in my opinion Terry is close to dead last, He has almost no new options game play wise aside from the new chain, and his buffs are minimal when compared to other characters. He's either in the same spot as before, which was mid low, or just straight up one of the last characters this time around
^Coming from a Terry user of 17months
and he's played console extensively.
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I suppose I'll give my own opinion of the console tiers since I can technically derived that from the official blog changes. Note, top tier in console
does not equal the definition of top tier in arcade edition of course--as always, it's just a relative term. Usual disclaimer: I've barely played the the console in versus mode which is usually when the tier stuff starts to come out and of course these are preliminary assessments are most likely going to change.
Top characters contenders in no particular order: Kensou, Saiki, Kyo, Yuri, Claw Iori
Least effective character: Terry, Leona, Mai
One thing to note, Terry and Mai are still stronger than their arcade counterpart despite where I ranked them now. Leona has been nerfed overall IMHO.
The game still is the most balanced KOF ever--there I said it.