Author Topic: Mains in Fighting Games! (Read 4540 times)

Meeplelard · « **on:** January 31, 2011, 01:36:11 AM »

Playing a bunch of fighting games lately, and looking forward to a couple of releases, I suddenly became curious in what everyone's main is in Fighting Games they play.

Naturally, I mean main in the sense of "Who do you tend to work best with?" or "Who do you use if you want to win?" or whatever you define "Main" as in a Fighting game. Naturally, you can have multiple too! How you define a Fighting Game is up to you, but I request that you at least put some bar on your definition. For example, saying Smash Brothers series is a fighting game is fair, cause by some definitions, it fits (I bring it up mostly cause some will argue ITS NOT A REAL FIGHTING GAME!!!), but bringing up, say, Mario Kart is not (shut up about Battle Mode), since that's clearly a different genre, if also a competitive game.

So yeah, just curious who you use in what game, and why, if you feel like explaining that! Feel free to post more than once as you come up with more games or things change, etc.

Meeplelard · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2011, 01:42:54 AM »

Tatsunoko vs. Capcom: Been waffling between a few potential choices, but thinking on going with Morrigan+Tekkamen Blade as things stands. Other potential characters I'm trying to learn/consider using are Ryu, Casshan, Zero, Jun the Swan, Chun-li and MAYBE Saki.

Reason: I generally like how Shotos play, so Ryu and Morrigan are often people I adhere too, and I find in Vs. games, I tend to favor Morrigan over the two. Tekkamen Blade is someone who just clicked with me, while being varied.

Super Street Fighter 4: Ryu and E. Honda.
Trying to learn Juri, Seth and Dudley.

Reason: See comment about Shotos above for Ryu explanation, now just put Ryu in Morrigan's place, and "Ken and Akuma" in Ryu's place! Confused? Good! E. Honda is mostly someone who I tend to do well with, and those who watch me say I am playing him right and should stick with him so...yeah. The 3 others...well, I like how Juri plays, Seth seems like he'd be fun if used properly which I feel I can get eventually, and Dudley...HE'S FREAKNIG DUDLEY SHUT UP.

Street Fighter 2 (all version): Ryu

This shouldn't shock anyone if you were at DLC2 <_<, and I'm not going to explain why!

Marvel vs. Capcom 2: Morrigan/Shuma-Gorath/Captain America.
Considering tossing someone like B. B. Hood or Iron Man in Captain America's place.

Reason: Morrigan is explained already more or less, Shuma-Gorath is just really fun to play as, and Captain America seems to compliment my style well, though would like a slight bit more variety, so looking for potential's to replace that 3rd slot.

Gonna stop with explanations from here cause lazy!

Super Smash Brothers: Pikachu.
Super Smash Brothers Melee: Marth
Super Smash Brothers Brawl: Pikachu, Ike, Lucario, Marth and Kirby (so I have 5 mains, what of it?)
Darkstalkers 3: Morrigan, Lord Raptor
Soul Calibur 2: Cassandra
Soul Calibur 4: Cassandra or Sophitia, depends on my mood
King of Fighters Series Collective: Kyo, K', and either Yuri or Terry Bogard
Capcom vs. SNK 2: Akuma, Evil Ryu, Kyo, Hibiki, Haomaru, Nakaruru
Street Fighter Alpha 3: Evil Ryu
Dissidia: Terra, back ups of Squall, Sephiroth, and Firion

I'll probably add more at a later time.

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2011, 04:05:23 AM »

I like speedy, dodgy, long-range characters. If they die to a sneeze, I'll probably use them.

Smash Bros (All) : Pikachu
BlazBlue : Noel Vermillion
Soul Edge/Calibur: Seung Mina, Kilik, Xianghua
Tatsunoko vs. Capcom : Yattaman
Street Fighters/Capcom games where she exists: Cammy
Marvel games: Psylocke, Cyclops
Dissidia : Terra
Jump Ultimate Stars : Naruto, Linaly, Luffy, Eve
Mortal Kombat (lol) : Sub-Zero, Sonya
Castlevania Judgment (most important item on this list) : Maria Renard

Meeplelard · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2011, 04:42:30 AM »

So Djinn...how do you make TvC team with only one character <.<?

DjinnAndTonic · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2011, 05:06:53 AM »

I just kinda rotate among a bunch of different secondary characters.

