place left for Geki. And now that Ibuki has taken over as the shuriken user, there really isn't room for Geki. ...To a point that the character is officially retired.

No big surprises on the list thus far. I do love Blade, but just being allowed to add him and the other Movie characters was as much of a win as I could have reasonably asked for.

Bosch could have been cool but then they fucking blew him up and killed him whoops

Oops, yeah I forgot I did that by mistake. I was looking it up and like "Why does this write-up feel familiar?"

i did a writeup for bosch

kateee posted...

i did a writeup for bosch

Added.

Forgot who the other person who did write-ups were.

were there really only 3 people

mcflubbin posted...

Bosch could have been cool but then they fucking blew him up and killed him whoops

i'd say this lessens his chance of getting a playable slot significantly but not completely. what is death to a video game character

Looks like I was the highest ranker for Geki. Hes kind of a generic ninja, but Im a sucker for the claw glove.

on the subject of fighting game characters, gonna throw in a nomination for Tekken

UNFORtunately

Tekken fans know

#110th: Violent Ken
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Highest Rank: 44th
Lowest Rank: 125th
Average Rank: 90th
Highest Percentile: 58.65%
Lowest Percentile: .80%
Average Percentile: 22.74%
Number of lists: 17/22 (77%)

Our first Evil Variant. Though not as well known as some of the others.

Violent Ken is just a crazy version of Ken with purple flames, who occasionally draws some inspiration from King of Fighters' Iori. Which is cool. Crazy dude incinerating everything with massive purple flames is cool. The backstory is also pretty good for Street Fighter standards, becoming jealous of his friend/rival & evil forces twisting that jealousy into an all-consuming rage. I can see why Violent Ken has fans. I don't think we need even more Shoto characters, but Violent Ken isn't bad. - FluttershyPony

The most just there evil counterpart, and he has a silly design too. - GavsEvans123

Only this high because his name is literally Violent Ken. - kateee

#109th: Vulcano Rosso
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Highest Rank: 48th
Lowest Rank: 119th
Average Rank: 88th
Highest Percentile: 54.81%
Lowest Percentile: 5.60%
Average Percentile: 29.06%
Number of lists: 14/22 (63%)

EX characters aren't as popular as the others.

I momentarily thought he wasnt wearing pants - GavsEvans123

I rather like Vulcano's moveset. While fire based attacks are probably the most overused in fighting games, he stands out from other Street Fighters; his projectile is incredibly slow moving and he also causes columns of lava in some attacks which is just awesome. Add a variety of kicks & a command dash that lets him warp through opponents with flames, and you have a very stylish fighter that rather carves his own niche in spite of seeming like another fire-themed martial artist. - FluttershyPony

#108th: Kage
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Highest Rank: 50th
Lowest Rank: 124th
Average Rank: 84th
Highest Percentile: 60.80%
Lowest Percentile: 1.60%
Average Percentile: 28.50%
Number of lists: 18/22 (82%)

Another Evil Variant. Not as popular as some of the others, but more popular than Violent Ken.

EVIL Evil Ryu. Well, at least it's better than Oni... Kage is at least canon instead of being a "What If" character (as stupid as he is), so he has that going for him. But the world really didn't need another Shoto, especially one who is just a variant of a character who was already a variant themselves. It doesn't help that Kage is rather lame... all his death threats are laughable, his design is ludicrous, and he doesn't really accomplish anything. Honestly, I'm not entirely sure that he isn't meant to be a parody of evil variant characters in general, as it seems impossible for Capcom to have actually taken this thing seriously... still, better than Oni. - FluttershyPony

Eviler Ryu is an edgelord who tries way too hard to be cool. His story is unintentionally hilarious he talks mad shit to Ryu, Akuma and Sagat, and they all no, u him until he dies of cringe. - GavsEvans123

#107th: Gou Hibiki
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Highest Rank: 44th
Lowest Rank: 124th
Average Rank: 83rd
Highest Percentile: 65.60%
Lowest Percentile: 1.60%
Average Percentile: 33.56%
Number of lists: 11/22 (50%)

Dan Hibiki's father. Ranked by only half of the rankers.

