That's not actually what happened in 5. They nerfed him, hard. Things that sat down didn't sit down anymore, his best stun tool got nerfed into his CB, 8P changed to a bound, he got a 1P and 214K. The changes were there, they were just either bad or negligible. He'll be different in 6 by merit of the system alone which caters to how he plays. This's why I have faith in him being decent. Not faith in TN's balancing.
Give him everything back. i13 4K, i14 6P+K, +5 on 46K on block. While we're at it let's just give him DOA3 Hayate's 1K2K low string and stop pretending he shouldn't have always had that to begin with. But anyway, give him all his best tools back. He deserves them. Only thing he doesn't need back is an i7 33T lol.