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SFV is not well balanced. It also lacks defensive options which hurts those that in the bottom tier as well.SFV is actually the most balanced Street Fighter game ever.
Don't forget Bison won EVO and this tournament had a Zeku in top 8.
No Cammy, Guile or Akuma made it to top 8.
I'm not an Abigail fan as well but you have to love the fear he puts into people and it makes some player match ups fun to watch because of the adjustments you need to make.
Someone like Xian is almost free to a good grappler and I've never seen one deal out damage like Abigail and this is with him being nerfed from release.
That being said, they can still improvea lot more and a brief look at the patch notes seems to be on the right path but knowing Capcom, some will still suffer.
Menat and Abigail's V triggers from my brief reading have been increased to 3, thank God.
Bison is a top tier character. How does him winning EVO prove that SFV is balanced? Oh, by the way, Abigail/Bison won EVO. People love to conveniently forget that Problem X ran Abigail threw out the tournament to blow through everyone and then used Bison in the finals. Call me when an Alex main is winning EVO.
I don't want it to come off like I'm complaining a lot because I like SFV, but when I'm seeing Birdie get nerfed and Mika, Akuma, and Guile pretty much stay the same or are buffed or untouched, there's an issue.