TIER LIST:
FAIR WARNING: This list consists of anecdotal evidence. I only rate the characters I see and tiers can only account for so much depending on the match-up. If you get sent to the salt mines following this list well it ain't my problem.
If you think I'm missing somebody or that a character is stronger/weaker than listed let me know.
SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS ABSSSSSSSSSSOLUTE GRAND MASSSSSSSSSSTER GOD:
Rare Akuma
GODSSSSSSSSSSs of MUGEN:
Omega Tom Hanks/Tiger Woods, Donald, NECO-ARC, Zeeky H. Bomb, Berserk, Shishio, Sakura Kinomoto (Schoolgirl outfit), Barney, Seravey
Absolute BullSSSSShit:
Masta Gambit
Mike Tyson (one punch and you're out)
Goku Nex
Armored Gohan
Cloud
Dark Phoenix (I'm not sure which one is real)
Shadow Lady
Gonzalez (ain't nobody getting his silver points)
Khameleon
Iron Lantern
Saint Kyo (has a touch of death infinite)
Jean Grey (probably the realest of the Phoenixes)
Shin Kazuma (ninja with 4 scrolls next to his name)
Kanna
Perfect Storm X
Tin S Fernandeath
Master Hand
Ubu
Hulk
Zeroko (all she has to do is land one hit and she wins the round)
Chaos Hiryu
Ultron
Daimon 71113
Radish SSJ4
Kazama Kazuki
Bro Ken
Sasuke Kun
Sagat MB-02
Koryu
Super Androide 17 HD
SSJ5 Goku
Gotenks SSJ
Overlord (stupid AI but gobs of HP + Super Armor and kills in a few hits. Also he might break the round and potentially score a timer scam win)
Zappa (Yeah somehow this GG character is not only the best but also a beast in MUGEN)
Sad Claps (watch out for fake! Apparently real sad claps throws around dozens of coats)
Master Hand
REAL Onslaught (gets a 2nd form every round!?)
Super Metroid
Kamek
Killer Whale
The Blob
Chomper
Synn
Thanos
10% of Kens(including Evil Ken & ESPECIALLY HOLY KEN)
Alter Amiba
Touhou
Mega Weapon
Lavos Spawn
A few Rugals
Nega Joe
The Sandman
Evil Soul
Hel'lauren
Death Ogre
Cardcaptor (especially Sakura)
Ivan Ooze
Terry Bogard (yep..just plain ol' Terry Bogard...no fancy meters or anything)
Dhalsim (w/ wife)
Well
Super Goku (looks like Son Goku but with dat yellow hair)
Dooby Dummy
Lion Magnus
Ossan (if he lands one good hit he's liable to go into character-killing juggle combos)
Sentinel
Dora (Centaur)
Orochi
Dink Smallwood (green pants)
SSS:
Rouga (COH)
IK Borodin (gets a bunch of invincible allies to make up for his weak AI and lack of moves)
Third Strike Yun (blue/yellow or red)
Sailor Uranus
Pocket Fighter cast (doesn't do a lot of damage but good luck landing a hit on them)
Sissy (apparently there are a bunch of clones?)
Wonder Woman (real. has probably the smallest outfit, a voice, I'm not sure what else can tell her apart from the fakes)
Majin Vegeta
Marrow
SonSon
ChiChi (very dangerous DBZ)
Ultimate Cap
Randy M. Green
Segalow (a Rugal clone..surprised?)
