Why would I count that? Why would you count potential damage? Potentially Spec Ops can do 55~ percent if the opponent guesses wrong and that's midscreen meterless. That's a weird metric to include when discussing who has better damage: "oh, but if they guess wrong then her damage is HUGE". Average for some of the cast and almost 10 percent higher than her other variations. Yes, you can armor through setups, you can armor through Sonya's B14 but how many times does it happen? Spec Ops can absolutely block after a setup, I do it all the time instead of going for a hard to blockable/armor break setup and just let the opponent punish themselves. If you don't break in the corner against Spec Ops then you're opening yourself up to hard to blockables that are 40+ percent metered or meterless into more hard to blockables. Oh, and don't try and delay wakeup as 112 and B212D2+4 forces quickstands.
Brawler is HORRENDOUS long range. Brawler is the best up close but has problems getting in. Sonicfox uses what he wants: he plays Shotgun Jacqui when he plays that character, he plays acidic even though there's no definitive best variation, he played Batgirl (not Aquaman or MMH), he played Mileena/Sonya (not Kabal/Kenshi). It could be personal preference, it could be what he believes is the best, it could be anything, it's a question best posed to him.
