Who is the BEST GRAPPLER in Fighting Games?

[@DashFight]

Perhaps every fighting game has a grappler in its roster. And there sure are dedicated fans who love this character archetype and play it through many titles. Are you one of them? Do you get grabbed a lot by your grappler opponents? Please, join the discussion and share your opinion and experience in the comments.

[@jblue88hoodgamer54]

You make a part 2 list like Wolf from Virtua Fighter and also every character in Def Jam Vendetta and who you forgot to mention Incineroar who is a grappler that is in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate also Base from Dead or Alive and Armor King from Tekken and also Hugo,R.Mika,T Hawk,Manon,Abel an Hakkan from the Street Fighter games.

[@jamesbailey8362]

Is this even a question we all know KING is KING

[@Hunt9-qb1if]

To Tekken Fans sure to fighting gamers no

[@jpeg560]

Solomon Grundy from Injustice 1 was the most fun grappler I played in my life

[@Antoxxxxxa57]

Astaroth from Soul Calibur? Not the best grappler of course, but deserves a mention in my opinion

[@judge_rekt]

King should be in the thumbnail :)

[@dat1faclesdude]

this is a question that has been answered 30 years ago when tekken came out! there is king and maybe armour king and noone else is even close!

[@ardidsonriente2223]

IMO the hate against grapplers comes from the 2D tradition of having powerful unescapable throws. In Tekken nobody likes being Giant Swinged around or Tomahawked to death, but everyone knows they SHOULD have escaped it. The blame is always on the receiving end, so although everyone complains, nobody truly hates.

[@GramdalfFGC]

I'm glad grapplers exist in fighting games but the people who choose to play them need to be watched

[@FhargaZ]

Marge!! get the good wine, Dashfight just uploaded a video about grapplers.

[@taco_sensei]

Hahahahhahaha

[@commdaofighting]

Tina, Dead or Alive

[@hosseinfeli1719]

‏‪9:50‬‏ Well there's actually a character in Skullgirls franchise that looks exactly like potemkin with small differences His name is panzerfaust and according to the lore, he's the twice the size of big band He's one of the (if not THE) most requested character to enter the skullgirls playable roster

[@yozoom8043]

Isn't beowulf more of a grappler than cerebellar ?

[@MrSkipan]

Good list, strange about Bowser bc I think smash don't have a true grappler, but I want do add a name, ASTAROTH, the most fun grappler I ever played, born like a clone character he's became more popular than the original.

[@deco7217]

When I think of Grappler in smash, my mind almost immediately goes to Incineroar.

[@berserkersam9118]

"Imagine a fighting game with only grapplers in the roster" That sounds awesome actually. I'd play it.

[@berserkersam9118]

A fighting game of all grapplers and wrestlers sounds amazing actually.

[@RediamEdits]

Z Broly alll the wayyy

[@Shadowsura]

Some honorable mentions should have been Bane from injustice and Grappler from DNF

[@quiet8553]

Definitely, The King ! 😼👑

[@tzitzitzitzi1584]

King's multi-grabs, running grabs, anti-air grabs, ground grabs and his annoying 50/50 grabs that unlike the video said have NO RISK AT ALL, coz worst case scenario the opponent brakes free and you are not minus nor suffer damage, and his grabs are like 12 frames so fast af. What's the downside? He can grab ducking opponents, standing ones, mid air, on the ground.

[@tomix4694]

Grapplers with fireballs are a disgrace

[@Concealed.Revealed]

I'm very happy with this list! (King main here) But it would be perfect to have Virtua Fighter's Wolf Hawkfield somewhere on this list...Outside of the first place spot of course. lol

[@megazerox_gaming]

I'm loving Condor from breakers Revenge lately,quite a strong grappler

[@Foodyquest]

Bane from Injustice/2 is my favorite

[@donvalve2257]

I think Jeffrey McWild and Wolf from Virtua Fighter deserve to be in the list, or at least get an honorable mention.

[@jayo5731]

Mk1 is a tough one. As an old kotal main, i switched off of Reiko because he didn’t play how I wanted a grappler to. Geras Idt is any better. Hoping for a kotal/ true grappler dlc in the future

[@andreapineda4053]

Bro really forgot virtua fighter 💀

[@runemaster-]

I'd rate #1 for Potemkin though. As awesome as King is, he doesnt have that satisfying feeling of landing a 1 hit HUGE "buster" type damage. Potemkin got it all: great toolkit for incorporating his potbuster, great design style, great character lore, fun to play, and most of all: having that oomph awesome feeling of landing a powerslam with huuuuuuge damage like him and zangief.

[@drongodyle3156]

Huh? King can do 40% of your health bar in a single throw. There's barely a difference between that and Potemkin Buster AND kings chain throws can do up to 77%

[@Jabree]

Bane from Injustice 2 was also really good

[@SnowflakeSSQ]

We all know that Rolling Death Cradle slaps!

[@asmara9779]

All Grappler variation that I know Traditonal: Zangief (Street FIghter Series) Casual: King (Tekken Series) Mixup: El Fuerte (Street Fighter 4) Tag Team: R.Mika and Nadeshiko (Street Fighter 5) Anti Air: Potemkin (Guilty Gear Series) Semi Grappler: Alex (Street Fighter 3) Combo Ender: Reiko (Mortal Kombat 1)

[@jamesbailey8362]

You got it right

[@jayxx_slayer9456]

Reiko way too high who cooked this the fuck a hybrid grappler should not be up there

[@phillyman2837]

10 points for including Reiko!!!!!!

[@HZAres]

clark where?

[@andrewcorreia5773]

Bane?

[@Hunt9-qb1if]

Probably Tager

[@kodaiyoung]

This list is almost a big no. You are simply missing heavy hit monsters like general raam, thunder, goro daimon, grundy, t-hawk, Beowulf, and yet you name bowser, la diva, reiko and waldstein? Really? 👎

[@Beanpolr]

To be fair I'm not sure if I'd call thunder a proper grappler.

[@kodaiyoung]

@@Beanpolr maybe not the original versions, but hes current interation is.

[@Hunt9-qb1if]

Tekken fans sure like to talk the loudest for such an overrated fighting game