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Match-up Discussion Pocket Medic - Alternate Character discussion for Smoke Mains

Faded Dreams V

Retired June 2012. Unretired June 2013.
Smoke players; who do YOU run as an alternate, and why?
My secondaries are Kenshi and Freddy. Why? Because I'm a zoner at heart. I also picked up Kenshi as a backup for Cage, Jax, Kitana, and Sonya. As for Freddy, I picked him up to troll people because his pre-patch projectile was broken. I just use him for fun, not for any particular MUs (maybe Kabal).

I've been thinking about leveling up my Kenshi and becoming more comfortable with a wider number of MUs. With Kenshi, Kung Lao and Kabal still pose a problem though. -.-

I also play as Mileena, Cage, Liu Kang, and Sub-Zero, and know the basics with multiple other characters. =P
 

Faded Dreams V

Retired June 2012. Unretired June 2013.
I worded that badly.

THE PLAYERS should not be able to control a factor such as the stage selected to swing the outcome of the match. There should be a set standard, or a random select. If random bites you in the ass then thats just bad luck.
They shouldn't, but they can and will, if they're smart. If I went to a tourney, I'd be picking every stage that gives me an advantage, and abusing the hell out of resets. I don't give a fuck. lol.
 
Honestly I think I'm just going to pick up both Jax and Kenshi. Despite how much I hate Jax (well, rushdown in general).. he's the only logical choice to cover my bad MUs based on matchup charts. Sigh

Just g'head and call me KT Jr. I'm getting my first tattoo soon, working on a beard, and even learning to play guitar. All I need are some sleeveless shirts and I'm set...
 

RiBBz22

TYM's Confirmed Prophet/Time-Traveler
Honestly I think I'm just going to pick up both Jax and Kenshi. Despite how much I hate Jax (well, rushdown in general).. he's the only logical choice to cover my bad MUs based on matchup charts. Sigh

Just g'head and call me KT Jr. I'm getting my first tattoo soon, working on a beard, and even learning to play guitar. All I need are some sleeveless shirts and I'm set...
The first corner infinite you do will set you free. I did it a few times in training mode and it felt pretty dirty...
 

G4S KT

Gaming4Satan Founder
Buhh. Of course I've been using sub too. I thought I was this unique little flower for having him in my pocket...

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The reason I know subz is because since launch I would come home from work and my room mate was in training mode and I would just jump in and start playing him as subz (the default second character lol). My sub isn't great, but I think he would have helped me against curbo.
 
yeah i've always done the same... I can play him pretty decently but maaan i'm just not sure how well he covers smoke outside of cage. smoke-sonya and smoke-kang are both 5-5 IMO so it's hard to find a purpose for him in a tournament setting outside of a rubber match where the opponent is locked into cage...
 

SZSR

Noob
I use Cage and Sub-Zero as my alts. Of course I can't do anything with Cage, and Sub-Zero is only for cage.
 

Faded Dreams V

Retired June 2012. Unretired June 2013.
I'm gonna learn Cage. I dunno about other Smoke players, but sometimes I feel spoiled by Smoke's assets. Cage is a character that forces you to get your fundamentals and footsies down to perfection. Gotta play everything the normal way (no parry, no smoke away/towards, a shitty projectile, and no teleport). It's a sort of transition that I believe, in theory, can improve your overall skills because you'll look at battles through a different perspective.
 

xSMoKEx

Coward Character User
IMO the best secondary for Smoke would be Freddy or Kenshi. Here's why:

I personally want all my match-ups covered, which means being good or even 5-5 rather than using someone like Cage who may be good against Jax but he does crap against kabal. Or Jax who does well against Kabal but crap against Cage. Freddy and Kenshi go even (or sometimes better) with pretty much all of Smoke's bad match-ups. There's no stand-out 7-3's like some other characters, but there's no blowouts on our end either.


For me, Cage and Jax just aren't the best secondaries for Smoke (not bad, but there's better alternatives). They don't cover all his bad MU's or at least bring them to 5-5. That's my personal opinion.
 

HD Smoke

Noob
IMO the best secondary for Smoke would be Freddy or Kenshi. Here's why:

I personally want all my match-ups covered, which means being good or even 5-5 rather than using someone like Cage who may be good against Jax but he does crap against kabal. Or Jax who does well against Kabal but crap against Cage. Freddy and Kenshi go even (or sometimes better) with pretty much all of Smoke's bad match-ups. There's no stand-out 7-3's like some other characters, but there's no blowouts on our end either.


For me, Cage and Jax just aren't the best secondaries for Smoke (not bad, but there's better alternatives). They don't cover all his bad MU's or at least bring them to 5-5. That's my personal opinion.
in your opinion @RM_xSMoKEx who does Smoke lose to?
 

xSMoKEx

Coward Character User
Cage, Jax, Kabal.

I think Sonya might be bad too. I'm going to be grinding the Sonya match-up with a few players to get an accurate read. I will be fighting Curbo soon hopefully, and i already have a few Sonya's i play with. (GamerBlake, a sonya player in my clan who won a tournament, etc.)

Also, i'm looking at Raiden too, but it doesn't seem very likely.
 

RiBBz22

TYM's Confirmed Prophet/Time-Traveler
I've been playing a lot of Cage and Kenshi lately. I've been having really good results with Cage, but the only problem is that I feel so dirty after I need to take multiple showers...
 

McNasty

Moist.
i would start playing cage heavily if i was able to do the nutpunch motion on stick... it is impossibly hard to do and it needs nerfs now please
glad im not the only one. For some reason nutpunch is still way more normal feeling than mileenas roll