No sir. I cannot agree with you. If Kayane and everyone else dropping Leixia want to be twats because of the game becoming more balanced and seek out tier whoring as a resolution, that's their problem. Don't make it yours.
You can do better, I'm certain. So why not stop looking for excuses and do so? Isn't that what this whole thread is about? C'mon. If you're that confident in yourself and that determined, why not prove it? Take me up on my challenge of winning some tournies with Leixia to earn my cookies and intrawebz <3
Oh, please. I never said I stopped using her, now did I? =P Still my main. I'd rather quit SCV itself than stop playing Leixia.
But, they're not excuses. Leixia as a character was over-nerfed. A lot of the things that made her special were taken away, and now, pretty much everything she can do, there's another character that can do it better. But, you know. I don't find jumping ship from near the bottom of the barrel for tournaments itself tier-whoring, I'd only find it that because they immediately jumped up to the top of the barrel. But, it's not like they didn't try...well, Kayane, that is. RTD jumped ship immediately.
I could take up your challenge, but that would require me not to be absolutely disgusted at Namco Bandai for short sticking my favorite character. I mean, honestly, doesn't have to be high tier, but mid would be nice.
If you just took her frames and guard burst ability, she's got lots to work with. That safe and that good at guard pressure? Combined with crazy mixups? Sounds good in my book. So far none of the doomsaying has been able to shoot down any of the nifty bits the more positive Leixia mains have been stating.
A reminder, sir, we have a wonderfully balanced game where tiers are essentially irrelevant. Figure out how to deal with it and everything will be gold.
Remember that old commercial "Anything you can do I can do better?" That's kind of the situation that Leixia's in. Rugi can do most of what Leixia does, minus the frame pressure. She can mix-up, sure, but it would require an almost hilarious amount of defensive failure at the EVO level. Further, it would take an exceptionally skilled person to win a tournament with her, unless, one thing made the difference. It would, most likely, have to be a play-style that comes naturally to them. I'm in that boat, (except when I play Algol!), but while I'm pretty decent, I'm not skilled like that with her. So, the naturalness just kind of goes to waste.
The only reason tiers are irrelevant is because every character mid or above can cut part of their moveset and slug with the high tiers. Leixia and ZWEI, do not, and if they somehow do, it won't be found, because not only are the other characters easier to use, and win with, but also much much much more well rounded. As unfortunate as it is. What we really need to do is find some hidden moves or something.
Regarding her guard burst, many characters are much stronger. Once upon a time she had the strongest in the game, and it was one of her strengths, but they took that away too. And now she has some of the worst in terms of safety for her burst.
