who is good in alpha 3? i wana play it more but i cant seem to do anything lol sad ya… any tips plz??
You just want to play the best character to beat everyone? I am pretty sure everyone want to say that, so let me save them a post:
How about trying first every character for at least ONE week before asking such newbie question? Go to gamefaqs.com just to find out each character moves, and try all of them for at least a week. By then I am pretty sure you will know what character you like more. Then stick to that character and play him non stop for at least 10 games just to make sure you kind of know well how to play him.
If you seriously don’t want to or just started to play games, eh… , just play ryu in A-ISM. He is good enough. He is the guy with a white thing on his head and broken clothes… kind of like a kamicaze who just got bombed by an atomic bomb.
two words;
Dhal. Sim.
yea i know that was lame… :rolleyes:
there’s a tier listing somewhere in the fat A3 thread.
My advice would be to learn the game engine first. Even the best characters in this game when used by someone who doesn’t know the engine can be decimated by a shitty character used by someone who does know.
If you’re just starting out, you also have to know that some of the top tier require that you utilize their full arsenal to be effective.
If I told you that Zangief was in the top tier, but no techniques on how to play him, you’d probably get mopped very often, until you figured out how to fully utilize his most effective moves.
A3 is a very deep game, and learning the basics of the game engine before trying to learn characters is very important to being a good A3 player.
Good simple character to start with would probably be A-Ryu, A-Sakura, or A-Charlie.
Jump fierce owns me 
can i get some simple combos for ryu/gief? k thx
could any1 tell me some info on what moves are good with karin i use the qcf pp p or kick varietys and qcfuf k , are the DP K and DP , P good moves and qcb p , p .
I heard that shes best in vsim some of her combos in vsim are quite tricky to do ex… qcf pp d k , vsim 360p , qcfufk , 360p etc…
Could u guys let me know some useful basic moves with her i know jumping wk is alright , does she have anything to stop the opponent jumping apart from d3 …
Please could u guys answer me seriously , i am not some beginner i have been playin sf for a long time but i played marvel games more .
have you tried doing a search? at the top of the page, after clicking the FORUMS tab, there’s an advanced search option…
i think the top tiers were:
A-Dhalsim
V-Akuma
V-Sakura
V-Zangief
V-Ryu
after that i dont fully remember but i know that V-Charlie and V-Karin are upper tier.
But A3 is not a scrub game,dont think by picking one of those youll own anyone. It needs skills,good mind games and lots of pratice.
?AC: standing fierce is good anti-air… protects front and back. It’s not instant, but it works. j.strong can be good for chasing airborne opponents after flips and stuff too.
s.forward is good poke and can be cancelled…
and V-ism is easily the best… I honestly think she’s pretty damn shitty outside of V. V has unblockable stuff, so they’re very afraid to let if in close at all…
Top Tier:
Dhalsim
Akuma
Zangief
Sakura
Charlie
Second Tier:
Ryu
Vega/Balrog
Sodom
Rolento
Karin
Middle Tier:
Cody
Juni
Adon
Guy
Cammy
Gen
Chun-li
Sagat
Ken
Balrog/M.Bison
M.Bison/Vega
Blanka
E. Honda
Birdie
Bottom Tier:
R.Mika
Juli
Dan
Rose
Every character in V-ism except for Dhalsim, Guy and Gen. They’re best in A-ism.
no, a lot of those characters are not best in V like you say. characters like chun are best in A/X. bison(dictator) is best in A, balrog(boxer) is totally useless in V. rolento is worst in V imo, but its still good. A/X are just superior to V for rolento. Ken is also debatable. only top tier is guarunteed best in V with the exception of sim. v-sim is deadly, but eats crossups allday as opposed to a-sim. too hard to give a comprehensive tier rating cuz of the isms and how they dramatically change most characters. only the top tier ranking is solid. the other 80% of the roster is so debatable that its not even worth breaking down
I did forget a couple of characters. I should have at least remembered that Rolento is best A-ism, especially since I use him too. I guess that’s what you get with cut and paste. :bluu:
u know for Vsm… how does this work? i guess im too used to cvs2 style… is it just… 3 shadows… and they hit the guy too? seems really slow tho… hehe can anyone gime some easy akuma/ryu/gief combos for a/v … ya ok thx
The way V-Ism works is you have a bunch of shadows, but only one will actually hit (you can tell because it is darker). Depending on what buttons you use to activate the VC with (JP + SK = VC1, SP + FK = VC2, FP + RK = VC3), hte shadow will have a certain delay on it, with VC1’s shadow hitting quickly after you, while VC3s hits the latest after you do. The main trick to doing effective VCs is to ensure that the shadow hits your opponent while your actual character is in neutral states, which prevents your opponent from flipping or rolling out.
Easy VCs (all VC1) to start with:
Ryu (in corner):
- repeated fierce blue hadokens
- fierce hadoken, hopkick, repeat
Sakura (anywhere): jab DP, [b+ FP, whiff forward hurricane kick] repeat brackets until the corner then: [neutral FP, whiff hadoken] repeat until 5% meter left, then neutral FP, DP+K, P, P, P
You may have to switch to a short hurricane instead of a forward, depending on the spacing.
Akuma: probably easiest (but lots of room for variation), but least damaging VC from anywhere: jab DP, [fierce Hadoken, fierce demon flip + P] repeat until corner, [neutral FP, whiff hadoken] end with fierce DP.
Guard Crush VC (in corner): [fierce red fireball, hopkick] repeat
depends wat you have?? For the dc version it has to be v-sagat. He has crazy priority with the cr. Fierce. So play that for dc and play dhalsim for the arcades. But you should really try to find your character. Learning top tier just sin’t really fun.
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And I will always stand by my argument: R.Mika is NOT BOTTOM TIER!!! 
I don’t care what anyone says, I still really like playing her.
And Seriously, Alpha 3 rankings are not that far apart. Whereas characters like Sagat, Blanka, and Cammy are obviously top tier in CvS2, Akuma, Sakura, Zangief, Dhalsim, and Ryu (and Charlie) are all top tier only by a slight margin, because it requires so much skill to use them in a top tier fashion. Likewise, the middle tier is barely worse than the Second tier. And the bottom tier, yeah they aren’t so hot, but they can still be played decently. And again, R.Mika belongs in the middle tier.
I still enjoy Alpha 3 much more than CvS2 because the game is so much more offensive.
- James
i agree with james here 100%. tier differences are so minimal in this game. ive seen plenty of people whoop ass with the non top characters. ive done it myself and continue to win tourneys with lower tiered characters like a-ken,v-cody, x-rog, x-ryu and such. granted my best characters are top tier. but i can still get similar results with the weaker characters, just gotta put a little extra effort into it and gotta be creative. nothing is more useful than a character no one has any true experience fighting against. low tiers get that advantage since they arent used as much. while on paper, they arent as good, they gain the “element of suprise” that can even catch the best players off guard.
also, if you dont know how the flip out rules work, good luck figuring out real vc combos. learning the engine is a must to doing em effectively and making your own.
and i agree, r.mike is far from bottom tier, shes got an awesome ground game. i also think birdie isnt bottom tier. that fool has got some dirty tricks
Rose at the absolute Bottom ?! Fuck that shit. Better start kickin’ some ass with her in A-Ism instead of V, 'cuz it’s her best anyway. V is good too, but A-Rose remains supreme 
And yeah, V- R.Mika is some sick stuff.
Whatever.
Just check out the FAQs at www.gamefaqs.com
There are really no tiers. If you’ve mastered them, then there’s no need for STUPID TIERS!!! Tiers are for those who want to choose their beginning characters.