Nop, I haven't seen that Athena who did that combo. That is why I ask about Athena, I see she has all her great moves, yet I don't see her been played at all. I kinda wish her EX Phoenix Arrow was more like her Phoenix Arrow DM, maybe just repeat it twice and make it safe? Or just give her her Phoenix Arrow DM. But I have yet to see a good Athena recently.
Lets see... Well, Athena at the end of this old KCE Vid takes out raiden nicely:
http://youtu.be/kkJRV2aaghoBeginning of this vid:
Bah, cannot find the HD mode athena midscreen I remember. Maybe it was in one of the European live streams
2/3rds of her P.Arrows are already safe (weak and EX), so I dunno if changing the EX one would be worth much, other than just giving her something that might look more fun to play with.
Teleport cancel into throw mixup is great, wonderful fireball, solid runaway, an air move to HD cancel her Psycho swords into more damage, a DM that's a fantastic reversal, and great normal, or as an EX, corner combo insanity... Maybe she'd benifit more from a change in move properties.
As it stands, it seems like the only thing REALLY holding her back, is that she's not Shen, Maxima, K', Raiden, etc. They're all meter hogs, just like she can be, and her multi-hits probably scale her more than anyone would like.
I think King needs her Surprise Rose DP more, but her Mirage Dance would be awesome to have too. Besides they already have Surprise Rose sprites so it shouldn't be too much of a problem. Her Illusion Dance was always awesome because of the backdash she does and it was always cool to watch. But she needs 1 more move, I don't care which one, but she feels a bit incomplete like Vice.
EDIT: You know what, maybe giving King the ability to do her Tornado Kick in the air will help her out greatly.
Normal Suprise Rose MIGHT work, but... There's just so much repetition in her moves already! Same with Aerial Tornado Kick. Now, if they use the "Foot stomp" part of Suprise Rose DM in order to give her a from-the-air aggressive "divekick", that's safe on block (non EX), I could see that working, though I'd be a lot like Athena's Phoenix Arrow..
I wouldn't even mind if they just gave her a "Reset Throw" similiar to Takuma's new move. No real damage on it's own, but lets you control things once you trap the opponent in your multi-hit ground move (Zanretsuken for him, Trap shot for her).