Main: Nash
Subs: Birdie/Vega/Chun (haven’t decided yet)
DLC hype (might main/sub when they come out): Balrog, Alex, Urien, Juri
So far I’ve learned Karin, Bison, Ryu, Gief, Chun, Cammy and Birdie and have them on deck. I’m trying to become a counter picking asshole in SFV lol
Cammy
Cammy
Cammy
I never understood that whole jack of all trades, master of none player philosophy. I’ve always been the kind of player that prefers to absolutely master 1 character then become exceptionally good with another few. I mean, it’s good to have at least a passing familiarity with everyone in the cast because you have to fight against them, but it’s hard to make time for more. It really takes hundreds, maybe even thousands of hours to master ONE Street Fighter character IMO.
Cammy
Nash
Mika
Ryu to begin with, as he fits my play style plus I’m a huge Ryu fan.
I am tempted by Nash and birdie too though but I will eventually pick a single character to stick with as I plan to put a fair bit of effort into finally learning a fighting game.
I will always switch between Nash, Karin, Chun-Li, Bison, Cammy, R.Mika and (soon) Dhalsim.
Then Ibuki (also maybe Guile and Balrog) a soon said DLC are available.
Cammy and all Dolls that will become playable, maybe Juri.
This lack of Necallis is fucking disgusting. I will consume all your souls.
Also, Chun and Ryu, because I’m a basic bitch.
Well first week i play online with probably be all Ryu. Won’t be my main though.
Bison, Ken, & Laura.
Will eventually move on to learn every character on the initial roster except Fang, Rashid, Karin, Sim, Mika & Gief.
Gonna start with Laura and move from there. Want to try FANG for that poison tech. The rest is up in the air.
Cody
Ryu
Necalli
Based on betas until dlc characters are released in going nash, ken, gief
Then some vega
Want to learn fang & sim though
Nash, Bison, Ken are who i am going to try first. Also thinking of Chun Li.
Nobody is going to achieve mastery in week, month or year one of the game so you’re better off expanding and gathering as much info going forward as possible early imo. Also playing multiple characters is the quickest way to become more in tune with the game engine, the options of all characters in the cast, options against said options and how to become better player overall. I was getting bopped by Birdie’s until I spent the whole of day 2 in the last beta playing him for example. After that I didn’t lose unless it was to a high ranked one.
My 2 mains will be Chun Li and Chun Li.
I’m looking at a 3rd main tho. Might as well make it Chun Li.
I usually try to play the entire cast at an intermediate level - so combos, general footsies, match-up knowledge and small gimmicks to remember hence my “Jack of All Characters” thingy on my profile, but I always have love for 3-5 characters over the rest of the cast
My main is solidified as Ken until Cody is announced, was thinking about a Chun-Li switch but I’m rushdown at heart.
Secondary is Chun-Li, love her character design and how she’s super similar to her 3S version, and she’s the best female character in fighting games too IMO.
My tertiary character is gonna be a wildcard, Dhalsim. He looks super fun in SFV and he looks like he’s actually pretty damn good unlike SFIV’s sleep invoking version of him. Looking forward to landing some free teleport set ups and being a cheap piece of shit against new players online.
Chun, Rashid and Vega. I will possibly try to learn Cammy, Karin and FANG. Ibuki when she is released. I like agile characters.
I gonna main R. Mika not exactly 'cause I like grapplers, but her goofy personality got me since Alpha 3! Love it!
The subs will be probably among Karin, Juri, Rashid, FANG or Cammy. I dunno yet.
Bison, Ryu, Rashid.
Urien is a possibility, as long as they don’t scrub him out by removing his charge motions.