Tiers

Joined: 12 Nov 2006 Posts: 168

spider dan
I know this game is old, and like 4 people in the world will actually
care about these rankings, but here goes.

I made a 10-match ranking chart of MSH, which follows (note: if you are not viewing this with a mono-spaced font, this chart will look horribly unreadable; I suggest you cut and paste into notepad or something):

Key:
BH = Blackheart CA = Captain America
H = Hulk IM = Iron Man
J = Juggernaut M = Magneto
P = Psylocke SG = Shuma-Gorath
SM = Spider-Man W = Wolverine
Numbers listed are wins out of 10, for the character listed to the left
of the row.

BH CA H IM J M P SG SM W Total
BH | - |5.5|5.5|4.0|5.0|4.0|5.5|5.5|6.5|4.0| 45.5
CA |4.5| - |5.5|5.5|6.0|5.0|6.0|5.0|5.0|5.5| 48.0
H |4.5|4.5| - |4.5 |5.0|5.5|5.0|5.5|3.0|3.5| 41.0
IM |6.0|4.5|5.5| - |5.5|5.0|5.5|5.0|3.5|4.0| 44.5
J |5.0|4.0|5.0|4.5| - |4.5|5.5|4.0|6.0|6.5| 45.0
M |6.0|5.0|4.5|5.0|5.5| - |5.0|4.5|4.0|4.0| 43.5
P |4.5|4.0|5.0|4.5|4.5|5.0| - |4.5|4.0|4.0| 40.0
SG | 4.5|5.0|4.5|5.0|6.0|5.5|5.5| - |5.0|5.5| 46.5
SM |3.5|5.0|7.0|6.5|4.0|6.0|6.0|5.0| - |6.0| 49.0
W |6.0|4.5|6.5|6.0|3.5|6.0|6.0|4.5|4.0| - | 47.0

Rankings:
1. Spider-Man - 49.0 wins
2. Captain America - 48.0 wins
3. Wolverine - 47.0 wins
4. Shuma-Gorath - 46.5 wins
5. Blackheart - 45.5 wins
6. Juggernaut - 45.0 wins
7. Iron Man - 44.5 wins
8. Magneto - 43.5 wins
9. Hulk - 41.0 wins
10. Psylocke - 40.0 wins

Of course, we all know that 10-match ranking charts aren't always
entirely accurate (e.g. ST Honda), but I think this one is, for the most part.

The only thing that came as a real surprise to me was Psylocke winding up dead last. Looking at the chart, however, I would have to say that her not having a clear advantage vs anyone, and having 1-point losses to the top three really hurt her (at least in this type of ranking system).

That considered, though, this chart is a testament to MSH's balance IMO; other than the jump from Magneto to Hulk, no consecutive ranks are separated by more than one point (and BH, Jug, and IM are each separated by .5). I'm still under the impression that the 1st tier would end at Wolvie, although this chart makes a strong case for Shuma to make top tier. That would put BH, Jug, IM, and Magneto as the middle tier (which is reasonable), and obviously there needs to be a bottom tier for Hulk and Psylocke. Still, I really think there is not THAT much separation from worst to first (9 points, where I've seen other Capcom games' charts with 20+ point separation).