until she loses that bullshit side step she deserves nothing. my grabs and kicks better track her by last round or im going to be pissed.
She needs her sidestep. Her pressure and damage is very weak, not to mention how bad her reach is. She would be unplayable if her sidestep were gone. They should take her expert-holds out and give her better pokes and better throws.
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I watched her commandlist & combo challenger, so far Honoka has...
Great whiff punishers. Lots of PP mixups. Her 6T is the same throw as Hitomi, Nyotengu's 6T which gives her 10+ to make her able to keep the pressure going. JannLee's 236k dragon kick. running low poke. running throw. Tina's running mid butt poke. Lots of stances. 8P stun on normal hit, it puts her into a stance.
For example: If your opponent get hitted by 8p,p+k then he/she decides to use hold, Honoka can go for T which throw launcher her opponets. She is going to be the perfect online scrub character.
Honoka is going to be A tier or S tier.