Kung LaoLOL no.. and my new main is none of the characters mentioned here in this thread...
its funny, i said im only using top 5 and ppl have speculated almost every character EXCEPT the best characters in the game lol.
Kung Lao
Trololol...lolololo?Sub-Zero is not viable. Same with Mileena. They both suck.
It isn't bad, but it's far from great, since you can armor through a 212 to begin with, you don't even have to guess if the last 2 is coming or not if you have one bar. Sure, you can use 214, but that will end the pressure if the opponent blocks it. I don't think his pressure builds much meter either, but I admit I have never looked into it. His overhead is quite slow (And unsafe? I don't use it as often as I should, so I don't quite remember...). To fix sub's pressure I think his 2 would have to hit mid and he would need a faster overhead. To be actually GREAT, he would need a tool to force airborne opponents into more pressure, like kabal's/shang's knee, cage's nut punch or something that resets the situation. b121 is good, but it's not enough. Right now, I think SZ's pressure is just annoying against the characters with high hitboxes. Seems to me that you have to literally mindfuck your opponent with some big ass reads to get a small reward afterwards.Sub's pressure isn't bad when his 2 connects on crouch characters, man. And I have to agree with STH, Ice Clone is one of the best non enhanced move of the game. Too bad the enhanced version just suck ass lol.
ROFLAMO!Kabal's face is the alien we earthlings call REO.
I'm not good... but I agree. I struggle with his tough match ups... but that is on me... not the character. I'm trying to find ways to even those odds... using b1,2 more... I think it is a great poke punisher.What do all the good SZ players have to say? Ones that arent completely influenced by what Brady says. I've played him for quite a while on and off, mainly in his bad matchups and I seriously dont think its as bad as everybody says. Sure its hard, but everybody has some hard matchups in this game.
I also play Baraka who I'd say has a worse time than SZ, but he is a beast character even so.
I wouldn't say I'm a good Sub player but I know he can compete it really comes down to the player and how well he can make reads.What do all the good SZ players have to say? Ones that arent completely influenced by what Brady says. I've played him for quite a while on and off, mainly in his bad matchups and I seriously dont think its as bad as everybody says. Sure its hard, but everybody has some hard matchups in this game.
I also play Baraka who I'd say has a worse time than SZ, but he is a beast character even so.
According to Tom, Jax is #1 so if he chose "the best" then it would be JaxAfter saying it's not anyone that was mentioned in this thread; I've come to the conclusion that it's either...
Skarlet - She's been talked about as a potential top-five character and has yet to have a real face for her.
Sonya - I don't know if his top-five is outdated or not, but if you're leaving Sonya out -- you're just flat out wrong.
Kabal - He said "Best character in the game." Who else but Kabal's broke ass?
The worst of the problems, and there are a few (too much armour in the game, universal dash nerf, etc), is the low hitbox issue, purely because so many of the characters with low hitboxes are characters Sub is forced to chase and play aggressively against. Even if you set up your offense with d4, low hitbox characters can poke you out of 21 because 2 whiffs when they're crouching. Somehow, Sub has to get them to stand up but f4 is so risky and incredibly sketchy. You'd be surprised how often I do f4, iceball on someone's wakeup, see they're crouch blocking but the f4 whiffs, the iceball doesn't make it onto the screen as a result and I get full combo punished. So what does that really leave him with for pressure in his really bad matchups?What do all the good SZ players have to say? Ones that arent completely influenced by what Brady says. I've played him for quite a while on and off, mainly in his bad matchups and I seriously dont think its as bad as everybody says. Sure its hard, but everybody has some hard matchups in this game.
I also play Baraka who I'd say has a worse time than SZ, but he is a beast character even so.