Yeah it does whiff on smaller characters, I can’t name them off the top of my head (there shouldn’t be many) though and I don’t feel like testing it out right now.
Roughly all the spritely female characters, and I maybe El Fuerte. I know for sure Sakura, Juri, and Cammy. Maybe Vega, too.
Also remember it’s still possible to hit them with it due to fuzzy guard.
promotes unity thread
http://www.capcom-unity.com/street_…11/28267061/2012_ADON_balance_requests!?sdb=1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi9QVmD7w_I&feature=player_detailpage#t=70s <— give Adon that jumping mk xx ajk that was in the trailer! it would be awesome, even if it was useless 
that would be nice but it looks like it could be focused/deepeed but the combo sure looks dope tho
So I’ve decided that Adon cannot be improved further in AE; Zangief just needs to be nerfed.His jab SPD range is unnecessarily huge, and the 1 frame startup means that no normal that Adon can throw out within his poke range is fast enough to hit it, and if you throw out a normal move outside of poke range, he can SPD the whiff on reaction.And you normally are at that range because Gief’s s.mp beats out 90% of Adon’s moves.
I can’t think of a buff for Adon to fix this problem that wouldn’t make him retardedly overpowered. Make JKs +1 on block so they can’t be punished? Make c.mp > s.hk a block string to follow IAJK? Make his Focus Attack reach half screen?
Adon doesn’t really have “good” matchups, but when the tools he has are valid, he can maul someone in no time. In his bad matchups, you’re better of just conceding and going to game 2 with a different character.
I wouldn’t say overpowered but he would be good like cammy in super if he got some of these buffs
Yeah, I just groan when I face an opponent online and they choose Gief…when I get SPDed from half a mile away I just want to throw my controller across the room it’s so unfair. I will say, at least when we had the fast wakeup you had a decent chance of getting the f*ck outta there after a knockdown…now one knockdown and it can be game over.
The only time I win this matchup is when I get a jump happy or aggressive gief and I stick to using only three moves for the ENTIRE match: Cr.Hp, S.Hk, and Hk JK…so boring and still risky if they know the matchup 
ie: more range on sweep.
http://www.capcom-unity.com/gregaman/blog/2011/09/20/ssfiv_ae_ver.2012_beta_version_–_part_12
Looks like they are still making major alterations, so there is still hope Adon will get one of the buffs he needs…I’m still hoping for wakeup. We’ll find out tomorrow!
lol he prolly will but once they see how good he is he’ll go back to regular adon
haha indeed, I can see it now
2012 Beta Adon changes
-Wake up speed back to how it was in super
-Sweep down to 6f from 9f start up
-jaguar kick +5 on block and +10 on hit!!! 
2012 Final Adon changes
-Wake up speed 10f slower than everyone
-Sweep up from 6f to 22f start up
-jaguar kick -15 on both hit and block
haha only joking but seriously how awesome would +10f after a jk be!
this game would be done
careful now, dont forget sean going from his 2nd impact iteration to the thing in 3rd strike. yeah it was two diffrent games with a year inbetween but still.
Perhaps Honda in Alpha 3 is more apt, from what i remember reading he was extreme in one of the last tests that were held, and then the game shipped…
Well, they didn’t nerf Gief, so obviously Adon is not going to be top tier.
NERFS!
Adon
[Jaguar Kick]: Hittable area of light and medium versions has been enlarged. Hittable area of heavy version remains the same, but damage has been reduced from 140->130.
[close MK]: Properties have been changed back to what it is in existing SSFIV AE.
F*ck you, Capcom
It would be a huge nerf if the hittable area made it so he can’t hop over fireballs. ggpo.
Well, They nerfed the character but they cant nerf the player it cant be all that bad
True, but I’m sick of Capcom messing around with characters who weren’t all that strong to begin with. It’s like they want to make a game with 30+ characters but only use shotos. Makes me want to quit playing sometimes.
The nerf to Jag hurtboxes could turn out to be one of the biggest nerfs I can think of. If it gives 90% of the cast a non-commital reactive response to Jags then Adon is going to become extremely frustrating to use and definitely worse overall. This could be really bad guys, I’m not going to sugar coat it.