Tough to say. Necromancer screams zoning but Bone seems very physical. Curious why they chose Bone to give the projectile too. Those two variations seem like night and day playstyles.
I guess I can see why you'd like it for a footsies style of play. I agree he is very fast and his dash and backdash are real. It's just that the Bone string they showed, the hit stun looked so weak. I mean we just saw Erron Black throw sand for a huge face to face frame advantage and Liu Kang bicycle kick lead to standing resets. Then Shinnok comes out with Bone strings that pull a guy closer with barely any noticable advantage? I dunno. Possibly there's other strings or the stun is hidden so we can only wait and see.
The shoulder Rush. Funny how we see two different moves. You see a strong rush that can break through zoning and kick start his footsie game, and can be a good mix with his projectile. I see a great move to create space when zoning people that get too close and an amazing armor wake up move to knockdown and set up zoning traps lol. We're both right.
well everyone likes a different playstyle and I think they did a great job with Shinnok, giving him different approaches to play. I for myself was never a fan of zoning, because there is alway a way around zoning (teleports, armor moves, getting outzoned by someone with stronger zoning tools to name a few). I like upclose/midrange footsies and solid mixups.
Imo you cant compare this string to a bicycle kick or that sand throw, they are both special moves, while that string was...well just a string, and its hard to tell how much advantage it leaves you at, just by watching, I for myself think it looks good enough.
Watching Bone Shaper over and over again, I am getting more and more hyped for it (fuck Erron Black lol). The first hit of the string (that up sickle) looks like an amazing anti air. If Shinnok has an good overhead to mix it up with that low scoop, I am golden ^^
