And in response to your second point, my team doesn't particularly care about collateral damage. Thanks to Ridley none of them are groundbound (except the tanky Axl). If they choose to take to the skies and nuke ravenholm there's nothing that can stop them. Liquid and Kefka are not likely to win a sky battle against Ridley and Kossy.
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