ismael4790
Stay focused or get Caged
Nah. Cage and Kenshi are my co-mains.
Nah. Cage and Kenshi are my co-mains.
I cant think of you without Cage lol
According to @Pig Of The Hut, Mileena, Scorpion, Displacer, Mystic and potential Quan Chi, Kano and Sun God. Rest are 5- or better matchups. I kind of agree with him after playing Possessed for a while. Outside of the names he mentioned, the rest are pretty even.
I talked to Pig and we both agree that Crystalline slightly beats Possessed.
so in ur opinion, is possessed top 10?
Probably not, i'd say top 15 at best.
Sickle Lift isn't meant to be used as an anti-air in the current patch. It's best used to end your combos with since it gives you a hard knockdown of 24 frames and it gives Kenshi enough time to reposition himself, stay close to the opponent after a successful combo, or bait a reversal. For example, you can make certain wake up attacks whiff if you run immediately after the knockdown and do a crossover punch to make the opponent's wake up attack whiff, then you can punish. BF3 can be used for this purpose as well if you wanted the opponent to stay closer to you after a combo.
Balanced gets his main threatening tool removed (nrs didn't even bother to apply 2 bar treatment, or change it so you can only do a teleflurry after). Just removed it.I think an issue with Balanced and with Kenjutsu as well, is how below average Kenshi's sweep range footsies are. His B1 and D4 are a little too slow.
The problem is that if they gave Kenshi Kung Lao's D4, and made his B1 11 frames, Possessed would probably be top 5 and hella complained about.
At least Balanced has good launching armo....... Oh wait
I agree his D4 could use a faster start up, maybe at 11 frames. But I think people don't realize that Kenshi gets a lot of frame advantage off of his D4 on hit (at 23 frames, that's one frame more than Johnny Cage's D4). On a hit confirm you can jail to (run) S1, (run) S2, another D4, Teleflurry ( no running needed), Spirit Push (any variation), etc. Once the opponent starts commits to block you can start Kenshi's throw game. It gets even better if you can hit confirm 11, 21 into a pop up or end the string with a safe special on block. And staggering your throws are essential.I think an issue with Balanced and with Kenjutsu as well, is how below average Kenshi's sweep range footsies are. His B1 and D4 are a little too slow.
The problem is that if they gave Kenshi Kung Lao's D4, and made his B1 11 frames, Possessed would probably be top 5 and hella complained about.
At least Balanced has good launching armo....... Oh wait
I mean that's a pretty much universal thing. Lao can jail F2 off of his D4, Shinnok can jail F4. Outside of Scorpion and Sub Zero, most great D4s have enough hit advantage to work with.
Nah I can't hit confirm B1 into EX low demon. I'm assuming it's the same with rising karma.
My question was independent of any other posts. Just curious.
I wouldn't touch Balanced with a ten foot pole.
i do think balanced has a place in this game. not a very good one but it has some even matchups lol and when you win you feel like a boss. im getting on soon if you want to play
i just wish possessed tele fury tracked and anti aired like balanced...
Post patch with Balanced you wanna do b1 ex rising karma if you're fishing for a combo, it's safe now and leads to great damage. Feels like a waste of meter and B1 is great on hit anyway but sometimes it's worth it, like primarily when you're not worried about breaking.
I like F21 better because you can hit-confirm F21, it has better recovery than B1 so you can sneak throws after the string better than B1 and once the opponent thinks you're going for a throw after F21 you can end the string with Ex Raising Karma to full combo or keep the string safe. Unless you're the second coming of Jesus you're not hit-confirming B1 into anything.
Hey I love f2 as much as the next guy but its a high and slower than b1. Way less helpful in mkx since a Lot of footsies is played with d4s and d1s. Plus, while walking backwards you can just hit b1 and get it, if you're walking back and hit f2 you either get push or stopped long enough to lose the element of surprise in my experience.
F2 is actually a (very) low profile-able mid, lol (wish NRS would buff the hitbox on it). But I see your point and agree with them. But I do have some success with using F21 in the matches I've played and I admit I'm careful of the situations I use it in, but my main normal of choice is D4 for footsies, among a few others.
