Let me just get this put of the way.
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#So Kim Wu is ■■■■■■■ great
Her stage is awesome, her music is great, she’s got a lot of great counterplay and damage in her game play, and she’s just so freakin’ SMUG
And I’m going to say I think she’s actually pretty darn cute too. 
On to the changes;
-The general changes are pretty sweet. Removing unbreakables, the improved juggles, HP/HK pokes ignoring armor, all the new chain combos across the cast, and the improved lighting engine are all pretty great. Can’t wait to try it out. I did notice a trend towards lower damage which is a bit of a bummer for me, but it will extend some matches which is neat.
-Had a feeling Jago would get a charged fireball. There’d been discussion of it. Wish it were green 
BUT, the fact that he can dash cancel out of the charge to bait stuff out and do settups is REALLY freakin good. I expect even more crazy stuff from Jago mains in the future.
-I feel pretty butthurt about the Wulf damage nerfs, not gonna lie. I can understand the feral cancel change (and I like the indicator effect) but the lovely damage was part of why I fell in love with Wulf in the first place. 
I will say though I like the adjustments to his tool kit. The improved run, the stagger on HK, and dat diving slash. All I have to say is, make the Dive Slash an Overhead and I will accept the damage nerfs. Would prefer he kept some of the damage to keep him up there, but giving him an extra overhead will be forgiven.
-Holy cow pies Glacius looks terrifying. I love it. So many hails, the insane Instinct Liquidize, he looks great! The HP canceling armor hurts, and the Shatter nerf is fair, but Woah he is gonna be insane. And while his dash isn’t “good”, it looks pretty great, and gives him a smidgen of extra mobility.
-I’m gonna miss Thunder’s psycho damage… But his new tools are pretty freakin great. The air mobility with his new moves and his great new dash stuff is nice. And omg that shadow cote into flip out into shadow cote. He’s getting new stuff that will help with his worst matchups, which is just what he needed.
-Loving the Sadira changes. The web nerf caught me of guard (“WAIT WHAT”, said Fwuf) but the addition of a sick looking damage ender and THE SALTICIDE POGO OF DEATH make her look really fun.
-Orchid looks pretty great. The bounce into kitty into throw is pretty great, and having a move to get past projectiles AND cover distance AND BE SAFE (Shadow Kitty) looks really good. Her pressure looks even better now, looks fun.
-Spinal looked sad at first. An interesting rework. I’m going to miss the meter stealing and stuff, but being able to stop people from gaining is just as cool. But holy cow his instinct looks wacky good. So much chaos, skulls EVERYWHERE, and being able to reabsorb them and get DOUBLE?! Awesome.
-Pretty happy with Fulgore. I feel like his laser adjustment is a burf. Lots of new utility while removing some of his best stuff. Nice to see he’s starting to settle into place. He’s really good, but not getting too much more crazy, and while he has difficulties he’s still doing alright.
-TJ has some great new target Combos. -zing- SO MUCH STAGGER SWAGGER! He’s going to have a lot of interesting stuff. Interesting that they’re removing the Tremor linker, but it makes sense. Curious to see what he can do.
-WOAH those Maya changes. Quite an interesting rework. Changes some things with nerfs, but makes up for it with some awesome new stuff. The new dagger ender (and the fact that they can’t chip anymore) are some interesting adjustments with some potential. And now she does regular combo damage, which is cool. Makes her more easily accessible.
-#NerfRa. Lots of heavy nerfs to Kan-Ra’s tools. More recovery, less damage, easier breaks… @TheKeits was just savage. However, some of his new stuff is pretty great. The new Shadow Sand with the automatic scorpion pit looks freakin awesome. Makes him more fair, but also WAY crazier. Neat.
-YES RIPTOR GETS GOOD STUFF. Sure, I saw the damage nerfs to some enders coming, and the tail flip nerf is a bummer…BUT the mortar attack and the buff to the fire linkers is SO great. Love the wallsplat/stagger stuff added with her tail and predator stance made me giggle like a mad scientist’s school girl daughter. Dino-Bot looks pretty stronk, which makes me happy.
-Omen looks like he got some nice improvements. The longer meter lockout and the increased hitboxes are nice. The really big thing though, HIS RAGING DEMON/DEMONIC DESPAIR LOOKS FREAKING TERRIFYING. It suddenly just became a hell of a lot more viable than before. Leads to some crazy risk reward stuff. Scary, but hype.
-Aganos is going to be awesome. He got some pretty nice quality of life improvements. The ability to use peacemaker for chunks and being able to use anti air stuff in at the same time looks (both gameplay and visual wise) really cool. He’s going to have to think a bit but he’s gonna be NUTS.
-Spooky Waifu from the After-Laifu Hisako bae… She’s looking good. LOVE the faster teleports and the cancels and the Air Shadow OnRyoZan. The fact that low Catch Counter no longer catches mid. Makes things a bit more difficult to compensate for her great new stuff.
-Cinder is interesting. He’s getting some pretty cool new stuff (especially the flame thrower improvements which just looks awesome. High low AND more fire duration? Cool) at the cost of being easier to break/counter on stuff. Still, pretty hype to try out his new stuff.
-ARIA is another neat one. The increase of damage dealt to drones is pretty harsh, but after some of the stuff I’ve seen it seems legit. She’s got nice new goodies though, like the juggle from Shadow Bass Blast and the Charged Nades.
-Shadow Jago changes are nice. Love the new Shadow Divekick. Looks super stylish as well as more consistent. Obviously he’s new so he didn’t get a ton of changes, so he’s pretty ok.
-I must say, Rash looks soooo much better than in the beta. Lots of fun new moves and lots of crazy stuff. Nice juggles and good buffs. Nice stuff to see.
Overall, very satisfied and intrigued. Just think Wulf was hit too hard. Fun to watch, want to try.
Having fun watching the tourney. The TFC Yokoh vs ESP Moxy Riptor Mirror has been awesome to watch. Funny stuff in the match and in the commentary. Best match all day.
AND THE BIG HUG AT THE END? BEST MATCH.
#AND I ALMOST FORGOT THE ONE PUNCH MAN OUTFIT. BEST.
