Tiers — Character Rankings for Street Fighter 3 Third Strike
Last updated on Dec. 31, 2007
You'll find multiple charts below showing roughly who would win how many games if two high-level players of equal skill played against each other using the characters shown.
For example, by the top chart, Yun would win six games out of ten against Chun Li. And Alex would win four games out of ten against Ryu.
Tiers have been and will likely always be a hotly debated topic. Just because a character is a higher tier does not mean you should play them. You're best off picking characters you like because of how they play. Regardless, some people have disadvantages and the tier rankings do a fair job of outlining these, but DO NOT take the rankings as the final end all be all word about who the best characters are. Think of it more as a loose guideline.
There are multiple charts because this represents the evolution of tiers over the years.
Updated tier listing for 2007
| Chun | Yun | Ken | Mak. | Dud. | Yang | Akuma | Urien | Ryu | Oro | Elena | Ibuki | Necro | Alex | Remy | Q | 12 | Hugo | Sean | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chun | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | +33 |
| Yun | 6 | - | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | +31 |
| Ken | 4 | 5 | - | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | +22 |
| Mak. | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | +17 |
| Dud. | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | +15 |
| Yang | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | - | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +14 |
| Akuma | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | - | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +6 |
| Urien | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | - | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +5 |
| Ryu | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | - | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +5 |
| Oro | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | - | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +4 |
| Elena | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | - | 5 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +2 |
| Ibuki | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | - | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | +2 |
| Necro | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | - | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | -13 |
| Alex | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | -14 |
| Remy | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | - | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | -16 |
| Q | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | - | 6 | 7 | 7 | -21 |
| 12 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 6 | 6 | -27 |
| Hugo | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | 7 | -33 |
| Sean | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | - | -37 |
All characters are color coded by tiers. Top tier characters are gray, upper tier are blueish-green, middle tier are red, lower tier are purple, the bottom tier is brown and the worst is a puke-gold color.
Older tier listing for 2005
The biggest difference between the 2007 and 2005 charts are that before 2007 Yun was considered to be the best overall character in the game. Elena is also now tied with Ibuki. Some of the other match-ups changed, slightly, but for the most part things have remained the same.
| Yun | Chun | Ken | Mak. | Dud. | Yang | Akuma | Urien | Ryu | Oro | Ibuki | Elena | Necro | Alex | Remy | Q | 12 | Hugo | Sean | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yun | - | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | +32 |
| Chun | 4 | - | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | +32 |
| Ken | 5 | 4 | - | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | +22 |
| Mak. | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | +17 |
| Dud. | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | +15 |
| Yang | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | - | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +14 |
| Akuma | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | - | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +6 |
| Urien | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | - | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +5 |
| Ryu | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | - | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | +4 |
| Oro | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | - | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +4 |
| Ibuki | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | - | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | +2 |
| Elena | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | - | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +1 |
| Necro | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | - | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | -13 |
| Alex | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | -14 |
| Remy | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | - | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | -17 |
| Q | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | - | 6 | 5 | 7 | -23 |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | - | 6 | 6 | -27 |
| Hugo | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | - | 6 | -27 |
| Sean | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | -35 |
Original tier listing from 2002
| Yun | Chun | Ken | Mak. | Dud. | Yang | Akuma | Urien | Ryu | Oro | Ibuki | Elena | Necro | Alex | Remy | Q | Hugo | 12 | Sean | Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yun | - | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | +32 |
| Chun | 3 | - | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | +30 |
| Ken | 5 | 4 | - | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | +21 |
| Mak. | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 8 | +20 |
| Dud. | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | - | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | +16 |
| Yang | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | - | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +12 |
| Akuma | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | - | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +6 |
| Urien | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | - | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +5 |
| Ryu | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | - | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | +5 |
| Oro | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | - | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +3 |
| Ibuki | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | - | 6 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | +3 |
| Elena | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 4 | - | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | +1 |
| Necro | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | - | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | -10 |
| Alex | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | 5 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | -14 |
| Remy | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 5 | - | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | -19 |
| Q | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 4 | - | 5 | 6 | 7 | -23 |
| Hugo | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | - | 4 | 6 | -28 |
| 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | - | 6 | -28 |
| Sean | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | -36 |
Posted by guy on January 16, 2008 at 1:53 p.m. #1
wow, why does Sean suck so much?
