Tweedy
Warrior
I played M2dave tonight and in a pm he asked me about rekkas. I gave him a rundown and I figured i'd just post this for errbody. This to me is mostly common knowledge, but I get people asking me every day about the rekkas, so hopefully this will clear things up. Praise Lord Alien.
The first rekka is always -15, no matter what.
The 2nd is -15 or -13, depending on if I medium delay the first one or not. The medium delay before, allowed the Alien player to finish gapless and at -4, which was obviously CEO Tanya levels of fucked up since his 50/50s jail into rekkas. They nerfed it so now you can only make them -13, if you leave no gap.
If Alien fully delays and ends with the low, he's around +1 or +2. Maybe +3, +3 max.
So it's basically a 50/50 between, will Alien do the low or stop at the 2nd rekka. If Alien stops at the 2nd rekka, you can punish Alien with your fastest combo starting normal. If Alien does the low, you can backdash or armor. If Alien sniffs out a backdash or armor, he can stop at the 2nd and chase you/punish you. He can also do the unsafe overhead rekka to catch backdashes, or just to mix you up. It is 24 frames, but if he throws it in rarely, it'll catch people. Staggering the first rekka works sometimes too. It's -15 but if it really catches someone off guard, the lord can fit a D1 in there.
Also, if Alien medium delays the first rekka, he can make the low a true string. You gotta be real careful when trying to mash out armor after the second rekka, because of that. If you block it all when that is done, Alien is around -15.
Just practice the punishes. Your fastest combo starting normal should work on everything besides the fully delayed low. There's weird blockstun to it, as always in MKX.
Alien can also do the straight rekka and catch backdashes in the corner. If he does that he's punishable, on block.
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The first rekka is always -15, no matter what.
The 2nd is -15 or -13, depending on if I medium delay the first one or not. The medium delay before, allowed the Alien player to finish gapless and at -4, which was obviously CEO Tanya levels of fucked up since his 50/50s jail into rekkas. They nerfed it so now you can only make them -13, if you leave no gap.
If Alien fully delays and ends with the low, he's around +1 or +2. Maybe +3, +3 max.
So it's basically a 50/50 between, will Alien do the low or stop at the 2nd rekka. If Alien stops at the 2nd rekka, you can punish Alien with your fastest combo starting normal. If Alien does the low, you can backdash or armor. If Alien sniffs out a backdash or armor, he can stop at the 2nd and chase you/punish you. He can also do the unsafe overhead rekka to catch backdashes, or just to mix you up. It is 24 frames, but if he throws it in rarely, it'll catch people. Staggering the first rekka works sometimes too. It's -15 but if it really catches someone off guard, the lord can fit a D1 in there.
Also, if Alien medium delays the first rekka, he can make the low a true string. You gotta be real careful when trying to mash out armor after the second rekka, because of that. If you block it all when that is done, Alien is around -15.
Just practice the punishes. Your fastest combo starting normal should work on everything besides the fully delayed low. There's weird blockstun to it, as always in MKX.
Alien can also do the straight rekka and catch backdashes in the corner. If he does that he's punishable, on block.
@ArmedCalf
@EXILE CoRzz
@God Confirm
@Pig Of The Hut
@Rude
@General M2Dave
Not sure who else to tag.