Regardless of how top tiers some characters are, in the end the players gonna decide who wins. A half-baked rookie that cries foul every time he loses sure isn't going anywhere.
Gonna have to admit though the downgrades are painful and hope that he get's some upgrade in the near future.
But, its all the more fun to use a downgraded character and spar with the so called "top-tiers".
Plus, if your gonna switch out of b/c he's terrible, so be it. There's plenty of material that says otherwise.
By the way, new to the thread so I'll be reading up. Maybe get some pointers and stuff. Don't really care about the frame data and junk though.
In the end, it's going to be your instincts that's going to save you.