Free Step Dodge

Well that's the the thing. Since I pick Hayabusa, I rarely ever run into other Hayabusas. If I switch my "main"/account and pick different characters, I run into him a lot more. So using a ninja won't really give you any more ninja dosage than you already get.

Unless you're Ayane because everyone and their extended family is Ayane.

I hear ya on that. The thing is, I do not want to add to the already overflowing pool of ninjas. I have no issues with them personally. I just hate always seeing the same chars played.

Yeah I can see that. The repressed hipster in me wants to play/like unpopular characters as well. Were it not for Hayabusa, I would probably be avoiding them as well.

Lol. I admit there are some hipster reasons behind my decision but the main reason is I like to play the lesser used characters. There are so many underused and under-appreciated characters that have infinite potential.

You also get the bonus that not many people have a ton of MU experience against them, so not everyone knows how to counter/punish/fight them due to lack of knowledge.

Lol. I swear it really does help. Not too many people know how to punish Bass.

Indeed.

partly why I love playing Ein on PSN lol, also, ninjas are les common on 360 so you ca blame core fighters for all the kasumis and ayanes haha

Team Ninja made an awful selection for the 4 free Core Fighters. I'm fine with Kasumi being free, but the other 3 should've been lesser popular characters like Zack, Eliot, Bass, Pai, etc. If you want to use a ninja Junglist, I recommend Ayane because she is extremely rewarding to use once mastered. However I will admit that PSN is infested with half-braindead Ayanes -_-.

But Ryu's a grappler.