He dropped her day 1. He explained on his twitch stream why he thinks Mileena isn't tournament viable. His twitch is ZSonicFox.
Fair enough
I'll be honest, it's his loss for dropping her especially day one. Anyone dropping characters day one sounds foolish to me. Mileena is my strongest character right now and I've only been using her for around a week now. With this recent patch she could have even more potential, too.
Sonic Fox is by no means foolish for dropping her especially since he was play testing her long before the game was even released and it's not his lose seeing as he has taken 3 tournaments with little trouble with Erron Black. Mileena does not have a 50/50 and the rest of her options which you have to go all in are easily block low to high and leave you very punishable. This hangman strategy may work will online namely because 85% of people playing online are causals but in tournament play where you encounter good players and their characters who easily outclass Mileena with better zoning, footies, corner carry, true 50/50's, pressure, damage, and comeback potential that hangman strategy goes out the window especially if you don't have the life lead. I love Mileena but I'm not going to BS myself that Mileena isn't a poorly thought out character with no real gameplay strategy. I'm not trying to sound like a **** so please don't take it that way.
In the training room for 72 hours straight isn't long? MK character are not complicated. I never said 50/50's are the only reason a character is good or bad. I did however name a number of things that makes a character good. Sonic not investing any more time into Mileena is foolish it's not like there's a rule that states he's obligated too and it's payed off seeing as he has won 3 tournaments with Erron Black. He gave a very detailed breakdown of Mileena on stream he didn't just write her off without a reason. Also 90% yeah MK9 Baraka says otherwise it's more like 40% - 50% no matter what fighting game you play the characters have limits period and that's why character balancing exists. In any case this dispute is taking the post off topic and I'll leave it alone.
Are you just trying to make sense or "win" something here? This thread is for talk on Mileena and her gameplay and how we need to use her. 72 hours isn't "long before" and no he's not obligated to play her. Honestly I don't care who he plays. Point is she isn't a bad character. Whoever disagrees can play someone else for all I care. Do you have anything to add to helping her players or are you just going to follow Sonic and his choice?
I'm trying to explain how the actual tournament play works. Win what exactly? This thread about what options Mileena has that can open people up for combos. You understand what long before means right? I watch Sonic Fox, Perfect Legend, and Justin Wong time to time because they are a reliable source for valid information on match-ups and what kombos strings I should be on the look out for on different characters and for your information I still to this day am a loyalist to Mileena (Ravenous) and I've added 8 different people on here to my PSN account and sat with them in the training room. I don't make posts if that's what your asking but I do however come to this site every now and again and glance over them and help people if I can. So how exactly am I following Sonic and his choice by answering someone else's question if he still play's Mileena or not? Feel free to review the earlier posts. Mileena is a questionable good character with a questionable playstyle. Do I think Mileena is bad **** no (except for Ethereal) however I do believe she needs a push with a legit gameplay strategy and not this turtling let your opponent hang himself nonsense.
