It reminds me of Balanced Kenshi in MKX. Any time you get a knockdown, throw out a Spirit Charge to build Meter. And that's evolved into learning all the situations it's safe to put the Buff on. Raijin being made up of parts of all my old mains has made it a real buttery smooth transition.
He's better of course, but if you're playing him don't rely on the 50/50 that much.
12 is +3 on hit
Not really sure what you're talking about with stubby pokes, tbh, and I mained Raiden all the way up until Spawn came out. Dude has reach.
They just look...small. Idk. I'm on like day one and a half and I've been spoiled by Noob's D3 and D4. Gotta shake off the rust.
I honestly feel the same way when I'm playing someone with shorter buttons than Raiden. His d1, d3, and d4 are all legit.
All right, super cool. Just have to adjust my spacing, then. I need to get more comfortable being further up close anyway because I don't Throw nearly as much as I ought to.
I noticed you mention Raiden is 'simple' in a status update, but I actually don't agree with that once you get into his real meat. Raiden has more plus frames on hit than other characters, so you want to balance between getting huge jailing frames on people making them impatient and keeping good spacing.
What I meant, specifically with Raijin, is that it's not the variation for high combo counts or hit-confirming launching specials. It hits hard and fast, in a way that's not super complex or open to things going terribly wrong, like dropping stuff or getting Breakaway'ed.
This I agree with. Low hit count but still brings the D.
It really really is. As I've said before, I was almost all Doomsday (with a side of Deathstroke) in Injustice 1, and I poured more days than I can remember into him, so it's a style I'm super okay going back to, with Discharge instead of Trait as my Get That Shit Outta Here move. I love my main man Noob and Dark Sabbath, but he can't do it on his own. Same as I don't think Raiden by himself can be championship material.
Yes, yes I am. Lol. My variation name for Raijin is Amish Dracula in all caps. Eventually there will many a Sesame Street and Looney Tunes "you vouldn't hit a bat vith glasses, vould you?" joke to be had.
He rewards good fundamentals and neutral play. His depth imo comes from the player’s understanding of spacing and how to utilise his many gimmicks to catch people off guard. He’s full of jank but can still be very oppressive if you play solidly
While I completely agree and have wondered the same (Summoned Lightning is BEGGING for a brutality), his trailer brutality can be pretty reasonably interpreted as his forward throw brutality.
What character are you using?
I've tried noob, kollector and have the same issue every time. Feel like it's never really my turn. It feels like his teleports are plus, when I try to jump them with a D1 my character faces the wrong direction for the D1 3/4 of the time.