Yeah, these are starting to become less about combos and more about keeping people away with special moves and projectiles.
And that's bad how? Fighting games are about space control at heart. Using specials and projectiles to keep people away is pure fighting game essence. No different from watching a Dhalsim use the limbs to keep somebody away, or Ryu chucking plasma to keep people down.
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