It's necessary, Raiden needs help and i don't want a top tier, i just want him being him complete, strong, fair and balanced character like Jax, Shinnok, Kung Jin, why he should'nt be so good, what's the problem, i don't understand, it's just just not fair and frustraiting that such a cool character like Raiden is weak, not good enough in MK9 and MKX.
Raiden is not good, this is MKX and for fealing comfortable and enjoying this game, characters that you play should be at least high tiers like Jax, Kung Jn, Shinnok for example who has some few bad match ups. You better help yourself and don't tell me what to do ok.
My mains are Raiden and Lao, but i also play Jax, Johnny and they are very strong and fair characters and deals with some match ups better thaN them, they are is the example of complete, strong, balanced character and they are IS the type of pressure, rushdown, mix up characters just like Raiden and Lao, but they has all that needed tools for pressure, rushdown, mix ups characters needs for being good enough in MKX. Jax has very good fast normals for up close (s1, 11, d1), good fast normals for neutral (f2, d3), good deffense (fast armors), good offense (mix ups and a pressure + very good normals for up close and good normals for neutral). Johnny has very good normals for neutral (f3, d4), ok normal for up close (d3), good zoning, good deffense (fast armors), good offense (great pressure, very good normals for neutral and ok normals for up close), yea JC has not too much effective normals for up close but its covered with hes great pressure and good zoning. They are complete character in all variations(except Johnny, fisticuffs is weak too) compared to Raiden and Lao.
Where you all seeng something unbalanced in my suggested buffs, everything i calculated and all changes seems fair and balanced for me, where exaxtly is change or changes that would break the game?
First of all Raiden since day 1 had 6 fr mid and OS, safe 5050, and thats was unbalanced, but other tools was kinda weak, hitting high, being punishable or too slow e.t.c. because of that, and when NRS nerfed it, they doesn't gived balanced alternative changes, they just ruined the character tbh, in the last patch they gived to him unecessary buffs that didn't do shit. No one hes problems not being adressed and now maybe that's overrated displacer maybe mid tier at least imo, but other variations are low tiers IMO, and it's still not enough for being good enough FOR THIS FIGHTING GAME, especially for character loyalists, if you want to do good in the tournaments and you are only play one or two characters that you like and doesn't wanna play others but they are low tiers or mid tiers, you chances to getting top 8 is very low, you just should play a high tier, top tier if you wanna have chances to win something or you get lucky but that's rare happening.