In La Reina’s RoA1 Workshop version, two successive uairs or uspecials will put her into pratfall, rendering her unable to perform any actions except wall jump; in contrast, her RoA2 version is able to jump off of both the initial ring and the folding table while remaining actionable. This has very evidently resulted in a degenerate strategy wherein La Reina kidnaps her opponent with uair and forces them into a DI trap that’s deadly at extremely early %s (sorry, Corncycle):
The risk:reward ratio of this option is excessively skewed. I think there are two ways to address this issue:
1.) Simply put La Reina into pratfall after her second uair or up special, like RoA1. This would allow La Reina players to do 2 uairs or up specials if they’re close to the wall or if they’re willing to trade a stock for a suicide kill, similar to how Olympia can suicide kill with up special.
2.) Reduce La Reina’s aerial drift during uair and / or allow opponents to influence the direction of her aerial drift, similar to how Bowser’s side special functions in Smash 4 / Ultimate. Part of the problem with the uair DI trap is how easy it is to put your opponent in a position where their only option is to die, or DI in… and die. Combo’ing into a single uair off the outer platforms on Godai Delta, Hodojo, or Julesvale, for example, is enough to get your opponent 70-80% of the way to the blast zone.
For the record, I have 95 levels in La Reina and I love this character, but this is by all accounts a degenerate strategy that needs to be addressed. It isn’t just a problem when you’re playing against La Reina, but when you’re playing as her as well. It’s easy, it’s boring, it’s frustrating, and it reduces an otherwise extremely fun character to a simple, easy-to-execute win condition that plays out in a predictable way.
Maybe they could make it so that you’re resources aren’t restored when you land on the folding table? i.e. if you already spent your midair jump and/or air dodge it won’t get restored. I do feel like completely neutering the option isn’t really the ideal approach as it is a fundamental part of La Reina’s identity at this point.