I'm a complete zero at this game (just like any other fighting game). I'm about to finish the story mode with all the characters. After that I would try to take the game seriously and I need a little help to choose a character that would help me with the ropes. I though of one of these: Sol, Ky, May, Millia, Slayer, Raven and Jam. I honestly don't have a real preference, I really like most of the cast.
What would you pick? There's any other char I could consider?
Ky is probably the simplest character of those. He's a good jack of all trades, and he was my most used on X back on the PS2.
Sol is good for rushdown and has Volcanic Viper, which is awesome. He's one of those who scales with the players ability, so you can benefit from him at low level, unlike people like Zato-1 and Johnny.
Slayer gives you the best goddamn crouch animation in gaming.
May is weird. She's fairly technical, but aside from being a charge character, she's not too tough. I'd say she's probably the most difficult easy to use character.
Millia is tough. She's great, but a glass cannon, and relies on getting her mixups and okizeme correct.
Jam is my main. She's beginner friendly, but doesn't have much range.
Raven I have no idea about, sorry.
Out of those, Ky, Jam, and Sol are the easiest, while May is the simplest harder character to use.
For other beginner friendly characters, in my opinion you have:
Sin, who is really simple. He has a gimmick where he needs to eat to manage a separate meter that drains with special usage, but you just combo them, finish with a move that knocks them away, then eat the meat.
Leo, I never use him, but he's always on beginner character lists. He has a back turned stance.
Faust. He has fantastic normals, and a playstyle that relies on throwing RNG items, which is both his main strength and weakness.