Street Fighter 6 players generally agree when it comes to the best, mid, and lowest tier characters in the game. That said, the debate as to how to specifically order these characters rages on with fiery passion, as teasing out who belongs at the top spot remains quite the challenge.
Evo 2023 champion, Angry Bird, offered his two cents on the matter in a recent upload from FGC Birds, and he kind of has two answers. For Angry Bird, the best character in the game and the best tournament character in the game are two different fighters.
As is often the case with this particular character, Akuma has so many tools that it’s hard to argue that he lacks for anything (except health, of course). Pound for pound, Angry Bird feels that the demonic fighter is indeed the best character in the game, but that health factor actually does come into relevancy here.
Life bars tend to melt fairly quickly in Street Fighter 6, especially in the corner. Akuma’s never-ending bag of tricks does grant him the highest potential, according to the Evo champ, but not in the tournament standard best of three match format.
With his 9,000 health, Akuma can afford fewer mistakes than anyone else in the game, and peppering in the fact that sometimes things just don’t go your way, he doesn’t get as many chances on defense as the rest of his roster mates.
Given his glass canon nature, Akuma is Angry Bird’s best character when the format is first to three, but not when it’s best of three. That honor goes to a different (DLC) character entirely, and we’ll let you find out who via the full video below:
What do you think of Angry Bird’s top three? If you agree, is there something to be said about DLC characters being a little too strong relative to their base roster counterparts? Chime into the comments below with your thoughts and opinions.