Tiers for Soul Calibur 5 by the EventHubs community

These were compiled by asking forum users and readers of the front page to head in and vote on each member of the cast, assigning them a letter grade. The ratings are from S (top tier) to D (bottom tier), and cover the 26 fighters in Soul Calibur 5.
Important reminder: The characters are sorted alphabetically in their respective letter grades. Hit the jump the check out the tier list.
S
Alpha Patroklos, Mitsurugi, Natsu
Alpha Patroklos, Mitsurugi, Natsu
A
Algol, Cervantes, Ivy, Pyrrha, Tira, Viola, Xiba
Algol, Cervantes, Ivy, Pyrrha, Tira, Viola, Xiba
B
Astaroth, Leixia, Maxi, Nightmare, Omega Pyrrha, Patroklos, Raphael, Yoshimitsu
Astaroth, Leixia, Maxi, Nightmare, Omega Pyrrha, Patroklos, Raphael, Yoshimitsu
C
Aeon, Devil Jin, Ezio, Hilde, Siegfried, Voldo
Aeon, Devil Jin, Ezio, Hilde, Siegfried, Voldo
D
Dampierre, Z.W.E.I.
Dampierre, Z.W.E.I.
Once again, huge shout outs to xxMarshy getting this going and compiling the rankings for the community.
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