However, Terumi has several shortcomings: possessing no reliable overheads equals a very weak and non-existent mixup game. Terumi's only overheads are his j.2D and Serpent's Laceration Distortion; the former is easy to see coming, and the latter can only be accessed with 50% Heat, leaving Terumi with an extreme disadvantage against any player who is familiar with this shortcoming. Terumi's low health doesn't serve to give him any further advantages either, so characters who are primarily played defensively with large damage outputs (Tager) have to be approached carefully. Terumi's disadvantages don't end here, as he has no true projectile and his damage output, even with Heat, is poor. And just like Hazama, Terumi also has no meterless reversal.