Kuando
Flash (real...looks similar to a Marvel Vs Capcom character..hilariously bad voice)
Shiki Tohno (he's legit like some other meltybloods)
Cyclops (doesn't have his hair out like the Capcom versions)
Sean Matsuda
Nakoruru (wears purple and has darker skin)
RajaaYuri
Shadow Dio
Blodia (red)
Greenlantern GG (there might be a fake. The real deal is green)
Ms. Fanservice
Symbiote Spiderman
(real) Kyo (Has a white jacket)
(real) Jay Garrick (has a bright yellow shirt)
Supergirl
Gouken
(real) Shuma Gorath (says some lines before match starts "I've tasted your soul" or some such)
Soujiro
Captain Commando
G. Akiha
Captain Marvel( Captain Marvell is a fraud though)
Hellboy
Judith
NRVNQSR CHAOS (There is IIRC an even more powerful version of him that everyone calls the DEER LORD. You'll know why if you ever see him fight)
ZINC (He looks like an MSpaint joke but believe me...he's not)
CC Iron Clara
Vertigo (does combos before the round even starts WTF)
Batman Beyond
M. Bison (Look for crazy intro and red eyes)
Rock Volnutt
Maraiah
Vegeta SSJ5
(REAL) Roll
Bullseye
Riot
Dio (he has his own unique meter)
Mariah (look for the "level1" next to her sprite)
Mole Man
Billy Lee
Shaq
K9999
Lex Luthor
90% of Kens
10% of Ryus
At least one Sakura (Master Sakura?)
The Thing (real)
Uppercuts
Lynn Baker
Ghetto Warmachine
Tales of Characters (Cless)
Most of the "71113" characters
Kurama
Andore Jr. (Free to good zoning)
The Simpsons (Krusty, Homero)
Thor
A couple other Rugals
Most Meltybloods
The rest of the Kenshin characters
Hikaru
Orochi Iori
Yamcha By Tomur (Yeah he has stupid DBZ AI but he doesn't need meter to kill. His normals do 1/4 to 1/3 life per hit..god forbid he gets a super off)
Warmachine (there is a real & a fake one. The fake one is apparently white while the real one is usually black & blue?)
Keel
Milan Flare (Golden Axe: The Duel characters must all be really good)
Kenshiro
The Dazzler
Multiple Man
Rikuo
Mr. Satan (real..has a Jetpack and is larger)
Eagle
Gideon
Jon Talbain (real...has gold fur)
Cloud
Shin Mr. Karate (has KoF XIII sprite)
SS:
Lucky 71113
Agony (the real one is purple I think. Other colors are fake but still pretty good)
Toron (disturbingly high damage..)
Possessed Heita
Vampire Savior cast (there are some higher-tier exceptions)
Musashi Akatsu
Nate Summers (stupid hitbox, glitched/unfinished, high potential for upsets)
Insane Hiryu (prone to brain farts)
Sonic (legit. Amy can be seen in the intro)
(real) Evil Ryu (Kills M. Bison in the intro)
Spawn
God Yuri (has instakill move. Weak AI though)
Mars People
Violent Dan
Squall
Hotaru
Jin Kazama
Red Ranger (AI isn't the greatest but he can do crazy damage and HEAL)
Zangief
Shadowman
Rai
Helion
Arcade DBZ (Son Goku, Piccolo, Vegeta, etc)
Charlotte (wakeup supers bring the salt)
Majority of CvS2 characters
Arachne (Saint Seiya)
Popeye, Fat Albert, Captain Caveman
Pixel Frog
Hugo
Quite a few Marvel/DC, Capcom, & SNK characters (Watch out for fake Punisher though. Real Punisher has a clearly visible skull. Also Superman is hit or miss.)
Ikki (Saint Seiya)
Strong Guy
Gold Faust (as long as he doesn't kill himself with bombs)
Cyclops
Bleach
Kanae
(fake) Roll (YUP! Even fake Roll is good)
(real) Ash
Isaiah Bradley
Jin
Blue Destiny 2 (shoots a laser that doesn't require meter, does 1/2 life on hit, and insane chip. Otherwise an idiot who might be free to good idea and can deal with hitboxes
Robocop
Layla
Reptos
Sman
Kyle Dunamis
Thanoseid
Ella
Marvin the Martian (apparently there is a fake one? In any case look for a Gold Marvin..he's damn good)
Leona
Orchid
Angus
BULLSHIT DBZ (bet on or against at your own risk):
Gogeta Super Saiyan 3
Goku SSJ3
Kurihan
Goku GT
Kamiccolo
Future Trunks
BEBI (Giant DBGT 3D piece of shit. HP for years + armor and high attack...no AI...Will timer scam so many characters)
Rizai Trunks
Android 17(does stupid damage with his spammable fireballs...but he's also a moron)
Gou No Ken Kenshirou (yeah he's HnK..whatever. Stupid damage and regen health. Dumb AI though)
(real) Bra (looks to be wearing a miniskirt and heels?)
