What the Pros Tink About Bison

KSK: Let’s see… I think Dictator is the only one left.

Itabashi: There’s more push back on Double Knee Press.

Nemo: It pushes back really far. Crouching LK doesn’t reach anymore so it’s hard to lock down now.

Hiropon: But I think some characters benefit and some characters suffer because of it. For example it was scary to go in on Zangief before, but it might be OK now. As for other characters…

Tokido: I think he’s gotten weaker overall. He really couldn’t do damage outside of Knee Press.

Itabashi: I think Dictator is better off sticking close to the opponent.

Nemo: Also, his roundhouse got nerfed to 80 damage. It’s supposed to be the same as Honda’s fierce.

KSK: And what about his Ultra 2 getting changed to a charge move?

Hiropon: I think that’s not going to affect the top players.

Itabashi: You think so? In any case I always thought it was weird for him to have fireball commands for a move.

Tokido: I think it depends on the person, but I think it the command change makes a difference.

KSK: So maybe Dictator is going to have a harder time in AE?

Hiropon: I think as long as he finds a way to deal with characters with horizontal momentum, he’ll be OK. I think it’s more of a relative nerf than actual ability nerf.

Mago: I think it’s going to be tough for him.

So who will reign supreme in the long awaited AE?

KSK: So, who is going to be top tier, ability-wise.

Mago: Yun, Fei Long, Viper, Chun, and Boxer.

Nemo: And Sagat, Adon, and Zangief.

Itabashi: Zangief, too?

Nemo: Definitely! He has a lot of good match ups.

Itabashi: No, I think he has more bad match ups.

Mago: No no no (laughs). You’re not giving him enough credit. Zangief is pro.

Itabashi: Is that so (laughs)?

Tokido: And Akuma, and definitely Makoto.

KSK: That’s 9 characters. Isn’t that too much? What about characters to keep an eye on?

Mago: Umm, I’m only thinking about Fei Long [?].

Nemo: For me, Makoto, Adon, Yun and Yang. I think they’ll be very fun characters.

Hiropon: They do seem fun.

Mago: Adon is fun, especially if you get in [to him?]. Air Jaguar is really dangerous.

KSK: Itabashi?

Itabashi: If we ignore strong and weak for a moment, then I’d say Hakan seems fun.

Hiropon: Makoto for me.

KSK: There was talk that Makoto is unstable. What do you think, Tokido?

Tokido: Stable hmm… I think in the hands of a good player, a player that knows Third Strike Makoto, she’ll be pretty solid. With Kara-Karakusa and the like.

Itabashi: I’m also curious about Makoto. I think she’ll be pretty scary in the hands of a good player. They’ll bring out her explosiveness of Third Strike.

Mago: There’s a lot more defensive/evasive maneuvers in SFIV, so I think it’s going to be harder to do her mixups.

Itabashi: But once she gets a bit of Yomi, she’s dangerously explosive.

Mago: She is dangerous.
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