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16th Nov 2015 from TwitLonger
2 Pre-1.03 Patch Guilty Gear Xrd Revelator Tier List by Ogawa and eSR GG Writers
http://esports-runner.com/guilty-gear-xrd/character_tier_list/
Ogawa's 2 Tier Tier List
Strong Characters: SO KY MI ZA CH FA BE EL SI JO
Not as Strong Characters: MA PO AX VE SL IN RA LE JC JA
Overall, strong characters have "few bad matchups, can fight any character easily, and performs well in tournaments."
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eSR GG Writer's Tier List (influenced by various famous player's opinions, Ogawa was not involved)
S: MI SI EL JO
A: SO KY ZA CH FA AX BE
B: MA PO VE SL IN RA LE JC
C: JA (tentative)
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Reasoning for new XrdR Characters: Johnny, Jack-O, Jam
Johnny, S tier
Because of his strong normals, high combo damage, strong okizeme and generally even at worst matchups across the board, he's S tier.
He has strong hitboxes, long range, can combo from distances where burst won't hit, has unblockables and has strong mixup off zweihander. He also gains tension extremely fast. In addition he gets an extremely high damage combo off air throw (pre-version 1.03). He'll probably get even stronger as research goes on.
Jack-O, B tier
Jack-O is a hard character to rank because of her polarizing matchups. That being said, recently, research into the character has made various matchups better, so we have a higher opinion of her. Her automatic tension gain near pumpkins is particularly strong.
Right now, her biggest problem seems to be her inability to win against her hardest matchup, Axl.
Jam, tentatively C tier
"Fundamentally low combo damage", "short reach", "big hurtboxes", "because she has no projectiles outside of supers, her okizeme consists of standard jump ins, so her affinity with Revelator's blitz is bad" are some conspicuous weak points she has. Presently, techniques to alleviate her weaknesses have not been found, but above all, she has a large amount of bad matchups, which led to our ranking of her.
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Xrd Sign Characters that we ranked differently from before
Sin, S tier
Sin has "His normals are strong, using his tools such as beak driver, his poking strength is extremely high, and when you get hit by his pokes his damage is very high", "his okizeme is rather strong, and if you get opened up he does a lot of damage" as his character strengths, and if you think about his matchups, he does not perform badly against Johnny, so we are treating him as an S tier character instead of an A tier.
However, this doesn't mean he has no bad matchups, his biggest challenge is probably fighting Bedman.
Elphelt, S tier
This is a character we were very wrong about. Strong neutral, strong pokes, high combo damage, hard to deal with unblockables, corner shotgun pressure, etc. make her stand out as a character.
Many players are saying that "she wins neutral against many characters", and "even if she loses neutral, she has no problem thanks to the difference in damage". Her good affinity with Revelator's blitz shield is also a big strength.
Presently, her challenge is probably the Johnny matchup. Even Elphelt probably struggles against Johnny.
Potemkin, B tier
"Difficult, but big damage combos", "because of Trishula, high damage combos are more stable, and he has (physically) unseeable okizeme", "he has good affinity with Revelator's blitz and dust changes", because of the above stated reasons, "he is at a level where he is not the weakest character", so we have ranked him in B tier.
That being said, he is one of the weaker characters in B tier. The fact that he has to struggle against many characters has not changed. Many players think he has a hard time against Jack-O and Johnny (particularly Johnny).
Furthermore, thinking back on previous games, we wonder if Potemkin might have trouble against Jam after she is buffed.