Top 10 Common Fighting Game Character Types

Its pretty much expected to see sexy female characters in almost every fighting game with way too many to name. - egnomac

Street fighter : poison
Soul calibur : ivy valentine
Darkstalkers: morrigan
King of fighters : mature
And more!

You really can't have a fighting game without at least one or more characters who are into the martial arts. - egnomac

Its not surprising that so many fighters in video games were inspired by none other than Bruce Lee just to name a few Lui Kang, Marshal Law, Fei Long, Kim Dragon. - egnomac

You know the characters who are copies of already existing characters with almost all the same moves with slightly few changes. - egnomac

Every ninja character in Mortal Kombat, Kage Maru from Virtua Fighter, Ibuki form Street Fighter. - egnomac

Zangief, Mike Haggar, Reiko Hinimoto, Hugo, Muscle Power, King, Wolf. - egnomac

Best example: the robot characters from Mortal Kombat, Cyrax, Sektor, Smoke, Fulgore from Killer Instinct. - egnomac

Goro, Motaro, Saberwulf, Youkai Kusaregedo, and almost all the Drakstalker characters. - egnomac

You know those characters that either don't belong in game, the comic relief, pathetically weak or those characters who you just can't take seriously. - egnomac

SHINGO KICK!

Ken, Ryu, Mizuguchi, Yuri, Karate is about everywhere. - Interrogator

If Dhalsim were the main antagonist of SFII, instead of some Kato wannabe, wouldn’t have to play someone with reach beyond regular reach. - Interrogator

Almost if not all of their moves uses their legs or feet. We have Juri from Street FIghter, King from King of Fighters, and Eddy from Tekken just to name a few.

I think they are elusive and flexible just take chun li fr street fighter for example.

The kind of 300lb+ mountain of a man who towers over opponents and throws them everywhere in the ring.

The high-risk high flying acrobat-like combatants who jump off the turnbuckles and ropes to attack from above.

The sort who beat the snot out of opponents.

Someone who’s big and slow, but can take little damage and deliver pain to their opponents

Street Fighter II is loaded with them in the Playable Characters group. - Interrogator

Chun-Li, Annie Hamilton, Carol from Savage Reign, all are spoiled to the core. - Interrogator