General/Other - Johnny Cage Johnny Cage Pre-Release General Discussion Thread

[BrobaChett]

Its hit confirmable (MB) in A-List. All the other variations are EX. This game is gonna take some serious time to break down.

A-List and fisticuffs are peaking my interests more than stunts double, so i'm stoked about that.

 

[KleenexGhost]

All three of his variations look like they're up my alley. Is it me or does the vest make Cage look a little stocky these days? It kinda goes back to that nitpick about his vest that people have with this render that was on Amazon. Still gonna main him, with Kitana as the bottom b**ch.

 

[BLACKRENEGADE]

All three of his variations look like they're up my alley. Is it me or does the vest make Cage look a little stocky these days? It kinda goes back to that nitpick about his vest that people have with this render that was on Amazon. Still gonna main him, with Kitana as the bottom b**ch.

Yeah, he looks a little slow moving to me because of that vest lol.

 

[KleenexGhost]

Yeah, he looks a little slow moving to me because of that vest lol.

It's a nitpick on my part lol. I would think someone as vain as Cage would keep himself in shape.

 

[Endding]

It's a nitpick on my part lol. I would think someone as vain as Cage would keep himself in shape.

Outworld Pies.

 

[KleenexGhost]

Outworld Pies.

But, Kano ate all the pies with the Outworld Ice Cream...

 

[Cage Redfield]

Stunt Double Cage looks like it could be the lamest Cage ever. Do that 114 looking string (the one where he jabs you twice then kicks you away) into shadow activation and have fun chuckin shit. Think I'm going to maining this variation/playing it the most.

Fisticuffs and A-List look insane, too. Fisticuffs has crazy chip and Flashy Combo will basically be Trident Rush with that power up lol. A-List looks mad scary because of dash cancels. This'll prolly be the best rushdown Johnny, depending on cancel advantage from his strings on block.

 

[DownfouralitY]

off topic but @lmx17 You REALLY need to change your sig. You can't have gifs first of all and that one on the end is fucking huge

@Alien Substance

 

[Konqrr]

He looks to be even better in this game than MK9... dear God...

 

[Peckapowa]

Personally I am kind of down on cage after seeing the variations. I don't like the looks of his strings ( very skeptical if them so far) nor his variations really. I see some potential, but if chip is this toned down in mkx he'll have to be a mixup character or a really goid spacer in stunt double to be strong (I am scared you can duck his gold kick and if it's 2 cast limitation). I hate mixups so idk, we'll see what have on release. I really am skeptical of mkx at this point and hope it's not like injustice in the mixup department. I can see that windfists string leading to tons of pressure ability in fisticuffs, especially if it hits mid and has good recovery.

 

[Peckapowa]

All three of his variations look like they're up my alley. Is it me or does the vest make Cage look a little stocky these days? It kinda goes back to that nitpick about his vest that people have with this render that was on Amazon. Still gonna main him, with Kitana as the bottom b**ch.

His look is so boring, I hope he has a suit or shirtless variation. I do like that he looks like Nathan Fillion

 

[Peckapowa]

He looks to be even better in this game than MK9... dear God...

How so??

 

[M.D.]

Aww his XRay not being a counter any more makes me sad

 

[Peckapowa]

He gets a special one at low health in A List variation.

Which does a whole 1% more!!! Btw its fisticuffs, also have we confirmed whether that string is only in danger zone??

 

[Rathalos]

I think the danger zone stuff is for all variations.
At least in that one gameplay video, he had it in stunt double.

 

[Slymind]

Which does a whole 1% more!!! Btw its fisticuffs, also have we confirmed whether that string is only in danger zone??

The way they talked, to me looked it was only on low health, but i got some doubts about that too, i mean, would be nicel to be able use it anytime, it's just 1% of extra damage(but that animation is nice).

I noticed that the charge-cancel from the A-list build meter, which is really nice.

 

[TopTierHarley]

Personally I am kind of down on cage after seeing the variations. I don't like the looks of his strings ( very skeptical if them so far) nor his variations really. I see some potential, but if chip is this toned down in mkx he'll have to be a mixup character or a really goid spacer in stunt double to be strong (I am scared you can duck his gold kick and if it's 2 cast limitation). I hate mixups so idk, we'll see what have on release. I really am skeptical of mkx at this point and hope it's not like injustice in the mixup department. I can see that windfists string leading to tons of pressure ability in fisticuffs, especially if it hits mid and has good recovery.

What do you mean by mixups? All fighting games have them, so I'm not sure what you mean.

 

[Peckapowa]

What do you mean by mixups? All fighting games have them, so I'm not sure what you mean.

Oh low mixup 50/50, I prefer the mk9 style guessing game where it. Was about whether you would stagger or not snd accumulating chip and setting up whiff punishes. I feel with minimal chip effective rush down will be more about oh/low mixup which I don't enjoy especially if there is no react ability or injustice like risk reward

 

[Slymind]

Which does a whole 1% more!!! Btw its fisticuffs, also have we confirmed whether that string is only in danger zone??

Here is the video of the stream:

Notice that the guy asks to be hit some more, before managing to use the other throw. Unless i misheard, he says something like: "One of the unique things he has in this variation" then proceeds to talk about the danger zone mode, yet as the picture posted above shows, he seems to be using the red versions of his moves on another variation.

 

[TopTierHarley]

Oh low mixup 50/50, I prefer the mk9 style guessing game where it. Was about whether you would stagger or not snd accumulating chip and setting up whiff punishes. I feel with minimal chip effective rush down will be more about oh/low mixup which I don't enjoy especially if there is no react ability or injustice like risk reward

Ok thanks for clearing that up, I understand what you mean

 

[trufenix]

But, Kano ate all the pies with the Outworld Ice Cream...

And that's terrible.

 

[trufenix]

Notice that the guy asks to be hit some more, before managing to use the other throw. Unless i misheard, he says something like: "One of the unique things he has in this variation" then proceeds to talk about the danger zone mode, yet as the picture posted above shows, he seems to be using the red versions of his moves on another variation.

Fisticuffs gets the Red buff when he's super low on health.
A-List can "charge" certain specials up to red, but it doesn't get the new throw / string or chip buff.

 

[trufenix]

Which does a whole 1% more!!! Btw its fisticuffs, also have we confirmed whether that string is only in danger zone??

He has the string regardless, but when he's on red it does murder chip or so they said. Didn't really look like it to me though. Maybe they just demoed it wrong.

 

[Peckapowa]

He has the string regardless, but when he's on red it does murder chip or so they said. Didn't really look like it to me though. Maybe they just demoed it wrong.

Yeah they seem so high level in their analyses "this move can do a combo" " these specials pop up"

 

[trufenix]

Yeah they seem so high level in their analyses "this move can do a combo" " these specials pop up"

You gotta let it go man, these streams aren't for us. They're for those idiots in the 20 more minutes of MKX video.