Aoi weak... That's Crazzy

How come people say Aoi is weak...when I play her she's hitting me with combos that deflate my life meter
tell me how an meger 1st dan Aoi can crush life bars
like that...(I know im a stranger...but please don't tell me to go through trials and command list...been there done that) buy the way ive been reading the post here forever...I really applaud ice 9 or myke or whoever has this site going.

 

Quick question: Are you playing the computer or a person? The computer can hurt you with anyone, obviously, as it knows how to use all the characters.

She's got some high damage stuff, but most of it requires counters to get a floater, or at least do a lot of damage, unlike some of the other heavy hitters.

Now, the reason why people say she's 'weak' is mainly b/c she was weakened quite a bit from Ver. B to Ver. C. Making the double-stop, and throw-counterable are the two main changes.

Also, Ice -- I noticed another change. In Ver. B, + required a counter hit to float. I played some Ver. B. while here in Texas the other day.

 

I dont think any char. is much weaker or stronger, they are just easier and harder to control, AM2 did a fine job ( more or less) to balance a game. Any char. can beat any char. You only need skill.

 

LOL, I knew that a long time ago GP. You forget that most arcades outside of Japan are Version B. Aoi did improve in some ways in Version C, one of the most significant her ability to punish low sweeps (reverse > + > ).

 

So what was guaranteed after the crescent reversals? I remember the safest thing was , but in EVO, the 2nd doesn't seem to hit.

Low crescent reversal -> +
High/Mid crescent reversal -> +

The window is really small though, so you can't goof it up.