Please point to the post where I have downplayed. Do not put words in my mouth and tarnish my name as a downplayer because that is incredibly petty when I have done no such thing. I accept that Kung Jin is probably the best character in the game (along with a few others) and have stated it many times. Your logic for him being OP in your earlier post however was that a Kung Jin player has the option to make you respect something on a knockdown and has the option to mix you up.
He does not have one tool which beats everything, the issue would be that his options are safe. On knockdown you can delay wake up or backdash btw if you're struggling with his oki game. Even then it is far too early to tell if anything will remain as strong later in the games life, people will level up and characters will be broken down. I commend you for picking him up as a secondary though, that's the best way to understand a character if you are struggling against them.
That's not my logic. My logic is "wow on top of all his amazing tools here's another one to throw off the opponent". Not "oh because of this he is OP, no one will ever get up". You're right, downplay may have not been the right word, but what I meant originally was more along the lines of that which is why I took it as such. Apologies.
On the tech, most characters you fight either you can block because they might armor, wait for a delay, or blow up their wakeup, Jin gets an extra layer on top of that once people start mastering the timing of this which makes it that much more a risk using your wakeup options. It's like he can't stop getting
better after already being so great.
Yea I'm going to use him though. Mainly because I think he really is that good and I want to give myself the best chance to win, and also because if I end up preferring Kano I'll at least have a better understanding of his battle approach when defending against it.
