only joking, these are my suggested season 2 changes that would make him well rounded.
He needs more than just this but these would be a good start.
1. 4A more frames on block and hit
Reason: as it stands if you delay the B follow up even slightly you can always 2A astaroth, there’s not enough...
you could always combo from 4B+K, you just had to use 66B instead of air throw (which does more damage and leaves you in a better position than the throw actually),
The only reason not getting the air throw sucked is that you couldn't back ring out with it. but you would always get a combo no...
it's a very big list, but there is only 3 actual changes.
22B damage
236A+G damage
and 66A+G damage
And for all we know it could be 5 extra damage.
The rest dont even count, absolutely terrible.
2A+B as a GC?, dont make me laugh.
The revenge attack change ONLY applies to the throws, because...
the best way to explain it is if we were entering a race where you can only go as fast as the slowest guy.
So i have a 300mph beast and the race is mad fun, then i get paired up with you going 50mph, now you say going 50mph is fine and totally a fun race but now i have to drive 50mph too, and...
i think his mids are good but they are all hard read mids, that do nothing if they dont block low (low throw and bunny hop) or very punishable when they block high, ( 6A+B -18 3A -14, 44A -12).
yeah it was reactable, but it was another move you could throw out when they were on the floor, sometimes you need moves to mix people up to keep them on their toes. it's actually worthless in it's current state because you can step the B every time and never get hit by the A
yeah his overall punishment is very bad, but, i feel him having 1 decent long range punisher (66B) and 1 short range punisher (4AA) would make up for not having a launch at all.
and 1AA and 1AB did used to be a mix up, maybe in sc3, but definitely in sc2.
So Astaroth is arguable the worst character in the game, and i know namco read these forums so i'm gonna post up some ideas on how to make this guy actually decent.
1. Make 4AA a NC.
Reason: Astaroths punishment game is terrible, lots of characters can spam him down with 3B and other moves that...