Posted by Hugo's house o horrors on January 20, 2008 at 12:04 a.m. #2
Hugo gets a bad rap. I love his design so much too.
Posted by NQ on January 31, 2008 at 4:37 p.m. #3
note that this is not good-sucky characters. it's more like characters easiest-hardest to use. i'm sure people have seen hayao use hugo. scary stuff.
Posted by zob on February 5, 2008 at 5:22 p.m. #4
Actually, it's a list of matchups and a ranking based on how well chars fare against each other. The more easy matchups a char has, the higher his rank.
So yes, it's a list of good-sucky characters. A player being good with a low tier has nothing to do with it.
Hell in almost every game slow big grapplers are never top tier but you'll always see some players beasting with them because they are usually high risk-high reward. Big gambles for huge payoffs.
Posted by Black-Jack on February 15, 2008 at 7:11 p.m. #5
Why do you hate Sean so much? Most of Sean's moves are awsome if you do them right, the rolling move he does helps you get out of situations when your cornered, he might not be able to do the fireball unless you use it as the super art(which is probably a big mistake by the game designers) but still, he is my second favorite character.
Posted by Teabrewer on March 6, 2008 at 7:53 p.m. #6
To Black-Jack, he doesn't say he hates Sean or anything....Sean just sucks....and it has been tested and proven that he sucks since this data is taken from matches...
Posted by NQ on March 9, 2008 at 8:07 p.m. #7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ayo66t...
it all depends on the player.
Posted by pherai on May 27, 2008 at 12:38 a.m. #8
Yes, it depends on how bad the Sean players opponents are to lose to him. One decent Sean video proves nothing
Posted by Pandaman on August 29, 2008 at 5:43 p.m. #9
It also bears mentioning that the tiers are only true of both players know the matchup. If, for example, a ken player had zero experience in a matchup vs Q, but Q knew the matchup very well, that slants the matchup a bit more in the Q player's favor.
Com on, who really prepares for Q? Be honest.
Posted by Catalyst on August 29, 2008 at 6:08 p.m. #10
This is a really good point, and I think more people should consider it when looking at tiers.
Playing a character someone else doesn't know how to play against really well can throw them off so much.
I've played some Q players that threw me for a loop. Kicked the absolute crap out of me because I had no idea what their tactics would be.
Posted by mac x on September 23, 2008 at 12:01 p.m. #11
sean dose not suck if you know how to use him hes a beast
Posted by mac x on September 23, 2008 at 12:05 p.m. #12
and Q never has been better than sean so thats bull
Posted by Cyrox on October 12, 2008 at 6:03 a.m. #13
These chars are based on Japanese tournament outcomes.
That's all there is to it, bad characters can beat good characters but the Japanese know how to play their matchups very well so winning with low-tier characters is very hard.
Posted by 3rd strike fan on October 20, 2008 at 8:13 a.m. #14
who is the best gouki, ryu or ken
Posted by Niz on November 13, 2008 at 8:33 a.m. #15
to 3rd strike fan
Ken, then Akuma then Ryu..
Ken got alot of options and is pretty even against most characters
Akuma got alot of pressure tactics and high offense, but low on the defense
While Ryu hits hard but don't have as much options as the 2 above..
Posted by Fiber on November 14, 2008 at 11:50 a.m. #16
There is a mistake in the 2007 tier list.
Elena vs Oro 7
Oro vs Elena 6
The numbers add up to 13 and we all know that is incorrect.
Posted by Silverstone on November 15, 2008 at 7:52 a.m. #17
ur right fiber
Posted by rpgfighter on December 8, 2008 at 5:13 p.m. #18
Q is a monster if you know how to use him. Great turtle game, great offence, great throws. Also no one studys him, if you study kens you are still slightly practicing with a Ryu, Akuma and Sean. He also only rarely shows up in arcade mode.
Posted by Proto Cloud on December 12, 2008 at 8:06 p.m. #19
Tiers mean jack if you don't have skill, that's why the guy playing Sean was dominating. It's a bit like using a handicap. So getting beat by Sean when using a higher tier character is a kinda of a humiliation in the game. The thing with tiers is how well will two people of the exact skill will fair with each matchup is how you get tiers.
