Ken really is the sweatiest of all shotos now. Least damage. Only saving grace is 1 frame faster low forward. Ryu hits 50% harder, Akuma is over-tuned to the moon. Don’t tell me about Luke he’s still got major pluses over Ken. Then on 6-10, they nerfed Ken’s Jinrai loops, so both versions are a true 1-framer. Both the short juggle and the roundhouse into short juggle. It was already difficult as a 2-framer, now it’s nigh impossible without plinking. And even many top pros never learned how to plink jabs and shorts, because you need a dead button, or switch your stick entirely (using the right side of 6 buttons instead of default left side). Feels bad man.
@@DD01880 But that’s always been the case with Akuma. Also, he hasn’t been doing that hot with Ken. Especially after the latest patch. Just look at Mena, he doesn’t even really play rank. And if there videos out there, it always him playing another character except Blanka.
