A useless buff? Omg man do you hear yourself some times? It's not nearly close to what he needed but it is in no ways useless. He now has a free wake up and no he doesn't get pressured for free after
You can crouch block it to make it unsafe. It's been mentioned already
Dude think about it before you hastily begin typing. "Free wake up" is an overstatement considering that crouch blocking it makes the second hit whiff and it's still full combo punishable. And yes he will get pressured after since he's -5, that's how frame data works silly. He's not plus which means it's the opponents turn to do something, so you will then have to deal with the opponents attacks unless for some weird reason you actually want to spend another bar on EX Kano Ball or another EX Up Ball to armour through followups. Think first type later
Only if it's max distance. I've tested it myself
You can only do that from max distance. From any other distance the second hit will still connect. Also, Kano has one of the best back dashes in the game. So yea like I said pressure is not free afterDude think about it before you hastily begin typing. "Free wake up" is an overstatement considering that crouch blocking it makes the second hit whiff and it's still full combo punishable. And yes he will get pressured after since he's -5, that's how frame data works silly. He's not plus which means it's the opponents turn to do something, so you will then have to deal with the opponents attacks unless for some weird reason you actually want to spend another bar on EX Kano Ball or another EX Up Ball to armour through followups. Think first type later
Less than Max range, from my experience. It's not point blank, but I've seen it hit once(rather than twice) closer than max range in my tests. At best it's inconsistent, at worst it's downright busted. Most people are going to know this issue, and take advantage of it. It's not as if it's a little known thing, man.
I Agree
Yeah that corner backdashing is really going to help him out. And with all the advancing strings in the game backdashing is only going to be so useful.
So I tested this out more - the EX upball whiffs point blank only against certain characters midscreen. Try doing EX upball VS another crouching Kano point blank, the second hit whiffs more than 50% of the time. Against someone like Kenshi- the EX upball never whiffs midscreen.
Can't buff backdash though, or any defensive option, because they'll be "too strong then" I hate this community lol.
Stealth buffed?
Missed that the first time I read it, but you've finally caught me slipping
Dude no offense but a move that stands of good chance of getting you full combo punished because it's only safe sometimes is pretty terrible when it uses a bar of your precious as fuck meter
.........not all of them are actually unreasonable.....
Yeah..."reality". Yet Royale is making his way through people right now with Cybernetic beating people like Tom Brady, Noobe is playing him, Coach Steve, the list goes on. If he wasn't viable then people would drop him yet more are appearing than before. Yeah he's mid tier but someone has to be, that's what noone is understanding. He still does well against the top tiers and besides bug fixes anyone crying for a bunch of unnecessary buffs are just playing the wrong character and can move on any time they want. Not everyone can be the best and this community will just have to deal with it unless NRS decides they want to buff him.
This is mostly true except for the "more than before" part. They are just the Last of the Mohicans, the few left that haven't dropped him appearing the same place at the same time. Kano is definitely one of the least "picked up" characters since release. The rest of your point stands though.