Ultra Street Fighter 4 Changes for Abel

USF4 changes have been coming out and here are some of the known listed Abel changes:

Abel

- Close Hard Punch's hit box expanded downward.

- Wheel Kick recovery reduced by 3 frames for each, except Medium which has been reduced by 2 frames.

- EX Falling Sky upper body invincibility increased from 2 to 3.

- Far Heavy Kick has 13 frame startup (from 14f).

Read more to read my thoughts on these new Abel changes ...

The #1 change is something all good Abel players would agree with, thanks to cl.HP improved downward hit box, Abel can now easily hit crouching opponents for Abel's basic step kick combo (and especially against Sakura and Blanka, for they are hardly combo-able due to their hurt boxes)

The wheel kick was given slight buff but 2-3 frames wouldn't make a big difference for this move, good Abel player know how to make this move safe, the extra reduced recovery just adds a slight less need of compensation. But its still a good extra buff anyway.

EX falling sky was given 1 extra invincibility frame, but I still think it would be a very hardly used move (if not useless)

And finally the last change for Abel is his 1 frame faster st.HK. I still have no idea what this is for besides being a long range heavy poke (or possibly a not so frame trap?), its not as fast as Ken's st.HK and it doesn't move forward either. For me, I think it still doesn't make its use because Abel's st.LK and step kick have pretty good range, are much faster, and have their own use.

changes taken from: http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2013/nov/21/e-honda-has-invincible-command-throw-sagat-u1-connects-fully-corner-and-more-reports-usf4-changes-coming-first-japan-loc-test/ (eventhubs.com)