Yeah I think he’s fine too it’s just the invisibility that it could be better. Compared to Smoke who doesn’t even need it to mix you up yet he can be fully invisible instantly.
I've been trying Sub as well, seems great in some matches but I prefer Cyrax in others. I think they're two of the strongest Kameos.
I think Reptile's invisibility is intended to be a massive piece of his kit in comparison to Smoke, which is why it functions like that. He gets it meterless with the right kameos. Also, the setup can loop back into itself easily.
Haven't tried Cyrax, but are there any good routes to get a net to set up invisibility? Also, Sub's armor feels really invaluable to Reptile's neutral. In the long run, I think Sub's utility will win out for Reptile.
I tend to like Sub Zero more for the ice armor too helps with the zoning wars or people just throwing projectiles that just beat the crap out of mine. And the invis is just feels easier to get into for me.
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Reptile is a very good character, has everything you need and the combo potential in this game is insanely open. The shit you can do with Kameos is beyond insane.
That timing is weird but I tend to call scorpion into invis cancel, right before he pulls away from the belt. It’s a tight timing but after a while, you can get it down. May take more than hour tbh.
i just tried doing this and yall are on to something. But there ain't no way im gonna be able to do this online.
Lol give it up. You’re just looking silly trying to save face.. reptile is obviously one of the weaker characters in the game. No one is saying you can’t win with him but he’s definitely lower mid to bottom tier.
Dude bottom tier is B that's not a tier I consider unviable and every top players tier list says that much, they all say Rep is good and has everything you need, he just doesn't have the amazing dirt the S Tiers have at a base character level, there are crazy dirt with Kameos that s universal. He has the best invisibility with legit 50/50 and stagger throw mix and probably the best walk back wiff punisher (B31)
I know with Baraka you can armor through clone on reaction with his stab lunge. Can't reptile Armor through with slide roll?
The issue I keep having with Reptile is that the things you said are true but with big caveats. Like he has overheads, but they're slow and unsafe. His b31 is cool, but there's a big gap that people learn to blow up pretty quick. His invisibility would be cool and set up 50/50s, but it's so much work to get the invisibility going. The best luck I've found is rolling with Darrius and getting people into the unblockable scenario with his dual overheads and hitting with a low starter as the second one connects, but that takes the whole kameo meter, and it's less effective when people realize what's happening.
What do you mean the best invisibility? You mean the one that compared to Smoke's takes ages to startup and the meter one doesn't do anything differently? And what do you mean by legit 50/50? There's still sound which means for such a long overhead startup that should be good enough and also, screen snaps back a little bit when he goes for the overhead. I bet players in competitive scene will react to his mix up even while invisible.
