EMPEROR_THEO
I only use characters with wakeup scoops.
I have seen the light.
I have thought to myself, "What if Zod is top 2 like people make him out to be? What if he needs the right player to use him? EVO is around the corner, what reason is there to not pick him up and get a free ride to top 8?"
How gullible my foolish, 20-year old brain was. I give massive props to people like Pig of the Hut, M2Dave, Viking305, Rahsaan, and Relaxedstate taking the abuse like men that their character is this supposed super-tier god and if you lose with him, you're just a fraud.
Upon playing this character, a few things stood out to me that I never noticed.
-A backdash that takes about 2 calendar years to recover.
-A walkspeed that makes Makoto in Street Fighter IV look like Akuma.
-T-rex arms that reinforce Sektor players' PTSD
-A force-push that has laughable recovery.
-A low laser that, if you meterburn, God help you if it whiffs. Oh, and it barely does chip, especially if a portion of it whiffs to which it does around 2-3%.
On the facade, of course one would think that Zod players should burn in hell because they use a character with a trait that gives him "free 50/50s". I will say this though...
...He needs it, people. He needs it.
I feel bad for Pig of the Hut having to put up with the awful matchup that is Zod and Aquaman, especially with a character with as humbug footsies as Zod's.
The poor guy probably has to put up with matchups such as:
-Aquaman, Bane, Batman, Raven, Sinestro, Superman, Martian Manhunter.
There is even talks that C-A-T-W-O-M-A-N could hang with Zod. Last time I checked, it was only Catwoman's place to beat Cyborg and Ares and nobody else.
What exactly do Zod's "free mixups" do for him in those matchups? Its not the Zod players' fault that characters like Ares, Green Arrow, and Shazam suck, therefore Zod beats them.
An example of Zod having to work overtime in some matchups below:
Aquaman's role in the Zod matchup.
FTD, FTD, FTD, FTD, FTD, FTD, FTD x 100 (Can be interchanged with Zod vs. Sinestro to which Sinestro's role is Fear Blast, Fear Blast, Fear Blast, Fear Blast, Fear Blast x 100)
Zod's role in the matchup.
Immaculate laser placement, strong reads with the force-push, strong footsies with the 15-frame F2, risky reads with the Zod charge, well-timed forward dashes so you wont get punished with D1-trident rush, etc.
Zod is an immaculately well-balanced character.
Supporters
@AK Pig Of The Hut
@General M2Dave
I have thought to myself, "What if Zod is top 2 like people make him out to be? What if he needs the right player to use him? EVO is around the corner, what reason is there to not pick him up and get a free ride to top 8?"
How gullible my foolish, 20-year old brain was. I give massive props to people like Pig of the Hut, M2Dave, Viking305, Rahsaan, and Relaxedstate taking the abuse like men that their character is this supposed super-tier god and if you lose with him, you're just a fraud.
Upon playing this character, a few things stood out to me that I never noticed.
-A backdash that takes about 2 calendar years to recover.
-A walkspeed that makes Makoto in Street Fighter IV look like Akuma.
-T-rex arms that reinforce Sektor players' PTSD
-A force-push that has laughable recovery.
-A low laser that, if you meterburn, God help you if it whiffs. Oh, and it barely does chip, especially if a portion of it whiffs to which it does around 2-3%.
On the facade, of course one would think that Zod players should burn in hell because they use a character with a trait that gives him "free 50/50s". I will say this though...
...He needs it, people. He needs it.
I feel bad for Pig of the Hut having to put up with the awful matchup that is Zod and Aquaman, especially with a character with as humbug footsies as Zod's.
The poor guy probably has to put up with matchups such as:
-Aquaman, Bane, Batman, Raven, Sinestro, Superman, Martian Manhunter.
There is even talks that C-A-T-W-O-M-A-N could hang with Zod. Last time I checked, it was only Catwoman's place to beat Cyborg and Ares and nobody else.
What exactly do Zod's "free mixups" do for him in those matchups? Its not the Zod players' fault that characters like Ares, Green Arrow, and Shazam suck, therefore Zod beats them.
An example of Zod having to work overtime in some matchups below:
Aquaman's role in the Zod matchup.
FTD, FTD, FTD, FTD, FTD, FTD, FTD x 100 (Can be interchanged with Zod vs. Sinestro to which Sinestro's role is Fear Blast, Fear Blast, Fear Blast, Fear Blast, Fear Blast x 100)
Zod's role in the matchup.
Immaculate laser placement, strong reads with the force-push, strong footsies with the 15-frame F2, risky reads with the Zod charge, well-timed forward dashes so you wont get punished with D1-trident rush, etc.
Zod is an immaculately well-balanced character.
Supporters
@AK Pig Of The Hut
@General M2Dave
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