Active member of the Florida Calibur scene Earning his credibility through various tournament standings, streaming, video tutorials, and having general knowledge of the game. All this being said, let's dive right Wolf 's Tier List:Ī: Pyrrha, Algol, Mitsurugi, Natsu, Patroklosī+: Maxi, Cervantes, Nightmare, Yoshimitsu, Omega, Voldoī: Tira, Hilde, Xiba, Aeon, Astaroth, EzioĪs far as credentials go, PartyWolf is an active member of the Soul Calibur community. Whether the tier list is detailed, not detailed, biased or attempted to be "fair" was completely up to the creator of said tier list. I wanted each individual to feel in complete control of how they wrote out their tier list.
Lastly, I want to highlight that the layout for the tier list's are going to vary from one another. I will also be looking for comparisons and differentiation between the tier lists in hopes to reinforce some of the opinions.
I post the tier list, who's the creator and some information on said person that I think could be useful in attempt to try and understand the logic behind their tier placement. I'm also hopeful that this could be good reference to new(er/ish) members who want to try and pick a character, know who to look out for, or just for general knowledge. The purpose of this article is to try and solidify, as best we can, where characters fall in to place. Note that I've restricted this only to the American Calibur scene (as far as who I asked to provide a tier list). Whether or not you want to deem it credible or ill-informed is entirely up to you.Īll tier list's posted in this article are from members who've been in the competitive community for Soul Calibur for a substantial amount of time and/or has had success via competitive play. It's also important to note that all the tier lists' in this article are opinions. When we see a tier list, there's always going to be a debate in which a lot of people will partake in, "flame wars." This is not the intentions of this article, so please keep discussion civil. I think it's important to honor this notion and get several tier list's from distinguished community member's rather than a group effort on an absolute tier placement. Reasons vary from things like region, the game's life-span, knowledge, and the fact that not everyone will agree on one tier list. Before we dive in, there's a few things we need to lay out when in discussion on tier lists.įirstly, it's damn near impossible to create a solid, 100% accurate tier list. That being said, I feel it's been a substantial amount of time to try and formulate a tier list. I don't care what anyone says, an easy 70% combo on a whiff is SICK, no matter if the character is slow.It's been exactly 3 years, 4 months and 7 days from today's date since the release of Soul Calibur V. Honorable mentions to SC4 Voldo, SC2 Mitsurugi, SC3 AE Astaroth and SC1 Cervantes. Big damage on almost everything.Ĩ)SC2 Xianghua-22B and Avoid coupled with her step were the biggest nuances of her.ĩ)Tie with SC1 Yoshimitsu/SC2 Yoshimitsu-SC1 Yoshimitsu had the cheap wakeup game with Pogo but SC2 Yoshimitsu had the frames and the scrubby mixup of 1A series/WRK among other things so they cancel out IMO.ġ0)SC2 Ivy-Good 50% combo and top tier step along with broken soul charge moves. Good RO on juggles.Ħ)SC4 Kilik-Safety, Asura, half stage doable RO combo and a dangerous RO 50/50.ħ)SC1 Hwang-SC1 Xianghua with 3AA, a longer 44B, SCCs and top 3 in throwing reach to that effect. Add 2K and wakeup shenanigans.Ĥ)SC4 Algol-Bubble zoning hurts a lot of character approaches.ĥ)SC3 AE Setsuka-Great frames, almost 50% combos on CH and agB. Hilde is just ridiculous and should be on a tier of her own.Ģ)SC3 US Xianghua-Good Frames everywhere, teleport, stomp trap, damage.ģ)SC3 AE Mitsurugi-Extremely easy and accesible 50% combo. Well, no character comes close to Hilde in Soulcalibur brokenness. Id like to get other peoples opinions on this. sc1 mitsu- supposedly the best incarnation of mitsu
sc2 taki- EXC cancels in the right hands was pretty to watch but it also got you killed quickġ0. sc2 Ivy- 33A 22B 6B8 nasty, ability to buffer SS and CS for mad long times from anythingĩ. sc3 asta- IMO best ring out game of all other astas, did major damage plus VC made him even scarierĨ. sc3 sophie- super safe, punish master, and super damaging combosĦ. sc3 X- just about everything from sc2 give or take a few and add her much hated 66A+B_Gĥ. sc2 X- 3B, 22B, 3A, 66K, 6B+K = 5 move X whore plus an awesome step was too muchĤ. algol- bubble shield, combos and his backdashģ. hilde- one hit kills from anywhere on the screen puts her here hands downĢ. Pretty much which characters would do the best with the tools they have if they were put into any installation from soul 1-4 and why.ġ. I was talking to RTD about the best and most dominant characters in the history of soul calibur.