Originally posted by Whip's Disciple:
Benimaru Team: Definately Shing0+, he's been toned down ever since his 98 incarnation, where he was a monster.
Yeah, it's quite obvious.
Korean Team: No weak link, but if you're talking about weakest, it's Kim. "Gee Oro! What are you saying, Kim is soooo good!" Yeah, but after Chang gained the armour mood crap, Jhun in armour mode, and the cheapness of a good Choi, Kim pales in comparison.
Hmmm, I beg to differ; I think Kim is the strongest at high level. He is a combo king and very striker friendly compared to the three. And he's the best pressurer and defensive member of the team. He's a character that I have difficulty beating. ArmorMode Chang is no where as versatile as him.
K team: Initially it's going to Maxima, he lack enough mind games to make him very good, he has low B combos, but they are lacking. But I guess in 2k with his new combos, he is weaker than an expert Vanessa, Ramon, and even an advanced K'.
I thought Maxima's Low A and Low B are not bufferable anymore... I haven't seen a good Maxima, so I don't know who is the weakest, Ramon or him.
Ikari Team: Hmmm this year it has to be Leona. Yeah, you can player really cheap like in 98, but a Whip is much improved, and the introduction of striker combos help make up for the fact that Clark and Ralf's throws have been slowed down significantly. I think they are all good, but like the Korean team Leona is probabably the weakest link.
I just think Whip requires more skill compared to the other three. And Whip is not striker friendly at all. Leona on the other hand gained her overhead into V-slasher, Low B -> Low A -> MoonSlasher, and is very striker friendly. I personally think she is the best of the three.
Art of Fighting: Hmmm again, this is tough, my say would be Robert, because people still feel that having him as a charge character is a sin, and avoid using him. My Robert is pretty good, EndLeSS can vouch for me, but when compared to the ease of use of Yuri's priority and speed, Takuma's super priority and mind games, and Ryo's invincibility on his DP, robert falls behind as a usuable character. But Ryo and Robert easily change places on this list because Ryo has lost some significant power himself. His counters are neigh useless. His standing b is now a very poor poke. But being a one hit wonder is also lags behind. His 2 hit comboes do more than most C fwd A or Bs into a special, but do less than the same thing into a DM or SDM. Right did I say Yuri? Sorry about that, King is there, and you all already know how strong she is.
I think Robert is cheap, especially his DM... however, not as cheap as King and not as powerful as Takuma. Ryo seems to fall behind in this team being the least striker friendly.
Fatal Fury team: Ai...probably Andy...They are all strong again, but Andy lacks the most priority when it comes to normal moves. Mary, Terry, and Joe are all very good, but I think some would choose Joe over Andy.
Agreed...
All Girls Team:
Again, no real weaknesses or weak link here. Hinako is truly a force to be reckened with. Yuri is very strong as well utilizing her speed and priority as well as chain combos. Mai's down B in the air can be abused to utter hell. And I guess Kasumi when used well is very scary as well, but I would have to pick her as the weakest link because of the lag from her counters can easily be taken advantage of.
Kasumi, yeah, since she isn't striker friendly at all.
China team: It's Kensou. After losing his cheese infinity he loses out right to the turtling power of Athena, Chin's d, d B, then up D cheese, and Bao's unpredictablity.
Kensou is both boring and suck. He better gain his fireball in 2001 because he lost a lot of popularity already.
IF anyone actually need anymore depth on these, I can further explain in terms of listing pokes and stuff like that, but then again, that would be writing an FAQ. O_O;
You are the weakest link... Bye bye.
