Tier List Preview (Patreon)

So I recorded my tier list for Season 4 Friday Night.

The unedited recording is just over three hours. I'm hoping to have the video out before finals, but if I have to release it after, that's ok too.

I wanted to post it here early because.... I don't think any of you are trying to sit through a 3 hour unedited video, and I don't know how long it's going to take to edit. But anways!

I want to give a summary of my thoughts on the balance of the game at the moment.

So the main takeaways:

1) ABA exists in her own tier because you would see a lot of success with her if you counterpick, but would be a rough solo pick.

2) The power level of the lowest rank is higher, I don't think there are any characters with crippling flaws at the moment.

3) The power level of the highest rank is higher. The top two tiers are all full of characters that can win majors solo. This is also why I think people say the power level of the cast is too high.

4) You can look at the "top 8" tier as mid tier, but all of these characters are legitimately good, with different sets of flaws to work around (playing as the character) and play against (playing vs the character). I also think this is the ideal power level for a character.

5) Oddly enough, the amount of characters I think can put on a good performance is very high, so I think the balance of the game is somewhat good right now. If they tone down the top level a bit, we'll have a really good version of Strive.

6) Finally, if people structured their rankings like this, you should expect to see this type of balance more in a fighting game.

My opinions on the characters would take a while to bring back up, but I can post them in written form here too if you guys want.