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im just basing these tiers off of tools. Matchup tier list id put mika above Ryu. But honestly a true tier list isn't accounting for mistakes and frankly most of Mikas shenanigans to get in shouldn't work in a perfect world. It's why I don't have Ken that high on my list either. I prefer to put my tiers in a vacuumHonestly, I agree with Daigo on Mika being the same tier as Ryu. It's pretty hard to have a winning matchup vs her because her shenanigans start off of one mistake and you could die. She's very good at blowing up any sloppy play and you have to be on your Ps and Qs. That type of explosive stuff puts matchups more in your favor, really.
Also, I think Rashid is super untapped as a character. I feel like people are writing him off too much still. I'd put him at least higher than 5th tier. And I think Gief might actually be with the 6th tier. Itazan's had a couple good showings, and when Snake Eyez played Tokido in Japan, he was doing stuff that honestly might be pushing him upwards. EX SPD is really silly cuz it basically takes the best of both LP and HP SPD.
And yeah I'm coming around on gief too. Wanna see a little more though.
I dunno about rashid though, but yeah takeuchi is showing some stuff. Like I said. I think there's wiggle room on the bottom, but I think the top 8 is pretty set in stone.