M2Dave
Zoning Master
I know I made another thread about the razors' lack of functionality almost a year ago, but please hear me out.
I was watching @DarksydeDash (Highborn Kitana) fight Scar (Lotus Fight) very late last night and I noticed that the second hit of the razors would randomly whiff after b+1,4 on a stand-blocking Kung Lao. This whiff causes a flawless-blockable gap that Kung Lao can punish with u+2. Because of the randomness, DarksydeDash began stopping the razors after the first hit, which is always punishable at -9 on block, leading to a guessing game that was in Scar's favor.
Before you post "Who cares? Make the right read, bro.", the whiff seems entirely random after an hour and half of testing and experimenting with various scenarios (i.e., different ranges and block patterns). However, I have discovered that the whiff most frequently occurs against characters who sort of "lean back" while they are stand-blocking (e.g., Kung Lao and Raiden). Against characters who, for lack of a better description, expose their chests or hands while blocking (e.g., Robocop and Shang Tsung), the whiff is less likely to occur but still can.
Some characters can also back dash after blocking the first hit of the razors, but I can only confirm Cetrion and Sheeva as of the publishing of this post. In fact, if you back dash and cancel into a normal or special move at the appropriate time, you can punish Kitana. So if you think Higborn Kitana beats Sheeva 7:3 because of razors, think again.
I was a massive Kitana up player because of razors, yet no more because of these issues. I am disappointed that razors still do not function properly after having allegedly been fixed two or three times in previous hotfixes and patches. I think I will be sticking to V2 Robocop until this problem gets addressed, if it ever legitimately does.
I was watching @DarksydeDash (Highborn Kitana) fight Scar (Lotus Fight) very late last night and I noticed that the second hit of the razors would randomly whiff after b+1,4 on a stand-blocking Kung Lao. This whiff causes a flawless-blockable gap that Kung Lao can punish with u+2. Because of the randomness, DarksydeDash began stopping the razors after the first hit, which is always punishable at -9 on block, leading to a guessing game that was in Scar's favor.
Before you post "Who cares? Make the right read, bro.", the whiff seems entirely random after an hour and half of testing and experimenting with various scenarios (i.e., different ranges and block patterns). However, I have discovered that the whiff most frequently occurs against characters who sort of "lean back" while they are stand-blocking (e.g., Kung Lao and Raiden). Against characters who, for lack of a better description, expose their chests or hands while blocking (e.g., Robocop and Shang Tsung), the whiff is less likely to occur but still can.
Some characters can also back dash after blocking the first hit of the razors, but I can only confirm Cetrion and Sheeva as of the publishing of this post. In fact, if you back dash and cancel into a normal or special move at the appropriate time, you can punish Kitana. So if you think Higborn Kitana beats Sheeva 7:3 because of razors, think again.
I was a massive Kitana up player because of razors, yet no more because of these issues. I am disappointed that razors still do not function properly after having allegedly been fixed two or three times in previous hotfixes and patches. I think I will be sticking to V2 Robocop until this problem gets addressed, if it ever legitimately does.
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