good article...i dont consider myself a low tier hero but a lot of chars i like in games happen to be low tier, but theyre luck might change in the next installment of a game and ill still stick with em
for instance, bruce was my favorite character to use in t5
r and he was considered the worst char in the game
then t6 came and hes a top 5 character....i could tell the differences right away, a lot of his stuff doing way more damage, thanks to the bounce system and his new muay thai stance, which also has some good safe moves
i always like the kickboxer type street tough looking fighters, and bruce is also easy to use....if i were to get into ssf4 if i had people to play id probably start with adon as one of my mains
also i dont think you should stray away from high tiers characters in games just cuz they are high tier and everyone else uses them...if you like the char use it. there was tons of chars i loved using in mka that were considered by many to be low tier, and i used them so much and had so much success with them that even after a while i personally didnt think they were low tier...
thats the mistake i made about high tiers in mka where i didnt want to use chars like sareena for a while...all thatll do is lower your skill with that char and when fighting against them, even though i like her as a character and gameplay wise, i thought people would get pissed and call me cheap but fuck em right lol...then when i started using her it was fucked up...
in mkdc i really loved using flash and kahn...they were the first chars i learned...and they turned out to be top tier chars and i stuck with them anyways and glad i did, i developed so many of my own tricks and strats with em...
and now ive been getting into umk3, ive always liked kabal in that game, and i been liking chars like ermac, human smoke, sonya, kano and nightwolf as well
personally i try to ignore or not read tier lists for games because i dont want it clouding my judgment or mentality in a wrong way, that wont help you if you dont even know all the specific matchups...u shouldnt use a char just cuz theyre the best or not use just cuz theyre the worst...also if someone pick high tier you shouldnt always be like oh no they gonna kick my ass...or if they pick low tier dont be like haha this is gonna be easy