Both characters are nerfed already. Hito is hard to fight in 4v4, but now he's manageable. BP is very manageable and has a great kit, is fun to play with, and can be frustrating to fight against if you find a bash spamming player, but both are fine now.
On console is harder to react to some of their moves, but they are not broken now.
With Hito, you see him always at the top of the list, with 12+ takedowns easily because he is a hell of a ganker.
Why?Originally Posted by AmonDarkGod Go to original post
He almost never gets the trade advantage since his light only does 15 damage. All you need to do is throw a heavy and you out trade him. The main purpose of HA on his light is so he can get into his chain offense. Taking the HA away without giving him an opener so he can get into his chain as compensation will result in Shugoki throwing less attacks and turtling more, not less. He can't feint the light therefore you can punish it with a light parry or a dodge attack if he constantly tries to light on red. You can also deny him the use of light on red by proper spacing, which is something you could not do with Hitokiri's old HA so it's not nearly as egregious as her Heavy on red was.Originally Posted by AmonDarkGod Go to original post
Until there is a major balance update cued up for Shugoki, one which gives him a proper opener into his chain offence as compensation, I don't agree that he should lose his HA light. If you just remove it and give him nothing as compensation he will just become an even more defensive character as a consequence of not having any kind of way to get into his offense. I don't want to see any more characters thrown into a garbage pit like Shinobi, Nobushi and Raider's offense simply for lack of any kind of compensation. I'd rather the devs give characters proper updates when they are fully clued up on and ready with the kind of balancing compensation the hero needs. Because at the end of the day the goal is to intelligently re-balance all the heroes, not nerf each of them into oblivion one by one in an endless merry-go-round.
For the time being there is counter play that exists to Shugoki's HA light, unlike the situation with Hitokiri's old HA.