One thing you may want to look up is David Sirlin's blog on how he tried to balance all the Street Fighter 2 characters for the HD Remix version. It shows you how the little details that go into tiers and how they show how the characters are weak.
Posted by Nukem on December 17, 2008 at 5:56 a.m. #20
Tiers are interesting, but I play with more unusal characters like Q, oro, Alex only.
Personally I think it truly depends on the player skill, normally i can hand out big damage to ken, akuma and ryu just because everyone uses them, and they are very predictable. And in my opinon a little boring.
Harder and slower characters are more interesting to master and alot better fighters, because no ever sees them coming!
Posted by KenDeep on December 28, 2008 at 4:19 p.m. #21
Sean is a beast. He, Q, Ken and Akuma are my main.
I once lost to a guy using ChunLi, twice, using Ken, then again twice using Akuma, but I won 5 times in a row using Sean.
Anyone care to say how this situation came? :P
Posted by Monir on December 31, 2008 at 1:29 a.m. #22
"Anyone care to say how this situation came?"
Because Sean is a beast!
Posted by Zro on January 26, 2009 at 3:50 p.m. #23
Sean is pretty fierce and so is hugo so I dont see why they are considered bottom feeders of the game. They can out class any fighter in the game if played right. If you want to see a good Hugo look up KSK on youtube for yourself. I am not knocking the tier ranknings but it just seems odd to me knowing personally how everyone could posibley be. But everything else seems about right to my knowledge.
Posted by Zro on January 26, 2009 at 3:52 p.m. #24
correction its not KSK he is a alex player my bad people.
Posted by King on January 31, 2009 at 1:59 p.m. #25
Let me correct Zro. Check out Hayao if you want to see a great Hugo. :)
Posted by JoseR on February 3, 2009 at 3:35 p.m. #26
Why did they weaken Ryu so much in this game? His fireball sucks and his hurricane kick is always ducked because you can see too much animation. Even his dragon punch has gone to crap in SF3.
Posted by f-man on February 6, 2009 at 9:27 p.m. #27
Because Ryu has always sucked.
Posted by JoseR on February 7, 2009 at 5:36 a.m. #28
I'm being serious here. They crippled him in SF3. They destroyed his fireball, dragon punch, and his hurricane kick. These moves are now only good as EX moves. He's still ok in the right hands but he's nowhere near as good as he used to be.
Posted by Tito on February 9, 2009 at 8:11 a.m. #29
Hmm...Good point Jose. but like f-man said. Ryu does suck IMO. never used him. i always payed more attention to ken and akuma then i did ryu. i just don't like the guy. plus he gets the center of attention too much. ken needs to shine for once. notice how ryu been in almost all crossovers. mvc cvs svc TvsC CFJ etc. c'mon and ken??? mvc cvs wow. ryu just gets to much attention. thats what i hate most about famous character. capcom pays way to much attention to the guy. i think he deserved his "Crippleness" in the 3 series
Posted by joey on February 10, 2009 at 10:40 p.m. #30
RX makes urien look god tier
Posted by Crisium on February 16, 2009 at 6:40 a.m. #31
Ryu is better in Second Impact.
New tier list time?
http://wikiwiki.jp/3rd/?%A5%C0%A5%A4%...
Most noticeably Ibuki has improved. Akuma has also edged closer to Yang.
Posted by trinigamer on February 23, 2009 at 4:04 p.m. #32
i like it O.o i love chun li
Posted by Kinowolf on March 10, 2009 at 2:45 p.m. #33
They made Sean less accessible in 3rd Strike, compared to NG and 2i. His shoryuken isn't as good, his chains aren't as smooth... they even made his sprite physically smaller (he was basically a head/palette swap before).
It's still possible to be good, but you really have to learn his moves and rhythm. Too hard to just pick up and play.
Posted by person on March 29, 2009 at 10:50 a.m. #34
Please, dont say that sean is good. You might be able to beat absolute noobs with him, but against a person who knows what they are doing sean has no chance. Hell, Sean so so punishable that even when your attacks hit you can counter and combo the f--k outta him.
