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Thanks for all your questions guys! I'll compile everything and send them off to Reynald sometime this week!

Yes he did, he's known for doing st. CD into that. If you look closely he waits for the jump for about a second right before, he was definitely looking for it.

Hello everyone,

I'm pleased to announce that we will be interviewing this year's EVO champ, AS Reynald! In preparation for this interview, we would like to give the community an opportunity to ask any questions you like!

Feel free to ask anything, and we will choose the best questions and include them in our interview with Reynald next week. We will take questions in this thread only until midnight on Sunday, July 21st PST, so be sure to post up before then!

Thanks to everyone, we look forward to reading your questions!

The only person I saw use Hwa Jai was Ricky Diaz and Haregoro and neither player made it far at Evo.

Ummm, pardon me, but both players made top 16. If that's not making it far then I don't know what is, considering that virtually every match in top 64 was between top players. Hwa is without a doubt still up there, imo.

LOL who said Ralf is better than Kim? LOLOLOLOL

Kula actually has really effective corner pressure and great damage off 1 meter 1 drive. the fact that her mid screen combos corner carry adds to her effectiveness. her st. B and cr. B are both really great buttons. i think she's actually a very viable point character if played to her full potential.

basically, i think she has some good stuff that bottom tier doesn't. if you ever get the chance, play against TC realkim's kula. fabricio from Mexicali also has a great Kula.

I don't want to use S tier because S tier traditionally implies some aspect of being broken or unfair

I don't agree with this. To me, S Tier has always meant that the characters stand out really well compared to the rest of the roster, but are not necessarily broken/cheap. For those kinds of characters, there is always an "SS" tier or similar. And besides, "AAA+++" not only sounds silly, but implies even more brokenness than "S Tier" does.

But if you're that adverse to S Tier, then in the case of this game, "S- Tier" is acceptable. It makes even more sense to use this, considering the way you construct your list.

Yeah I suppose you're right haha. I'll go with S- from now on haha

based on recent happenings in tournaments and new tech discoveries

AAA+++: Mr. Karate, Hwa Jai, EX Iori, Benimaru, Kim

The first part it's ok, but the second one? What exactly new was discovered... i missed something? I see almost every finals in the last months and the only thing impressed me was the hwa cross up with rdp b.

I guess I should rather have said, "implementations of recent tech discoveries". For example, Reynald's use of Kim's midscreen HD combo at UFGT, Romance's various Benimaru traps and  various players using advanced EX Iori safe jump setups and counters. All this tech has been around for a few months, but it's only recently that it's actually being implemented successfully.

I just wanted to change my tier list because I honestly believe we can consider EX Iori, Beni, and Kim to be in the same tier as Karate and Hwa now.

Hi guys,

I wanted to update my personal tier list based on recent happenings in tournaments and new tech discoveries. My opinions of super top tier have changed dramatically. What do you guys think?

AAA+++: Mr. Karate, Hwa Jai, EX Iori, Benimaru, Kim
A+: Claw Iori, Both Kyos, King, Yuri, Takuma, Chin, Shen Woo
A: Vice, Saiki, Duolon, Raiden, Andy, Ryo, K'
A-: Kensou, Kula, Mature, Ralf, Clark, Terry, Daimon, Robert, Athena
B+:Joe, Leona, Billy, Liz, Ash, Maxima, Mai

Seems reasonable. Just two questions:

1. Why not just call it "S Tier"?

2. Which Kyo do you think has an edge over the other?

I don't want to use S tier because S tier traditionally implies some aspect of being broken or unfair, whereas I feel that the difference between the top tier and lower tiers in this game is not quite as significant, as say, AE Yun against the rest of the cast. I believe that regular Kyo has a slight advantage theoretically compared to NESTS Kyo because his damage output with meter usage is much more versatile, but the difference is not significant enough to warrant putting them in different tiers. I think EX iori is significantly better than claw.

Hi guys,

I wanted to update my personal tier list based on recent happenings in tournaments and new tech discoveries. My opinions of super top tier have changed dramatically. What do you guys think?

AAA+++: Mr. Karate, Hwa Jai, EX Iori, Benimaru, Kim
A+: Claw Iori, Both Kyos, King, Yuri, Takuma, Chin, Shen Woo
A: Vice, Saiki, Duolon, Raiden, Andy, Ryo, K'
A-: Kensou, Kula, Mature, Ralf, Clark, Terry, Daimon, Robert, Athena
B+:Joe, Leona, Billy, Liz, Ash, Maxima, Mai

This kid Wawa is pretty amazing! awesome stuff

sup peeps! i'm glad to say that I've been playing a little more recently, went to 3 sessions this past week. i'll try to be more active and post stuff around here as well.

some of us here in orange county are gearing up for japonawa coming up in may. how're yall's respective scenes doing?

Hey guys,

I totally wasn't expecting so many comments about the list I posted up, sorry I haven't checked back in a long while!

So, first off please notice that I've adjusted my opinion from before and currently believe that even the bottom tier of this game is B+, meaning totally viable.

When I rank characters (or think about how good they are) these are the main factors I consider:

1.) Damage output for meter spent (1 drive cancel or HD)

2.) Normals (frame data and hitbox properties)

3.) Neutral game

4.) Mix Up ability

Billy is low tier imo because of his poor damage output and mix up ability. His two really good normals are fwd A and j. CD, but he simply lacks the other straightforward things which make top tier characters good in this game. His main strength is his neutral game, which still isn't as effective when compared to characters like King, Kyo, and Iori.

Robert moved up for me since I've found (with help from Airlancer and Warahk) his optimized combos in all screen positions. He actually does very good damage (800 2 bars HD, 400+ 1 bar 1 drive, 550 2 bars 1 drive), but still suffers from having poor normals outside of j. CD and cl. C.

Shen Woo is obviously good and extremely solid, but his main strength lies in spending meter for explosive damage. His normals are great and his mix up is strong, but without meter his main goal becomes to build meter, and his neutral game becomes much more limited. Also, his damage output is awesome, but still inferior to claw, karate and hwa. That's my reasoning behind not putting him higher.

In regards to Athena vs Kensou: Athena's dmg output is very very poor unless you consistently land her butt loop for a drive cancel combo. Also, her normals are all fairly mediocre. I guess her cr. C is pretty good. Otherwise she has a strong neutral game with fireball/uppercut/command grab.

But yeah, again please keep in mind that at least in my head, the difference between A and A- or B+ is very minor and can easily be overcome with an individual player's skill. And this is all just my own opinion, which I'm sure isn't 100% (or even 90%) accurate. The meta game has a long long way to go before we hit the limit. The only thing I know for sure is that Hwa and Karate are cheap lol

Hey guys, once in a while I like to post my own personal tier lists just for fun. Seeing as how the new EVO season is about to start, I figured that I should post an updated list hahaha. This is just my opinion, nothing more:


AAA+++: Mr. Karate, Hwa Jai
A+: Both Ioris, Both Kyos, Benimaru, Yuri, Takuma, Kim
A: Shen Woo, Vice, Saiki, King, Duolon, Chin,
A-: Andy, Kensou, Kula,Mature, Ralf, Clark, Liz, Ryo, K',  Raiden, Daimon, Robert
B+:Joe, Leona, Billy, Terry, Ash, Athena, Maxima, Mai

WOOT! welcome duckie! I believe I met you at UFGT8 briefly.