That doesn't make sense. Apply that logic to Injustice and characters like Batman, Superman, and Black Adam will still dominate. Seriously this push for buff everyone doesn't work....sigh FGC.
I'd rather have better characters than watered down characters, to be honest. The gap wasn't even that huge. They just needed a few tweaks, but rather than climb up the mountain, they shoved a few people down and told them to wait. And in Eliot's case, they just threw him off it would appear.
I don't play injustice but everyone in that game knows exactly how many frames of a low jab or how much more hit stun they need to be able to get past 2 , 3 breath with superman. I'm als 100% sure if you ask anyone in any fighting game what move changes they'd want to let their character be more competitive they can rattle off a list of non game breaking changes.