Poll: How Important is mobility in IGAU?

[Fred Marvel]

I'd like to get the site's opinion on this, ive been saying for months (probably before that patch) that mobility is the most important thing in this game and footsies are trumped by mobility, the best characters in the game (save Aquaman who has good but not amazing mobility) have the best mobility (MMH, Batman, Superman, BA, WW, Batgirl, Zod, Flash to name a few) and alot of them dont have good footsies like Batman and Zod. teleports and sometimes even traits add to mobility to make it even more important. part of the reason i ask is i play the character with the worst mobility in the game and mobility being such a big deal is part of why i think he isnt as good as most, but enough about my opinion i would like to see what you guys think.

 

[JustPressingButtons]

Look at Ares. He barley moves.

Better yet, look at Scorpion.

 

[Fred Marvel]

Look at Ares. He barley moves.

Better yet, look at Scorpion.

Scorpion doesnt belong in this game so of course this wouldnt fit him
and Ares has a teleport but shitty dashes and walkspeed so his mobility is bad

 

[EMPRESS_SunFire]

Zatanna has horrible mobility, but she has teleports to fix that tho. I guess teleports are what save Ares to from not being the character with the worst mobility, but his teleports are still slower than Zatanna's.

 

[EMPEROR PRYCE]

Id say mobility is quite important in this game. Lets look at Green Lantern, his mobility keeps him from winning a lot of match ups you would think he'd win. Floaty jump, no air dash, horrible back dash and sub par walk speed makes him struggle against heavy zoning. imagine if you gave him an air dash on top of the turbine, he could make it across the screen in one bound, much like MMH or WW.

so yeah.. quite important.

 

[Deleted member 5032]

I think it depends on the MU.

 

[187x]

Look at Ares. He barley moves.

Better yet, look at Scorpion.

Or look at GL

@Fred Marvel

 

[Doombawkz]

No mobility means no avoiding 90% of the shenanigans in this game.

So yeah it's important

 

[Fred Marvel]

Id say mobility is quite important in this game. Lets look at Green Lantern, his mobility keeps him from winning a lot of match ups you would think he'd win. Floaty jump, no air dash, horrible back dash and sub par walk speed makes him struggle against heavy zoning. imagine if you gave him an air dash on top of the turbine, he could make it across the screen in one bound, much like MMH or WW.

so yeah.. quite important.

EXACTLY.
tbh if his jump was higher and less floaty and he had an air dash he'd be top tier

 

[ryublaze]

I think it's really important. If you have bad mobility you'll have a hard time against zoners, avoiding characters with great ranged normals, dodging interactables, backdashing out of stuff, etc.

 

[TotteryManx]

Mobility is extremely important in ANY fighting game. Backdash speed especially.

 

[LEGI0N47]

Oh look, another Green Lanturn downplay thread. It's even cleverly disguised as something else but that's what it is.

So let me get this right....you want GL to have a top dash, an air dash, aaaand the ridiculisness that is b1 as well as all his other options that are REALLY GOOD....GTFO!

 

[Fred Marvel]

Oh look, another Green Lanturn downplay thread. It's even cleverly disguised as something else but that's what it is.

So let me get this right....you want GL to have a top dash, an air dash, aaaand the ridiculisness that is b1 as well as all his other options that are REALLY GOOD....GTFO!

lmao this isnt a GL downplay thread this is me asking the community how important they think mobility is. i just mentioned why im asking. as much as i downplay i know GL is viable. and when did i say i want to give him a top dash and air dash???

 

[Red Reaper]

Give Green Lantern Martian's forward dash and give Martian GL's D2 traitless... Problem solved..

 

[LEGI0N47]

lmao this isnt a GL downplay thread this is me asking the community how important they think mobility is. i just mentioned why im asking. as much as i downplay i know GL is viable. and when did i say i want to give him a top dash and air dash???

To be fair you didn't say it, just more or less agreed with the person above speculating.

Personally I think mobility is quite important but what I believe some people fail to realize is that being mobile isn't just your walk, dash, and jump arc. Examples are chars that have air moves, teleports, or fwd adnvancing moves. In time it may be a bigger factor across all match ups, but right now I believe it shows in some more than others. I think superior footsie tools which also includes specials, I feel people forget that, are a bigger factor in MU's that mobility at this time.

 

[Youphemism]

Am I the only one that feels like projectiles have too much priority in this game?

Therefore, mobility is EXTREMELY important in this game.

IMO

 

[Fred Marvel]

To be fair you didn't say it, just more or less agreed with the person above speculating.

Personally I think mobility is quite important but what I believe some people fail to realize is that being mobile isn't just your walk, dash, and jump arc. Examples are chars that have air moves, teleports, or fwd adnvancing moves. In time it may be a bigger factor across all match ups, but right now I believe it shows in some more than others. I think superior footsie tools which also includes specials, I feel people forget that, are a bigger factor in MU's that mobility at this time.

i agree almost completely with that forward advancing moves definitely matter to mobility and if im understanding you properly about specials and footsies i agree, i think footsies with normals is almost irrelevant....almost. but specials you can throw out as pokes or for spacing definitely matter, look at lanterns might lol

 

[MidTierHarley]

GL downplayer thread in disguise

 

[Protagonist_1]

The best character's in most fighting games usually have the best mobility (Tekken: Mishimas, MK9: Kung Lao, Kabal Injustice: Flash, Martian Manhunter, etc.) Having a character with good movement leads to easier spacing, which leads to better whiff punishing. (so yeah I agree)

I do feel the word "footsies" is thrown out too loosely in our community though.

 

[Zoidberg747]

Footsies is not trumped by mobility, footsies are all about mobility

Mobility is huge in this game for a variety of reasons. And before anyone tries to say GL has terrible mobility, consider that he has one of the better forward walkspeeds in the game.

 

[VenomX-90]

Alot.

 

[Youphemism]

The best character's in most fighting games usually have the best mobility (Tekken: Mishimas, MK9: Kung Lao, Kabal Injustice: Flash, Martian Manhunter, etc.) Having a character with good movement leads to easier spacing, which leads to better whiff punishing. (so yeah I agree)

I do feel the word "footsies" is thrown out too loosely in our community though.

Flash is good, but not MMH tier. I get your point that he can get around, but yeah...

 

[Fred Marvel]

Footsies is not trumped by mobility, footsies are all about mobility

Mobility is huge in this game for a variety of reasons. And before anyone tries to say GL has terrible mobility, consider that he has one of the better forward walkspeeds in the game.

walkspeed isnt a big part of mobility in this game its a part of it but only having good walkspeed means nothing if you have bad dashes a bad jump the slowest fwd advancing charge type move in the game
thats actually very similar but probably worse than saying Ares has teleports so you cant say his mobility is bad

 

[Fred Marvel]

Also thanks for the input guys

 

[Fromundaman]

Yes and no.

It is really important, but patience can make up for a lack of mobility.

Also, Shazam and KF have pretty good mobility yet aren't played much in tournament. On the flip side, Batgirl's mobility is mediocre, but she's still a ridiculous character.