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A roster is useless if the game isn't fun to play. CMC v9 shines by evolving the Crusade formula. It retains the series' signature modes but introduces features that extend the game's longevity significantly.

You searched for "best," so let’s talk tiers. After playing over 200 hours of CMC v9, the community has settled on the following top-tier "S" and "A" rank characters.

The CMC team took the official 0.9.5 demo of Crusade and rebuilt it from the ground up. Version 9 is the culmination of years of community feedback, frame-data analysis, and engine optimization.

Here is why CMC v9 is widely regarded as the best version available for download today:

While no fighting game is perfectly balanced, CMC v9 comes terrifyingly close. The CMC team conducted thousands of simulated matches using AI scripts to identify "touch-of-death" combos and removed them. Every character in the A and B tiers is tournament viable.