I do not consider myself a top player at all. After about 20 minutes in the lab with him i can finish all my combos with cancels till my stamina runs out every time pretty much.Thank you based Wigy. Your armchair critic-tailored words of wisdom now has me doing B12~FBRC~123 ten for ten online.
Played one that had the 50% damage reduction totem up half the game, maybe i just don't know the matchup but i think that variation will be good once its fleshed out.kotal kahn is pretty overrated
when you let him set totems up for free you deserve to losePlayed one that had the 50% damage reduction totem up half the game, maybe i just don't know the matchup but i think that variation will be good once its fleshed out.
After blocking and eating about 15% chip scorpion built a bar of meter and is at advantage. It's very strong even without trying to throw in a f2, throw or b3. I believe he's at +5 after the final dash cancel that can not be run canceled. You have the option of grabbing, any string, baiting armor and etc. I think after dealing 15% and buolding a bar this is a pretty good position for scorpion.I can neither confirm nor deny this statement. I have yet to fight a hellfire where I didn't just block his run cancel strings until he ran out of stamina. Not scary to me. But I would be very interested seeing what hellfire can do at high level. It's probably one of the most, if not the most technical character in the game.
do you have any links? ive never seen anyone use MoS beforeafter seeing Soup use Master of Storms Raiden i think hes hands down the most underated... I still feel like Shinnok can be Top Tier somehow if someone puts in enough time somthing will be found..
The lab and a real time competitive environment are two different things. It's one thing to find the sweet spot for something hard to pull off in practice mode, it's another to make sure you have it down in the heat of a tournament match optimally. On top of reliably hit-confirming and taking responsibility of the plus frames you do have on block (if any, when it comes to some lesser known FBRC strings). Banking on post-combo 214 FBRC blockstrings by themselves won't get you anywhere.I do not consider myself a top player at all. After about 20 minutes in the lab with him i can finish all my combos with cancels till my stamina runs out every time pretty much.
Comparitively i think i've got raidens one off like 3 times ever, and jaxes is also pretty hard. Not to mention these characters don't get to do a full combo into it for like 50ish one bar.
I'm yet to see anybody convince me that scorpion is a difficult character to use.
I take it by "make good reads against Covert Ops", you mean guessing between low, overhead, or throw. Good luck with that.The only way you'll enjoy this is if you're watching and not fighting against it.
Since I'm here I might as well follow the thread.
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Sonya. She's good, but the Top 5 talk needs to stop. Punish her punishable normals and specials, make good reads against Covert Ops, very low damage in the other two. Sure she's low end Top 10, but surely not Top 5 with Raiden, QC, Scorpion, D'Vorah, Jin, Erron, and Jax running around.
This can be said about a lot of the best characters in the game. Who is really difficult to use? Usually that means they probably aren't that good unless you're talking about just execution.I do not consider myself a top player at all. After about 20 minutes in the lab with him i can finish all my combos with cancels till my stamina runs out every time pretty much.
Comparitively i think i've got raidens one off like 3 times ever, and jaxes is also pretty hard. Not to mention these characters don't get to do a full combo into it for like 50ish one bar.
I'm yet to see anybody convince me that scorpion is a difficult character to use.
No.This can be said about a lot of the best characters in the game. Who is really difficult to use? Usually that means they probably aren't that good unless you're talking about just execution.
I meant, after 20 minutes in the lab i could use him in game and online. (hes my counterpick for kano and jaqui)The lab and a real time competitive environment are two different things. It's one thing to find the sweet spot for something hard to pull off in practice mode, it's another to make sure you have it down in the heat of a tournament match optimally. On top of reliably hit-confirming and taking responsibility of the plus frames you do have on block (if any, when it comes to some lesser known FBRC strings). Banking on post-combo 214 FBRC blockstrings by themselves won't get you anywhere.
mmmmm ill see if I can find it but BRUH!!!!! M.O.S can use his lightning traps VERY similarly to Sub Zero and his clones... They are 1000000% not wack and very viable...do you have any links? ive never seen anyone use MoS before
Wut, Kabal's shit was essentially the same thing lol. You just had to be cautious of not going autopilot on some character's hitboxes with certain strings.I meant, after 20 minutes in the lab i could use him in game and online. (hes my counterpick for kano and jaqui)
I don't go to tournament as there isn't a huge scene in scotland but i go my local meetups etc, i can't really pretend i understand tournament pressure.
But i think if i can get the grasp of his most difficult tool in 20minutes and replicate it effectively in game, it can't be that bad. Kabals stuff too me forever, and as mentioned the other characters in this game have MUCH harder cancels.
But that's basically what I said. Good characters are usually easier to win with, that's why they're good. Execution is really just something that with practice becomes muscle memory, even for characters like kabal. When able to use his tools correctly it essentially becomes easier to win.No.
Taking purely about game terminology. MK9; kabal was probably second hardest execution wise and the best, by far.
Difficult to use and good are completely different categories.
String gaps. Learn them. Punish them.I take it by "make good reads against Covert Ops", you mean guessing between low, overhead, or throw. Good luck with that.