ken's and oni's dps recover really fast. with ken i think it's fine because he's always been like that, but i think oni's is kind of dumb. in any case, you just gotta block or bait DPs if you anticipate them. especially if they have two bars for FADC.
i've been playing SC5 more than sf these days, and while it is fun, there's a lot less thinking and more "i feel like doing this this time just because". I think SC's problem is the mixups all do roughly the same damage, so essentially everyone is el fuerte and the entire game is just guessing, mainly. there are a few frame traps and whatnot, and it's definitely not as bad in this game thanks to EX attacks and Just Guard, but part of me finds it hard to take SC5 super seriously for extended periods of time. that could also be because there's just a lot more cheese in SC than in other fighting games.
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