Gou Hibiki is a difficult one to rank because he was murdered well before the first game even happened. There's been persistent rumors that the unnamed man Sagat discards in his intro animation in Street Fighter Alpha is Gou, but this is unlikely; Gou died in the 70s and the Alpha games are set in the 80s. Dan wanted revenge for ten years before running into Sagat, so unless Sagat carried a perfectly preserved corpse around for a decade, that wasn't Gou. Probably. Still, I'd be oddly hyped to see a story set in the 70s that ends with his hopeless battle against Sagat... there's a pretty compelling drama here. - FluttershyPony

#106th: Hayate Kamite
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Highest Rank: 39th
Lowest Rank: 114th
Average Rank: 88th
Highest Percentile: 69.60%
Lowest Percentile: 9.60%
Average Percentile: 29%
Number of lists: 14/22 (63%)

Hayate's more popular successor. With the same name.

First, I apparently have a very large bias towards characters that bring swords to a martial arts game. Hyo from Rival Schools, Kamite... there are others, but it's not exactly common in fighting games for one character to bring a sword while most other characters use their fists. And Kamite is a fine swordsman, who has all the moves you'd expect: rapid-slashes, counter-stances, charging his sword until it glows with fire and lightning. Kamite is AWESOME! And I actually love his design! His father was just a generic swordsman--so generic that even my bias towards swordsmen doesn't help him much--but I'm crazy about Kamite. His design blends the style of a modern teenager with samurai aesthetics that fit his role as a guardian & inheritor of an ancient, sacred mission to seal evil. Normally, trying to combine such different appearances would result in a rather hideous character, but the designers actually pulled it off. ...Kinda odd ranking someone who isn't even in a Street Fighter game, but I guess he can be an honorary Street Fighter since his father was in the EX series? - FluttershyPony

His design is such a glow-up from his predecessor, wow! He reminds me of Travis Touchdown a bit. - GavsEvans123

ain't no way

ain't NO WAY Violent Ken drops before Evil Ryu, Evil Evil Ryu, and Evil Evil Akuma

come on b8s

Ifrit posted...

Only this high because his name is literally Violent Ken. - kateee

Speaking as the #44 ranker

Pretty much

64 for me

but now that i look back at it, probably should have moved him up a bit because he's at least funnier than like 10 characters above him

I think my main regret is having Kage as high as I did (I was also his high ranker)

I really needed him to be closer to what I ranked Oni (much lower)

0 female characters ranked so far, I assume because the crappy games had pretty much no female characters lol. ~36% of SF6's cast is female, for comparison.

Mass Effect and FE3H would both be fun to rank.

i just checked and i have Kage literally one spot above Oni lol

MacArrowny posted...

0 female characters ranked so far, I assume because the crappy games had pretty much no female characters lol. ~36% of SF6's cast is female, for comparison.

if this is referring to EX, then i THINK it's about the same percentage where a third of the cast is female

and yeah like always, just some girl > just some guy

Yeah that's pretty much where I should have put him. Not sure what I was doing there. Oh well. Not like it matters much dude is still low-- may have been enough to get Violent Ken over him though!

well there's my bottom two in the same post

spoilers i do not like 'it's a shoto, but EVIL oh no!'

