With a gold and two silver Evo medals between them, Big and Angry Bird, together on YouTube known as the FGC Birds, have built up quite the authority behind their Street Fighter opinions.
The pair recently came up with a top five character list for Street Fighter 6 following the latest patch that both introduced newcomer Terry Bogard and re-balanced a handful of existing roster members.
There has been some contention (when is there not?) about who the strongest picks are right now with characters like Rashid, M. Bison, Ed, Ken, Akuma, and Cammy often brought up as top contenders. Luke and JP, top tiers of season 1 who were both heavily nerfed in Season 2, may be creeping back up tier lists thanks to recent buffs.
The jury still may be out on Terry since he’s so new, but we will say that BigBird has some early placement potential for him and both competitors note which characters they think Terry fares well against. In fact, if you’re hoping to get more on Terry we have a full review out articulating the good, bad and ugly when it comes to Mr. Bogard.
You can hear them list whom they think are the best of the best in game right now in the full video below. BigBird offers his top five starting at the 7:30 mark while Angry gives his at about 9:45:
Though they were early, the Birds weren’t the first to offer their thoughts on SF6’s top tiers following the Terry patch. We recently shared Saishunkan|Nemo’s full tier list, which differs decently from the Birds’.
Tell us you current top five in the comments below, and let us know if you think any of the Birds’ picks are especially on point or off base.