This probably isnt a big issue right now but it likely will be down the line, right now if you select your character and lock in itll show the opponent the character youve picked which allows them to counterpick if they want to. Essentially locking in early puts you at a disadvantage against someone who plays more than one character, and if you dont want that to happen youre encouraged to wait down the clock and select your character last second
Its a short roster of characters and most people probably dont play enough characters or know the matchups enough yet to benefit from counter picking in ranked but some people will gain an advantage from doing this and itll only get worse with time.
The first round should be a blind pick to prevent the situations where the opponent waits you out before selecting their character
this is obviously correct, please do this

Winner of the last round should also pick first in following rounds, or be locked into that character tbh
agree with the first part, definitely not with the second part, character switches are massively hype
