Character thoughts
Mostly Makotos, Noels, and Litchis today.
Makoto
So many nerfs and she's still really strong. Probably just everyone in CS was broken. Game seems to be focused on the corner, but Makoto can do some decent damage midscreen, all while taking them to that corner, where she can do her mixups.
Noel
Mashing midscreen into 4200 damage. Oh boy.
Litchi
The Litchi(s) I saw were really good players, so that might have something to do with it, but she still seems like a pretty good character. She has good pressure with the staff flying around and good zoning/range with the staff in hand. On the other hand, her damage is lower. I think it fits well at the moment.
And she still rapes in the corner.
Saw all of the characters today. None of them seem overly powerful. Everyone at max gets 4-5k or so. Then again, that's what we thought when going from CT to CS. But with so few changes happening now, we can pretty much tell what our combos are going to be in the real version.
No one seemed too weak, or too strong. I'd like them to balance it well, but I don't want the nightmare that was Slash to repeat itself.
Best move of the update, B Vivace. Just too good.
(If it wasn't stated before, B Vivace is pretty much completely invincible except for throws now)