Street Fighter 6 Tier List – Best Characters in the Game

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Street Fighter 6 launched with 18 different characters that come with unique fighting styles that set them apart from one another. While some of the characters belong to a general archetype, the small details make the difference and make them more or less effective, depending on the situation and the matchup.

Even without considering personal skills and matchup knowledge, some characters in Street Fighter 6 are clearly above the others and have an easier time racking up wins. The meta, however, will shift as the developer introduces balance changes, so consider this tier list as a sort of journal that chronicles how competitive Street Fighter 6 will change for the duration of its lifespan.

Street Fighter 6 has only been released, but I have already had the chance to spend plenty of time with the final version of the game, time I used to try out all the characters and see what they are capable of doing. Unfortunately, during the review period, servers were live only for a few days, and the online population was obviously small, so I still have to build a decent matchup knowledge that would allow me to come up with a proper tier list. So, for the launch window, the best that I can do is to make some predictions based on this limited experience and knowledge.

The characters most Street Fighter 6 players will be more familiar with during the launch window are the eight that were available in the three betas - Luke, Jaime, Kimberly, Ryu, Ken, Guile, Chun-Li, and Juri. While the final version of the game introduced changes to all of them over the older builds, they don't significantly change how they play, so those that were extremely strong in the betas remain just as good in the final version of the game.

In my opinion, Guile wi