Was his Forward Tilt just as fast in .9a? I mean if it was slower than the traded speed for power would make sense. If not, then yeah it needs to be buffed.

Yea that's one of my main annoyances with his recovery. The fact that he has a fast drop from the air combined with his Up-Special covering little distance makes him more akin to Little Mac in Smash 4. I get that his Up-Special on the ground is a great combo starter and has great aerial defense, but considering his recovery has been bad for a while now it's a little lackluster. This especially goes with the fact that his DA is hard to pull off because of that slight start-up lag and how it can only hit opponents in the front. Making Getsuga Tenshou an extra recovery option is just plain stupid and further adds to how it's poorly represented in the game.

Getsuga Tenshou needs to go back to being an offensive projectile, not something used for defense and crowd control. The wind effect doesn't help much, it's so slow that it can be reflected with your shield (which I don't know why that was implemented), and it's out-prioritized by a mid-charge Rasengan. Down-Throw also needs to change because outside of being used for edge disruption it offers little damage or combo potential.

Something that would be good for GT is to have it as both an offensive and defensive option. Allow it to be a chargable projectile again, but keep the low charges like they are right now while the full charge being a powerful projectile. Don't know if you can keep the recovery aid with this, but still.

That had better be one long as hell charging projectile.