Do they bother you? How do you react to seeing your character very low on an "official" tier list? Does this influence whom you play, or are you just picking your favourites like me?
I am getting Blazblue ChronoPhantasma soon and I plan to train competitively since I will have some free time when uni is done in a few weeks.
I saw that Kokonoe is god tier (I am so happy she is playable!) but I do not think the tiers mean anything really. In smash bros I play Zelda and own with her. The last time I checked Zelda was the lowest on the tier list, so that bothered me a bit and I started thinking these are utter bollocks.
In street fighter (cannot wait for ultra) I play Cammy. She is a relatively good character and is way on top of the tier list. I am still an intermediate player with her and by no means am advanced.
I really got into Noel in the first Blazblue. I was really damn good with her and even learned some sweet combos. I want to do this again for the next Blazblue and step up my game with Cammy in SF.
What do you think of tiers? Are tier lists just something for elitist people to brag about? I am fully aware that Meta Knight is S tier for a reason in brawl btw.
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I don't know much about fighting games (I'd like to change that though!), but from my experience with games like League of Legends there's always flavor of the month characters which people flock to because they're the best, after a while the metagame gets broken by some intrepid group of people and everyone flocks over to a new corner of the room. I'm not sure to what degree fighting games are dynamically balanced (I imagine not), but it certainly helps to facilitate a shifting metagame as opposed to a strict list of tiers.