Its pathetic, as if Sub was'nt good enough. I can understand nerfing certain moves here & there but why make a character (who was already a beast) even better?
I don't think sub-zero was a beast with all those horrible matchups. Maybe the patch as an overkill, but it was necessary. Now he is definitively S tier, if you are truly more skilled than your opponent, you can work around most of (if not all) your bad matchups.
I'm guessing (lent my copy out, so I can't be sure) that Ice Clone still whiffs at close range. That's what really stops Sub-Zero from being an invincible Kung Lao, IMHO.
Unless that tech Tom Brady said he discovered is REALLY awesome, Sub-Zero is nowhere close to what Kung Lao was. In don't think we are going to see many Sub-Zero players win tournaments, really.
IAF loop (Kitana/Kabal) is easier and also happens to, despite the armor on the slide, destroy SZ so yes, more Subs in tournaments and probably more in top8 but no, not winning.