Funny because if that was true then Scar wouldn't be the only one successful with said "top tier" character. Sonya's not a "potato," you can't just pick her up within a week and expect to do the things Scar did. You can use that argument instead for a FoxyGrampa when he used Mileena. Now SHE'S a potato but Sonya or Ermac? Nah, not buying it. You can't go autopilot with those two.
Outside of the roll grenade wake-up, Sonya has no real good wakeups in Demolition. Plus, she's wasting a bar of meter for that wake up where characters like Mileena or Johnny can just YOLO roll or shadow kick for free, at no expense of meter. Plus Sonya is NOT going to get an EX drop Drop unless we're talking Special Forces and I would assume that you're not trying to imply that Special Forces is broken or top tier. Because if you are then I question the validity of your statement, but I know you're not so I'm worried...yet.
1. Funny that your argument for why Sonya isn't good is because Scar is the only one mopping. Then you say I could use that argument for Foxy's Mileena even though he is the only one mopping. That is a direct contradiction within a few sentences. Of course you can't pick her up within a week and do what Scar did, he is a top player and I'm not trying to downplay his accomplishments. But some rando couldn't pick Alien and be Dragon and pick Mileena and be Foxy. It goes both ways. Mileena is way less potato than Sonya. Mileena rewards fundamentals. Even though Mileena is imo top 3, you need to be a solid player to use her properly. The same can be said for Sonya to an extent but safe 50/50s are much easier to apply than good spacing, footsies, and zoning. That's not up for debate.
2. Aside from the godlike grenade wakeup, she does have decent armor. It's not the best armor but it's serviceable. You make it sound like she fucking Quan or something. She has more than enough options to get off the ground, and more options than most characters. She isn't super meter dependent so who cares if she needs it to get up(which she doesn't if you have good grenade management), so I wouldn't call it a big issue. Oh no she needs meter to armor just like everyone else, Sonya sucks.
3. Johnny Cage CANNOT wake up shadow kick, especially in A-List. Shadow kick is garbage outside of cancels. Sure, Mileena can wake up roll, but how many times will that work against good players? Neither of those characters have as safe of a wakeup as Demolition.
4. Why wouldn't she get EX drop? Good Sonyas pull it off a lot, just don't do it all the time. She gets a reload after literally every combo. Of course I don't think Special Forces is broke, but Demolition is fucked.
