After the ungodly amount of these popping up I decided that we should just make a dedicated topic about it.  
 
This topic for people who: 

• Want advise on who to main.
• Are thinking of switching mains.
• Want to discuss the general strengths and weaknesses of characters based on their personal play style.

I thinking of maining Blanka what should I do?

" I thinking of maining Blanka what should I do? "

I think this might be better if we have a breakdown for all of the characters, (execution level, type of character,  Ultra-ability, damage, etc.)

Here's an example: REVISED 2*
 
Character: Guile 
Type: Charge
Playstyle: Defensive / Zoning + Pressure
Strengths: Fast projectiles, good anti airs, good spacing, good footsies
Weaknesses: Poor cross-up defense
Execution Barrier: Medium 
 
DO: Use Sonic Boom to slowly wear down your opponent and get them in the corner and use Guile's standing fierce attacks as they do a lot of damage and keep on the pressure on your opponent. use c.FP as an anti air as it's reliable 85% of the time. 
 
DO NOT: Stay away from wake up Flash Kick's as they are easily punished, and avoid c.FK when possible as it's punishable in between sweeps. 
 
Additional Notes: Guile's main focus is less on complex combos and more on spacing and and playing mind games to get the opponent in the corner for a rushdown opportunity. Sonic Hurricane is great for those opponents with poor spacing habits with projectiles, and it can also work as an anti air. 

I like Bison. In his alternate costume. And dressed in black. He looks like a zombie. Oh, someone explain all of the fancy terms which i probably do from reflex, but don't actually know the proper names of. What the hell is a cancel? Ha, I actually suck at the game. NO. Wait, I win half my games, I'm fucking awesome.

" Here's an example: REVISED 2* Character: Guile Type: ChargePlaystyle: Defensive / Zoning + PressureStrengths: Fast projectiles, good anti airs, good spacing, good footsiesWeaknesses: Poor cross-up defenseExecution Barrier: Medium  DO: Use Sonic Boom to slowly wear down your opponent and get them in the corner and use Guile's standing fierce attacks as they do a lot of damage and keep on the pressure on your opponent. use c.FP as an anti air as it's reliable 85% of the time.  DO NOT: Stay away from wake up Flash Kick's as they are easily punished, and avoid c.FK when possible as it's punishable in between sweeps.  Additional Notes: Guile's main focus is less on complex combos and more on spacing and and playing mind games to get the opponent in the corner for a rushdown opportunity. Sonic Hurricane is great for those opponents with poor spacing habits with projectiles, and it can also work as an anti air.  "

Well I'm thinking about maining fuerte, but then again, viper is fun as hell
 
Fuck it i've been maining fuerte, maybe I can get viper as my alt instead of seth
 
D:

" @PhaggyBigNastyMcKill: Ugh. The point of Guile is pressure and mind games. He can go offensive, but the point of this thread, I believe is just stating the  the most basic styles of a character. "

" @Napalm said:

" @PhaggyBigNastyMcKill: Ugh. The point of Guile is pressure and mind games. He can go offensive, but the point of this thread, I believe is just stating the  the most basic styles of a character. "

Whatever, I saw Justin Wong lose twice (not sets, games) to that kind of gameplay. why do anything else with him when you can just be lame and make the other player work harder to get in on you. Even if they do get in, I can mash out jabs all day long til they are far away enough to reset the whole situation. Save your fancy combos for combo videos, I get enough joy building my wall and seeing the frustration in people as they can't do shit. lols.  "

" @PhaggyBigNastyMcKill: Is that what you saw? Because I saw Guile working just as hard if not harder to keep that fat POS out of his grill than Justin  working to get in. "

 DO NOT: Stay away from wake up Flash Kick's as they are easily punished, and avoid c.FK when possible as it's punishable in between sweeps.  

" @Jemenez:  The only problem I've had with having El Fuerte as a backup is that he is incredibly poor in the close game. His very slow HK and HP are not worth using and his shower kick is extremely unsafe. Everything is about the Hdash and taking enough damage to pull off the Ultra Spark. He's no good if you plan on beating more than half of the characters. Having no projectiles and mediocre anti-air also kneecaps him greatly. He will ruin mashers and turtlers though, if in the right hands. Oh, and his wake ups are kind of poor.   "

Ok so I just got SSF4 and I suck :/ im wondering who would be good to main for a beginner, any suggestions?

"Ok so I just got SSF4 and I suck :/ im wondering who would be good to main for a beginner, any suggestions? "

" @Napalm said:

" I get enough joy building my wall and seeing the frustration in people as they can't do shit. lols.  " 
 

" Ok so I just got SSF4 and I suck :/ im wondering who would be good to main for a beginner, any suggestions? "

" @tastyaubergine said:

" Ok so I just got SSF4 and I suck :/ im wondering who would be good to main for a beginner, any suggestions? "

Dan Hibiki is not just the best fighter in SSFIV, but in any fighting game ever. "

I main Dhalsim.