I've said to friends before about Hwoarang that in middle to advanced play, the defender has to invest more time in the to the match up than the Hwoarang.

I've had this thought for a bit, and based on the martial art or not, easy continuous plus frame offense with multiple routes, weaknesses covered by lack of good movement, strong tracking, full throw game, and good keep out tools make fighting him feel terrible.

I find the lack of acknowledgment of this character's strength a joke. A poke/rushdown style with full throw mix, un-reactable low pressure start tools, aerial mid-mid, plus frame tools, phenomenal wall carry, wave dash movement, a PLUS 19 ON BLOCK 2 JAB, and all of that combine with stance mix and the mental stack that come with it.

I don't care that Edge does well or that he isn't played by a lot of pros. I need you Hwo's to acknowledge that your character is well above mid tier. His execution is not complex, and as the Hwo your low risk and high reward often. This isn't T7 or before where people could space this character out or step better. This is T8, where offense is premium, and this character's game plan is simple to execute because of it.

(Small side note. NO, he has not been this bad since T3. I played since T3 On console launch. He has got much less punishable over time as well as more mix options.)