BloodyNights
"My kunai will find it's mark."
You know she really needs buffs when the title of this thread spells her name wrong...
There is probably like a handful of characters that don't have much options to get in without being patient and just ducking and walking forward. Granted I also play some Kotal all be it War God. But I think he barely struggles in the match up, it's not like you are getting hit by ducking and moving forward. It only takes a good F12 from a certain distance and she is in trouble, and because it's ground worst you will take is 6% not a life threatening amount of damage. That's if you miss. And if you need too, set a God ray on top of yourself and sit and wait. Especially if you get the life lead, no more running away and fanning other than to get meter. She will have to come to you and try to fight you up close, which she will lose horribly.
THIS. You effectively shut her down, and gain life to the point where you could possibly take the life lead, and force her to come in.
That's true, but how do you feel about what I just posted before about all of her strings being so negative that you get full combo punishes? This works across all variations for Kitana. Though I will admit, I don't know the specials frame data on Kitana's mournful variation, as it felt like an even less viable character.
MUs have to be taken into account but it doesn't take a genius tos ee Kitana is bad. I'm generally on the side of wait but some things are really obvious, Kung Jin being really good & Kitana being really bad.
i mean even with that, does she just get mopped up by the whole cast? probably not. If she is sprinkled with 5 5s and 4 6s then she may not be dominant but she can be used and hold her own against the cast.
"bad" or not, still 3 weeks in and there is SO much to be found. That is the point i want to iterate but ppl dnt want to hear that.
I didn't play mk9 so I wouldn't know. What I do know however is for how she's meant to play she was horribly designed
there isnt much to be found considering how bland and straightforward her skillset is.
^ Everything I've been saying in another thread where I got jumped for it. So, jump me here too. My anti air is this: I told you so before and I'm telling you so again. #completelykitanad
idk about that, this is a fighting game, there is always things to be found. Not everything will change, but many things will.
Bruh... you doing it wrong. Kitana can't frame trap Raiden. Muhfucka is two frames faster than her fastest move and gets a full combo from it
I think the big issue here is that Kitana is a very cut and dry character in this game. Now in MK9 she was as well, but she had Godlike pokes and mobility to make up for it.
She gets mopped pretty hard by any patient player. Who is actually smart. Her problems revolve around her terrible frame data, her jump ins herself being extremely lacking. Her come back factor being non existent. Her biggest game plan is to wait for the opponent to become impatient and make a mistake. To be honest I can't think of a worse character at the moment. As she relies so heavily on the opponent she is facing to make a mistake if they don't she has little going for her. You of all people should know how dangerous the games mix ups are playing as Scorpion. A character who can't chip the opponent out, who is extremely negative on block. Who's only overhead is a 24 frame starter, who relies on punishes as her main source of damage isn't a viable character. But you sure will make people salty tossing fans at them all day.
so she is unsafe? I mean i was able to win vs top players with mk9 scorpion so even if she is supposed to be "bad" you can still beat others by playing smart and making good reads.
I say keep going at it with her, there is no way after 3 weeks y'all have figured out the best way to play kitana in all her matchups. She is no sheeva or jade haha, she is actually viable.
MK9 Scorpion was unsafe, but he also had a vortex, frame traps, fast normals that were actually safe. Kitana has unsafe strings and normal moves that are also bad. AKA slow, and no mix ups or frame traps to speak of, while if you are lucky to even get to use them due to the slowness are retarded negative. She can't mix up, she can barely poke. She has no move that needs to be feared except an anti-air fan. How can you compare the two? Also MK9 is a different game all together. I played Noob Saibot in that game along with most of the ninjas. Noob has a better come back factor than she has. lol
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