Pterodactyl
Plus on block.
Have you tried u1/u2?
I've knocked quite a few people out of the sky with that, and it pops them up pretty high for a nice combo afterwards.
Have you tried u1/u2?
run speed which you already mentioned. Terrible anti-airs. Absolutely no pressure mid screen. No 50/50 mix ups unless in TF and even then its not particularly good without meter. His utter and complete dependence on meter to do ANYTHING. Telestomp is useless against anyone whoes not a moron.
He doesn't need 50/50's and his best strings are neutral/plus on block and has the fastest pokes in the game, so there's your pressure. He's got a freaking 8f command grab and safe launching armour. He may struggle in some MU's to win but he can definitely get top 16 or top 8.
ok, you hit someone with any combo ender Goro has and tell me again where his pressure is. Everything he has knocks them nearly full screen, which is great for corner carry, but shit for pressure and when a good number of the cast has a TP thats just not good. Ture he doesnt need 50/50's... no one does, but every character that does is better than Goro because of it. Yes his normals are quick, but thats irrelevant when the footsie part of this game nearly doesnt exist due to either absurd range of some njp moves (kung jin and even Ferra/Tor) or the projectiles into run pressure that again Goro doesnt have. Goro just lacks the tools necessary to compete while character like Kung Lao, Scorpion and others to a slightly lesser degree (Quan Chi, now Shinnok Kung Jin, Cassie etc etc) have almost ALL the tools they will need in any situation. When the top of the pile is so STACKED characters like Goro are just not viable.
are you sure you're playing MKX
lol
do teleports suddenly have wakeup invincibility? last I checked, only Lao's has armor if he burns meter. So no, I don't think they have a "free out" considering you can check them off a knockdown and I've had few problems keeping Lao down when I finally pin the fucker down, the problem is actually getting to that point but just like with everyone else, risk/reward greatly favors you on the oki game
You just destroyed any sense of credibility you may have had by claiming footsies are non-existent because like three characters have unusually far reaching NJPs.
scorpion, quan, ermac, takeda tps all have armour when MB. Also your opinion of Shinnok is pretty wrong. If youve seen him used by a competant player you would realize that Shinnok is pretty good. Although Necro does suck.
ugh.... i give small examples and you think thats my whole point. Partially perhaps my fault since i dont think i was clear. Some of Goro's normals, while fast and one or two are far reaching, dont really help in the footsie game in MKX, not when characters have strings and moves that move them across the screen extremely fast, or 75% screen dive kicks, or a TP, or a decent projectile or, as i mentioned before, a njp that renders them useless. Im not saying Goro doesnt have tools, what im saying is that Goros tools are lack luster and mostly pale in comparison to the rest of the cast
I m sorry, but no, srsly no. You wanna give a character a pure 50/50 (which if we take by account, he already has since f4 is now an overhead), when he has the best command grab in the game? He has a safe launcher, the best anti-wake up in the game, you literally cannot wake up against Goro if he has 1 bar of meter, the best pokes in the game in terms of range, frames and safeness, excellent dmg especially in KW var, frame traps, the best wall carry and corner pressure in the game (him and TG Raider compete for that imo) and you want more? Really?
The only string that can be interrupted is b12u2. You can catch your opponent off guard if you use b121, which is plus on block and allows a free down poke check afterwards, or if you have your opponent in the corner you can use sg. KW Goro can net up to almost 45% dmg mid screen with 1 bar, so i dont know why you think Goro has no damage. If you play tigrar, which imo is useless, then yeah Goro is weak. DF and KW are super solid.
I agree w this
The frame trap he has from fire breath is solid, but it means shit, when it can be interrupted or even low profiled by some characters, after a block string. DF and KW is the future for Goro, unless Tigrar receives some kind of buff which i doubt it will.
my training partner figured out day 1 that the frame trap with firebreath had a gap and so i've always been staunchly in the camp that it's a bill. If they give us true frame traps with it i'll consider using it again
Tyvm for your kind words. I ll try and see if i can record some casuals next time i go to GDA. Imo Goro is fine, you just have to think how to play him at high lvl. If they buff him even more, people will start crying without end. I m not saying he can win EVO, but he can easily compete against almost everyone.
i hope youre right Metzos and im wrong, i really do, because despite everything i say i do love Goro and enjoy playing him. And just to be clear, i dont want a pure 50/50 and to be fair if Ed Boon asked me to change something to make Goro more viable i honestly dont know what i would pick haha.
I have been trying to use it, but I usually end up getting punched out of it. I'm guessing I'm either mistiming it or it has no priority over anything else.
Imo Goro is fine the way he is right now. Perhaps better priorities on u1/u2, or a faster uppercut would be nice, since he doesnt have any good AA options, but other than that he is really good. I believe that we wont see any good reps for Goro, simply because, there are other characters who can do what he does with less effort.
Maybe i am playing him wrong, and if i am i look forward to being shown the right way
come get served some osh-tekk tans, scum.