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Hunter Pence says: "Joker is actually better than Green Arrow"

NoobHunter420

Scrub God Lord
I wonder what nerfs joker would have gotten if chris G mained him, teeth -20 on block? teeth mid?
chrisG does some amazing stuff with arrow
the way he adapted to the to zatanna MU was god like
 

BRUTALITY

Banned
@Gilbagz joker is unbeatable. he has like 4 earthshaker setups in the corner that combo into 40%, you have to guess between teeth, b1, overhead can, insta jump 2. you have to block them all differently and if you are prepared for one he can hit you with another, like you have teeth at your feet but he can INJ 2, so if im expecting the b1 low which will hit before the teeth, but he does the jump 2 instead, i land on the teeth and get combod into another setup. jokers normal reach is second to none, only really aquaman normals can compete, some of lex and green arrows are lengthy too but they dont have the full package d2 j2 j3 d3, its like fighting dhalsim. ok its nothing like dhalsim but joker is not bottom 10, no way.
 

StevoSuprem0

I'm gonna make this skill gap... disappear.
I wonder what nerfs joker would have gotten if chris G mained him, teeth -20 on block? teeth mid?
chrisG does some amazing stuff with arrow
the way he adapted to the to zatanna MU was god like
Chris G was the tester for Joker and a big reason he has so many problems.
 

StevoSuprem0

I'm gonna make this skill gap... disappear.
Are you saying Joker has issues because Chris G tested him and was abusing certain things, making the character seem broken, hence he received pre-release nerfs?
No, I'm saying his recommendations after testing him for improving him (because he was bad in alpha as well) were poor, and that combined with none of the NRS crew really taking a liking to the character led to him not getting the attention that he deserves, which has caused him to be one of if not the buggiest characters in the game on top of having some balance issues stemming from some very daunting design flaws. I'm not downplaying, I think he's better off than people think as well and just needs better high level representation, but things like this disappoint me and make me hope no one in MKX suffers similar bias because I guarantee you I will coincidentally choose to main that character lol.
To be fair, a LOT of the testers thought he was broken during testing. Apparently he was not quite the same character we have now.
Every tester I've spoken to thought he was bad in testing. Pig was the only one I recall seeing anything from about wanting to play him or thinking he was good, and that changed in the first week of the game when he realized none of his zoning functioned like he thought it would.
 

John Grizzly

The axe that clears the forest
No, I'm saying his recommendations after testing him for improving him (because he was bad in alpha as well) were poor, and that combined with none of the NRS crew really taking a liking to the character led to him not getting the attention that he deserves, which has caused him to be one of if not the buggiest characters in the game on top of having some balance issues stemming from some very daunting design flaws. I'm not downplaying, I think he's better off than people think as well and just needs better high level representation, but things like this disappoint me and make me hope no one in MKX suffers similar bias because I guarantee you I will coincidentally choose to main that character lol.
That's disappointing. You'd think one of the most popular and iconic comic book characters of all time would get the proper love he deserves. Instead, stupid characters no one cares about like Killer Frost end up being more polished and thought out.
 

trufenix

bye felicia
That's disappointing. You'd think one of the most popular and iconic comic book characters of all time would get the proper love he deserves. Instead, stupid characters no one cares about like Killer Frost end up being more polished and thought out.
Joker got six costumes and a pivotal role in the story. He's also front and center on the box cover. There's the love he deserves.
 

RNLDRGN

RONALD ROGAN
This game is pretty balanced, so when someone says "whoever" is better than "whoever" or "this character" is/isn't bottom 5, we're really just talking about a couple of bad or good matchups--that's all. It's mostly irrelevant.
 

trufenix

bye felicia
@StevoSuprem0 , hey man, I want joker to be good too. I want everybody to be good. But Joker being "iconic" has dick to do with balance. You think Black Adam launched with a killer backdash and unstoppable wakeups cause of his popularity?
 

Barrogh

Meta saltmine
@StevoSuprem0 , hey man, I want joker to be good too. I want everybody to be good. But Joker being "iconic" has dick to do with balance. You think Black Adam launched with a killer backdash and unstoppable wakeups cause of his popularity?
Nope, it just makes it sadder to see him failing at IGAU life.