Have a bad feeling people are gonna vastly overrate certain characters after last night's "secret event". People were screaming over how good chip was and Storm for it, but you'll notice the players like Marn shrugged off chip damage with advancing guards. This is gonna be one of those complaint areas where scrubs are gonna rage rather than learn to defeat it. There's so much damn turtling right now (which is fine and expected), but it's making people think some characters are bad or don't have a way in. When people find good assist lead in and ways to get through zoning tactics the tier list is gonna completely shift. Also some characters are easier to figure out or have been exposed more for learning. I think Dante is good, but will go down a few when people start learning the other characters more.
I think about the only speculation I'm agreeing with is that Chun li is a beast on point and Assist. Trish homing scythe + lightning leg lock down makes for some sick pressure and gives you a LOT of time to do whatever you want, which for Trish means setting traps...so much synergy! Also Amaterasu activating slow down then switching to X-factor chun-li....TOO MUCH OWNAGE POTENTIAL. She's stupid fast. Also notice the hit box on lightning legs?!? It hits behind!
Good news is that Arthur DOES have double jump.
Phoenix needs more info given on Dark Phoenix and healing before a real assumption can be made. She can be considered OP or under powered very easily depending on how you way the pros vs cons with her. She seems like you'll have to really consider her dynamic contribution to a team to use her though, I don't see pocket Phoenix's that you can squeeze in any team happening. Her need for meter means your other characters need to be doing fine with out spending it all (no C.Viper!). One theory might be: turn her dark Phoenix, switch her out, start a combo in to Hyper, DHC for stupid damage.
Another area of curiosity...do characters that have activated buffs get affected as assists? EX: Does Arthur change if he's in another armor mode like he does on point with his assist too? Will Dark Phoenix be better on assist?