One of the names that’s been quietly been putting in the work this season is Winterfox’s Gustavo “801 Strider” Romero. 801 Strider has been a consistent performer this season, finishing in the top 8 of two Capcom Pro Tour Premier events.
At NorCal Regionals 2017, Mark “BornFree” Sheridan caught up with 801 Strider, where the latter shared his thoughts on the game’s balance. Regarding this, one of the more surprising insights that he shared is his opinion on Urien: stating that, contrary to popular opinion, the Illuminati Lord is not in the top 5 characters of the game. He mostly attributes this to Urien not having a reliable anti-air. More in line with popular opinion though are his thoughts on Ryu, who he calls the worst character in the game.
In addition to this, 801 Strider also talks about the game as a whole. Echoing the sentiments of many other players, he worries that the game will become more “random” with the impending removal of the fuzzy-jump option select. Even at its current state, the game is already unforgiving, with one mistake possibly leading to a loss. He compares it with the Marvel vs. Capcom series in this regard.
Source: BornFree