Shin I agree. Who knew. This is what I wish team ninja would understand ... you don't just take characters out of a game, or give them less attention, etc. cuz every character is important... but i digress ... good luck bro
thanks FoN . i agree , her design is incredibly unique especially when you consider she is on some level a clone. that's why i want tengu too... so awesome lol
No problem Nestor dude! TN did that because they don't want ALPHA to have good punishment ability. Her defense is supposed to be limited. At least she has godly parries. I wish ALPHA was less mash-friendly because she's one of the more interestingly designed characters whom is different to every other character on the roster. It's like the MU knowledge for an Anime fighter character, i.e. You need specific knowledge about their strengths and weaknesses as opposed to just going by shared traits.
thanks FoN I just started training alpha a few days ago & the information you give is very valuable. I noticed that I was having trouble throw punishing and could not figure out why. those throw start-up frames are a huge detriment to alpha... what a strange thing to do to a character ...
IMO, I suspect that ALPHA is somewhere around Mid-Tier. She does have very strong strengths, especially when she initiates a stun on you, however I find that the biggest issue with her is Match-Up ignorance. Hardly anyone knows how to fight her, and just complain that she's an OP'ed, mashy bitch. You cannot fight her like every other character, you need to cater a battle strategy against her.
I will give a hint that she has massive weaknesses that no other characters have to compensate for the fact that her stun game is absolutely devastating (3 CB's, and a 149 dmg throw for instance). I'll say a few. She has no Wake-up kicks so she can be pressured mercilessly even by zoning characters like Ayane. Her holds do 0 damage and grant 0 advantage, so if you stun her, just YOLO her without hesitation. Beware of her parries though. She has no reliable punish throws on block until about i12 (her i5 is breakable, no i7 throws and her i10 isn't really threatening compared to other i10's). So you can abuse the fuck out of normally unsafe shit like Ayane's Cannon Drill kick. Once you get on the offensive, just pressure the hell out of ALPHA.
On a side note, I will say that ALPHA is stupid as hell online though.
even tho her jab is i9 her mid is i13 so she can't defensively use that as a counter poke, she needs get pressure started in order to do so, her lack of wake up kick is apparent and her counter teleports do little to no damage and sometimes can put her in a bad position like helena/ayane, but she has godly throws + Ohs
do you guys even know how she works properly or?? I understand i look like a massive bitch right now but i really don't think you fully understand why she's bad/good