Posted by mrkloux on April 4, 2009 at 3:12 p.m. #35
Sean, one of the most brokenly bad characters in SF history, has fanboys?
Posted by A Sean Mirror youtube by JP players 2nd Impact on April 19, 2009 at 7:05 a.m. #36
Mi-Ka-Do tourney/matches I believe, through The Shend as the youtube channel host
Commenters said it best.
"Most legendary nerfing of all time," (Sean from 2nd Impact to 3rd Strike)
Another said,
"Wow, how many Super Art setups do you really need?!"
For example, Close Range HP uppercut that pushed Sean back 2 char lengths still link combo'ed into SA.
Posted by mcspoons on May 18, 2009 at 10:07 a.m. #37
I've been in tournaments where sean was banned, so all the sean haters need to actually play with some experienced players.
Posted by MT on May 20, 2009 at 9:11 p.m. #38
haha, those tournaments sounds like the people running them don't know what they're doing. That or you're lying or playing 2I and weren't aware of it.
Posted by HadouKenny on July 26, 2009 at 10:54 p.m. #39
Sean sucks because firstly, his attacks are slow to execute. Also, his version of shoryuken doesn't do as much damage as other versions, and it doesn't cover much horizontal distance either, so it's only good for anti-airing opponents directly above you, and even then you have to time it perfectly, for it is quite slow to execute as well. He has no hadouken, which forces him into melee combat, effectively removing many strategies used with shotokan players. His tackle(the one where he does 2 punches in succession) is easy to block. His ryuubi kyaku (the one where he jumps and does an overhead kick) is easy to parry. His Hadou Burst doesn't do much damage. His Shoryu Cannon can be easily blocked, but does considerable damage if it hits and you mash punch. His Hyper Tornado is easy to block, like his tackle. So, all in all, Sean sucks, even though he is considered a shotokan character.
Posted by HadouKenny on July 26, 2009 at 11:01 p.m. #40
But his Tornado Kick is pretty good. But Ryu, Ken and Akuma's tatsumakii senpuu kyaku is better.
Posted by d8rk t3mpl4r on August 8, 2009 at 3:06 a.m. #41
its pretty funny cause i searched and searched for Sean videos but i can't i know how to use him like a real tourny type pro but yeah the tier is right is extremely hard to beat other characters till you get them on defensive mode then you'll win
Posted by HadouKenny on August 19, 2009 at 2:28 a.m. #42
Well, like I said, Sean is harder to use than other characters, therefore making him an unpopular choice, but if you want to use Sean efficiently, you have to keep pressing on with high and low attacks, and throwing in Tornado Kicks and Ryubi Kyakus when the opponent is off guard, preferrably EX.
Posted by Tornado Kick on August 21, 2009 at 5:22 a.m. #43
Is free knockdown via throw for your opponent, even on hit, when it finishes. EX a little safer after combo off the close HK.
Basically you have to know how and when to parry attacks to open up any Sean offense, besides tick throws and other mixups in close.
Someone said at some anime convention someone took out 30 people in a row with Sean by being great at parrying.
Posted by Hey d8rk t3mpl4r on August 22, 2009 at 10:24 p.m. #44
Watch Kuroda use Sean. Kuroda constantly beats top players with the bottom tier.
Posted by Shad0wShot on August 27, 2009 at 6:28 a.m. #45
Q is such a cool character design yet he's been rated soo low .. why dammit ! haha
Posted by Bushin22 on August 30, 2009 at 2:04 p.m. #46
Because Q is strange,bizarre and weak...
And mostly people lose to him because they had no ideia of what he can do... xD
Once you figure out it,easy win.
Sean is kinda dissapointing... Since i'm Brazilian myself,i can't see nothing from Brazil in him.
We don't play basketball that much,and he's pretty much a black Dan that want to be Ken when he grow up... and his moves sucks.
Posted by 2nd Impact was better. on September 4, 2009 at 7:32 a.m. #47
@ Bushin
Actually, Sean was one of the best characters in SFIII. Don't believe me? Go play 2nd impact and find out, cause Capcom made a dumb mistake by toning him down.
