Current Events > Should I switch from Ryu in SFV?

(+) Yeah! (+)

I feel like I don't have the same great tools so many other characters have. The game's better characters can basically teleport to you through your fireballs with their rush in moves, EX he has lame V skills, Tatsu seems like one of the game's least safe go-through-fireball tools, his Critical Art is hard to hit people with, his heavy sweep is stubby...

I have to ask myself, what is Ryu providing to me? An invincible EX DP and what else?

Decide what you want to take advantage of and pick a character that does most of it

Personally I went with Laura
She's not really going to win any projectile wars but she's great at getting in close and has a good -frame on block with her LP Bolt Charge (only -2 for her) so it works if I mistime it since I can usually jab or block or whatever

The thing is that then when I try other characters I'm like "wtf they can't do this thing the way Ryu does it? Gross!"

I switched from Ryu to Cody 2 years ago and never looked back