Wow, T.Hawk projected as strong? That's scary and surprising.

Where's Sir Dudley of Boxington looking to land? I know it's all random theory but a rough idea? And whoo hoo Yang so high. If I play I know who I'd play already.

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Wow, T.Hawk projected as strong? That's scary and surprising.

Where's Sir Dudley of Boxington looking to land? I know it's all random theory but a rough idea? And whoo hoo Yang so high. If I play I know who I'd play already.

Duds will probably be solid mid tier again. I don't think people realize how bonkers duds damage can be, his ex ducking upper hits like a truck. If he gets like an anti air jab uppercut, he can do like to to ex ducking uppers into ultra for insane damage. He'll still have tough match ups but he's a pressure monster in the corner

Hawk is looking so good because he's been sped up considerably. His condor spire is now super fast along with his walk speed are much faster now

Duds got only buffs for Ultra. They buffed a lot of his weak points like you mentioned Recon. Shotos could pretty much beat him with c.mk and so they gave him some tools to be a little more scary in mid range.

Good article definitely worth reading!
Wao DWU

If you read what guys like kim1234 are saying they like the new version. Basically it comes down to this.

Did you play a vortex type character? I don't like new version
Did you play a zoner or a charge character? I like this new version

what do people want? Do they want to die to unblockables and 100% safe ridiculous 25/25/25/25 setups? Or do they want to die because someone is blowing them up in the neutral game. Haters in both areas but it really depends on the style you play.

I think the difference is that most newer players prefer set play and getting rewarded for the knockdown. A lot of the older players prefer a more footsie oriented game.

I don't think delayed wake up is gonna make the game sfxt, but I do see the game being slowed down and losing some sense of urgency. I like the change wao mentioned about making throws doing more damage though.

I'm on the fence about it. I actually play a better mid ranged character and I'm still ify lol. I do agree on the vortex thing needing to be taken out.

I think the skill gap will actually increase even more. Good players with a good understanding of fundamentals, spacing, frame traps, mix ups etc will dominate even more because they understand the game at a deeper level.

Newer players who got away with heavy vortex mixups will struggle for a while and have to go back and learn the game the way it was intentionally created.

My only hope is that it doesn't slow the momentum of the game down too much.Watching people waddle back and forth in the neutral game 30 seconds at time isn't the most exciting thing to watch or to play against. I do think vortex was too strong however.

I agree. I am super pumped on the offline record feature. And you can upload directly to Youtube! I think this is a great way to improve gatherings. You can record a ft10 between 2 players then let everyone else watch.

Also, Hugo U2 is really good. Caught dhalsim half screen backdash?!? gg. That means bad news for cammy, akuma, yun/yang, honda with stop sign, probably dive kick characters in general. I still think he will get wrecked to good zoners though. It will require one patient person to be a character specialist with him. Certainly not I.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6UWebESSbA#t=02m29s

I really don't understand why they released the game in japan when a new version comes out next month and from what everyone is saying, the balance will change from the arcade to console version. The location tests are all reporting that things are different from the arcade to the console. Anyways. 1 more month....