Wao switches to Evil Ryu, is currently Osaka's #10 strongest player; Topanga Banzuke footage also ft. KOG, Mago and more
Posted by Cheng Kai KarbyP Sim • July 23, 2014 at 8:58 a.m. PDT • Comments: 46
He believes that due to the introduction of delayed wake-up, even though Oni has received a couple of buffs here and there, overall his tier position has dropped slightly from his days in SSF4 AE 2012.
The situation didn't improve very much for Oni with the release of the console version of the game, and so it appears that Wao has decided to drop Oni for another character: Evil Ryu. With his new main, Wao is currently the 10th strongest player in Osaka, and 83rd overall in Japan going by the amount of BP in the arcade version of the game.
Unlike MCZ|Daigo and Hori|Sako, the play style that Wao has adopted with Evil Ryu seems to be a little more defensive in nature, prioritizing pokes and zoning tools over the chance to get huge damage off of the axe kick or a crouching MK into fireball FADC, as seen in a set of matches he played in a recent Topanga Banzuke tournament, shown today on the latest episode of Topanga TV.
The new episode of Topanga TV also features matches played by KOG (T. Hawk) and Mago (Fei Long). Check out the stream archive embedded below; the matches start at 01:30:00, beginning with KOG (T. Hawk) vs. Furikuri 2 (Rufus). Wao's matches begin at 01:41:40.
