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Hey everyone I go by the name DarkShadow.

Some of you might know/heard of me from the Brawl scene.

I use to(recently quit) play Brawl at a competitive level for 2 years now but then I got tired of it's campy playstyle... I got too use to it last tournament and camped almost everyone in all of the sets haha.

Before I got into the Brawl scene, I wanted to play Melee at a competitive level but the scene in my area died over time with Brawl practically taking it's place. Now during my career throughout Brawl, I started learning Melee more and more from old school players that started appearing way more. During those times, I was interested in SSFIV so I gave it a shot and mained Fei Long and secondary Ken but never entered a tourney for that game as of yet.

Well as you can see, I have a competitive background and what I've heard from many, MK9 is quite balanced of a game. Funny thing is, I never liked the series, I despised it but after I quit Brawl, I said why not give the game a go? And well, I like the game a lot haha.

I mained Reptile from day 1 and trying to secondary Sub/Scorpion/Freddy/Smoke. I am mostly training my Reptile though so it can be perfect. This game isn't as easy as Brawl where I was able to use half of the cast at a high level hahaha.

So yup, there's my long introduction and hope to have a fun time in the MK scene! ^_^
 

iMLGzus

Venom Addict/Space Pope
Lol i'll be honest. Don't pick up sub. Dont get me wrong. He's got a reservation in my heart always. I'll never let him go, but Im forced to pick up other characters to compete because of the giant vat of armor the cast got dipped in. Stick with reptle. R.I.P. Sub Zero until the game gets re-hauled. T_T (lol sorry for adding my own saltyness to this post)
 
Lol i'll be honest. Don't pick up sub. Dont get me wrong. He's got a reservation in my heart always. I'll never let him go, but Im forced to pick up other characters to compete because of the giant vat of armor the cast got dipped in. Stick with reptle. R.I.P. Sub Zero until the game gets re-hauled. T_T (lol sorry for adding my own saltyness to this post)
What do you mean? The characters got more HP/defense?
 

iMLGzus

Venom Addict/Space Pope
What do you mean? The characters got more HP/defense?
You most likely already know that certain EX moves have "armor" properties, where they can absorb 1 hit of any move/special. In the recent patch, NRS gave almost 3/4 of the roster at least 1 move that has this property. Because of this, every time you try to throw ice, or clone, they can just power through your ice and hit you. People say you should bait it, but it's easier said than done in my opinion. Ice ball has a recovery longer than the actual Ice Age (lol) and most of the time your clones will be put in close proximity and your opponent will be able to armor through it on reaction. These "armor moves" are one of the major things that hurt Sub-Zero. Now there's talk about how good he really is. Some say bottom tier, to which I say, their crazy. Sub is nowhere near bottom tier, he just has to work a little harder for his wins now.

P.S. (I still main him because I love 'em too damn much lol, so don't let this talk discourage you from playing him if you really want to. :D)