nope, DOA5 is my first DOA game...did i say something wrong?
UncleKitchener, hehehe,
seriously though, is he mid tier? i saw the tier list, and the only character with fewer points than he (100) is eliot (93?).
He was
the worst character in 4. Not even worth going back to that, really.
Well, he ain't bad like Eliot, but he's still so slow that even with frame advantage, he still gets beat out of so many things. You pretty much need to have all the numbers down if you want capitalize on mistakes which is unfair because Kasumi/Christie/Sarah players can just mash jab and press random buttons without knowing frame data and you can't do anything. He's really easy to bait and maintaining momentum with him is difficult. This is also why he's unpopular because against good players, he takes effort and people mostly want to play rushdown characters or play better grappler characters (Lisa, Tina, Lei-Fang).
So far, the best things about him in this game are his back-turned mix-up (if he gets in with frame advantage), his throws, pick-up, GBs, sit-downs and his combos. The rest you just have to make do and be creative and they're really not good tools in my opinion.
Better crushes or speed could elevate his game a little bit, which could make a lot of difference. If he ends up getting non of that, then it makes little to no difference in the long run because everyone is getting something new that seems useful.