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Reflections on AE Cammy.

For anyone that does play SSF4:AE, they would know that Cammy got nerfed. Some people say she's still good, possibly better. Some people say she's worse and she's no longer worth picking because other offensive characters like Yun can do what she used to do, but with more tools available.


There's no doubt in my mind now that Cammy is weaker than before. Cannon Strike nerf makes it hard to get in now. You also can't build meter efficiently during the times you're not in the opponent's face and the opponent has to worry less when you get in because her offensive pressure with Cannon Strike has been significantly cut down, unless you have meter for EX Strike. And her normals don't really cut it from far range, and even in her optimal poking spot, whiff punishing is more unsafe, due to her HK Spiral Arrow not being FADCable at sweep range. Making already bad match-ups like Fei Long even worse, because you can't really beat Fei on the ground, let's be honest. It takes a lot of work.


Last night, I played against a good old Ken sparring partner of mine with Cammy. Didn't go well LOL, match-up seems tougher now. But during the games, I was whiff-punishing Ken's cr.mk with cr.mk>Spiral Arrow, I was using Cammy's st.hp to counter jump-ins, I was even using Spinning Backfist, a move you probably shouldn't be using very often lol. And I used EX Strike occasionally, though I often saved my meter for safe reversals. It felt like I had to use everything to win. And that's where I think AE Cammy's all about. Back in SSF4, I could rely on TK Strikes and just storm people once I got in. Now, I have to really think about things. And her new combos make things really fun. Cammy still has her unblockables and tricks as well.


AE Cammy's more fun than SSF4 Cammy because she's not 1-dimensional anymore. But SSF4 Cammy is far stronger, and I feel the nerfs to Spiral Arrow and the fact that her long range normals and her close st.hk(which is probably the most garbage normal in the game) weren't touched were unfair. Ultimately though, I can't really go back to SSF4 Cammy, it's time to move on.


Oh yeah, some people think Cammy is my main. It's half-true haha. My true main is actually C.Viper. I used nothing but Viper back in SF4 and towards the end of SF4's cycle, I started learning Cammy. But in SSF4, I picked up a whole bunch of characters and Cammy was the one that I used the most. And by the end of SSF4's cycle, I'd stopped using Viper because I felt she was boring. Recently, I've started relearning her, but my execution on the 2P side for Viper's weaker, so I've held off from using her right now. Once that's sorted, I should be good to go. My main reason for using Viper now is that in AE, I feel offence is much stronger now, especially Viper's. SF4 may have changed, but Viper's game's still the same and her previous bad match-ups aren't as bad anymore, especially Cammy.