Lastly, I want to highlight that the layout for the tier list's are going to vary from one another. I will also be looking for comparisons and differentiation between the tier lists in hopes to reinforce some of the opinions. I post the tier list, who's the creator and some information on said person that I think could be useful in attempt to try and understand the logic behind their tier placement. I'm also hopeful that this could be good reference to new(er/ish) members who want to try and pick a character, know who to look out for, or just for general knowledge. The purpose of this article is to try and solidify, as best we can, where characters fall in to place.
Note that I've restricted this only to the American Calibur scene (as far as who I asked to provide a tier list). Whether or not you want to deem it credible or ill-informed is entirely up to you.Īll tier list's posted in this article are from members who've been in the competitive community for Soul Calibur for a substantial amount of time and/or has had success via competitive play. It's also important to note that all the tier lists' in this article are opinions. When we see a tier list, there's always going to be a debate in which a lot of people will partake in, "flame wars." This is not the intentions of this article, so please keep discussion civil. I think it's important to honor this notion and get several tier list's from distinguished community member's rather than a group effort on an absolute tier placement. Reasons vary from things like region, the game's life-span, knowledge, and the fact that not everyone will agree on one tier list. Before we dive in, there's a few things we need to lay out when in discussion on tier lists.įirstly, it's damn near impossible to create a solid, 100% accurate tier list.
That being said, I feel it's been a substantial amount of time to try and formulate a tier list. It's been exactly 3 years, 4 months and 7 days from today's date since the release of Soul Calibur V.