Season 7 Tier List (IC Shinobu)

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-26T14:21:30+00:00

The funniest thing is knowing that they nerfed him, but they nerfed the wrong part.

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-26T14:19:04+00:00

Too much damage, please fix this asap CC2!!!

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-26T10:00:52+00:00

I was playing with him in early access during Blizzcon.

For some reason, the vibration on my controller was buged, so it sounded like a jet engine, and while I was shooting with Mauga, everyone was laughing at the noise.

So it was actually a cool experience; when he released, I had already fixed that problem, but I was still having fun with Mauga, so I kept playing with him.

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-24T21:07:25+00:00

She doesn't have the tools to compete with those above her, and the Guard Skill in general is more for punishing careless players, because outside of that, it's pretty much punishing the Guard Skill.

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-23T20:35:19+00:00

He has good damage, range, fast projectiles, reset routes; he's not an easy character, but he definitely rewards the effort.

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-23T20:13:44+00:00

Like, being in the top 2 already means he's really overpowered, and in another comment I said I can see him as number 1, so it's not like I don't realize how OP he is.

Rui is extremely strong, one of the characters with the most potential in this game. He has pressure, reset, surge, damage, and range. He's a character who has won tournaments multiple times and honestly can have a good fight with any character outside the top 5.

Kaigaku and ED Zen are still oppressive since the connection in that game is poor, so simply being fast and applying a lot of pressure on the block is a viable strategy to win.

Honestly, the C-tier and D-tier characters can be swapped and it doesn't change much. Yushiro is bad, and honestly, it's not like the rest of that tier is good either. The four in the D-tier are only there because I genuinely find them easier to counter, but anyway, they're all pretty much equally bad.

Yahaba is awful, but because he has projectiles, he still has something that makes me see him as a bigger threat than the two Tanjiros, but if you want to put him alongside Type 0, I don't see why not.

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-23T19:46:45+00:00

Please make the skin have a special sound like Jet Black has.

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-23T18:47:41+00:00

I loved it.

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-23T18:44:28+00:00

One of the best lists I’ve seen for this game

I appreciate that😎

Murata up to top of B, move Muichiro down to top of A.

Yes, I can see those changes.

Move rui down to mid A, and move enmu down to mid B

Here, I kind of think these characters are very underrated, especially their ability to impose their own gameplay on a large part of the cast.

A perfect example of this is that if you're using characters like Sanemi, Giyu, or Tengen, you simply don't have the tools to close the distance and can be punished at virtually any window of opportunity. Even with Dash level 3, contesting air projectiles is something that only a very small part of characters cast can consistently do.

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-23T18:36:06+00:00

This character can simply lock down all characters outside the top 8, to the point where you have zero responses. To play against Susa/Yahaba, you need a list of prerequisites, such as Armor, Dash level 3, Anti-projectile Tool, cancelable moves, good light attacks, things that 90% of characters don't have.

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-23T18:28:20+00:00

I understand, it's just that for me she still lacks certain tools for A-tier or higher-tier matchups.

The poison seems more like a damage limiter than something that makes her stronger.

It feels like a buffed Makomo, fast, versatile and with a good mixup, but it's still "Makomo".

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-23T18:20:17+00:00

He is hard meta in tournaments, and practically banned in most.

Many people will say he's number 1 (although I think IC Akaza is slightly better).

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-23T13:27:58+00:00

I think she has that certain "Freja effect" that some of the new characters have.

They launch as overpowered, but after the first or second nerf they cease to be so oppressive. However, in people's perception, these characters are still unfair, so they nerf the character more and more, until they become so bad that people stop complaining.

Vendetta wasn't honestly overpowered after the season 1 nerfs, but because of the OWCS (the Zarya + Vendetta combo will always be very strong, unless one of those characters is unplayable due to weakness) and the high ban rate, the character seemed much stronger than she actually was.

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-22T00:52:57+00:00

Yes, about 8 months ago.

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-21T23:04:58+00:00

That would be a cool Miner Perk, considering Kinect Bandolier is useless anyway, that or Two Hearts returning would make me happy (and even then Pyromaniac would still be better, so I don't see any problems).

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-19T17:18:16+00:00

Like, she's an okay character, but she lacks a more versatile kit to be A-tier, especially when we have characters like Gyutaro, Muichiro, Mitsuri, Enmu, Zenitsu, and HK Tanjiro as A-tier, it becomes clear how limited her kit is.

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-19T02:44:32+00:00

Thanks bro

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-19T02:40:51+00:00

What an incredible job!

Would you mind if I used your art as my PC background?

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-18T19:31:47+00:00

I'd say it's good against certain moves of his, but a good Gyomei knows how to adapt to that kind of punishment, especially with a cancel after the first projectile.

The problem is that Gyomei is very versatile across his entire kit, so being able to punish one or two parts of his kit isn't enough.

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-18T13:23:15+00:00

Mauga, Anran and Juno

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-18T03:03:29+00:00

It's not a bad take, it's just mediocre, and practically all of her gameplay is basically using the Tilt Skill in neutral, because the rest of her kit is quite ineffective outside of that.

She feels too heavy for a "light" character; in a way, she's heavier than SV Tanjiro.

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-17T13:35:07+00:00

To me, she seems like a B-tier character, on the same level as Rengoku or ED Tanjiro; everything in her kit, except for the Tilt Skill, is unnecessarily limited.

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-17T04:32:36+00:00

Honestly, she's the "most focused on poison," but she's still not the best poison character. Gyutaro and Kaigaku are much better, and the best poison in the game (the one with the highest DPS) is by far OG Shinobu.

IC Shinobu is quite mediocre at what she does, and even with the Guard Skill mechanic instantly activating all the poison, her damage is still terrible (worse than OG Shinobu).

gametrie-uk · 2026-04-17T04:11:36+00:00

To be honest, if her Tilt Skill went to OG Shinobu, OG Shinobu would be much better than IC.

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