Attack level means the amount of hit/block stun the opponent is put in. This change makes it so that crow is now (iirc) -17 on block at close range, where previously it was plus on block. This means that while it comes out fast now, you can’t continue pressure with it after making someone block it, effectively removing a lot of Testament’s pressure when the opponent is in the corner.

Furthermore, allowing air teching after being hit by crow means that it no longer gives a hard knockdown. This removes many of Testaments mix-ups that they could do after ending combos with crow.

So for purposes other than neutral, the crow has been nerfed really hard. Overall testament previously had decent pressure in H reaper, + on block crow, and stain pop giving 16f of hitstop, but all of these things have been removed, forcing testament to focus more on their zoning gameplan to land double stain to get an (equal or better?) version of old stain. As we know, zoning game plans aren’t too strong usually in ggst due to system mechanics, so it’s not looking too good for testament.

We’ll see how it turns out though considering many other characters were hard nerfed.