I have alot of teams, but MY K team: Kyo, Hibiki, r2 Blanka has pretty much my mainstay for about a year and a half.
My Kyo is decent, I can do his combos like 90%(Like 80% in a tournament) I play patiently as hell, I have a shit load of setups and footsies, but any time I play a top tier with kyo I get raped.
It’s the same with hibiki accept for the fact that I get owned by mid tier characters and I sometimes get predictable. It’s funny because every time I use K-CBS I seem to have no problem what so ever with character matchups or predictabilty top tiers are just unstoppable.
I Dunno, It’s incredibly frustrating sometimes to lose to someone with one team, and win with a team you barely even play.
i’ve been trying mid tier characters for the last 2 years. right now i’m using K-cammy/sagat as my 2nd and 3rd characters.
if you plan on doing well in tournies, you might as well work on the characters that you’re best with.(especially if you’ve already given everyone a try)
i recommend just using 2 of the 3 top tiers if not just 1. that way you can still enjoy the game by playing a character you like.
IMO switching from a more comfortable team to CBS will only help you do better against scrubbier players who may be relying on some annoying playstyles to get around your other characters. When you play against people who are legitimately solid and better than you, you’ll probably do a lot better with the team you’re more comfortable with.
K-CBS in most cases is WAY easier to use than most other K-teams, but the easily abusable shit doesn’t really work as well on better players. You’ll probably need to invest the same amount of time learning K-CBS at a higher level as you would using your other team. Don’t let some quick victories with K-CBS mislead you into thinking that you are actually “better” with that team.
I guess you would need to enter more tournies or play against better people with the new team to gauge exactly whether or not you really ARE doing better overall.
If you really CAN land all of Kyo’s combos, setups, footsies, play patient, then I don’t see how you could possibly be losing 99% matches to top tiers (unless the player itself is just WAY better than you to begin with)…
I play K-Sagat vs Jamaal’s P-Kyo a lot, and he’ll rape the shit out of my Sagat sometimes.