Z-911-Z
Bone and Metal
Alright, so here's the deal. After all the topics and posts about SZ being crappy and some even saying he's the worst in the game, I decided to randomly pick him up temporarily. Last night I hit up training mode and memorized the bnbs, the specials, and all the set-ups for about half an hour. I went online and got the idea to use SZ first and try him out in my first ranked match online. I ended up winning pretty handily, so I went "hrm, maybe I might like this guy" and went ahead and just played as him the entire time.
So basically here I'm going to log all of my matches with Subby, to see just how horrible this character is. Here's some other miscellaneous information:
- This was literally the first time I started playing Sub worth a damn, the only other times was during story mode and in the arcade ladder to get all of the endings.
- I realise I'm obviously not going to be the prodigy of Tom Brady or anything, so I went in doubting that I'd be winning matches with players of high TS.
- I'm not sure how long this will go, I guess for as long as I use Sub? That or I get bored of writing these up or die from alcohol poisoning. Whichever comes first.
Alright, without further random mumbo jumbo here is the log from last night.
Day 1(Resurrection):
Wins:
- Low-level Noob Saibot
- Mid-level Raiden
- Another Noob Saibot
- Rookie Kung Lao
- Mid-level Cyrax
- Mid-level Kitana
- Annoying Johnny Cage
SPOILERS: Johnny Cage dislikes ice clones.
- Yet Another Noob Saibot
- Mid-level Liu Kang
Note: B312B312B312
Losses:
- Lagfest Spam Saibot
- High-level Sonya
- Uber Nightwolf
Note: I have no clue why I seem to attract these guys. It seems like every other time I play ranked for a while I run into these people. I swear if all of the monster online Nightwolf players banded together they would probably take over an entire continent.
- Another Sub-Zero
Note: This match wasn't played seriously by either of us, we were both clearly messing around with stance dances and random teabags.
Record for the Day: 9-4(Three losses if you want to discount the mirror match)
My Thoughts:
- I love Sub-Zero's footsies, his D4 seems underrated.
- I found out after a few matches that ice clone is best used up-close, should only be rarily used elsewhere if your opponent can't do much to you if you're turtling on life lead.
- Sub can win a bunch of projectile trades, even if he doesn't get a full combo he can at least close the distance more to get back into his groove.
- Pretty much never used Ground Freeze, I have used the ex version a few times but it got me combo'd all the time lul. xD *Sweat drop*
- I find Sub's combos to be pretty easy to use online, much better than trying to use Kano's anyway where you need to be more prceise on using 212.
- I'm honestly surprised that I never encountered any Smokes, instead I was busy dealing with the freaking army of Spam Saibots. Seriously, these guys are why I'm afraid to use my own Noob online for fear of being shoehorned into their group.
- Even during losses I've had fun playing this character, I'm not sure why I just seem to enjoy the play style.