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Daigo lists his top 10 fighters in Ultra Street Fighter 4, feels Sagat is weak now




MCZ|Daigo Umehara expressed who he thought the strongest characters are in Ultra Street Fighter 4, in the latest issue of Arcadia Magazine.

EventHubs' Nicholas "MajinTenshinhan" Taylor provided this translation, with help from Zhi, where Umehara breaks down the top 10 fighters, along with a few other opinions.

Like many others, Daigo feels that Yun is the best fighter in the game, saying "His #1 status is off putting, but for different reasons than in his SSF4 Arcade Edition iteration."

Daigo's Ultra Street Fighter 4 strongest 10, not including Yun

- Cammy
- Fei Long
- Dudley
- Evil Ryu
- Makoto
- Ibuki
- C. Viper
- Juri
- Adon
- Rufus (maybe?)

No word was given if this list was in order, or not.

Daigo said he was unsure about Rufus specifically.

Here are a few more notes from the write up.

- Akuma and Rose are really good too.
- Adon and Rose got better defense.
- Ken is right in the middle.
- Sagat is weak.
- Evil Ryu can fight top tier such as Cammy and Fei Long, but he has tough match ups against some mid tier characters, contrary to Ryu.

Source: Arcadia Magazine, image from Karaface. Additional contributions to this story by Cheng Kai "KarbyP" Sim.

Daigo: 'I switched from Ryu to Evil Ryu because of Yun'; Ken, Akuma, Sagat are mid-tier but viable



Earlier this week, we posted a summarised excerpt from MCZ|Daigo's column in the latest issue of Arcadia magazine in Japan.

The exerpt itself was centered around Daigo's thoughts on the character tiers in Ultra Street Fighter 4. But as it turns out, the column itself was quite a bit longer, and contained a few more nuggets of info from The Beast himself.

For instance, MCZ|Daigo said that Yun was actually the main reason why he switched from Ryu to Evil Ryu. He also expressed his thoughts on where Ryu, Ken, Akuma and Sagat stand in the tiers.

Arcadia magazine's Morikawa: Everyone's probably been wondering about this, but can you please share with us your thoughts on character tiers in Ultra Street Fighter 4? Which characters are strong?

MCZ|Daigo: The strongest would definitely be Yun.

Arcadia: How strong would you say he is, compared to in AE?

MCZ|Daigo: In AE, ultimately there were three characters in the highest tier: Yun, Yang and Fei Long. And even in vanilla SF4, although you could say that Sagat was definitely the strongest character in the game, Akuma and Rufus were also up there.

Compared to those versions, this time Yun is so strong that you could say he is practically in his own tier. Although Yun does have a hard time against all of the new characters, across the board.

Arcadia: So you mean, overall, there are a lot of characters who have a hard time winning against Yun?

MCZ|Daigo: Yes, I believe so. In fact, it's the reason why I switched to Evil Ryu as my main. When fighting against Yun as Ryu, I thought "yikes, this is a pretty tough match-up".

And when I began to think about what I needed to overcome this match-up, well, to begin with I'd definitely need more attack power. Because I need to be able to punish command grabs with a painful counter-attack.

For those reasons, I decided to go with Evil Ryu. There were other concerns I had, of course, but it just so happened that picking Evil Ryu worked out with all of those concerns, and on top of that, E.Ryu could take on the top class character Yun.

Arcadia: So you're saying, Evil Ryu is a counter for Yun?

MCZ|Daigo: No, that's not what I mean. Although Evil Ryu can go toe-to-toe against Yun, in terms of character tiers, Evil Ryu himself is quite a bit lower. Although I'd say Evil Ryu is within the upper echelons of the tier, he's definitely not anywhere near Yun's tier.

Daigo goes on to list the top 10 characters, after Yun, which you can see in our previous story here.

To clarify further, this is what Daigo's tier list for the top 11 characters looks like:

- Yun
- Cammy, Fei Long
- Dudley, Evil Ryu, Makoto, Ibuki, C. Viper, Juri, Adon, Rufus

Daigo also clarifies that this list is based purely on characters who stood out, based on what he's seen. He also says that Ryu and Ken are right in the middle of the tiers.

Arcadia: What about Sagat? Looks like he has unfortunately not made the upper tiers this time.

MCZ|Daigo: Yep, he doesn't make it there. Well, if you look at it that way, apart from the top tier, the rest is unexpectedly quite normal. Like a normal tier list, really. Even the characters who have not made it into the higher echelons this time are quite viable. For instance, Akuma and... ah, Rose is pretty strong this time, too.

Poongko not going to EVO

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Topanga Charity Cup 4 - Ultra Street Fighter 4 live stream ft. Daigo, Sako, Tokido, Kazunoko, Bonchan, Fuudo and many others







The 4th Topanga Charity Cup is kicking off tonight with some glorious Ultra Street Fighter 4 action. This will be a 5-on-5 tournament taking place at Plaza Capcom Iruma, and many of Japan's best players will be in attendance.

Players expected to compete include MCZ|Daigo, MCZ|Tokido, Hori|Sako, Kazunoko, Bonchan, RZR|Fuudo, and many more.

All of the action will be streamed on Twitch, as opposed to the usual Nico broadcast. This means viewers outside of Japan should have no problem being a stream monster for this event.

You'll find a list of the teams competing and the live stream embed below.

- MCZ|Tokido, HORI|Sako, Kazunoko, Bonchan, RZR|Fuudo (Kachitagari)
- MCZ|Daigo, MCZ|Mago, Nyanshi, BE|Nemo, Misse (Topanga)
- KSK, R, Nekojita, Sentosu, Oshino Pepe
- Yossan, Younashi, aiai, Waike, Shin (all Juri)
- Amiyu, Hagejin, Ojisan, 666, Shimauta
- NISHIKIN, Eita, Kenzo, Yoshio, Tsukiji
- Zangitan, StormKUBO, Twiggy, Iori, anton

Notable players in other teams: Shiro, Kindevu, Kaybetsu, Matsugoro, ACQUA, Hakagi, Fenrir, Cojiro

Why did that fool Mr Wizard schedule EVO for the weekend of the World Cup final?

vespesianus wrote: »

Why did that fool Mr Wizard schedule EVO for the weekend of the World Cup final?

We got an official EVO thread though

New balance update announced lol, Edition Select coming to online for endless battle!

Combofiend: Ultra Street Fighter 4 balancing isn't finished, cites issues with Yun, Seth & Dee Jay - Edition Select coming online via update



There's an update to Ultra Street Fighter 4 in the works, but it may just address hit box issues and bugs that have been discovered.

During a panel at EVO 2014, Capcom's Peter "Combofiend" Rosas reportedly said balance work isn't finished yet on the game, specifically citing issues with Yun, Seth and Dee Jay.

Despite these statements, it's not confirmed that another balance patch will be available for USF4, once again, outside of fixing bugs and hit box problems.

In positive news though, Edition Select, which lets you select any version of the characters from the SF4 series will be making its way online.

Also, the option to make the training ? perform a delayed wake up will also be added into the game, via a future update.

During the panel, Capcom showed off how the tier lists look in the U.S. and Japan, which MetalMusicMan took a photo of.




Capcom said they're looking into online issues, but there's nothing concrete to talk about, yet.

There was no confirmed timeline for the Edition Select, delay standing mechanic in training mode, and hitbox/bug fixes to be made available, but they're expected to come soon.

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