his crush's were ok, He could be crushed out like anyone else.
Juggles were ok damage but worn't very long.
He had no range. So dealing with Hayate/Ayane/Tengu/Nicole was a pain. Crappy launchers. His poke game is heavey with lows n mids.
The only real good things were he could push you into a gradable sit down stun, mix ups, parry's, and an SS attack that crush's everything even walk up kicks if done right. To be the only non-ninja to be top tier in 4 he still had his down sides. To me the only thing that made him really good was no 1 played him so no 1 knew how to play against him
Okay let me qualify this by saying that I'm not trying to be rude but most of what you said is incorrect.
First off the ninja's did not occupy top tier, Busa > Gen Fu > Helena > Spartan. One ninja out of four made it into top tier.
You said his crushes were okay, have you ever used his
? That thing trashes everything, just like Helena's
and Busa's
.
His juggles did great damage,
was great for air juggles and if there was a wall vaguely close it would add wall damage as well. I don't understand your comment about his juggles being short, in about 5 or 6 hits he does more damage than Helena can do in 12 hits, short combo's are not detrimental to his game play. It just makes him easier to play.
His poke game was heavy cause his
beat everything except 9/10 frame jabs. He pokes a lot cause he knows you can't do much about his about it outside of guessing a counter. His lows are shit, I'll give you that.
His launchers are not crappy.
all great launchers, all different hit levels. Plus the first two have almost identical animations making them impossible to react to.
The things that made him top tier in DOA4 were his godly pokes, high damage output, the fact that he was very safe, his learning curve was the equivalent of nose diving off of a tall building, his side step attack worked great, he could crush almost everything and his launchers were varied enough to keep you guessing.
Saying he is an okay character with average damage, mediocre crushes and crappy launchers is just wrong.
