Sorry long post
I main Orochi and im gonna have to strongly disagree with you here.
Your arguments is not valid and you misrepresent facts.
I have many hours on this character, currently rep 4 soon 5 with a gearscore of 108.
There are drawbacks to this character and some advantages. Firstly the Orochi is an assassin and a counter-attacker. That means that if you play very agressivly against this
character you give the Orochi the upperhand everytime. This is the nature of a counter-attacker just like the Peacekeeper, and thats where their speed come into play.
You take away their speed and you no longer have a counter-attacker and this class/ character types would be broken/ useless.
The Orochi is not that hard to predict either, several times during the last few days I've meet players who really perfected their defence and patience. And then is a pain to be
Orochi, its really not that a straight forward character as you would have it to be. The light top attacks and the speed is really the only thing this character has going for it right now.
Also as a sidenote, the Orochis top attack is fast but not the fastest in the game either, so you statement regarding that is false, the attack of the warden is faster. And the side step attack of the PK seems faster also (im not sure about this so correct me if im wrong) The guardbreak of this character dont have ridicouls range, its very short and you need to get very close to get it in. If you are talking about the forward dash then Gb, then that is really two moves and its unsafe.
Regarding dmg, yes if you are being hit by a maxed out attack sword with heavy hits then yes they do very high dmg as they should, these attacks are not fast and very easy to parry.
There are many times i've almost throw the controller to the wall in frustration when i have faced good opponents like Warden, Lawbringer, Conq, Warlord and the likes. But I dont come on here and rant and claim OP. If I lose its something i did wrong and it needs to be adjusted / practiced. Learn the diffrent attacks of you opponent and find a flaw in their style.
To many times have games of late been balanced out of proportions due to players cying OP, and the player base just windles away. Learn your class, use your opponents weakness and own that ****.
The fact is that this game maybe one of the more balanced games at release as of a long time. The only character that in my honest opinion needs adjusting is the Valk, which is getting a buff if im not mistaken.
Anyways, i've rambled enough. Have a nice day and take care
