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Why It’s Almost Impossible to Ban Fighting Game Characters

Stumblebee explores why character bans almost never happens

By Choysauce • October 3, 2019

Character banning is a spicy topic that comes up when the Fighting Game Community finds a character to be unfair for competition. There are a few characters that are immediately ban-worthy like ST Akuma and Ivan Ooze, but very few are actually ever given the ban-hammer.

Stumblebee (@stumblebeetv) explores the catch-22 that comes from quickly banning a character vs trying to “let it rock” for too long by looking at some of the biggest character ban controversies in the FGC.

Check out the full video below:

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