Known as a game series that showcases fighters from all over the world,Street Fighter 6’s roster is one of the most diverse in the history of this legendary fighting game. With every entry in the series,Capcomconstantly introduces fresh new characters for new players to learn the ropes and veterans to lab creative combos with.
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Street Fighter’s mainstays like Ryu and Ken will always find themselves back in the roster for players who love their classic “Shoto” style characters, but if you want to feel pain while practicing your trials, characters like Dhalsim and the new Psycho Power wielding, JP will draw your attention easily.
18Ryu
Although Capcom has a ranking for each character’s difficulty, it is safe to say that Ryu is one of the easier characters available in the game. Ryu’s traditionalground-based footsies gameplayis Street Fighter at its core.
With great pokes, and tools to stop even the strongest player, like a fireball and uppercut, this midrange Shotokan master is always a great choice for beginners looking to learn the game.
17Guile
Guile and Ryu are two sides of the same coin. While Ryu relies on motion inputs, Guile uses charge inputs. To use his iconic Sonic Boom, you must first hold back for a second, then flick forward, followed by a Punch button.
Guile gameplay will be vastly different from Ryu’s. The flattop airman will find himself most comfortable when keeping his distance from an opponent. Guile is looking to zone them out with Sonic Booms and smack them out of the air with Flash Kicks. With a smaller repertoire of Special Moves,Guile is a great pick if you want to control space from afar, but you don’t want to memorize spreadsheets filled with inputs while you’re at it.
16Luke
The new poster child for Street Fighter, Luke is a great pickup if you want someone easy to pick up, yet hard to master. The CQC expert has tools quite similar to Ryu and other Shotokan characters. He has a fireball, uppercut, forward moving Special Move, but he differentiates himself by having follow-up attacks on his Special Moves that add a splash of MMA to his fighting style.
While he may seem simple and a bit like a flowchart, knowing when to use his follow-ups to position yourself to continue your pressure is where the Luke magic lies.
15Lily
T-Hawk was a menace in the Street Fighter 4 era. With his powerful charge-based Condor moves, his mixup potential was terrifying. Lily, a member of the Thunderfoot tribe, follows in the footsteps of her ancestor, T-Hawk, by integrating Condor attacks into her moveset.
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Unlike T-Hawk, Lily’s Condor attacks are not performed with charge inputs, but rather with motions, like a Hadouken, making her easier to pick up for beginners who want to have a hand at a character with great pokes, excellent rushdown, and a mixup game close to Street Fighter 4 T-Hawk.
14Marisa
While she may look like atypical grappler like Zangief, Marisa is much easier to play than her Russian counterpart. She doesn’t have the many throws that Zangief does; rather, Marisa relies on huge and powerful strikes. Some of her Special Moves can even be charged a bit to break guard or evenleave her at an advantageto continue her pressure.
Marisa is a deadly character that can knock anyone’s lights out in just a few moves, making her a great character to pick up for newer Street Fighter players who want a large heavy-hitter who doesn’t rely on combos all that much.
13Ken
If you’re feeling Ryu, but it seems like he’s lacking firepower, then Ken Masters is your man. Ken has always been the more aggressive Shoto in Street Fighter, and in this game, that playstyle has been cranked to the max. His fiery kick now has more spice than ever.
With Ken command sprint, combined with his new target combo kicks, his toolkit is different enough to set him aside from his sparring partner, while still retaining the essence of the Shotokan fighting style.
12E. Honda
If you have gotten the hang of charge moves, Edmund Honda might be a good pick for you. The Sumo master can play slow and far away from your opponent with his strong flying headbutt and Sumo Stomp, but he can get aggressive with his Hundred Hand Slap when you have someone in the corner.
Honda can hit fast and hard in the right hands, but he can feel a bit slow and boring for newer players who might not be familiar with his “turtle-like” playstyle.
11Cammy
Cammy has always been a straightforward rushdown character with fast special moves and even faster blockstrings. This still remains in Street Fighter 6. Cammy is the most powerful once she is right in your face. With her dive kick and Hooligan Combination, her mixup game becomes hard to predict in a corner situation.
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For newer players, Cammy is the perfect introduction to fast and glass cannon characters in Street Fighter 6, without the strain of high-execution mixups and advanced techniques.
10Blanka
The electric Brazillian tour guide is back! Blanka’s game plan seems sporadic and random to newer players, but his attacks are usually controlled chaos. Blanka likes to bounce all over the stage using charge moves to throw off his opponents and then use his electric charge to keep the pressure on while in the corner.
Just like the rest of the charge characters in the roster, Blanka’s moves are easy to execute, but his playstyle takes practice to master.
9Juri
Juri has always had excellent buttons and tons of tools to deal with whatever comes her way. In Street Fighter 6, she is paired with a Fuha system that gives her stacks every time she uses her Fuhajin Special Move.
Juri used to be a tricky character since she was able to store fireballs then unleash a barrage of attacks when she saw a gap in defense. With her Fuha stacks, Juri is now a ‘rekka’ character similar to older characters like Fei Long, making her a bit more accessible.
