They definitely missed a trick with Lewis King; the guy has fireballs in all three variants (albeit with slight damage differences and unique graphical effects, which I appreciate) and his first two variants don't appear to be drastically different. As has been said, he also seems quite similar to Johnny Cage in one of them. Dualist looks interesting in terms of possible strategies, but they could have done so much more.
Something like:
Dualist - can switch between Light and Dark metamorphosis
Same as we saw on the stream. I think this is already an interesting variant, as it allows for good combos/juggling in Dark, and healing/projectiles in Light. This will definitely be very powerful in the hands of a good player. I'd rather have a better visual indicator for this, though, and perhaps some sort of aura in each mode.
Fire God - emphasizes fast close-up and ranged attacks augmented by fire
A better combination of Flame Fist and Dragon's Fire; allows windmill punch, flaming fists and charged fireballs. This would basically be your main power combo variant, as your normal strings and projectiles would do more damage whilst charged.
Dragon Form - trades dexterity and defensive capability for greater damage output
A slower, more powerful variant somewhat changing how the character plays; allows dragon kick, dragon punch and dragon parry. When using these powerful moves, he would temporarily turn into his dragon form, allowing for greater hit damage and a small amount of residual burning damage (like reptile's acid pool does) but nerfing his combo speed and stunning him whenever a dragon move is blocked or parried.
He'll still be popular and a reasonable tier, but I'd rather have seen something with more variety. Definitely not at full potential.