#105th: Darun Mister
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Highest Rank: 16th
Lowest Rank: 123rd
Average Rank: 84th
Highest Percentile: 88%
Lowest Percentile: 2.40%
Average Percentile: 30.81%
Number of lists: 15/22 (68%)
Percent of lists in the Top 20: 4.55%

Darun Mister is clearly a Slam Masters reject who wound up in the wrong Street Fighter adjacent franchise. Seriously, there's an entire Capcom wrestling game featuring expys of famous wrestlers & this expy of "The Great Gama" would fit in perfectly there. I'm not really sure the EX series needed another incredibly buff, almost naked wrestler dude when Zangief was already included... I suppose he has some fun command throws, but I just can't bring myself to care about someone who looks so redundant when standing next to Zangief. - FluttershyPony

Did you know that hes canon not just to Street Fighter EX, but to regular Street Fighter as well? Apparently, he was the guy Zangief visited off-screen to collect one of the macguffins in Street Fighter 5s story mode. - GavsEvans123

#104th: Yamato Nadeshiko
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Highest Rank: 17th
Lowest Rank: 125th
Average Rank: 83rd
Highest Percentile: 85.32%
Lowest Percentile: .80%
Average Percentile: 32.64%
Number of lists: 12/22 (55%)
Percent of lists in the Top 20: 4.55%

R. Mika's former tag-team partner, she shows up in Street Fighter V as an assist character in some of R. Mika's moves. Which is a unique gimmick, however any points that I'd want to give for the gimmick would go to Mika herself... like, it's really cool that Mika has a supporting character to distinguish her from other grapplers, but that doesn't make the supporting character herself that interesting. Still, she does have a secret heel wrestling persona that sounds kinda fun & her design is based on Hikaru Shida, so I actually like her more than Mika herself... - FluttershyPony

#103rd: Abigail
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Highest Rank: 1st
Lowest Rank: 125th
Average Rank: 78th
Highest Percentile: 100%
Lowest Percentile: .80%
Average Percentile: 30.70%
Number of lists: 20/22 (91%
Percent of lists in the Top 1: 4.55%

Our first character to be ranked #1 drops.

...I love him. As someone who is far too tall and old for how childish she acts, seeing a giant character who is totally unashamed to run around pretending to be a truck really speaks to me. I also have a bit of a soft spot for characters who are pure brute force; Abigail officially does not have a fighting style, he just hits people. And again, as an untrained idiot who has no patience to actually learn anything, this also speaks to me. He has no plot connection to anything and has no chance of coming back, but I *LOVE* Abigail and would probably main him in every game forever. Vroom! Vrrrrrrooom! - FluttershyPony

Its EVO 2017. Finals Day. The crowd at Mandalay Bay is abuzz with excitement. Not only for the Top 8s but also for the potential announcements and reveals for everybodys favorite fighting games. And the reveals indeed do come throughout the day. BlazBlue reveals Jubei, long-nyaa-waited character in an expected but nonetheless exciting reveal, nyaa. Then Arcsys comes out with the CRAZIEST reveal of ALL TIME with BLAZBLUE X TAG BATTLE (BBCTB) mashing together BlazBLUE X Persona X UNIB X RWBY of all things the crowd went CRAXY!! DragonBall FighterZ reveals Trunks, Tekken reveals GEESE HOWARD. Even Fighting EX Layer gets announced with Skullomania saved for the end. The crowd goes hype! [insert footage here]. Now its Street Fighter V time. The main game of EVO. The game with over 2500 entrants (the most by far). Yoshinori Ono steps to the stage. The lights dim. The Street Fighter and Capcom logos fade and then

Brrmbrrrrrrm brrrrrrmm brrmrrrm ERRRRRREEKKK.

12,000 people died (inside) that night in person. And the 175,000 who witnessed the stream were never the same. Sure, we tried to go about our daily routines as usual. But there was a sense of emptiness pervading the air. As if nothing had meaning any more. Some even lost their minds. Some left the community and never returned. But the funny thing about traumatic events is that it can strangely bring a community closer together. Time heals, they say. So we resolved to move past this, become stronger together despite our different backgrounds and styles. It was a hard six months but we reached a state of almost-acceptance and harmony. Then everything changed when the Abigail nation attacked.

