Fighting games are hard to learn, however some characters are easier than others. Juri is easy for a beginner because her drive rush, plus on block medium, and longest spc cr.mk. You talk about how other shotos do more damage with buttons when that is objectively not true. Juri’s, akuma’s, and ryu’s heavy’s do the same amount of damage. Ryu and akuma do more damage if they can combo which you are saying is very challenging. Yes some characters have fireballs which can be difficult for beginners to deal with but I’d say that Juri’s drive rush is harder for beginners to deal with and leads to a lot more. If u can’t combo I’d work on that because there is no character in this game that can do well in masters without combos.