I'd say leo is one of the better characters for new players, he's fairly unga bunga in gameplay while still needing you to keep your brain on
#I'm An indecisive new player that needs Help deciding on a MAIN!
orchid yarrow
He's also a stance character so that can be a pro or con depending on what you prefer for gameplay, and he's able to loop S and HS until the opponent is out of range
He's also really versatile with a DP, neutral tool and a 3 way mixup and crossup when in backturn stance
He also has the best single hit projectile super in the game aside from Johnny
I'd say out of all the ones on the list he or Gio are the best pick
solar gyro
I just played through all the characters one by one and I wrote down kinda my ideas on each. really didnt vibe with many, other than Leo which notes stated "OOO yea big ass sword, with fun mixup potential" and brigette with notes saying "ranged rushdown is definetly something else, but i love IT!"
So im deciding more inbetween those two, which tier list wise it looks like leo is much better, but its still such a hard choice. They both are mega rushdown, would you be able to kinda describe the difference in there strategies?
orchid yarrow
Tbh aside from Zato teirlists don't matter all that much
It mostly relies on how you use the character
solar gyro
oooo makes sense
orchid yarrow
But for gameplan, Leo's main wincon is to get into backturn stance (grab, 214S, 236H) and just keep up pressure with all the tools
I don't play Gio that much but a key part of her gameplay is just building meter so you don't really have to do anything special
I'm not exactly sure what changes but with full meter she activates doggo install and turns green
I would assume it's a damage buff or something like that
solar gyro
oh okay, thank you sir! i appreciate the sharing of knowledge
i think im gonna play some leo tomorrow and just see how learning him goes
orchid yarrow
He's really easy to learn especially given the combos are really 1-2 if you aren't trying to be stylish
His basic stuff is just S>H repeat until almost out of range, then use 236S or 236H
Anyway good luck on your journey to learn funni PTSD lion man 
untold breach
yeah no just play whoever you think looks cool
the motivation to learn the character because you like them will be more important than anything else
solar gyro
Any thoughts on the difference between leo and brigette? @untold breach
I love leo for the big swords and the heavy feeling combos
and love bridgette for the range and the crazy mixup potential and like flying in
also like bridgette visually more
untold breach
bridget is a setup based mixup character
she wants to knock people down and throw the yoyo and then mix them to bits
leo is a stance character
he's quite good in normal mode, but once he gets into backturn he can loop almost-unblockable mix until the opponent is dead
in a broad overview they're both very similar actually
the difference is that bridget is much more mobile and has overall better neutral, but her mixups do much less damage and are more easily defended
also leo has godlike defence i guess
also bridget is somewhat more technical
but again it's just
play whoever you like the most
play whoever you think you'll have the most fun playing