Peckapowa
Champion
I was running through these with a friends the other day for good ol sake
Baraka: 6-4 (cage punishes blade charge from most distances, cage's up close game is very strong, baraka d4 is challenging)
Cyber Sub: 6-4 (johnny punishes dive kick with flash kick, johnny pokes to death, johnny baits parries and punishes, johnny can zone a bit in this fight.
Cyrax: 4-6 (only reason this is 4-6 is because of cyrax damage... cage is fine in the neutral game and cyrax hates cage pressure because his d1 is bad, close to even)
Ermac: 6-4 (zoning isn't strong enough to warrant huge disadvantage up close, plus flash kick punishment)
Jax: 6-4 (low hitbox, fireball makes gp whiff)
Jade:6-4 (jade has moderately obnoxious keep away normals and that armor bs, her poke game is free though, may be 7-3)
Freddy Krueger: 3.5-6.5 (freddy punishes you for 50% for jumping projectiles, freddies zoning is op
Cage: 5-5 (play lame)
Kabal: 3-7 (Honestly, Cage is one of the better characters to pick against kabal, if you get him without meter or bait a mb dash he's in trouble, it's imperative to play footsies while navigating through the zoning)
Kano: 7-3
Kenshi: 2-8 (you may be able to get early games with randomness and a few good guesses, but in a long set the Kenshi player will get comfortable and you will get destroyed)
Kitana: 5-5 (her keepaway vs your pressure
Kung Lao: (5-5, bird LAO)
Liu Kang: 5-5 (at a really high level, liu kangs should be 21ing out of your pressure and as a counter-poke, liu kang's footsie game and zoning are a enough to make it enough despite cages pressure being an issue)
Mileena: 6-4 (Mileena really struggles with cage might be worst
Nightwolf: 7-3 (better footsies, way better pressure)
Noob: 6-4 (this could be worst, noobs not doing enough damage with his zoning or keeping you out long enough
Quan Chi: 7-3
Raiden: 5.5-4.5 (Raiden's keepaway and footsies are excellent, the down 3 forward 3 option select can be blown up by counter-poke and teleport, raiden can punish you for all your string staggers)
Reptile: 5-5 (Reptile's space control is strong enough to dominate the neutral, but he has an awful time without meter dealing with cage pressure, as elbow dash is very unsafe, and he is very limited after down 4 acid hand)
Rain: 6-4 (Rain's armor and b2 and standing 3 are all strong, but he has no zoning and you can just footsies hiim to death with down 4 and f33b3 and relatively safe pressure)
Scorpion: 7-3 (scorpion's footsie game is garbage)
Sektor: 5-5 (sektor has dominant footsie game and 6 frame jab, he struggles with pokes and especially down 4, it could be slighty cage favor)
Shang 5-5 (shang's zoning and pressure is good enough, plus soul stealed cage is a big deal)
Sheeva: 7-3
Sindel: 6.5-3.5 she is free to pressure, and her projectiels only do chip and meter
Skarlet: 4-6 (incredible armored red dash and jump back daggers, this character is obnoxious enough for me to call a 4-6
Smoke: 5-5 ( smoke outfootsies, has obnoxious runaway, and does too much damage, hit and run all day)
sonya: 3.5-6.5 (calling this just 4-6 doesn't do it justice, she dominates footsies game with down 4, and her armor makes it a complete bitch to try and pressure her
stryker: 7-3 ( free to johnny)
sub-zero: 5-5 (johnny punishes him harder, the lifelead dictates this fight, but whomever has a lifelead gets walked to the corner, Johnny can punish clones with fireballs ex or non-ex, it's a very very very lame fight)
Baraka: 6-4 (cage punishes blade charge from most distances, cage's up close game is very strong, baraka d4 is challenging)
Cyber Sub: 6-4 (johnny punishes dive kick with flash kick, johnny pokes to death, johnny baits parries and punishes, johnny can zone a bit in this fight.
Cyrax: 4-6 (only reason this is 4-6 is because of cyrax damage... cage is fine in the neutral game and cyrax hates cage pressure because his d1 is bad, close to even)
Ermac: 6-4 (zoning isn't strong enough to warrant huge disadvantage up close, plus flash kick punishment)
Jax: 6-4 (low hitbox, fireball makes gp whiff)
Jade:6-4 (jade has moderately obnoxious keep away normals and that armor bs, her poke game is free though, may be 7-3)
Freddy Krueger: 3.5-6.5 (freddy punishes you for 50% for jumping projectiles, freddies zoning is op
Cage: 5-5 (play lame)
Kabal: 3-7 (Honestly, Cage is one of the better characters to pick against kabal, if you get him without meter or bait a mb dash he's in trouble, it's imperative to play footsies while navigating through the zoning)
Kano: 7-3
Kenshi: 2-8 (you may be able to get early games with randomness and a few good guesses, but in a long set the Kenshi player will get comfortable and you will get destroyed)
Kitana: 5-5 (her keepaway vs your pressure
Kung Lao: (5-5, bird LAO)
Liu Kang: 5-5 (at a really high level, liu kangs should be 21ing out of your pressure and as a counter-poke, liu kang's footsie game and zoning are a enough to make it enough despite cages pressure being an issue)
Mileena: 6-4 (Mileena really struggles with cage might be worst
Nightwolf: 7-3 (better footsies, way better pressure)
Noob: 6-4 (this could be worst, noobs not doing enough damage with his zoning or keeping you out long enough
Quan Chi: 7-3
Raiden: 5.5-4.5 (Raiden's keepaway and footsies are excellent, the down 3 forward 3 option select can be blown up by counter-poke and teleport, raiden can punish you for all your string staggers)
Reptile: 5-5 (Reptile's space control is strong enough to dominate the neutral, but he has an awful time without meter dealing with cage pressure, as elbow dash is very unsafe, and he is very limited after down 4 acid hand)
Rain: 6-4 (Rain's armor and b2 and standing 3 are all strong, but he has no zoning and you can just footsies hiim to death with down 4 and f33b3 and relatively safe pressure)
Scorpion: 7-3 (scorpion's footsie game is garbage)
Sektor: 5-5 (sektor has dominant footsie game and 6 frame jab, he struggles with pokes and especially down 4, it could be slighty cage favor)
Shang 5-5 (shang's zoning and pressure is good enough, plus soul stealed cage is a big deal)
Sheeva: 7-3
Sindel: 6.5-3.5 she is free to pressure, and her projectiels only do chip and meter
Skarlet: 4-6 (incredible armored red dash and jump back daggers, this character is obnoxious enough for me to call a 4-6
Smoke: 5-5 ( smoke outfootsies, has obnoxious runaway, and does too much damage, hit and run all day)
sonya: 3.5-6.5 (calling this just 4-6 doesn't do it justice, she dominates footsies game with down 4, and her armor makes it a complete bitch to try and pressure her
stryker: 7-3 ( free to johnny)
sub-zero: 5-5 (johnny punishes him harder, the lifelead dictates this fight, but whomever has a lifelead gets walked to the corner, Johnny can punish clones with fireballs ex or non-ex, it's a very very very lame fight)
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