Why are so many randoms apparently using Smoke? I know the most popular character doesn’t always mean top tier in NRS games, but it’s just strange to me that a character like Smoke seems to be this games version of MK11’s Scorpion. In order for Smoke to even be considered mid tier, you have to have his cancels down and be able to hit confirm. Most random people I see using him don’t even do any cancels at all let alone any optimal combos and certainly can’t hit confirm. They just mash & spam. My point is, there’s characters that you can mash with that are faaar more effective than Smoke, so why are so many casuals to average players using Smoke?
The only thing I can really think is that the other casuals to average players are losing to these horrible Smoke’s. Essentially, he’s a noob killer. Which means that these players aren’t even blocking his teleport in neutral, which is wild to me. Idk, like it’s always made sense to me who the most popular pick online is in NRS games. It being Smoke (at least for now), really makes me scratch my head ¯\(ツ)/¯