One of the most exciting things about the fighting game community is the injection and growth of young / new talent in the scene, and there’s someone in particular who deserves that recognition right now.
The 15-year-old Ryu prodigy 2Game|Blaz recently came in a wildly exceptional second place finish at Capcom Cup 11, and now he’s put together a tier list for Street Fighter 6 following the event too.
While appearing on the Flow Games MD3 show, Blaz was tasked with putting together rankings for all SF6 characters currently in the game, and he’s certainly got a few interesting placements.
That starts at the very top with Mai Shiranui being included among the S tier fighters along with JP, which makes a bit of sense considering the only player he lost to at the main tournament was IBSG|Kakeru and his Psycho-powered accountant.
Some other strong contenders then did not make the top cut, but were instead placed in A tier interestingly including Ed, Cammy, Guile and Juri.
This is where Blaz put his own character in Ryu too while the other Shotos in Ken and Akuma were higher up in S.
More interesting placements continue in the B rank category where Rashid is in the middle of the pack as well as Zangief, Terry and A.K.I.
The young Chilean prodigy also has four characters in total down in C tier including Manon and Dhalsim though it’s not the lowest.
Blaz does have a D tier category with two members, and you may be able to guess who they are among fighters who didn’t really show up at all at Capcom Cup.
You can check out Blaz’s full tier list below, which does not appear to be ordered, along with the MD3 video where the discussion begins around the 58-minute mark though it is in Spanish.
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Source: Event Hubs
