Eddy Wang
Skarlet scientist
Okay so today was the day some CC had early access to the story mode and the first character we'll get to introduce us to the game seems to be our boy Lao.
Here is some major things i noticed from all the available footage so far
Spin doesn't launch, both regular and ex version take a while to start and are both knockdown, the ex version has armor.
Lao has a gainer flip special, which works as anti-air, when ex'd he can cover into aerial rave combos, first thing i will take a look on releas will be if we can use an assist in order for him to recover earlier and pick up before they touch the ground
Lao dive kick is FAST on descent and activation, and his jump arc seems a bit faster than most, Ex Dive kick launches on hit, and somewhat safer at certain ranges.
Lao is a string Maniac, his normals animations are fast, among all strings, one has a small pop up, perfect for Kameo interaction, he has a 2 hit launcher like like a reverse C,A from UMK3 Ninjas, first hit seems like an overhead
Lao has a drop kick that jumps over lows
Lao has 2 types of Jump kicks, on top of the regular one, there it's a jumping knee with shorter range, considering he is an aerial character, it's probably a defense mechanism to bait up blocks, we'll see.
Lao seems to have either an attack/throw from strings, or a command attack throw special he can cancel from certain strings, finishing into a grab for position switch
Lao also has fist flurry but its a special move here
No Kommitment strings in sight, doesn't seem too complicated, but seems like they will let creativity flow with him like in MKX and MK9, i love it already.
Haven't seen hat toss, probably because of story mode and he wasn't fully developed yet.
(update)
Lao has two forms of Hat Toss, a directionable one like MK2 which has longer startup and the hat is thrown in horizontal shape, and Buzzsaw hat throw, which hits multiple times, good for Kameo addition into combo extention, and probably good wall extender combos
no teleport, so Lao with Kameo Lao should be an interesting take
but so far, i think he is by far the one that is clicking just by looking at him, can't wait for release day
Here is some major things i noticed from all the available footage so far
Spin doesn't launch, both regular and ex version take a while to start and are both knockdown, the ex version has armor.
Lao has a gainer flip special, which works as anti-air, when ex'd he can cover into aerial rave combos, first thing i will take a look on releas will be if we can use an assist in order for him to recover earlier and pick up before they touch the ground
Lao dive kick is FAST on descent and activation, and his jump arc seems a bit faster than most, Ex Dive kick launches on hit, and somewhat safer at certain ranges.
Lao is a string Maniac, his normals animations are fast, among all strings, one has a small pop up, perfect for Kameo interaction, he has a 2 hit launcher like like a reverse C,A from UMK3 Ninjas, first hit seems like an overhead
Lao has a drop kick that jumps over lows
Lao has 2 types of Jump kicks, on top of the regular one, there it's a jumping knee with shorter range, considering he is an aerial character, it's probably a defense mechanism to bait up blocks, we'll see.
Lao seems to have either an attack/throw from strings, or a command attack throw special he can cancel from certain strings, finishing into a grab for position switch
Lao also has fist flurry but its a special move here
No Kommitment strings in sight, doesn't seem too complicated, but seems like they will let creativity flow with him like in MKX and MK9, i love it already.
Haven't seen hat toss, probably because of story mode and he wasn't fully developed yet.
(update)
Lao has two forms of Hat Toss, a directionable one like MK2 which has longer startup and the hat is thrown in horizontal shape, and Buzzsaw hat throw, which hits multiple times, good for Kameo addition into combo extention, and probably good wall extender combos
no teleport, so Lao with Kameo Lao should be an interesting take
but so far, i think he is by far the one that is clicking just by looking at him, can't wait for release day
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