There are characters in this game, like any other fighting game that are low tier considered, and in order to win you have to play better and have better strategy, speed of thought, etc. than most people need to win with other stronger characters, it's much harder for any Zangief to win a tournament than a Nash or Ryu for example. The only character that I see as bad is Zangief in SF V, Fang I see as having to overwork but still can be in the mix of top spots, having a Fang win first place at a CPT event and placing #5 and #9 at two other main events speaks of potential, granted it was Xian but still top Ryu and chun Li players have yet to win any. Just some food for thought.