Since I just finished getting wrecked by Shang for the last hour, I gotta go ahead and say he absolutely shits on D'Vorah from every distance. She has to fight so hard to get within range to do anything, and her reward for it is maybe a 9% f13~db4 or 19% f13~db1(amp)-4~df3. As soon as he blocks her correctly, it's his turn at best, or she eats a 35% kombo at worst. She absolutely can't use non-amp db4. She can't out-zone. His normals straight up beat her whether she is grounded or in the air. This is one of those "put down your controller" matches that's not even worth labbing until both characters get patched. Holy shit.
Skarlet is in a similar position, though it's not quite as bad as Shang. It's still dumb that she has better normals, better zoning, and better damage than D'Vorah, but it's at least possible for D'Vorah to contest her. Her kicks (f34 and 44) and b1(?), the mid-hitting vertical whip strike, are a wall that D'Vorah has to constantly try to get around, while trying to avoid all of Skarlet's projectiles. And as a running theme in this post, once D'Vorah does manage to get past all that nonsense, great, she gets a throw, or a d2, or a max of some 19% kombo that puts her away from Skarlet, forcing her to get past all that nonsense again.
I was going to continue, but this is seriously making me depressed. This character is trash.
