General/Other - Kenshi Kenshi General Discussion Thread

[Northern Slasher]

So what exactly is so terrible out Balanced?

 

[Immortal]

Exactly... its been written in this and other Kenshi topics for dozen or more times already.

Feel free to just check out those threads. No point in writing it over and over again.

 

[ismael4790]

So what exactly is so terrible out Balanced?

Short version: he's a zoner that can't actually zone well.

It's my favourite variation though.

 

[Lokheit]

soon to make a videoclip with a combo in Kenjutsu. Preparatory material can be viewed here. If you have any comments or additions, then tell me.

Some of your 53% combos are actually 54%, I think it's because you're using jump in punches to start them and when a combo is over 50%, JIP actually reduces the damage instead of increasing it.

 

[Northern Slasher]

The little noises Leatherface lets out during Kenshis helicopter blade fatality is hilarious.

 

[Landonio]

Any tips for the Johnny match-up with Kenjutsu? He's safe on everything and I feel like he can just bully me all day and I just gotta hold dat. I'm forced to take risks to open him up, and if he guesses right I'm eating big danny. I'm sick of those stupid annoying advancing strings (like f34) that literally hit me out of everything and are completely safe. I feel a little lost at how exactly I need to play this match-up.

 

[ChatterBox]

Any tips for the Johnny match-up with Kenjutsu? He's safe on everything and I feel like he can just bully me all day and I just gotta hold dat. I'm forced to take risks to open him up, and if he guesses right I'm eating big danny. I'm sick of those stupid annoying advancing strings (like b34) that literally hit me out of everything and are completely safe. I feel a little lost at how exactly I need to play this match-up.

Keep him out of his f3 range. If you're dead set on playing kenjustsu then you need to just push all day, and guess right on your armor. Remember to duck and punish incoming green kicks.

 

[Landonio]

Keep him out of his f3 range. If you're dead set on playing kenjustsu then you need to just push all day, and guess right on your armor. Remember to duck and punish incoming green kicks.

Thanks. Should I just try to be in his face and on the offensive, or should I focus on spacing him to just outside of f3 range?

Or should I just switch to Sonya or Sub (as those are my other mains)?

 

[ChatterBox]

Thanks. Should I just try to be in his face and on the offensive, or should I focus on spacing him to just outside of f3 range?

If you wanna go ham on offense then more power to you, but that's not recommended against johnny. Kenjutsu has no plus frames outside of standing 1 and f4 I believe. Those don't really compare to johnny who basically has a safe armored launcher against you. Keep away is my recommended strategy, which is why I play Possessed against him.

Or should I just switch to Sonya or Sub (as those are my other mains)?

I would recommend sub against him over Kenshi. Ice clone seems like the best anti-johnny strategy I can think of, other than glorious glorious reads.

 

[The Dragon Chief]

So what exactly is so terrible out Balanced?

Balanced literally doesn't do anything. He can't zone because he's punishable. He can't rush down because he has no mix-ups and is punishable on everything. His spacing is only average and is very punishable on whiff. Most damage with Kenshi in a match comes from a successful EX Rising Karma. Which is punishable if blocked. He doesn't have any block strings. The character can only win off of an opponents mistake.

 

[gibster13]

Patch out !!!


Balanced is unchanged and still shit

 

[coconutshrimp]

Possessed to my knowledge here is unchanged. Maybe they fixed the Brutality.

 

[ismael4790]

I think all three variations are the same, yes...

 

[coconutshrimp]

EX Parry still doesn't give health when you use it to parry normals. Parry still doesn't parry lows.

 

[coconutshrimp]

Kenshi is 100% unchanged. I am at a loss here. All I can say is hope there is another patch sometime later that may give Kenshi the things he NEEDS to be a threat and hope all this patch did was nerf KP2s brokeness.

 

[Ashenar]

Hopefully they leave him as is so he stays dead.

 

[DDutchguy]

Hopefully they leave him as is so he stays dead.

>Flair says "Kenjutsu"

Uhh...

 

[coconutshrimp]

Hopefully they leave him as is so he stays dead.

Why do you say that?

 

[Zabru]

Honestly fucking over this character it's been a shitty year and a total waste of my investment.

 

[Ashenar]

Because as far as I'm concerned in competitive play he's dead to me. I'll play him for fun but when money is on the lime its time to play what's best for business.

 

[ismael4790]

Because as far as I'm concerned in competitive play he's dead to me. I'll play him for fun but when money is on the lime its time to play what's best for business.

Yesterday patch seems mainly addressed to fix dlc broke stuff.

Maybe (only maybe) nrs still has plans to fix what's wrong with the rest of the characters, like Balanced Kenshi...

 

[Ashenar]

Yesterday patch seems mainly addressed to fix dlc broke stuff.

Maybe (only maybe) nrs still has plans to fix what's wrong with the rest of the characters, like Balanced Kenshi...

Nah breh he's on the black list. #handicapped

 

[Zabru]

Yesterday patch seems mainly addressed to fix dlc broke stuff.

Maybe (only maybe) nrs still has plans to fix what's wrong with the rest of the characters, like Balanced Kenshi...

I've given up the fight, they fucking hate this character and have no respect for the players.

 

[Zabru]

Nah breh he's on the black list. #handicapped

This, I'm picking up either Shinnok or Ermac today.

 

[ismael4790]

I've given up the fight, they fucking hate this character and have no respect for the players.

I like the blindfold too much.