The Strongest Character in Every Archetype

all characters are rushdown if you are crazy enough

Stance characters, Gag/Joke characters, Weird/Oddball characters, characters that transform and gain a new moveset. There's a ton of material for a part 2. Would love to see you dive more into this.

NU-13 in the original Blazblue was way, way stronger than Happy Chaos. Nu-13 was Happy Chaos that didn't have to reload, here BNB sent you to the other side of the screen. Her projectiles she could constantly spam with one button did not insignificant chip, her other specials would let her keep you out. There was enough pushback on one of her supers to also put you at midscreen on block. NU-13 was so busted she paid for it for the rest of the series.

The fact that Peacock and Nu-13 aren't the zoner here is a missed opportunity

Having watched more of this video now, I feel like this could have been a series of videos, to include more examples of each archetype in order to give a better picture of them. Like choose one supreme example from "each" series of games, because the difference in mechanics in different series really affects how strong each character can be. Some have inherently lower power levels, so you end up with anime fighters sort of dominating.

I'm surprised you didn't include King from Tekken for Grapplers, he's a prime example. Other categories could include Stance Weird (Voldo) Joke (Bosconovitch) Fake Out (Xianghua) Charge (but I'd do one separate for directional charge and button charge i.e. Chun Li and Hilde respectively) Random (characters with random elements like Faust or Dampierre) Item Set (Bang, Venom) Aerial (Yosuke) Playable Bosses Guest Characters (maybe not quite applicable for archetypes but could be done in a different kind of video, same with playable bosses)

Stance Characters are an archetype I'm loving so seeing a strong version of that is interesting

For Bruiser, the Crusader from DNF Duel has a very similar “create your own wall” mechanic alongside some ridiculous hitboxes

Faust has been an incredibly strong top-tier item throw character for a lot of the Guilty Gear games.

I’d love to see a “strangest character in each archetype” video that goes over characters who embody their archetypes in atypical ways.

I'm impressed dude!!! The grappler choice was perfect, 100% accurate!! And really surprising from you!! That was a great pick man!! Excellent video!!

Great video. I think the ultimate example of a screwed up zoner would be Old Sagat in Super Turbo. The only character I know of in a fighting game that had a soft ban. As for charge characters, I do think they're their own category. They tend to be very mid rangey most of the time. The way they play is definitely a thing of their own.

Hmmm I think you should've mentionned release HC instead of current HC as the zoner. Current HC can zone but it doesnt feel like his main deal anymore, its something he can rely on but with the nerfs he can't just stick to that like he used to. Also glad you did 1 per series cause tbh KI 2013 does all the archetypes and makes them the coolest they've ever been.

Would of course like to see stance characters and charge characters next time. Much appreciation for the Goro Daimon shout out, highly underrated grappler. Clark would be a solid choice too.

great clips to illustrate your points. thanks for the upload!

If you ever do another video like this I’d love to see the other styles of fighting game characters. I just always love hearing you talk about different fighting games. Always a good time 😊

I'd love to see another video going over other archetypes. There's a lot of good contenders to show how varied fighting game characters can be. Item throw (Faust, Peach (though SSB isn't popularly called a fighting game)), trappers (Testament, Byakuya, Rachel Alucard, Dead Apostle Noel, Cagliostro, etc), stance characters (Gen, Leo Whitefang, Vanessa), composite characters (characters that incorporate a combination of moves from other characters like Double or Seth), and chores/install/level up characters (characters that need to fulfill a condition to unlock their potential like Jamie, Arakune, Shun, Susano'o, Amy, etc) are great candidates I think.

I'd say Peacock from skullgirls is a stronger zoner because she can control the entire screen from any distance without any resource management while also having some pretty good combos if the need arises. Nu-13 is up there too for the same reason.

This was very insightful. Thanks for making this❤

awesome video concept my guy