Goten GT NEX
Boo SSJ
Vegeta Ultra SSJ
Blue Ranger (has intro with Billy turning into Ranger. stupid HP, AI, and Damage)
Fat Boo
Vegeta (shitty looking sprite with black outfit and arms at sides. OP and loves time-scamming)
Li Sheng Long
S:
(fake) Marrow (light blue outfit)
Yashroh
Billy & Jimmy Lee
Rage of the Dragons cast (mostly good characters, some even potential SS & SSS tier.)
Haruhi Suzumiya (wears light blue)
Another Kyo (looks more poorly-drawn than the others)
Megaman (Marvel Vs Capcom sprite. Rush is with him)
Johnny Cage
M. Bison (skinner CvS2 sprite. Does great damage but weaker AI)
Astroboy (Omega Factor)
Avdol ver. 2001/etc (one of the rare legit JoJos)
Sponge Bob (there might be a real & fake one)
Alex Mercer
Jack Frost
Trevor Spacer
Docinho (a legit powerpuff girl? Huh)
Millia (She has an additional meter. Not the smartest but tough)
P. Chun Li
Tsugumi
Cammy
Jason Todd
Bin Laden
Android 16
Kohaku
Venom Scorpion (Recovery frames? Never heard of them)
SNK Bosses
Gotenks GT
Black Widow
Lee (Yeah I'm talking about Naruto Lee but this one looks different than the Stiffs)
Most of the Megaman: "The Power Battles" cast
The Other Simpsons (Hugo, Devil Homer)
Esmeralda's Boyfriend (Saint Seiya)
ROA
(fake) The Thing (does stupid damage)
Cyberbots
Snake Eyes
Ninja Megazord
(fake) Onslaught (Really high damage-output but a complete moron)
Scream
Sailor Venus
(real) Blanka (I wish I could remember distinguishing features about him)
Lupin the 3rd
Tekken characters (warning. They go all in and know no concept of defense. Could get opened up by supers)
Samurai Showdown characters
Franko
Sophitia
Floren
Super Buu
A:
Elena
Mordecai
Shin Ryu (a moronic AI coupled with OP supers..deadly combination)
Youtube Poop Robotnik
Tung Fu Rue
Mr. Satan (legit dbz and he doesn't even need OP beam supers)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Jeuce (Usually red. has stupid normals with busted hitboxes that do crazy damage)
Duck Dodgers
Dhalsim
Drawn Mortal Kombat characters
Robo Rock
Nanaya
Esmeralda
Leela
Tizoc
Fox McCloud
Sailor Mars
Ranma Saotome
Kagami Kyosuke (gets some health back when he parries and has decent AI)
Benimaru
Most Bleach characters (ripped from the Nintendo DS games)
Judgement
B:
Godzilla (small. He turns red, he breathes, opponent dies)
(real) Superman (doesn't float...lots of damage...not so great AI)
S.P.D Ryu
Alice
Mako
Jon Talbain
Battle Mahoro
Shin Ryu (he has some cheap stuff but bad AI)
Tails (blue sneakers, tiny hitbox, great damage, HIGH RISK)
Juda (has like four super meters)
Kujo Jotaro
Lord Shaolin Lee
Regular Street Fighter characters
Elastigirl
Harley Quinn
Tien
The rest of the Sailor Scouts
Nightmare Yamazaki
Orochi Vega
HIGYO-PAM (A legit 2ch character?)
