5R Character Rankings: Arcadia 103 (Dec 08)

In R there is also Taka. Who I think has his old string that is /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif/forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/p.gif

 

WhY So SeRiOuS?

Or should I say why are you pointing out the obvious? Both of them are joking.

 

Thanks for the input Reno, and for the observation zerochan.

And sorry gerald, but you can't convince me that Shun is not ridiculously unbalanced and god-like. The one time I saw a Shun v Shun vid, my hard drive crashed.

 

^I've been seeing people get a low bounce on reaction to Shun dropping to laying down lol. Just 2P as he drops, then get a free small bounce combo.

 

he he /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/smile.gif

 

Uh-uh, Shun is invincible when he lays down. He starts flashing, moving faster and kills anything he touches just like Mario after he gets that little star /forums/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/mad.gif

 

He can't tech roll though so you can get a Pounce attack too.

 

From the videos i've seen you can get 17-ish (fast kick damage) plus pounce (25 damage) for a total of 43-something damage on him (with the exception maybe of akira, it sems that his axe low combo is guaranteed for bit of extra damage) whereas i think shun can get just a bit more damage than that out of his lie down stance so i think it's not that extreme to say that the odds are slightly tilted to his favour damage wise.

...what really bugs me though is that it seems he has a throw from his lie down stance - does this mean he can throw you but you can't throw him, just like eileen from zenk?

 

Can someone explain for a complete noob how these rankings are determined?

I assume there is a new ranking for each new version? Do characters move around the list a lot or are there certain characters who stay near the top or bottom consistently?

 

eileen's zenk is much more unsafe than a lying on the floor shun. There are combos you can do to her while she's in the air that wouldn't be possible just because she's so damn high up there.

 

placement in tournaments, which is then translated into matchup ratios (5-5 being even, 6-4 being an advantage for one character, 7-3 being something i don't think is in vf5r). then just look at which characters have the most advantageous matchups and place them accordingly.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I assume there is a new ranking for each new version?</div></div>

yes, and there'll even be updated tier lists for the same version sometimes.

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Do characters move around the list a lot or are there certain characters who stay near the top or bottom consistently? </div></div>

it depends, really. this tier list quite different from vf5 ver. d, but the next vf5r tier list might not change much at all.

 

Actually, the list is determined by three players and their collective experience, not by any numbers in tournaments (which would be skewed anyway, there will always be millions of Jackys around no matter his tier placings to win tournaments)

 

i thought arcadia only did representative tier lists?

(though i wouldn't doubt if you were right)

 

hmm that makes sense actually. maybe that's why the busted Kage down so far. The japanese love him so I can only imagine his tier placing won't affect his use.

 

so ..."Winner's Success Rate" >>>>>>>>>Arcadia ?

 

was there a norcal gathering in japan that i wasn't aware of?

 

So eileen and jeff are definitely beasts huh? Lion's bokutai stance seems superior to Fei's and Pai's, but I'm still surprised they got stomped.

 

No, the people who play them are physical equivelent to supercomputers.