So theres this 73 minute video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJnZvKJAuak) going in depth about all the different properties of Abigails moves when the update hit with some context about how this resulted in one of the most busted characters in SF for that time. But even if you dont pay attention to competitive play and how this shithead ruined (RUINED!) the game during this patch, I cant imagine this chucklefuck has much casual appeal either. Its been said before, but SF already HAD a character whose whole thing was being bigger and dumber than everyone else in Hugo. This guy was DLC too. You had to PAY for this abomination! Everything about him from the model to the animations to the damage is busted. And the worst sin of all is that hes ugly while doing all this! This guy looks like he could be a boss in DmC (the one featuring Donte). He is offensive in every sense and it is a travesty that THIS is the only Canadian representative in Street Fighter. Fuck Capcom for birthing this. Fuck you. Fuck you! Fuck youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - kateee

Funny giant car man. His story is a shaggy dog story, but unlike Kages one, its funny on purpose. - GavEvans123

#102nd: Eliza Masters
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Highest Rank: 31st
Lowest Rank: 120th
Average Rank: 79th
Highest Percentile: 76%
Lowest Percentile: 4.8%
Average Percentile: 33.58%
Number of lists: 14/22 (64%)

Ken's wife. Also Guile's wife's sister.

She is the fiance and later, the wife of Ken Masters & the mother of his child (Mel, who is probably not appearing on this list). While she often appears during Ken's endings, she's largely irrelevant to the games' stories, often just playing the role of "generic loving wife". Her appearance as "generic beautiful woman" and presumed total lack of combat ability make it difficult for her to truly shine, though non-canon spinoffs & supplemental materials occasionally give her something to do. The comics have far more room for NPCs to fill, dedicating some time to show more of her relationship with Ken & interacting with the rest of the SF universe; Pocket Fighter/Super Gem Fighter Mini Mix (spoilers for Ken's ending) has her pummel Ken, so at least the version of her from a parody game is capable of throwing a punch. - FluttershyPony

#101st: Shin Akuma
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Highest Rank: 53rd
Lowest Rank: 123rd
Average Rank: 77th
Highest Percentile: 58.40%
Lowest Percentile: 2.40%
Average Percentile: 33.55%
Number of lists: 17/22 (77%)

Street Fighters super-secret overpowered boss character. Again, he can only go so high. - GavsEvans123

(FluttershyPony's write up in next post)

As far as I can tell, Shin Akuma doesn't have his own page on the SFV website and was not eligible for their character popularity poll. Which is interesting because even obscure What If characters like "Dark Sakura" were part of the popularity poll, so it seems like Capcom does not count Shin Akuma as his own character. Which makes sense. Shin Akuma is basically "what if Akuma cared enough to actually try" and that's a bit different than everyone else who tend to be more distinct from their base version. Likewise, I find it hard to care about Shin Akuma himself either. It's Akuma... but slightly stronger. Woo. I like that he often gets to throw dual fireballs while in the air, that's at least really cool and gives him a bit of an edge in terms of how much I like his moveset. But he's not distinct enough from Akuma that I'm ever particularly happy to see him on a character list and he doesn't really have any unique backstory elements because he's basically just Akuma. - FluttershyPony

my bottom three fail to break the top 100 good job b8

I like Violent Ken ironically.

I like Evil Ryu... pseudo ironically? He's completely dumb and the original dumb Evil Version which is before it was beaten into the ground so I kinda don't hate it, but I also kinda legitimately like the Evil Ryu story beats though I'm unsure how much of that should be attributed to Ryu vs Evil Ryu.

I don't really like the others. I'm not the top ranker of Shin Akuma for example.

Ifrit posted...

Our first character to be ranked #1 drops.

Also not a surprise. He at least made it over my bottom two (Allan & Eleven) which is, again, the best I could honestly hope for.

Top 100 will start tomorrow when I get off work. Will aim for 10ish characters a day. Depends on how busy work is.

I hate the concept of 'evil' versions of characters in fighting games generally, but I kind of like Evil Ryu specifically because he was fun to watch in SFIV. His damage was crazy, but his best combos had a bunch of tight links in them, so it was always cool to see the top players bust them out.