I'd say Cerebella, unless you really hate peacock. Big band can replace her HP LnL assist with brass knuckles so while you're playing peacock it's just a straight upgrade. Big band also has decent DHC synergy with her.
Fortune is the best character dude.
Yes, I quite like fortune myself, but my friends reasoning was that my fortune was really bad, and I only knew like one babycombo for her, and if she's only there mostly as a dp, might as well use filia, who (dunno if this is true) has a better dp and can do more damage for the combos i can do
Dude, I'm not a theory fighter, but I don't understand your friend. Fortune is top tier in all versions of SG.
the operative part here is "combos I can do" in that, little time I have to practice SG, I spend most my time on Val, so with fortune the only combo I have is a like 4 hit ground combo, knockup, then tail-sword super. that was it. other than chomping at people occasionally, i had no idea what i was doing. whereas I have been playing filia for a monthish and have like a good 10-ish hit combo.
I agree totally (which is why I play val, even though her main usage is long loops and that is by far my worst aspect) though my fortune had made little progress over a year, and I hardly cared for her, I simply had her because I realized my Val needed a dp and I literally flipped a coin when i first started to see if it should be fortune or filia.
Dude it's more than 2000 combinations.
I was assuming that order doesn't matter, and that we're only counting confirmed DLC.
Order can matter though.