Since I picked up SFV, I have mostly been playing Cammy. While I am beginning to get a basic grasp of the game now, it is becoming clear that her rushdown style does not really suit me. I figured this was a good time to try a different style and see if it suits me better.
While some characters are obvious (eg Dhalsim is zoning and Zangief is a grappler), I am not entirely certain about the whole cast. Which are the characters who are not rushdown?
I wouldn’t invest too much thought into the terms rushdown or grappler or zoner for SFV. You can play Cammy defensively. I think you need to at times because of her low health and stun.
But the answer you’re probably looking for is - Guile, Birdie, Alex, Sim, Gief, maybe Fang.
Honestly, “playstyle” is often a misleading way to describe characters. I prefer just listing how that character normally wins games. Here’s my list.
Ryu: Can do anything.
Ken: Pressure based offense. Hit and run. Bait and punish.
Chun: Controlling Neutral game. Pressure based offense. Knockdown (In V-Trigger Only).
Cammy: Pressure based offense. Knockdown. Gimmicks.
Dhalsim: Zoning. Knockdown. Gimmicks.
Zangief. Knockdown. Bait and punish.
Vega: Controlling Neutral game. Pressure based offense. Gimmicks.
Bison: Pressure based offense. Gimmicks. Bait and punish.
Nash: Can do anything.
Karin Controlling Neutral game. Pressure based offense. Knockdown. Bait and punish. Resets.
Birdie: Turtling. Controlling Neutral game. Knockdown. Gimmicks. Anti-Zoning.
Mika: Bait and punish. Knockdown. Gimmicks. Resets.
Laura: Bait and punish. Knockdown. Gimmicks. Pressure based offense.
Rashid: Hit and run. Pressure based offense. Gimmicks. Resets.
Necalli: Pressure based offense. Knockdown. Bait and punish. Zoning (sorta).
FANG: Zoning. Hit and Run. Knockdown. Gimmicks.
Alex: Controlling Neutral game. Pressure based offense. Bait and punish. Gimmicks.
Guile: Zoning. Controlling Neutral game.
Ibuki: Pressure based offense. Knockdown. Bait and punish. Gimmicks.
Balrog: Bait and punish. Knockdown. Resets.
Juri: Pressure based offense. Bait and punish. Anti-Zoning.
Urien: Can do anything.
Akuma: Can do anything, but his low life total means you can’t afford to defend for too long.
Cammy does not have gimmicks. Probably the least gimmicky character in the game.
cross through V-skill on wake up aint gimmicky?