The Last Chance Qualifier as well as all other Capcom Pro Tour 2023 events leading up to Capcom Cup X have now been concluded. Despite previously being known as a Lily main, Mouz|Problem X was able to secure the final slot for Capcom Cup X as a solo Blanka main.
This means that we now know all the characters that are qualified for Capcom Cup X, which will take place this week. Of course, with all 48 slots now occupied, there’s a clearly indication on which characters are strong and which are struggling in the current meta.
It’s worth mentioning that one of the players that was previously qualified for Capcom Cup X, Si Anik, was unfortunately unable to sort out visa issues by Capcom’s deadline, resulting in his spot being given to Shadoken instead.
Due to this, we now have one less Chun-Li player and one more JP user present in the character usage stats for players qualified for Capcom Cup X. This has resulted in JP becoming the fourth most popular combatant (tied with Juri) that we’ll be seeing in Capcom Cup X.
Luke ended up seeing the most representation as there are nine players using him as their main while two others used him as a secondary. It should be noted that for Bandits|MenaRD, he’s being counted as a Blanka main with a Luke and JP secondary — the only player qualified that has two secondaries.
Ken saw the second most amount of representation for those that qualified. Eight players are using Ken as their primary character with one more using him as a secondary. Dee Jay ended up taking third place with six competitors maining him and one more having him ready as a backup.
We also ended up seeing 14 of the game’s 20 characters qualify for Capcom cup with Kimberly, E. Honda, Lily, A.K.I., Jamie and Manon left on the sidelines.
Most inclusions have at least two players using a fighter as well though the only solo main picks remain Cammy, Rashid, Marisa, Ryu and Zangief.
Although Lily and Manon remain absent, we did see them almost make it through the LCQ event with SBI|Hibiki and SML|Randumb taking them to at least the top 16, but Problem X’s Blanka could not be stopped.
It was looking for a while like we could have gotten another Rashid or Cammy in the main event too in the hands of Chat|JB and FLY|Punk too despite JPs being the most picked character across the LCQ.
You can check out the final breakdown for Capcom Cup participants below.
• Luke – 9 (2)
• Ken – 8 (1)
• Dee Jay – 6 (1)
• JP – 4 (1)
• Juri – 4 (1)
• Guile – 4
• Chun-Li – 3
• Dhalsim – 3
• Blanka – 2
• Cammy – 1 (1)
• Rashid – 1
• Marisa – 1
• Ryu – 1
• Zangief – 1
• Kimberly – 0
• E. Honda – 0
• Lily – 0
• A.K.I. – 0
• Jamie – 0
• Manon – 0
Note: Numbers in parenthesis represent secondary / side character choices for their qualifying event. Contributions to this story were made by Dakota ‘DarkHorse’ Hills.