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Team Ryu's argument:

Ah, at last! A new challenger!

So let's get the obvious out of the way first: buffs. Between Glory and Lucas, we have a huge buff advantage. 40% extra damage via Offense Up. 40% extra defense via Defense Up. Both of those permanently, mind. Tons of healing, both regenerative and burst. Damage halving that stacks with the aforementioned defensive buff, and it bounces half the base damage that would've happened back to the attacker. Two, count em, two sources of revival. Armor shredding attacks, to neuter the Gustaff's beefiness. A major league haste buff for Glory to use upon herself. The enemy team isn't just fighting stronger opposition, they're fighting a group that has incredible grind game, and can push way past its own limits. A protracted battle is only going to get worse and worse for the enemy team as time goes on, as the damage they dish out doesn't stick, and the damage they take does.

And then there's Ryu. How's anyone going to deal with this beast of a man? SF5 and SF6 were a huge glowup for him. Having mastered the Power of Nothingness, he's closer to his badass teacher Gouken (capable of fighting Akuma on fairly even keel) than he is to the olden days when he just shouted bitcrushed 'HADOUKEN's and tried to zone. Once upon a time, succumbing to the Satsui no Hadou made bullets literally bounce off him. These days, he's surpassed that kind of strength, and gained new levels of power all their own. His hadokens split the flow of entire waterfalls for several seconds at a time, crush earth and stone, and his blows were strong enough to defeat Seth and M Bison. He's as good as good gets...and then cranked up due to those buffs. Odds are good he's going to absolutely rip the enemy team's frontline apart after being enabled, allowing Lucas to focus on support (and perhaps a nasty PK Love Omega when the time is right to seal the deal), and giving Glory a chance to dance from frontline to backline, shooting people down with her armour-piercing Ruger Super Warhawk or tearing them to bits with her razor arms after applying even more healing.

The strategy here is pretty simple: punch a hole through the enemy frontline, then wrap things up in a flash when Tron is gone. And with the sheer power differential on our side, there's no doubts we'll make this happen. These fools couldn't defeat Sheng Long, and so they don't stand a chance!