According to Tom Brady the elbow dash is 5 frames and is the fastest move in the game. A smart Reptile player tends to beat my d1 with it.
Well, I have about equal experience with both characters now, and I can tell you without a doubt that I have a significantly easier time with Reptile. He has a plethora of options, good damage, and doesn't have a sweet spot at which he excels at; unlike JC. Reptile vs JC is a 7:3 in Reptile's favor -
IF JC tries to pressure him all you need to do is knock him down with elbow dash, elbow dash again and you're 2/3rds across the screen and able to zone JC out.
Also, EX FBs will still hit JC through the EX shadow kick armor. Which is bogus.
Sao87 said:
MAYBE WE CAN GET SOME CAGE PROS LIKE THE ABOVE MENTIONED TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR US.
I certainly don't consider myself a pro, yes there's alternatives, but it still hurts him. Nut punch being removed from F3 2 means less diversity in his frametraps. What
really hurts him is the fact that even more of the cast has been given EX armor to barrel through his frametraps,
if they excel at zoning as well then that makes it rougher for him. Ask F0xy about this, he'll likely point out most of this, but this should be common knowledge.
I do feel that he'll drop a tier or two due to these changes, I don't see how anyone can argue that, he would've had difficulty with these changes to begin with the F3 2 change was just the icing on the cake. Anyways, I'm under the impression that you suspect that I have my doubts about NRS. I certainly do. Considering that the input glitch has been out prioritized by the f3 2 'glitch'.
Oh, and yes, I'm pretty fucking tired of having to adapt and change due to the patching. Particularly when certain characters were already difficult matchups and have thus become even more of a pain in my ass.