Tide · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:17:21 AM »

So Meeple, does Star Ocean 3 count?!

Guilty Gear XX AC: For the brief time I played it, I used Ky mostly.
Marvel v Capcom: Strider/Gambit. I use Megaman and Captain Commando as well, but Strider/Gambit is the main team
Marvel v Capcom 2: Megaman/Guile/Jill. I use Gambit/Strider/CapCom as well.
Melty Blood AC: Shiki. I've practiced with WLen, but yeeeah
Street Fighter Alpha 3: Guy
Street Fighter 3: 3rd Strike: Yang
Super Smash Brothers: Fox
Super Smash Brothers Melee: Falco
Super Smash Brothers Brawl: Falco

Luther Lansfeld · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:46:14 AM »

Super Smash Brothers anything: People with hammers

Dark Holy Elf · « **Reply #7 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:49:24 AM »

SF2 - Chun Li
Mortal Kombat 1-2 - Scorpion
Marvel vs. Capcom 2 - Mega Man [not buying MvC3], Shuma-Gorath, Spider-Man/Cammy
Smash 64 - Luigi
Smash Melee - Samus
Smash Brawl - Pikachu
Soul Calibur 2 - Sophitia, ~~David Bowie~~ Raphael, Kilik, Xianghua
Soul Calibur 3 - Sophitia, Cassandra, Kilik, Xianghua

These are the fighting games I have sunk considerable hours into. Most others I dunno if I really settled on a main. Oh wait, totally missed one:

That Naruto fighting game at DLC2 - The girl with the fan

Grefter · « **Reply #8 on:** January 31, 2011, 08:30:21 AM »

Soul Calibur (all of them ever including Soul Blade) - Mitsurugi with either Taki or ~~Raphael~~ David Bowie depending on which half of the series it is, further in the series the worse my Taki play has been.

Tekken (series) - Heihachi. He has like 80% of my playtime in Tekken 3. Yoshimitsu is a far second.

AndrewRogue · « **Reply #9 on:** January 31, 2011, 09:01:47 AM »

Marvel vs Capcom 2: Felicia, Jin Saotome, T. Bonne, Jill Valentine
Capcom vs SNK 2: Vega, Yuri, Rock, Ryuji
Darkstalkers 3: Felicia
Street Fighter Alpha 3: Cody, Vega
Street Fighter 3 Third Strike: Makoto
Street Fighter 4: Vega
Super Street Fighter 4: Cody
Soul Calibur 2: Nightmare
Soul Calibur 3: Siegfried
Soul Calibur 4: Siegfried
Guilty Gear X: Anji Mito
Guilty Gear XX: Anji Mito
BlazBlue Calamity Trigger: Taokaka
BlazBlue Continuum Shift: Hazama
Super Smash Brothers: Samus
Super Smash Brothers Melee: Marth, Roy
Super Smash Brothers Brawl: Marth, Ike
Immaterial and Missing Power: Suika
Melty Blood: Akiha
Bloody Roar 2: Uriko

Carthrat · « **Reply #10 on:** January 31, 2011, 10:24:59 AM »

so many fighting games

SSF4: Juri - I loved her character design instantly. Sensual evil girls, purple colour scheme, Korean...
Blazblue: CS: Makoto - I like her tail.
Guilty Gear: Johnny - beating people up with the power of cash
SF3 TS: Remy - didn't know parrying existed when I mained him
Soul Calibur: Raphael - Honestly I wanted to play him when I saw previews for SC2, solely on the basis that he used a rapier. And I guess he pulled off vampirism pretty well...
Tekken 6: Lili - I have a thing for rich girls who kick people
SFA: Guy - had a mobility other characters just lacked
Smash: Samus - chargeshot boom!
Samurai Shodown: Ukyo - deathly ill man fights for love
Last Blade 2: Setsuna, Hibiki - a pairing that I will gladly ship, even though it really should not be.

MC50 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 31, 2011, 11:04:56 AM »

Some of these games I am half decent at (Smash Bros, Street Fighter, Melty), others I am not (Soul Calibur, Bloody Roar, Guilty Gear), but this is who I use in most fighting games I've played for a little bit of time.

