Breakthrough Confirmed Details on Changes to Shazam!

[GamerBlake90]

Shazam players are no doubt going to be pleased by the upgrades Ed Boon has announced for their character in Injustice's next patch. According to this image below, Shazam has gained the following buffs:

1. Improved range and damage for Herculean Might and Achilles Clutch.

2. Increased damage for Atlas Torpedo and Bolt of Zeus.

3. Pop-Up from The Mighty Charge Combo.

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Do you feel these upgrades will go a long way in improving Shazam's chances against the rest of the roster? Let us know what you think!

Source: Ed Boon's Twitter

 

[Rampage254]

Sha-motherfuckin'-zam!

 

[Astrocytic]

The Bane buffs are going to worry me.

 

[Rathalos]

Eh.

 

[EMPRESS_SunFire]

<3

 

[SwiftTomHanks]

These buffs suck, this will not change his tournament viability one bit.

More range on command grabs...lol.

 

[DownfouralitY]

These buffs don't look that great imo

 

[EMPRESS_SunFire]

These buffs suck, this will not change his tournament viability one bit.

More range on command grabs...lol.

I guess this is not his complete list of buffs

 

[Deyrax]

Look at these crybabies, it is still better than nothing.

 

[Ermaculate_Slim]

Im pretty sure this isnt all of em. Imo he didnt really need a damage buff.He needed tools to get around zoning and to improve his crappy strings.

 

[Chrishaspads]

So more range damage and a new combo starter?

 

[MagicMan357]

Even if this is the complete buff, this is insane. He already hits heavy and now theyre giving moves more damage? Let alone resets and setups that lead to even more damage? This community always sleeps on serious shit but oh well

More range on command throws too? You guys are clueless to this madness

 

[EMPEROR_THEO]

Give me better range on teleport OR make its invulnerability frames last longer.
Otherwise EGP Wonder_Chef isn't winning a major with this character anytime soon.

 

[SZSR]

Confirmed details mean these are only some of them? So far so good.

Btw, for those wondering what Mighty charge is, it's b2, 3. (Lunging overhead, high combo)

EDIT: For all that being said, these don't really address his problems.

 

[@MylesWright_]

his still awful

 

[Chrishaspads]

They did say this is a taste
So there will probably be more

 

[jaym7018]

Im pretty sure this isnt all of em. Imo he didnt really need a damage buff.He needed tools to get around zoning and to improve his crappy strings.

So an advancing overhead string that pops up isnt improving his strings?

 

[RWDY Nori]

*praises to zod Bane can cancel his charge*

I hope shazam players are happy w/the changes, they have been miserable for a long time

 

[EGP Wonder_Chef]

So an advancing overhead string that pops up isnt improving his strings?

He got a combo off of it anyway with B2 xx HM which is just as unsafe as B23 is but harder to react to anyway...



These buffs are really bad so far. They must have been like:

"Let's keep Shazam's tools shitty but buff his damage so that people stop complaining!"

 

[EGP Wonder_Chef]

I hope shazam players are happy w/the changes, they have been miserable for a long time

still miserable

 

[Jimmypotato]

Very Meh, very Meh indeed, my hope for this new patch being a game changer is slowly going down the pooper.

 

[Compbros]

Boon tweeted that these were a "taste" so may not be all.

 

[Ermaculate_Slim]

So an advancing overhead string that pops up isnt improving his strings?

What about the gap in 2,2~HM?What about his other useless strings he has that don't cancel into anything?What about F2 being slow as shit or his D3 being like -10

 

[Crathen]

Shazam is the Scorpion of Injustice , he depends on 50/50 wich either blow him up or he gets damage on the opponents , at this point i'd like 2xxLow cmd grab to connect on block , still i'd be nice having fixing the hitbox on the jumping overhead and a safer sweep. Oh well...depends on how much they buffed his damage from command throws

 

[jaym7018]

I dont get you guys. One of the biggest complaints i see from shazam players. All of those buffs especially b23 now being a pop up will significantly increase meterless damage.