Bulletz4Breakfast
Sub Zero
I understand what your saying but I feel making something safe with assists in a assist game comes with the territory. Without Cyrax you can still make stupid choices safe if not +30Of course they could but the outcome wouldnt change much.
Prior state made so many things safe (from strongs, which could be looped to specials that normally were unsafe on block). It also generated massive amount of meter. A lot characters did not have specials with such properties so rising the cost results in reduction of mentioned above advantages. Also the price of breaker could be another aspect to support this change.
Cyrax still does what he did but at higher price and cannot be used as often. What may rise a doubt is the other changes - this change assessment will come later on as the meta evolves.
I suspect it wasnt even about the fact that other assists are less used. It was all about what Cyrax does and how effective it is, that other simply dont.
Stryker is somewhere in the shades of Cyrax but its too soon to tell atm imo.
A lot of people say that KL is going to replace Cyrax, even if he does, the low hat properties are nothing alike. I might be wrong but first thing comes to mind: you can armor through, while armoring through Cyrax was not possible as you would go through special move but get hit by the cy-copter.
Looking at NRS Patch history I can confidently say, tha in terms of "patching" this is way healthier in compare to MKX.. I hope they maintain their "Cool" and let the current game breath.
Lao hat is strong but I'm noticing Ninjakilla flawless blocking them vs Xombats Johnny/Lao.
I feel one forward of Cyrax isn't oppressive. Put a 10 second freeze on forward Kopter and keep it half cost, what worked with Rain and lower tier characters to fix their gaps, weak buttons, range anxiety doesn't work with Cyrax anymore. You simply can't blockstring with Forward Helicopter then combo with Up Kopter after, then your on a long 24 seconds wait to use Forward again. Crazy hard nerf.
Obviously Cyrax needed toning he did to much off of a single option.
The scary part is putting a Kameo Regen delay after using two in combo with nearly every Kameo. That was uncalled for IMO.
But the worst part is not slightly buffing the bottom and mid tiers.
Obviously if a lower tier gets Cyrax to make things safe and pressure so does Johnny and the S Tiers but that's where the buffs come in. Reptile and Sub Zero not having those gaps, maybe give some a better mid or adjust startup of something. It doesn't have to be a basket of buffs just small tweaks every few months until we see lower tiers being able to counter the Top Tiers.
It truly does scare me to see only Nerfs and blanket nerfs to assists in a assist game.
I also do hope breaker is two bars, maybe I'm wrong but definitely wanna see some minor buffs to many characters.