“Guilty Gear Strive”: Combo Breaker and CEO 2022 Character Usage Comparison Analysis

One of them is that more than 1,000 people participated【Combo Circuit Breaker 2022】The other is that more than 500 people participated.【CEO 2022I was. These two major tournaments bring together the best players from the “GUILTY GEAR” series, and it’s a great opportunity to compare season one with season two.

Since the release of the second season update on June 10, it has been[COMBO BREAKER 2022]From May 27 to the same month 29“GGST” Season 1 The Last Major Championship,[CEO 2022]Held from June 24 to June 26The first major championship for the second seasonhad become. The Season 2 update made a number of extensive tweaks and major changes to most of the characters.

In the first seasonBig 4 (Sol / Ramlethal / Leo / Snow Left)They are all in the top five, but the next two are noteworthy.

Chart above[COMBO BREAKER 2022]Highest 64-character usagePGstats.com . has accumulatedComparing character usage rates for the top 6% of all first season tournaments (same “64 out of 1050” rate in[COMBO BREAKER 2022])had become.

Characters with red graph have a higher usage rate in[COMBO BREAKER 2022]while characters with a blue graph have a lower usage rate in[COMBO BREAKER 2022].

What stands out in this graph is[COMBO BREAKER 2022].about 4 timesIt is Zato that has recorded average usage.[COMBO BREAKER 2022]form CanadaPepperand SwedenlivinThe world’s leading Zato messenger has been collected. Another piece of the data we have shows that Zato usage has increased significantly since the balance adjustment last October.

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However, this growth in the use of Baiken, which was not characteristic for most of the first season, indicates that the character had been discontinued prior to the release of the second season.

The reason for the sharp decline in the rate of usemiWhenPochumkinSo both have been down since the October update. Leo and Remaining Snow both remain in the higher ranks, but it can be seen that they are still lower in the[COMBO BREAKER 2022]Compared to the usage rate for the whole season 1.

However, Liu won a solid victory.the stormShe is the main character, and the remaining snow also finished in 4th place.HotachiIt could be said that both of them were successful because they were placed in the main position.

But with the release of season two on June 10th, everything changed. Will the Big 4 in Season 1 hold its place? Will Zato maintain the momentum? Will Happy Chaos continue to rattle the second half of Season 1 into Season 2? Will Season 1 Characters Finally Break Unobtrusive DLC?

As with the previous graph, the characters with the graph in red have a high usage rate in[COMBO BREAKER 2022]while characters with a yellow graph have a high usage rate in[CEO 2022].

There are two points of interest. FirstSignificant decrease in the use of SolHo.I used Sol up top 24punkAlone, compared to the seven members of[COMBO BREAKER 2022]In the top 64 as a whole2 people onlyI was. The firepower of Season 2 has been reduced on Mars, the strong K mode was also an ongoing technique for starting the technique, and the combo patch when used became heavier.

Another important pointThe three most specialized bodies (Faust / Jacques or Gold Lewis)he is. These three unique abilities were not chosen because they weren’t strong enough to be worthy of mastery in Season 1. However, in[CEO 2022],5 peopleFaust messenger is still ranked 64 among othersapology manShow activity in fifth position.

Jack-O’s and Gold Lewis also didn’t have the performance to rise to the top in season one, and were behind the other characters because they were added in the DLC. However, it appears to be greatly enhanced in the second season.

In fact, in[CEO 2022]each player basically installs these two skins4 peopleEach one remained in the top 64. Moreover, I have progressed to the top,Beefy ManateeIt is the thirteenth highest for using Gold Lewis,nitroIt scored 17th place, the highest rating for Jack O.

Again, characters with a yellow graph have a higher usage rate in[CEO 2022]Characters with a blue graph have a higher usage rate in all first season cycles that PGstats.com has accumulated.

Character usage rate in[CEO 2022]he isMeta focus on Snow Remains and RamlitaleIt may indicate that he is born, but many other characters also show their presence.

In the coming months, you’ll find out more about whether the decline in Sol, Leo, and Chips use, and the increased use of Faust, Zato, and DLC characters is temporary or true for Season 2 as a whole.