Warlord is strong, but I think everyone is overemphasizing just how strong. I play Conq and I drain his stamina before ever making the first move. It works well. Get him to Headbutt. Dodge and back off. Get him to swipe. Dodge and back off. Get him to Guard Break. Counter and Shield Bash. Then, read his bar to rinse and repeat or go ham. Instead of breaking down every exchange so that you win, manage bars so that the one you win ends it.
I think the issue with this is not everyone can do that, and realistically, WL doesnt HAVE to ever really attack.. He can also mixup HB and GB and if you *do* get hit, his mix-up game becomes a thing. I play Warden, and I only play a new player level, but I can open a WL up with my misu game, either a direct misu, a delayed, a cancel, I have a ton of options to get damage on him but a *lot* of characters dont, which is what makes him so dangerous.
FH has an interesting, and very delicate balance.. Like, Warden probably needs something in terms of adjustments.. My misu vortex stuff is silly and gives me unlimited options AND I can just play 'normally' like everyone else and still have some mild success because my basic options are about as strong as everyone elses basic options.. But if you take away the vortex or make misu shitty, then I really dont have anything, because Warden, well, he doesnt have anything except superior block on my top light. Realistically, misu itself isnt OP, a buddy of mine plays LB and even with his pitifully slow dodge he can juke my misu pretty regularly, even from super close range.. It becomes dangerous because I can GB cancel to semi-track his dodge and I can just plain empty cancel and backdash to catch the GB tech, or dodge or whatever his reaction to misu is.. Some of this can be defended against by being patient and trusting to reflexes to handle what I do, but we all know that's not a great answer and if you let me, I can just KEEP DOING IT. Honestly, maybe make the stamina more restrictive so I can loop it a little bit, but not as easily as I can now. Leave me my mind games and mixups, just make it so I have to do other shit occasionally, lol.
That said, I love me some Warden and hope to hell he doesnt get nerfed.
I dont know why I started rambling about Warden.