How do you choose your fighting game characters?

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Kineticlops?

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Doesn’t have checklist item 2 :coffee:

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Those aren’t arms or legs, they’re tentacles. At least… for skins 1-3.

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I think it’s great to have options!

It does, however, give rise to a new and higher level of questioning: How do you choose your “How do you choose your character” thread?

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still go with the big fat dudes option

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Play style above all else. Usually I prefer rush down characters like Cammy from SF or overall solid move set like Dudley from 3rd strike. For Tekken though I like Zafina’s style a lot, it just seems to click more than rush down in that game.

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But big fat dudes are in every SRK thread

So that doesn’t really do much to help narrow down the wide selection

What I’m trying to say here is that if you limit yourself to only reading threads where everyone is skinny then it’s going to be slim pickins

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I like chars that hit hard and can take a hit but aren’t slow grappler types.

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who can be lame/cheap/have options from holding back

MvC1: looking like ill play GWM when origins comes out
MvC2: Cable/Sent
BlazBlue: Hakumen
3S: Ken
SF4: Ken/Dudley
KOF13: Shen Woo

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I pick whatever just clicks with me. For Tekken 6, I loved Panda and Yoshimitsu. For BlazBlue, it’s Tager and Arakune. SSFIVAE, It’s Dhalism and Vega.

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I choose whoever is ugly as I am.

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Depends on the game. With things like KoF and Street Fighter I’ve been playing since I was 10 so I know the characters intimately and just pick the ones I have the most fun playing. However with games like Tekken and Soul Calibur I’m not nearly as familiar and tend to pic characters my friends view as insignificant just so I can learn the characters and frustrate my friends. It’s why I now main Lei and Hwoarang in Tekken and Taki and Sung Mina in Soul Cali.

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Generally character that looks cool > does cool things in game too

ugly character = no go. too pretty for that shit.

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I take the character that looks appealing at first, and then if the character’s playstyle feels right I keep using them

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  1. First time playing fighter
  2. Scroll around the character select screen
  3. See who looks/is cool/bad ass
  4. AUTOMATIC MAIN FOREVER
  5. (Optional) May pick a second main if I like more than one character or I begin to find a character really cool/interesting.

Don’t give a shit about playstyle.

I love trying out different KINDS of character archetypes. Makes fighting games a lot more fun when you use characters you like and it does not feel repetitive.

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Usually by looks and play style, but I’ll try out the whole cast just to see who fits me best.

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Looks and personality. Moveset helps, but isn’t a deciding factor for me.

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Whoever give’s me the most wins.

Spoiler

IV/AE: Cammy, Chun Li, Juri, Blanka
UMvC3: Dorm,Doom,Morrigan
MvC2: Cable, Sent, Storm, CapCom
3S: Chun-Li, Makoto
A2: Chun-Li
GGX/XX/XXX/SlashBustReloadedRevolutionXAccentCorePlusHDRemix: Millia
BlazBlue CT: mash D to spam swords