athena in the game is such an air specialist she even have an anti-anti-air movement https://www.culturaneogeo.com/personajes/athena/athena-classic-p.gif
this sword version its more like a mid-range specialist which is also cool because it allows growth potential
Iori's a nice guy deep down, at least. Was he like this in the original KoF games? I didn't play them, but some friends of mine are big into fighting games and they directed me to this manga. Fun times, anyways!