>>713147387
in no particular order, Leo, Jack-O, Sin, Raven, Ky, Jam, Faust and Sol are probably the strongest picks at low levels.
>>713147575
Ky is generally considered a higher tier character than Sol but they are very different in terms of what they want to do.
Neither Greed Sever nor Bandit Bringer is a mixup option, they're only highs because it would look silly to crouch block them. Both of them are low crush neutral/pressure callouts and combo tools, but BB is +1 instead of punishable like GS and it leads to way more damage on hit. GS is kind of just bad outside of combos or the very occasional hail mary, new Ky players all eat shit for relying on it, the risk/reward is just not in his favor unlike BB which while still situation is very good at what it does
Gunflame and Stun Edge have different jobs. GF isn't a 'firebal' like something Ryu would throw, it makes him significantly plus from anything other than point blank, doesn't disappear on hit making it a very safe neutral option to control ground space, and launches on hit so he gets full air combos off it especially on counterhit, and YRC GF is just an uncontestable pressure reset. Stun Edge is a great low commit neutral poke and is obviously strong with YRC but GF is much more useful in pressure
Sol's DP is way, way safer than Ky's, in almost every way. Less recovery, variable timing with the followup, and way faster so harder to safejump. It's also much better on hit, it has 2 hits to win trades and beat armor, can't be low profiled which Ky's can, and guaranteed knocks down for oki. Ky's DP is good in combos but it's one of the worse reversals in the game
I'd say Sol and Ky have pretty similarly useful supers. Neither really wants to spend meter on anything but YRC if they can, but both sometimes use reversal super or burst super to end rounds. Ky's air super is only useful to get (bad) knockdowns on air combos, which Sol gets for free.
But Sol isn't a better Ky either, they're just really different.
