But how does he lack advancing normals? You talked about Cyber having B1, D2, B2 and F4 and that they were great but Commando has all of those except B2 so why is it suddenly that much worse?
But it's not about whether it's a normal or projectile, they're both 12 frames, advance by at least a decent amount and F2 is actually better because it's safe (against 99% of things) and leads to a full combo on hit. When there are less than 10 characters with arguably better footsies than him I wouldn't call that
slightly above average. I'm not saying they're godlike but they are definitely above average.
From the range you should be using it at the opponent won't be throwing out random moves, if you're getting hit out of it it's because you're using it in a situation you shouldn't be using it in the first place. It's a move for use at a range where 99% of normals will definitely not hit you.
As will getting hit with something of Cutthroats, never mind the fact Kano can actually do this safely unlike Kotal who has to use mostly unsafe stuff to get to that damage. And their B1s are about the same range, if Kotals even is further it won't be by so much it's worth arguing over.
Like who? You can't just make blanket statements and expect me to see what you mean. Kano is definitely a midscreen/footsies character and he does that well, or at least someone playing him should be able to understand how to take advantage of these tools well enough. No solid way to get a life lead is a pretty vague thing, could you elaborate? Cutthroat at least has safe 50/50s and jailing pressure (although not insane jailing pressure by any means) so I don't see why it'd be thought that he doesn't have a solid way to get a life lead, especially when the damage he gets from his 50/50s is about average if not slightly above average. Commando definitely needs to see improvement though and Cybernetic needs a damage buff on a few things but other than that I don't see where Kano would really struggle to open someone up, I mean he has some of the better stagger pressure since he's so safe.
Tbh the narrative, at least from the majority of the Kano community (and even the ex-Kano community) is that he sucks lol. As I said people might think me an upplayer but Kano's only been doing better as time's went on. Lately that I can remember Royale for one has made top 8s and Jupe just won a major with just Cutthroat and Cybernetic so I think the main problem holding Kano back is the people playing him that don't think he's good enough. If you don't think you're going to win with the character before the match has started you're already losing. Kano players just aren't seen much, more need to get out to tournaments
But come on, him being safe on almost everything helps him set up his parry game. Kotal doesn't have that luxury on much of his moveset.
