DOA5 early Tier top/bottom 5 ideas?

[Gi9a]

So with a good bit of game-play and a good bit of people getting this game early does anyone have an idea as to where each character stands? Thoughts on your top 5 most polished characters and bottom 5 worst characters?

Sadly I favor Hayate, Bayman, and Rig so I'm kinda getting a little depressed they seem to be getting the short end of the stick according to the stats on the char select screens.

 

[LondonLust]

The stats on the character screens have nothing to do with how good the character is.

 

[Rubedood]

Bayman is pretty damn good. Hayate, not so much. Rig seems prettry good too.

 

[d3v]

Make a match-up chart first, then you can talk tiers.

 

[Gi9a]

The stats on the character screens have nothing to do with how good the character is.

Why did they add them to the game than?

 

[chocogerman777]

Why did they add them to the game than?

Gives you an idea of the character's play style.

 

[Brute]

Bayman is pretty damn good. Hayate, not so much. Rig seems prettry good too.

Well, that's certainly a turnaround from DOA3&4.
Never thought Hayate would be anything but high tier.

 

[Awesmic]

Forget the tierlist; I underestimate no one.

Everyone is my toughest opponent.

 

[Evil Canadian]

Naw I'll underestimate Lisa I am pretty sure. I love the character but I don't expect great things out of her.

 

[d3v]

Calling it.
1.VF Characters
2. New Characters
3. Grapplers
4. Ninjas
5. Everyone else.

 

[Brute]

Calling it.
1.VF Characters
2. New Characters
3. Grapplers
4. Ninjas
5. Everyone else.

What about the new grappler character? xD

That would suit me fine, though. Then I can use my favorite characters without being called a cheapskate like in DOA4.

 

[grap3fruitman]

What about the new grappler character? xD

There isn't one.

 

[DR2K]

There isn't one.

Mila?

 

[Brute]

There isn't one.

Mila's ground grabs don't put her into that category?

 

[grap3fruitman]

She's very much a striking character that happens to have a ground grab. Rig has an air throw, does that make him a grappler too then?

 

[Brute]

She's very much a striking character that happens to have a ground grab. Rig has an air throw, does that make him a grappler too then?

No, because I haven't seen it performed once, and I doubt it's even a chain throw.
On the other hand, every gameplay vid I've seen with Mila she uses ground grapples and the stuff, and seems just as grappler-focused as Tina.

 

[CyberEvil]

With the exceptions of Lisa, Hayate, Helena, and possibly Ayane, no character in this game should be slept on. Everyone has some pretty killer shit and I can't wait to see what the character specialists do. I'm already finding some pretty devious setups with Hayabusa that were previously impossible. Balance is looking pretty solid.

 

[Rikuto]

She's very much a striking character that happens to have a ground grab. Rig has an air throw, does that make him a grappler too then?

Her tackle game is better than Leon's. She is a grappler.

 

[Brute]

Ayane

My heart just sank.

 

[loralei]

All the character's have so many new tools now ( except for the one's who have been royally screwed over, of course *cough cough* Helena *cough cough*) so at this point it'd be pretty hard to put them on a tier list.