What are you talking about? What Ken is complaining about his best SRK? MP is great, as an AA–that’s it. Well I should add as a very close reversal as well.
There is a problem with Ken’s Fierce. As brought out, many players feel it gets stuff way too easily by just about everything. If it’s strictly for combos and never designed to use as an AA, it’s pretty weak in combos.
His LP SRK is also a problem. Gets’s stuff as an AA so no using it to FADC–Ultra. Slower recovery than other shotos, insert Ken faster rant isn’t useful as a poke anymore because of it’s recovery making it easily punishable. and it’ not even Ken’s best reversal–MP is–yet the first hit doesn’t knockdown.
Are you just purposely skipping over the fact that LP and FP SRK aren’t that good, or rather average? We all know his MP one is excellent at AA. Has nothing to do with what majority of posters are talking about, neither is it what Nitro is referring to.
Ken has problems doesn’t mean all his SRK’s suck…
Walk Speed
Extremely weak “second” Ultra
FP SRK hit box/damage
LP SRK recovery
Target Combo being useless
c.FP waay stricter than other shotos
Are probably the most popular complaints. Not even trying to be rude, but what exactly are you talking about? Ken is fine as an AA defender. Even though he doesn’t have Ultra options, his MP and EX SRK are great for countering jumpins. That’s not what most ken player complain about though?
And plz don’t turn this into a character skill use thread. Shotos are basic characters. Regardless if you think they are easy or not, their strategy is always easy. Characters like Chun always have back dashes and normals that outclass them–they are oriented toward a different type of player. Regardless of who you play as, Ken has issues in SF4. No, it’s not as serious as Guile, but he does need improvement. It’s not about what Ken has going for him, it’s about solidifying a reason to pick him over Ryu. On paper, it really doesn’t exist right now.