It doesnt matter how good you get with the stick it will never be as reliable or as precise as the d pad simply because of the mechanics involved with combo moves.
An example would be a combo move like Down Down, Back, Forward, Forward.
Now lets assume that the fighter you are playing registers a backward roll when you press Down and back at the same time.
The sheer inconvenience of doing the above combo move without pressing the stick into the Down/Back position on its way from Down to back would warrant it inferior to a D pad in every way.
Not to mention the increased finger travel time involved with taking an analog stick from neutral to forward and then back to neutral and back to forward instead of just pressing the d pad twice in rapid succession. Sure its only fractions of a second but if you are playing competitive it matters.
Thats just one instance i could think of off the top of my head.
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