Rashid Players Wins Back To Back DreamHacks! Is He Too Strong?

RASHID NOW WINS BACK TO BACK DREAMHACKS! IS HE THE BEST CHARACTER?
The talk of DreamHack Sweden is definitely Big Bird winning with Rashid! He's back on top and it's great to see, but with Gachikun winning DreamHack Dallas with Rashid as well, this starts to beg the question: Is Rashid the best character right now? And how did Zangief do with everyone being so scared of him now?
== TIME STAMPS ==
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:44 High Tech Spreadsheet: Top 64
0:06:29 Top 32 Character Usage
0:12:13 Top 16 / Top 8 Character Usage
0:15:33 Is Rashid The Best? How Is Zangief?
0:19:03 Champion Big Bird Was Held Back By Marisa
0:22:11 Again: OD Reversals Are Vital To Success
0:28:53 I KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT!
0:32:22 Outro
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[@haruhidaso]

Ken being downplayed was a tactical strategy by the top Ken players and it worked lol.

[@UltraChenTV]

Can’t believe they got away with that!

[@Mage_Nichlas_]

I'm just glad that it's Rashid that's getting more play. He just seems really cool in this game and he doesn't carry the same "Comedic relief character" energy that he had in SF5.

[@intellectic9155]

No, he's a cousin fucker of a character made for real life cousin fuckers.

[@MrMooMoo088]

How? He is a streamer who shouts MIX UP! His gameplay is better, but his personality is more comedic relief than ever

[@Mage_Nichlas_]

He's more comedic but he doesn't feel like a joke to me.

[@chm2]

I think Capcom did a great job with the balance patch.

[@Friedafterbirth]

Same

[@alphach1mp]

Akuma, Luke, and Guile needs more recovery frames from their fb. It's still very abusive and very safe. Zangief and Ed need more recovery frames on their long whiff pokes with some slight damage reductions..

[@MS-ql8ek]

Rashid tornado needs to dissappear when you hit him just like JP lvl2

[@Friedafterbirth]

This sounds fair

[@markmessi9020]

I don't hate Rashid as the best character in the game. I messed around with him for a bit and he's fun to use. It's really just his lv 2 that's so frickin busted 😂. They really need to tone that down and he'll be solid fr

[@dmen0563]

I've actually picked up Jaimie this season I think he's very underrated and actually fun to play

[@SOSLO1324]

Amazing that the worst shoto is the most used character.

[@prabhu786]

Ryu mains as stable as ever

[@zergtoss1]

Rofl

[@HungarianWarHorse]

Anyone who says zangief is top tier obviously doesnt play zangief

[@ShinOwen2]

Hello Chen.

[@IVeNoMII]

I'm not a big Rashid fan in sf6. In sf5 he had the look, the desert garb, the DBZ scouter lense and the RASHIIIDOOOOOOOOOO song was godlike. In 6 he just comes off as some fuckboy.

[@MrMooMoo088]

Luke for Tiktok. Rashid for Instagram. Rashid gameplay is good but the characters themselves are reaching so hard for a specific appeal

[@G0rgar]

Sim is really hurting not having a 6 frame medium. Not sure who else. I know I was hoping his b.mk would get buffed to 6 frames with the patch, but no luck.

[@junior1388666]

Yeah ive been learning dhalsim for the past week. Best punish i founf for d reversal is punish counter throw

[@thepuppetmaster9284]

Rashid is strong but he never been "too strong" in SF 6. There was only two Rashid at top 8 Dreamhack Dallas and one at top 8 Dreamhack Summer. And we're talking about Gachikun - CapCup 2018 champion + 3rd place at CapCup X, Oil King - EVO Japan 2023 champion, and Big Bird - RBK South Africa champion + 2nd place at EVO 2019. These Rashid players aren't unknown but they're top players who played the character since SF V.

[@Friedafterbirth]

Rashid is Top 10, but not Top 3. For the record, I am a Rashid player and I am NOT trying to downplay the character. Open to discussing the topic

[@HungarianWarHorse]

How can ken be the worst everysingle combo is a corner carry or a sideswitch

[@checkmate8849]

Bison does not have OD Reversal. Bottom tier confirmed!

[@jpVari]

I find it a big bummer now that they changed jp so much. I think they could undo at least 1 nerf and there'd be no issue Edit - jp doesn't have a 6 frame medium either 😢 the poor guy

[@Friedafterbirth]

Nah, JP still super good IMHO. hes still Top 10, that's saying alot.

[@AceBadguy]

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[@UltraChenTV]

???

[@Otgmar]

!!!

[@BenedictStreet]

Ryu is just too slow. He's still got no sauce and still can't get in when he needs to. Rashid got nerfed ffs. His Lvl 2 was too good but the run is his only buff and his pressure is fake. Players just aren't used to dealing with him yet. He'll fall off in public opinion after a few months.

[@synthesize9068]

Rashid’s “nerf” barely impacted him tbh he still gets 2 level 2’s in one round lol. The QoL change for L Eagle Spike was quite good actually and Run Slide into super is niche but its strong enough for you to think about. Saying ppl dont know how to deal with him and its been 11 months since his release is insane lol. It sounds like his pressure is real to me.

[@Friedafterbirth]

​@@synthesize9068 Thing is, compared to Ken, Deejay, JP, etc. Rashid is still not that good. Those characters have better buttons, do more damage & have better reversals. Hes fine.