Recently one friend of mine who plays fighting games often with me agreed to play Strive for a few matches. He mostly played Chipp and tried Zatto, Chipp because he looked cool and Zato because he knew it was hard, and a few days later asked me that since I know that game better than him which characters would fit his playstyle the best.
For reference, we mostly play super smash bros ultimate, and his undisputable main there is Little Mac. His second most played fighting game isDragon Ball Fighterz, where he plays Gogeta Blue, and in Tekken 8 his main is Jin. Whenever we play Persona 4 Arena, he plays Akihiko or Sho Minazuki (Persona-less variant, specifically). It is also worth mentioning that he despises grapplers and dislikes slow characters, both in movement and in animations.
With this information, and after going through the roster explaining him how each character plays, I rounded down (is that the correct expression) his options to Sol, Ky, Baiken, Johnny, Chipp, Sin, and maybe Giovanna and Slayer.
I wanted to have second opinions, and maybe find reasons why certain characters would fit his playstyle more. I know ultimately he should play whoever he likes more, but finding good options given his playstyle suffices for now. Thank you in advance.