Smash Bros. - Mario, Mr. Game & Watch, Jigglypuff
Blazblue - Nu/Lambda
Soul Calibur - Cassandra/Yun-Seong
Tatsunoko Vs. Capcom - Ken the Eagle/Roll
Super Street Fighter 4 - Gen, Makoto
Dissidia - Firion/Garland/Sephiroth
Melty Blood - Sion, Satsuki
Castlevania Judgment - Grant DaNasty/Maria Renard
Dead or Alive Series - Gen Fu, Kasumi
Bloody Roar Series - Alice the Rabbit
Guilty Gear Series - Ky Kiske, Dizzy
Marvel Vs Capcom 2 - Morrigan, B.B. Hood, Ruby Heart

Probably not much consistency here, but this is a pretty interesting topic, I've played a lot of fighting games, even if I'm not that great at most of them!

SageAcrin · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2011, 11:36:37 AM »

Smash Brothers Melee: Marth.
Smash Brother Brawl: Pikachu.
Melty Blood Act Cadenza: Chaos, Hisui/Kohaku.
Dissidia: Probably CoD but I've never played against humans so take that with a grain of salt.
KoF98: Chang, Mai, Yuri, Athena.
Darkstalkers 3: Demitri
GG#R: Dizzy, I think I settled on at the end there.
SF2: Chun-Li. Tons of people I could call a secondary main, Ryu and Blanka are probably my best though, while Cammy is one I put more into but is a lower tier.
Garou: Hotaru, though I work on Kain a lot because he's a very interesting charger to me.
IaMP: Suika.
SWR: Suika, Suwako.

I've played more fighting games than this a little bit, but ultimately it takes me quite a while to settle on a main. Because I like random too much. >_>

Hunter Sopko · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2011, 11:40:28 AM »

Street Fighter- Cammy
BlazBlue- Jin
BlazBlue: CS- Jin, second Tsubaki
Smash Bros Melee- Dr. Mario
Smash Bros Brawl- Metaknight
Guilty Gear- May
Naruto- Temari, second Ino
Mortal Kombat- Sub-Zero

Ranmilia · « **Reply #14 on:** January 31, 2011, 12:30:50 PM »

Street Fighter 2: Zangief, Dhalsim
Smash 64: Pikachu, Samus
Smash Melee: PICHU (and Samus) ((and a bit of almost everyone))
Smash Brawl: Pikachu, Olimar, Game and Watch, Donkey Kong, haven't really played this enough
Melty Bloods: Chaos, Kohaku (with or without Hisui), Sacchin, bits of almost everyone
Soul Caliburs: Ivy, bits of Raphael and Nightmare aka Siegfried, only really played SC 2 though.
EFZ: Mai, Akane, Rumi
SWRS: Okuu, Sanae, Suika
Bloody Roar stuff years and years ago: Jenna "Press Kick to Win" the Bat

So if you can't tell, I am a zoning whore who can't execute for beans. Strangely close range mauling also works as zoning in reverse.

superaielman · « **Reply #15 on:** January 31, 2011, 01:38:30 PM »

SF2- Guile
SF Alpha: Guy
Marvel Super Heroes: Captain America
MK series: Liu Kang
Soul Blade: Cervantes
Soul Calibur: Siegfried
Rival schools: Sakura (That fireball super counter is cracked the fuck out)

jsh357 · « **Reply #16 on:** January 31, 2011, 03:03:58 PM »

I am a terrible casual, I only play Smash.

64: Ness
Melee: Peach
Brawl: Zelda/Sheik

Nitori · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2011, 03:51:44 PM »

Brawl - DK
MBAC - Akiha
BBCS - Lambda

Fudozukushi · « **Reply #18 on:** January 31, 2011, 04:38:12 PM »

smash 64-Luigi, Ness
smash melee-Pichu, Roy
smash brawl-Ike, Lucario, Wolf

Soul Calibur 2: Talim, Spawn
SoulCalibur 4: Siegfried, Nightmare

Gundam Battle Assualt 2: Heavyarms Custom

marvel vs capcom: Wolverine, Spiderman, Ryu

man, this is depressing

metroid composite · « **Reply #19 on:** January 31, 2011, 06:13:58 PM »

Melee: Falco (Although I like a lot of people, including Marth, Luigi, Game and Watch, Peach. Falco's the one I've done the most SHFFL and Wavedash practice with, though).
Brawl: King Dedede
B+: Good question--Link and Samus are both strong candidates; let's go with Samus.
VF4E: Aoi
SF3:TS: Hugo!!!
GG:XX: May (Not that I can use her, but it's not like I can use anyone in GG; WHATEVER, SHE HITS PEOPLE WITH ANCHORS, SHE IS AWESOME).

