I know you weren't asking me.. but I've been messing with Noctis some. He's really really solid right now and has all the tools to stay that way. He's a mid to long range hit-and-run styled character, but at close range he has an i13, very good ranged, df1 that's only -1 on block and something like +7 oh.. as well as normal 1 and 12 jab strings.. you can tack a 3 or 4 onto them as well for built in SS evasion and space.
He had a damn Demoman that floor breaks.
He has some interesting + frame stuff but you kinda have to earn it.. charged db1+2 and wr1+2 are absolutely insane and both lead to 70+ damage off +ob long range mids. Non-charged db1+2 is - but very difficult to punish due to enormous pushback. You have ff1+2 as a homing mid with good range though to try and check them stepping your launchers, or just 1+2, a fast-for-what-it-is mid starting NC that does over 40 damage and tracks on the first hit. Also has some built in mix if blocked by being able to cancel the second hit. Powerful, safe, mid, low crushing launcher (doesnt look like a hopkick but functions as one) in uf2. And his df2 is just absolutely incredible. fast, not terribly negative, mid launcher. Unlike other df2s though, his lunges forward a good distance and travels vertically as well.
@Tanno I believe found that you can catch DJin in his Fly stance with it, into a combo. It's an amazing whiff punisher.
His damage is very high imo. His df2 and uf2 stuff ramges from 62-64~ with excellent carry. I've actually changed glthe widely used BnB around some to get rid of the side switch at the end,.because.carrying someone to the wall only to purposefully put your back to it for 1-2 extra damage is dumb. Several of his big launchers like wr1+2 and db1+2 lead into the mid 70's and I've managed 84 damage off his df2 modified BnB into a wall splat and followup, but the damage depends on range.
He's a complete package imo and though it's early, with every day that goes by I think more and more he's going to end up EXTREMELY strong. On paper anyway, he has absolutely everything.
