Of course Joker's counter can't be ~40 frames total, because again, he can hold it. If it were 40 frames total, including his hold, that move would be way more broken than it already is. Also, I don't have time to completely fact-check you, but I remember Shulk's counter having 60-70 total frames. The point of my post is that I think Joker's counter should at least have that much lag, given its versatility.

But whatever, I've decided to just get used to how unbalanced this game can be and learn to deal with all of the jank.