It's true. If I could change one thing for Ganondorf, but only one thing... it would be giving him his dair back. I loved choke too as it was, but the increased damage is nice and having faster dairs would help at least give an option on tech rollers. Say an opponent tech rolls toward you after choke. The faster dair of old would punish at best or pressure at worst, even on fast characters. If they shielded you just hop around them so your always on their weak side until they decide to roll, then you can try for another choke maybe. A tech roll away out of choke... I guess a follow up choke is too slow for that though? Seems teching in is the preference and if AC dairs were back it wouldn't make it such a great option. As it stands, trying to punish a tech in with a dair is a shield away from you getting punished. Not sure, but there may be some characters fast enough to punish you after a tech before you could even jump, regardless of whether AC dairs were a thing still.
Still, I miss that dair moreso than I miss untechable chokes I have to admit. At least the choke got a buff in other ways, and with how even earlier Ganon kills now, untechable chokes could be a death sentence... (that I wouldn't mind Ganon being able to give). Techs are readable too, if not so easily punishable obviously. So it's not like there's no options.
And yeah, I know you can equip Ganon's with custom equipment that gives him his AC dair back, but I don't want to develop habits for Ganon I can't apply everywhere or at least most places. If I learn to use a custom Ganon with AC dairs, it'll really screw with how I play online or where standard rules apply. I believe custom moves could be found in some tournies, but custom equipment I doubt will ever have acceptance in such places for obvious reasons.... too messy.
