You can't let yourself fall into the mindset of "this is cheap". That's setting yourself up for frustration. When I go against good players and get knocked around like a ragdoll, I accept it and try to learn counters. I accept it as my fault every time I miss that block, or drop that setup, or...
agA, 6A, 2A, 1K, 1K, 1K, some other stuff, and some other stuff, too. But mostly stuff on fire. Upper mid imo, but definitely not ZWEI tier. If he had any more speed he'd be absurd.
Competitively? II
No other game captivated me as much as this one. It is the sole reason I play FGs competitively anymore, let alone have any interest in the scene. A most worthy sequel to its predecessor(IE: Project Soul - This is how to do sequels)
Creatively? (Art direction, story wise...