Well, I use a DS4...
I just can't get my mind around that. Two fingering one button just makes me mistime things that would have been easy for me otherwise. When I listen to Valle play I feel like I'm doing things downright wrong.
.That is where the most significant changes occur in terms of character usage. Some pros switching just amounts to a few dozen people, but Chun usage tumbling means thousands are probably deciding to try something/someone new. If Nash really is at the bottom then it'll be interesting to see if his character usage holds like Alex's or stumbles.
The slowing down of mediums is the second worst change behind the white life change. V-reversals nerf follow closely behind in my book.
Capcom hit it out of the park with Nash and Karin. They really made the transition very nicely and their popularity makes me hopeful for Karin's future appearances in another numbered Street Fighter title. Makes me sad that they fumbled so badly on Alex and Ibuki. They took the Nintendo approach and tried to fix what wasn't broken.
Season 2 would have made a bit more sense had it been released right after EVO instead of five months later.
Same for Necalli who at least got a new overhead (that'll probably be rarely used).
The addition of so many new combos is welcome, stun gun as a special great, EX slash elbow armor is cool, f.HP got much better, he retained his parry which is awesome and sledgehammer is useful even if only as a combo extender. Unfortunately he still needs a lot of work and his costume situation is pretty dire. Above all I think all the work they put into animation was the standout improvement to me. Many of them were faithfully recreated and new ones (particularly his throw animations) are fantastic. Ibuki looks pretty barebones next to him. Fortunately for her she has got a strong costume game.
I said this almost word for word a week or two ago haha. Also, I think I see the difference between our thought processes here. I looked at the numbers, but also the number of characters moving up (or how many characters she fell below depending on how you look at it).
He's definitely not a win button, but the fact that I've already been accused twice at locals of picking up Urien just cuz he's strong in S2 (despite the fact that I've been playing him since he dropped) anecdotally shows that there is some stigma surrounding the character. I certainly can't have that; it clashes with my philosophy!
I'm not suuuuper good at Aegis setups either (mostly just stick with the tried-and-true target combo into sMP, sMP, sHP, crHP and then BnB while using the second mirror as a mixup tool after a knockdown) which I know severely limits my skill ceiling as Urien.
He wasn't aware of a lot of the basics. Now he'll be doing combos into back drop, using meaty f.HP and probably getting used to dash up command grabs.
Double tapping is just an objectively better approach really, but yeah, it's not something for me heh. I'll make due.