Mr. Burns
Ivy (has the AI fault where she'll charge even when she's clearly open for attack..otherwise solid)
Guile
Neco
Neco-Arc Chaos
Zero
Black Adam
Bizarro
Super Vegeta
Digimon characters (They have potential)
Gray Fly (free to hitboxes)
Zombie (blocks everything)
C:
Rorshach
Picapiedra (look. it's Fred Flintstone)
Lord Ravenous
Ryuuoutan (one of the few legit 2ch)
Reimi Jyanhana (beat Hulk 2099...for whatever that's worth)
Emma Frost
Geese (fraud...has a ring around him)
God Ken (a fraud Ken? Wowwww)
Jill (CvS2 bars but she's not a CvS character...yellow/brown attire...possibly fraud?)
(fake) Ken (his gi flashes blue & red)
Daffy Duck
Link
Lou
Eiji Kisagari
Evil Ryu, Dark Ryu
Knuckles (S&K Sprite, tiny hitbox, absurd raging storm super damage, HIGH RISK)
SD Cammy (She can turn into Adult Cammy and become SSS tier but it only lasts until she takes a hit)
Gotenks GT (free to great AI but does absurd damage. Either way a dangerous bet)
Dragon Guy
V. Akiha
Ichigo (looks different from the other Bleach characters)
D: 90% of Stiff Narutos, CvS2 Mai, Death13, Wario, Aquaman, X, Wakko, Lion-O, Characters from the Capcom Vs SNK Cardbattles Clash (They look like SD versions of popular Capcom characters...There are a few Tekken characters with similar looks), Kingpin, Pitt, DO COCK (docock), (fake) Phoenix (has Psylocke sprite), Dark Psylocke, Megaman.exe, Another Iori, Sion Tatari (gotta watch out for fake Meltyblood), (fake) Kohaku (blonde hair blue dress), Gold Warmachine, Hulk 2099(apparently he has problems with hitboxes?), (fake) Flash (smaller sprite), Vulture
F: Digitized/FAKE Mortal Kombat characters, Dee Jay, Crashman, most of HnK, Drawn Frog, Fred Flintstone, Simba(??), Guile, Family Guy, Timmy Turner, Almost all of the Power Ranger Heroes, CvS2 Kyo, Zemial, Sonic (there are a few variations, only one good one, and I don't remember what he looks like), Catwoman(apparently there's a real & a fake...aye), Blaster, Grappler Hiyama, Psylocke, Wind, Ken Gang, Wolvenom(lost to Blossom...sad), Street Fighter 4 characters (they look like sprite versions of the 3D characters and have huge portraits...they're total booty), Ruili
Z: 90% of Guilty Gear, 90% of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, 80% of DBZ, 100% of Sonic Battle cast (tiny sprites), (fake) Ash, other pixel Chrono Trigger characters, Sora, Norimaro, Unknown(there might be a fake?), Grover, Had S (Hades? Unfinished Saint Seiya), cast of Advanced V.G. (90s fighters consisting almost entirely of skinny women), Black Manta
my fight moneyZZZZZZZZZ:
Predator (tends to do a super that drops himself to 1 hp)
Superman
Morfo
Bison (Literally a Bison with a hat. Does great damage but has pitiful defense. Extremely high upset potential)
Blob
95% 2ch cast (basically anyone that has a clone on-screen)
Exocist (DNF)
The Nightmare
Tiny GILL (He's tiny but has a huge hitbox, his damage/AI are crap but he has OHKO supers, dangerous to be on or against)
Any other Vega
The MSpaint crowd(stream monsters go apeshit if a legit mspaint shows up though)
Nemesis (has a billion HP and super armor but the worst AI)
Vegeta RAGE (has a rage meter, uber OHKO super, and regens health. However he is super weak to good AI and will cost you money)
Gorunks SSJ4 (Yeah he has OP damage but he also has the same shitty AI as every other DBZ character)
Brimstone
Pikachu (has a ridiculous insta-kill if his dumbass ever bothers to pull it off)
Master Chief (Could be your ticket out of or in to the salt mines. Stay far away)
Nobunaga (dies in one hit. Nuff said)
Uryuu (his only attack is a throw. Easily the worst Bleach character)
Bootleg Ryu
Heita Zinnai (all he does is pose)
Feel free to add to/change this list as you see fit. I'm just going by what I've seen of the Saltybet matches.
