if you must play with pad THREAD.

get a stick, i get a stick, stick nice.

for those still playing, i found it easy to pull all moves on oily d-pad.

really i am not kidding try this.

take some oil (any kind, just a bit low on viscosity. don't use something like car gasoline unless you're a jackass) oil up your left hand thumb ONLY. now it should feel slippery so now you have a bit of that "stick" freedom. try pressing keys in all directions, like you rotate a stick.

in fact it becomes extremely easy to buffer dash, and basically you'll feel a lot more flexible and therefore intimidating. so example, you might be able buffer-dash-cancel, cancel-kick, and a quick d-palm all within 2 seconds pretty easy.

 

Sounds sanitary.