Character Rankings/Argly902

You want to share your own rankings??? This is the place! Below there's a list of all characters, ordered by in game number. You only got to them from worst to best. You can do this by cut and paste them until they are in the correct order. Please be sure that you inserted your correct name. If you aren't logged in, put in your IP Adress. Intro: To be clear, this won't be a typical "best to worst" kind of ranking. I'm just going to run through all the characters and tell you the pros/cons and generally everything you need to know about most of the current roster. Just look for the character you need, and you'll find what you need to know. I've played pretty much every character (mon-k and devil not as much because they patched the play any char glitch) but some quick edits allowed me to unlock every other character.

Format: I'll give a qualitative analysis/rating initially, followed by explanation. I'll avoid the issues of why is ____ higher rated than ____ and so on so forth. I'll voice my opinion. You can decide how to interpret it, but I'll try to make it clear without making anything a number. I'll add a + or - to express extra degree. I'll try to keep it standard, but hopefully it'll be obvious enough so you can draw your own conclusion.

Will differentiate between air, ground, and counter shot later on.

Disclaimer: This is all my opinion and my experiences. Feel free to respectfully disagree and suggest constructive changes

Disclaimer 2: Currently a WIP. Will update in chunks until finished.

South Korea  Against CPU: Mediocre || Against Human: Poor || Overall: Mediocre-

So here we have him. The beginner character, the most generic one you can get. His powershot is a simple straight line that travels with moderate force and reasonably high speed. Against a CPU, if you jump high enough (but not so high that it hits the crossbar), they will have a smaller chance of countering and it might graze their head and go into the goal.

Against a human player, expect to get countered frequently. It's predictable, and can be deflected into your own goal. Humans know how to rush and block instead of standing back like the AI.

Overall, he's an ordinary character. He can be played so he's not properly bad, but he'll never be good.

Cameroon Against CPU: Poor || Against Human: Poor || Overall: Poor

Second character, similar to Korea in most regards. Pretty much same shot with a twist.

Against CPU, he does quite poorly. His shot doesn't score by itself (unlike Korea, who can sometimes glance it over the enemy's head). Gets countered a lot later on, and the effect is mediocre and not extremely helpful.

Against a human player, his shot travels a little lower than Korea I feel, and even easier to block/counter. I wouldn't say it's 100% awful, but it's pretty damn close.

Overall, he gets a "poor" rating. He's not completely horrible, but he's a step down from Korea imo.

Nigeria Against CPU: Mediocre- || Against Human: Mediocre || Overall: Mediocre-

Our first reasonable character. If his shot hits, you pretty much get a free goal if you do it right.

Against CPU, he gets countered a lot. Not quite Italy ridiculous, but later on expect to have trouble from unique counterattacks. His shot moves fast, so he gets some credit. Newbie friendly.

Against humans, his shot moves pretty fast and is a little hard to see. Better against humans in my opinion.

Overall, he's a pretty average character. His strengths and weaknesses balance out mostly, leaning towards being a bad character though.

USA Against CPU: Poor- || Against Human: Mediocre- || Overall: Poor

His gimmick is interesting, but not at all useful really.

Against CPU, he's pretty bad. His only saving grace is getting a guaranteed goal when you use his shot super close to the enemy goal. However, the invisibility gimmick doesn't work on CPUs, but it works against you. Gimmick is utterly useless here. Awful pick against CPUs, since they can see the ball, counter the shot, etc.

Against human, he's a tad better. Invisibility works against you both, so it's neutral. Also, close to goal gimmick is still applicable.

Overall, he's a disappointing character. If only his invisible ball was coded to be more useful.

Japan Against CPU: Poor || Against Human: Mediocre || Overall: Mediocre

Behold the land of the rising sun. Being a first gen character, he's outdated and pretty boring compared to the new ninja in town, Indonesia. But that aside...

Against CPU, he's not that great. The trick behind his shot is that the enemy can get feinted, but the CPU knows exactly which beam holds the ball, making it useless.

Against humans, he's a little better. Even experienced players mess up every now and then, jumping too early or too late. But it's still a gimmick that can be trained against pretty easily.

