I was thinking a rushdown character, who can go on the defensive, so long as he plans ahead. Yeah, there'll be a nice charge kick esque move and a nice projectile attack. The flash kick would be easily dodged or parried if used recklessly though. And it'd still be pretty punishable. It'd be the rifle that you'd want to be careful of. But if you put the pressure on him, he can't ever pull it out. So it's a bit of give and take, where if you don't play the game, man's is straight up gonna pull out an assault rifle and shoot you half to death. Lmao.
I'd argue ninja probably doesn't need buffs. Even as a ninja main. I quite like how balanced the matchup between Ninja and cowboy is after weeks on end of one sided shenanigans one way or the other lmao.