Quote Originally Posted by Vivi22
Any game with complex inputs like that one will benefit most from a stick, but even ones that don't have inputs that complex benefit from the increased speed you can execute inputs with a stick. And it's not just the stick, but button presses are a lot faster since you have all of the buttons right there at your fingertips.
True. I'd forgotten about this aspect in my previous post. In Tekken, you've got the EWGFs of the Mishima-style fighters that are much easier to perform with the stick, especially if you're looking to pull them off consecutively. And Ivy's Summon Suffering is virtually un-executable without a stick.

The fingertip aspect is important too. With a pad, you're using your right thumb to control everything whereas with a stick, you'd be using all your fingers. Sorry I'm only giving Tekken and Soul Calibur references, but those are the fighters I'm most familiar with; but Asuka's 1+4 is hard to do on a pad and so are Xianghua's A+K moves. I don't like setting shoulder presets either. (These moves are Square+Circle in PS controller terms btw).