And...I don't have strong enough memories of other fighting games to really declare a main. (It's been almost a decade since I played SSB64. And...strangely, I don't remember who I played in Soul Calibur 2, like...at all. Why is this game so unmemorable to me? I've played it more than half of the above games).

Shale · « **Reply #20 on:** January 31, 2011, 07:04:41 PM »

Soul Calibur: Taki and/or Hwang (Assassin in SC2)
Guilty Gear XX: Testament
Smash Bros.: I'm not practiced enough to pick a main, but I like punching people with Donkey Kong.
SF2: Ryu/Ken and Dhalsim

Given that the only fighting games I play enough to actually do anything remotely similar to competing are GGXX and SC, and in one of them I play the quick-strike ninja while I use the slow-as-molasses trap specialist in the other, I'm not sure what that says about my playstyle.

Cotigo · « **Reply #21 on:** January 31, 2011, 07:17:51 PM »

SC2: Talim
SC3: Kilik
Melee: Rotated between Falco, Peach, Fox, and a few others.
Brawl: Lucas

VySaika · « **Reply #22 on:** January 31, 2011, 08:05:14 PM »

Street Fighter 2: Chun Li
Third Strike: Makoto
Alpha Series: Sakura.
(Super)Street Fighter 4: Abel, Sakura
Smash 64: Link, Samus
Smash Melee: Link
Smash Brawl: Pika, Ike
King of Fighters '98: '95 Kyo, Terry Bogard, Clark
Garou: Terry.
Melty Blood AC: Tohno Shiki, Tohno Akiha
Battle Fantasia: Urs.
BlazBlue CT: Noel.
BlazBlue CS: Bang.
Soul Calibur: Kilik.
Soul Calibur 2: Kilik, Link.
Soul Calibur 3: Generic Katana Style, Siegfreid, Mitsurugi.
Soul Calibur 4: Kilik, Mitsurugi.
Scarlet Weather Rhapsody S: Hong Meiling, Komachi
Dissidia: Squall, Bartz, Onion Knight

I'm probably forgetting some, but that's what I can think of off the top of my head. I play alot of fighting games, but I'm not too good at any of them sadly.

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #23 on:** January 31, 2011, 08:38:44 PM »

My general style is to play the zoning/spacing-heavy characters. I'm sorta biased towards speedy combo fiends too, but I like to have -some- range with them too. But really, if you have zoning/spacing shenanigans or a strong projectile/air game, you likely have my attention.

MvC1: Strider Hiryu, Megaman
KoF (general): Chris, Shermie, Kasumi, King, Bao, Athena, Malin
Melty Blood: Nero Chaos, Hisui
Street Fighter: Never settled on a main. Closest to one is Karin, SFA3.
Immaterial and Missing Power: Alice Margatroid, Yukari Yakumo, Patchouli Knowledge, Yuyuko Saigyouji, in that order.
Garou: Hotaru, Hokutomaru, Dong Hwan
Last Blade: Akari
Dissidia: Kefka, Terra, Kuja (whoops, knew I forgot someone)
Darkstalkers 3: B. B. Hood
MvC 2: Strider Hiryu, Tron Bonne, B. B. Hood

Sierra · « **Reply #24 on:** January 31, 2011, 09:14:53 PM »

GGXXAC: Millia, May, Axl
SFA3: Rose, Adon
BB: Ragna, Noel

That constitutes the entirety of my fighting game experience (OH WAIT I forgot Eternal Champions, Larsen for cat-burglar style). Well, and a helluva lot of SF2 in high school. Was mostly a Chun-li player then but for some reason just find her less fun in more recent versions. Haven't played enough SF4 to be sure of who I like most there, memory says Sakura, though.

Anyway, can't string together a good combo of normals to save my life, so I really need fighters with a balanced array of special attacks. Some ranged ability is good but most importantly I need some damage moves that propel the character with something other than normal movement, to make approaching the enemy easier. I abuse the shit out of those. I cannot ever perform 360-degree movements properly on a controller, so any fighter relying on those is unusable for me.

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Author Topic: Mains in Fighting Games! (Read 4540 times)