Street Fighter Alpha 3 Tier List

[AREZ God of War]

...and just to give our BLACK DRAGON Street Fighter Alpha 3 players a little edge over the rest, this might be helpful for those who play it on Mame, 2-D Fighter, or GGPO...a SFA3 tier list:

Top Tier
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Dhalsim
Akuma/Gouki
Zangief
Sakura
Ryu
Charlie (might be better off in 2nd tier)


Second Tier
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Rolento
Karin
Sodom
Vega/Balrog

Third Tier
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Chun-Li
Juni
Cody
Guy
Gen
Cammy
Adon
Sagat
Ken
Balrog/M.Bison
M.Bison/Vega
Rose
Blanka

Bottom Tier
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Birdie
R.Mika
Dan
Juli
E.Honda

AND here another SFA3 tier list grouped by "Isms" according to another source:

Characters are listed with their best Isms. Historically, Anyone B- class and above is viable in tournament play. According to a recent (2007) Japanese tier guide:

S Class:

V Akuma
A, V Dhalsim
V Sodom

A Class:

V Sakura
V Claw
V Karin

B+ Class:

V Zangief
V Sagat

B Class:

V Rolento
V Ryu
V Charlie
V Cody
A Gen

C+ Class:

V Cammy
A Guy
A, V Chun-Li
V Ken

C Class:

A, V Adon
A, V Rose
A Dictator
A, V Blanka
V Juni

D Class:

A, V Dan
A Boxer
V Honda

E Class:

A, V R.Mika
A, V Birdie
V Juli

NOTE: Does NOT include PSP/DreamCast's version with Guile, Shin-Akuma, Ingrid, Maki, Evil Ryu, Yun, Dee-jay, T.Hawk, Fei Long, Eagle, etc.

[AREZ God of War]

BLACK DRAGON Thanks S1LENT1 for the link to a complete strategy guide/character forums for SFA3:

www.gamefaqs.com/coinop/arcade/game/564869.html