Time to put Chin on the roster full time. I'll take my losses as experience. Besides, I think Chin can be the next "Whip" tier, ain't that right Kane? haha
Oh boy. Good luck with him =) My Chin is more and more ineffective as the regulars catch on to his antics. =(
My current main team is K', Iori, Ash. I planned on playing these characters before the game came out and there were tier lists. So it's not so much I played them because they were top tier.
As for losing to the character, rather than the player, I seem to be having the most trouble playing against Robert and Kula than anyone else. Perhaps I should try to play to characters more to learn their weaknesses?
I also notice that since I started playing more and more people use K', but not quite so much Iori , Kyo or Mature at AI. Also notice that on that list of characters used in the tournament there's only 2-3 who use Iori and Mature even though they are 'supposedly' S tier.
Rant on:
It's not even the tier list really, it's really the internal BS radar that goes off in me. Some characters just have too many options that serve them well. Liz, could lose her counter
or her command throw (as they both lead into damaging combos) and I think she's ok after that, to have both is just nasty. Goro has both a counter and command throws but he needs a NM for his counter, and he doesn't have Liz's mobility/ damage options. Chin has a damn good Ex counter (like Liz), but he's more vulnerable if it whiffs, smaller hitbox, and he doesn't have the command throw mixup game. Maxima on the other hand, is high up in the so called tier list, but I can't imagine him shutting down a good Kula, K' or Kyo
with ease. Maybe it's just matchups.
For some reason Iori still doesn't feel as high as they say he is, I find he's kinda like Takuma where he's
massively strong in some departments yet his shortcomings make him balance still. Maybe I'm missing something completely, or maybe our Iories haven't been fully explored--it just seems like it takes slightly more work to win with Iori compared to K'/Kula/Kyo (and even Kyo's not
that bad imo). This of course is my opinion, who knows.
Kula is still giving me a hard time as well (poor Chin, can't get in at all), I'm trying to figure out when to GCAB roll between her attack strings but I fail miserably and eat a combo (or a throw). I think the level of skill is slowly rising especially if you compare us to the tourney, that's probably another factor why I'm/we're struggling.
/rant off