^^ I am totally with you m8
Takuma can make a 100% combo starting with full HD and 1 power gauge only and people put him in the lower tiers team.
His defense....
I just saying this on Friday to the SoCal guys, I dunno if it's full HD + 2 stocks or only + 1 stock...I think that should factor him into a higher spot alone. Granted, 1 combo shouldn't move someone to the top but at the same time look what happened to Mature and Joe in v1.0. Of course it's harder to do than say a Mature combo, but a practical 100% is still something to give consideration to.
I think as it stands, outside of Takuma, the strongest 100% combo is Chin's technically speaking, although it's so circumstantial that it's almost negligible (Must drink, and the positioning is very critical to the point if you add an extra s.C or you jump in from the wrong direction; it'll push them out of the spot since the combo requires wiring) You also have to start with Chin's jump in which, as anyone knows, is like doing one of those chase-projectile-combos...ok maybe not that bad lol); Chin's is 3 stocks, HD, 1 drink. After that, it might be Shen's 4 stock HD corner 100%.
If indeed it only takes 1 stock and 1 HD bar for Takuma to do the 100% then that's pretty disgusting.
A better player not using K' and Raiden will still win more than a person who uses both with lesser skill. They are top tier, but not game breaking.
Well I think it depends on the spread of skill. A beginner user trying to dropkick experienced player or spamming K''s Eins Trigger (qcf+P) isn't going to get very far against veterans. When the skill level of the K' and Raiden user gets pretty high, he'll still take out a higher skill player that aren't using K' and Raiden, if you ask me.
Let's say you have an experienced player like Romance use Raiden and K', and he practices them like he does with King; I'm willing to wager that he'll take out Mr. Kof ft10 if Mr. Kof doesn't use them himself. We don't even have to look at a theorectical situation, the last AI tourney we had when Reynald started using Raiden, Mr. Kof had to use Raiden himself to stay competitive.
That's what I've been saying since day 1 of Raiden's DKs, when the day comes when high level experience players start using Raiden and it comes down to winning they rest of the players will have to start using him as well. That is probably the best example, at the time of the last tournament Mr.KOF was the best XIII player but when Raiden was added to the equation by Reynald who is a skilled players him self, as skilled as Mr.KOF is, he had no other option but to use Raiden as well.
I don't know if you guys can tell that in part 1 of the new vids after that Raiden, k, Max player started getting a win streak a few of the other players started adding Raiden to their lineup.
If Raiden is not fixed by the console release, this game is going to flop.
