Though TSM|Leffen began his professional career with Super Smash Bros. Melee, he’s become quite renowned for his Guilty Gear Strive performances. Some of his notable finishes include a first place finish at Evo 2023, second at CEO 2024, and tied for seventh at Evo 2024.
As such, Leffen has recently decided to release his “Season 3.75” character tier list for Guilty Gear Strive. Overall, Leffen notes that the game feels a lot more balanced with a number of top tiers nerfed and lower tiers buffed, though he also mentions that the latest patch also made the gameplay more volatile.
May, Slayer, and Nagoriyuki are said to be the best characters in the game as they all reside in the S+ tier group. Leffen mentions that these combatants remain as top tier as the latest patch didn’t really nerf them as much as other previous top tiers.
The S tier category contains the most characters as there are 10 that are rated this high. A few examples of characters found here include Ramlethal, Johnny, Happy Chaos, Sol, Goldlewis, Ky, and Leo.
As for the weakest fighters in Guilty Gear Strive, Zato-1 and Baiken, they’ve been positioned in the B+ tier group. Faust, Millia, Bedman, Testament, I-No, and Elphelt reside just above them.
Though these characters do have to work a little harder compared to the top tiers, Leffen is adamant that any character and any player can potentially win. Of course, Leffen also mentions that all the characters are loosely ordered within each category.
Check it all out below:
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