I'm also looking for a character with good pressure. Reading through this thread you guys have convinced me to give Helena a try.
Anyway, my thoughts on the other characters:
-Mila: way TOO straightforward if you ask me. It's like the developers all got together in a small room and one guy said: "Let's create a "character for DOA dummies". And out came Mila. I'm pretty sure you could use one hand and still get stuff done with this character. Don't get me wrong, she's a nice character, but her extreme straightforwardness makes her get boring really fast.
-Christie: for me this is a tough one. On one hand I love almost everything about this character. On the other hand there is 1 thing that really really bugs me about her. That silver hair. For me it's such an obscure colour to have for hair that it's actually off-putting. Every time I want to use this character and every time I see that silver hair I just think: "Ah hell NO!" I really wish the developers added in an option to change hair colour.
Okay wait.
1). How dare you. Mila is straightforward, efficient, and practical, and unlike virtually every other character, I never get bored of her precisely because of that. And her inputs may not be complicated, but that doesn't mean she's brain dead easy. The catch to straightforward characters is that theres no gimmick to exploit. You have to just actually get good with them (unlike, say, ninjas, who launch with every jab)
Most gimmick she has is her feints, which aren't as gimmicky as say, Zack's or Christie's Marie's.
2). While I'm not gonna fault you for disliking hair colors (I prefer dyed brunettes over blondes)it's not really obscure coloryou can get that with dying, think its called....platinum blonde or something?