Posted by 2nd Impacter on September 9, 2009 at 10 a.m. #48
Wow. A lot of Sean hate. For those who don't know, Sean was nearly god tier in Second Impact. Capcom decided to tone him down way too much, thus putting him in the lowest ranking. It's the same dick move that they did with Vega SF2 > SF4.
Posted by lite on September 17, 2009 at 5:51 p.m. #49
no, that'ss somewhat understandable; you don't completely change the game in an update, that's just silly
Posted by RYU isn't good on September 26, 2009 at 3:41 p.m. #50
for me he just sucks y?
Posted by 2009 Tier List on September 29, 2009 at 10:30 p.m. #51
Where's the 2009 tier list and where would Gill fit on the tier list?
Posted by Guile on October 8, 2009 at 9 a.m. #52
Why did they nerf Sean so hard? Instead to nerf top tiers they only should buff the low tiers.
Posted by BrokenHitBox on October 13, 2009 at 12:57 p.m. #53
I wish everyone would stop arguing with the tier lsit because ya it is true I mean Qs by far my favorite character but i realize that he is a peice of crap and isnt very good which but ya tiers are real im sorry
Posted by david on October 16, 2009 at 1:09 p.m. #54
@ 2nd impacter, I hope they don't do the same s**t with Sagat and Ryu in SSFIV that would be stupid, they should buff Vega, Guile, Honda, El fuerte, Ken, Bison, etc
Posted by hums things on October 17, 2009 at 3:18 a.m. #55
guile is good in sfiv if you know how to use him.
Posted by RX on October 18, 2009 at 8:40 p.m. #56
how is urien not top tier... hes such a broken char. if he gets u on the wall with full super bar its a 50/50 chance of life or death...
Posted by TJ369 on October 19, 2009 at 2:57 p.m. #57
There's a new tier list. Should update
Posted by SANZEN on October 25, 2009 at 8:38 p.m. #58
There's such a thing as game data on character moves. There are different silly tricks certain characters can do to different characters. Stop getting so hung up on whoever has the bigger dick wins. Some characters just have terribad normals and/or specials because they're too slow, too weak, too punishable, etc. Some characters (LIKE SEAN) just plain suck even if you can pull a couple of tricks out of your ass. Some of his moves look the same as other shotos but they have different properties. Sean CAN win, but he's a joke. He's a silly gimmick, and he always will be. That doesn't make him, or other crappy characters, less fun to play. But anyone who knows anything about Sean will say he is STRONG...and mean that only as a hilarious joke.
Posted by Gertrude on October 29, 2009 at 1:58 p.m. #59
I've never played 3s, but I can't for the life of me understand how Capcom could take 3 wacks at this title and still create a game that has such horrible imbalance according to the tier list.
Posted by SANZEN"The Real Version" on November 3, 2009 at 12:02 a.m. #60
Stop playing this garbage a$$ game guys,you anit in Japan.Go play Smashbrothers,its good for ya.Hell,even Mortal Kombat 3 is better than this game cuz you know why,cuz Stone Cold said so.That list up there shows who has the most glitches in the game and if character can go through your s**t,you better be spammerizaed with him/her too because Harkada said so too.Street Fighter = Spam in the Street fighter again,and if you dont like that you can suck ma d**k.Hadoken!! Hadoken!! parryparryparyyparryparryparry is all you guys here spam anyway like a bunch of un-laided nerds you are,figuring out bugs in a video game and think your "pro".Pros have jerzeys for starters,and they are on national TV unlike EVO who only get a small internet cult every year,get mad if you want,only stating the turth.PLAY A NEW GAME.XD! "awaits crybaby reponses"
Posted by otomox on November 11, 2009 at 8:05 a.m. #61
dude just stfu what the heck are u talking? Go play some more sitty SF IV, SF III is and always will be till today the best 2D Fighting game ever.
Posted by traqueofziche on November 11, 2009 at 11:57 p.m. #62
i learned some new words today. "spammerizaed". "un-laided". "jerzeys".
why else would i bother reading a comment section on tier lists?
Posted by hh on November 14, 2009 at 2:15 p.m. #63
how is sf4 bad
Posted by Street Fighter on November 15, 2009 at 5:29 a.m. #64
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