The largest fighting game event ever is currently entering its home stretch, but the action isn’t quite done yet.
With over 10,000 competitors signed up to battle it out across the 8 mainstage titles at Evo 2024 this weekend, we’ve put together the top character stats breakdowns for Guilty Gear Strive, Street Fighter 3: Third Strike, Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising and Under Night In-Birth II Sys:Celes.
Starting out with Guilty Gear, we ended up seeing every character be used by at least 2 players in the top 128 with a single exception.
Despite all of his nerfs and system changes since last year, Happy Chaos was still at the top of the leaderboard of popularity with 8 competitors taking him to the upper brackets with previous Evo champ TSM|Leffen and Jack taking the gunslinger to top 8 though not all the way this time.
He wasn’t the only one at the top, however, with Ky, Sol, Leo and Chipp all hitting that 8 mark as well.
The only character seemingly absent from the stats was interestingly Elphelt.
With 2,064 players signed up for Strive at Evo this year, the top 128 here represents the best 6% of competitors who made it the farthest.
• Happy Chaos — 8
• Ky Kiske — 8
• Sol Badguy — 8
• Leo — 8
• Chipp — 8
• Slayer — 7
• Baiken — 7
• Faust — 6
• Johnny — 6
• Bridget — 6
• Nagoriyuki — 5 (1)
• A.B.A — 5
• Goldlewis Dickinson — 5
• Testament — 5
• Jack-O — 4
• Ramlethal Valentine — 4
• May — 3
• Anji Mito — 3
• I-No — 3
• Axl — 3
• Giovanna — 2 (1)
• Sin — 2
• Bedman — 2
• Millia — 2
• Zato-1 — 2
• Asuka — 2
• Potemkin — 2
• Elphelt — 0
• Unknown — 2
Moving on to the first Street Fighter to get through their tournament was the largest Third Strike event in history with just over 1,100 players signed up for the game’s 25th anniversary.
Unsurprisingly, Chun-Li was the most popular character by far with 14 players using her in the top 64 followed by Ken at 8.
Funnily enough, however, Yun wasn’t even in the top 5 for usage getting beaten out by Dudley, Makoto and Urien too.
We ended up seeing every character but Sean, Yang and Q played as main picks, and that even includes Elena and Hugo reaching the final stage.
These stats also represent around the top 6% of Third Strike players at Evo.
• Chun-Li — 14
• Ken — 8 (1)
• Dudley — 7
• Makoto — 5 (1)
• Urien — 4
• Yun — 3
• Hugo — 3
• Necro — 3
• Ryu — 3
• Ibuki — 3
• Akuma — 3
• Remy — 3
• Elena — 2 (1)
• Oro — 1
• Alex — 1
• Twelve — 1
• Sean — 0 (1)
• Yang — 0
• Q — 0
• Gill — Banned
As for Granblue, Nier dominated the stats for the top 64 with 9 players taking her far into the tournament, which isn’t surprising given her competitive performance ever since the game released.
She was followed up by Belial, Seox and 2B as the most popular fighters among the best, but we got to see most at least once.
The only ones who didn’t see main play were Lucilius, Gran, Katalina, Soriz, Vira and Avatar Belial.
With almost 1,400 signed up for Versus Rising’s first Evo, this top 64 represents the 4.6% of players who made it the farthest in the big bracket.
• Nier — 9
• Belial — 6
• Seox — 5 (2)
• 2B — 4
• Beatrix — 3 (2)
• Siegfried — 3 (1)
• Lowain — 3
• Zooey — 3
• Djeeta — 3
• Grimnir — 3
• Vaseraga — 3
• Cagliostro — 2
• Percival — 2
• Zeta — 2
• Yuel — 2
• Charlotta — 1 (1)
• Beelzebub — 1
• Eustace — 1
• Anila — 1
• Anre — 1
• Metera — 1
• Lancelot — 1
• Ladiva — 1
• Narmaya — 1
• Ferry — 1
• Vane — 1
• Lucilius — 0 (1)
• Gran — 0
• Katalina — 0
• Soriz — 0
• Vira — 0
• Avatar Belial — 0
Finally, we have Under Night’s first Evo too where no one character really ran away with the popularity.
Eltnum and Merkava were the most used fighters for UNI2 though they only had 3 representatives each while 9 others were used twice.
The only ones left out of the fun were Waldstein, Orie, Vatista, Phonon, Enkidu and Uzuki.
Nearly 800 players signed up for Under Night this year, so this top 32 showcases the best 4% of competitors for the anime fighter.
You can also find out previous stat breakdowns for Mortal Kombat 1 an The King of Fighters 15 here too at Evo.
• Eltnum — 3
• Merkava — 3
• Kuon — 2
• Carmine — 2
• Londrekia — 2
• Seth — 2
• Byakuya — 2
• Kaguya — 2
• Chaos — 2
• Yuzuriha — 2
• Linne — 2
• Akatsuki — 1 (1)
• Wagner — 1
• Hilda — 1
• Gordeau — 1
• Hyde — 1
• Tsurugi — 1
• Mika — 1
• Nanase — 1
• Waldstein — 0
• Orie — 0
• Vatista — 0
• Phonon — 0
• Enkidu — 0
• Uzuki — 0