I don't know I play most of my fighting games with D pad unless I'm doing X-23 in UMVC a lot of attacks have quarter spins and jump cancels. As well as certain characters in Blaz Blue. I'm weird, like I'll use the D-pad for most of the match until it's time to use a certain attack, then I switch to the stick then it's right back to the good ol' D pad. Oh and Christie kk 2p+k 2k will force tech your opponent during an air juggle. While not 100% it force them to ukemi which could lead to some great situations.
You'll see what I'm talking about pretty early in the vid. He plays a pretty mean Christie.