Overall, he's just ok.

Russia Against CPU: Mediocre- || Against Human: Mediocre || Overall: Mediocre- 

Russia. Such an expensive unlock. By the time you get him, he's useless to you...

Against CPU, he's ok. Kind of like Korea, especially since his shot starts out higher than other straight-line shots. Freeze is basically cameroon effect 2.0, so not super useful

Against humans, he's a step up from Korea. His shot starts out high, so it can be harder to counter. It's a matter of getting used to it, but it's something.

Overall, he's in the same group as cameroon, Korea, and USA

Argentina Against CPU: Mediocre || Against Human: Mediocre || Overall: Mediocre

His shot is pretty cool, and hard to block at first, but like with Egypt, it's a gimmick pretty much.

Against CPU, they mess up their jump timing due to the delay. If you use it high, they have a good chance at messing up and not blocking it. However, this strategy is far form reliable. Since it isn't a middle sized ball, it can get deflected

Against human, it's about the same. Humans can get used to the delay, but it's still hard to counter because you can't see the ball. It takes a lot of experience to pull it off consistently. If you use it high, they can't really deflect it back into your own goal most of the time, and the shot tosses you, so it isn't completely horrible effect.

Overall, he's pretty reasonable, but outdated.

Italy Against CPU: Poor || Against Human: Poor- || Overall: Poor

Italy. Another disappointment really.

Against CPUs, he gets countered almost all the time. But barring unique counters, you can probably beat the CPU in terms of exchanging counters. Good for unlock requirements. He just barely gets out of being completely awful

Against humans, same deal. But the enemy human can counter more reliably than a CPU if he as some degree of experience.

Overall, he's not that good. Not worst, but unreliable late game.

Brazil Against CPU: Decent || Against Human: Mediocre || Overall: Mediocre+

He's a first gen character, so he's not that strong nowadays, but better back then.

Against CPU, use powershot at midline and he's basically unstoppable. Problem is, if you're forced to use it too far back, the shot is useless. Humans are better at setting up than CPUs, but he can't go past decent.

Against Humans, he's not that good even with good setup because it can be countered. Luckily for Brazil, if they don't have a unique counter, the shot is useless from their goal (where they counter it if you set it up right). But outside of that, he's pretty average.

Overall, he's an ok character. He deserves more than say Japan or Russia, but he's too outdated now.

Germany Against CPU: Good+ || Against Human: Good || Overall: Good

Back in the good old days, Germany was among the most OP of the roster. He's aged pretty well.

Against CPU, jump, and they will probably mess up and let one ball in. It's a pretty good shot, but not as good as it used to be

Against Human, he's still good if you use it high. But humans with experience know how to move back and block the ball. Hard to counter still, but can be blocked or deflected into your own goal if done very well.

Overall, he's the best character so far, and despite his age, can be used for a lot of game modes.

Spain Against CPU: Strong || Against Human: Good || Overall: Strong-

Another early character who has aged well.

Against CPU, he's even better than Germany. You can camp near the back, almost 100% goal even against higher level CPU. Only issue is that he works best for one spot and one spot only.

Against human, he's still pretty good. Very experienced players can block his shot from wherever in their sleep, but that doesn't make it easy. You can still mess up or get knocked out quite often depending.

Overall, he's no longer top tier, but quite good for a character that old.

France Against CPU: Decent || Against Human: Decent || Overall: Decent

His niche remains the same throughout the ages.

Against CPU, use on midlines, 100% goal, no questions asked

Against human, use on midline, 100% goal, no questions asked.

Overall, he's a good character. But you 100% need to be inside a small area for his shot to work.

United Kingdom

Mexico

Netherlands

Cyborg

Kepler 22B

Turkey

Portugal

Devil

Canada

Chile

Poland

Asura

Egypt

Valentine

Super Saiyan

Ireland

China

Greece

New Zealand

Sweden

Z

Israel

Australia

Denmark

Luxembourg

Colombia

Romania

South Africa

Austria

Thailand

Saudi Arabia

Switzerland

Singapore

Belgium

Pluto

Croatia

Uruguay

Hungary

India

Hong Kong

Ecuador

Mon-K