Yes, it can now be blocked. You can still cancel into it though for the frame trap. Idk why people are saying you can't.
Yes, it means he's at an extra 2 frames of disadvantage. It gives you a little more breathing room to poke him out of whatever he tries to do after teleporting, and it means that your pokes will beat his pokes after he teleports.
You obviously have not fought a good Mileena nor have seen Reo play her. You do realize it was 2 Mileenas who almost took out Perfect Legend right?
I'm new so it might not be my place to say it; but I can't help but find it really amusing that you've got this huge and brightly coloured "SALT" signature, a term that pokes fun at people who complain too much and blame their losses on the game rather than their inability to adapt.
You can't just declare something with no backup and expect it to be true. Almost every character on that list is arguably worse than her. Back it up with some facts man.
Except unlike scorpions, ermacs, sektors, etc, 114 pseudo-launched them and knocks them down. Still, though its not a big deal since they appear to have left it in as a block string, so as long as 114msb2 works its all good.You still can cancel into special moves from those strings. That's what they mean by "no longer true combos into 2in1’d special moves from it". Those Sonya strings should work just like Scorpion's
Sigh. Instead of saying things like this, why don't you visit the Jade forums once in a while? At least you would have known that there is NO unblockable involving EN low and the overhead and you would also have a better understanding of how EN rangs work. Why? Because you cannot touch or hit the opponent before the return hit of En low due to its long recovery. Coupled with the long startup of her overhead and this is far from an unblockable. So where is this "free" launcher and 50/50 mixups that you are talking about? Lets even assume that you try to use En overhead in tandem with EN low (Which I stated is not a 50/50, its a low high) to create this "free" launcher. Guess what? En low creates a very unusual Johnny Cage like stagger effect where the opponent can block immediately after the return hit. So you do en overhead after the en low and the opponent can completely ignore the en low and just block the overhead. No unblockable and you waste 2 meters.
I think she seriously struggles against Reptile, Mileena, Kabal, Kenshi, and the lesser known bad matchup against Sektor. These matchups are all the same or worse now. Post patch, I think there's a great chance she struggles with Sindel, Jade (who will now be more popular), and noob.
Didn't he also say he had no clue on the LK v Mileena matchup before that day?
peace.
Add Jax to that list of bad match ups. He's coming for you. Also, let's not forget Freddy.
Kitana still ddoes 45% with her BnB. The big damage losses come from her corner combos and jump kick~air fan combos. It's not that big of a deal really. She still has near 40% no meter from full screen if she hits you with an aaAir Fan and over 40% in the corner with the same. She is still a pain in the ass to deal with just the same as she was before.
What are you talking about? Jax STILL can't get in on Kitana lol
Check the sig....
Yeah.......nobody is broken in this game. Like, at all, or even close. Kitana is not "barely up to par" also. Raiden/Reptile/KL are all beatable and have bad matchups and do not dominate the cast. Otherwise, you would see more of these chars winning tournaments.
If I had to venture a guess, it'd look like this...
Broski...with all the armor got. all I need is ex dash punch and it's playtime. Kitana can't send him away. She will be running for her life. Hell, she might reconsider her decision to Marry Liu Kang while Jax is tapping her ass all over the place.
Reptile doesn't need armor on his slide to get in. He can throw a forceball and elbow dash to get in and then he has a ton of options. They nerfed Kitana and they buffed characters who are superior to her. That is bullshit no matter how you slice it. Its a mixup driven game and Kitana has no mixups. What she has his combo dmg and they nerfed some of that. Good to hear her 45% bnb is the same though.