Originally Posted by BanzaiSuitGuy Go to original post
Nice, so maybe you'll finally understand that Orochi with only one atk will be the worst char of the game with Kensei.
Can't wait for that and see his win ratio decreases so fast
Actually I highly disagree. Orochi's entire moveset is viable. His side lights are fast enough that if they were sped up at all they'ed be as fast as his zone. Top lights are used as a "go to" because of the damage. But if we're talking really top tier players even those top lights can be block/parried pretty easily if they are not thrown at the right time. Deflect into heavy deflect is good damage in itself and has mix ups. His storm rush can be used on a whiff punish and get you top light most of the time. I can go on. People refer to his zone and his top lights as his "only" moves because they are generally safe moves. but without mixing up your stuff and using feints those are still punished.

kensei's in a whole different ball park. The only workable move he has is helm splitter. all feint bait combos go there eventually. So you just have to really look for that. Orochi is a medium tier hero who IMO could break into top tier if his storm rush had more flexibility (either with more control over being able to cancel it whenever or allowing soft feints off of storm rush.)
Where as kensei isn't going to get better unless his dashes become safe on block or the defensive meta is nerfed properly.

Orochi's only flaw is that he's got no reliable way to open a turtle. Kensei's issues run far deeper than that. Really the only other hero in the game that's in a similar position to kensei is conq. and the only reason conq is higher up than him is because he's the king of defense.