But its going to rape Arakune isn't it? Sure he gets better pressure, but he is going to have the worst time escaping without meter. Making 5B/5C Air Unblockable, and nerfing IB advantage, it seems like its just a counter measure against 8k Arakune combos(Basically make it that much harder to curse, by preventing escape from an aggressive player).
I can't say it bothers me too much though, Noel's blockstrings can be poked out of on normal block, and the IB nerf would probably make it EASIER to drive through shit on IB.