Match-up Discussion My Final Judgment on Sonya vs. Kitana

[Death]

Sonya is top 5, not freddy

Go to my Sonya MU thread. I just updated it. Sonya or Freddy for 5th spot. Who knows

 

[Jimmypotato]

Jimmypotato If you are coming to SCR I would like to propose a MM. Your Sonya vs my Kitana FT5. $10-20 your choice. No one angers my Sonya brethren Blake and gets away with it. And maybe I will learn how to play the mu better who knows.

Accepted for sure man, still 50-50 on if I'm making er, trying really hard to make it happen though.

 

[Death]

Agreed. Kabal cyrax kenshi sonya and then 5th could be kl/smoke/freddy imo.

Kabal-Kenshi-KL-Cyrax-Sonya or Freddy

 

[HGTV Soapboxfan]

Kabal-Kenshi-KL-Cyrax-Sonya or Freddy

You know what, they are all so close it really doesn't matter.

 

[16 Bit]

Death why did you update this to be 6-4? Why'd you change your mind?

 

[Death]

You know what, they are all so close it really doesn't matter.

Kabal and Kenshi are way ahead of the other 4. Their REAL MU charts would have a shit ton of 8-2s and 9-1s

 

[HGTV Soapboxfan]

Kabal and Kenshi are way ahead of the other 4. Their REAL MU charts would have a shit ton of 8-2s and 9-1s

I agree about kabal, kenshi really isnt that bad. he is just like kitana in that you need tons and tons and tons of matchup experience. Which is difficult to get when there is only one really solid proven kenshi player. he probably does have a few 8-2 and sz is a 9-1 but I dont think he blows up the upper half of the tier list besides maybe cage.

 

[Mr. Mileena]

Death I am proud of you.

 

[DJ L Toro]

Youll still be free to Baraka.

odd i didnt get a notification that you posted this. that being said say that to my new main:

 

[Zoidberg747]

odd i didnt get a notification that you posted this. that being said say that to my new main:

Still going to be free to Baraka.

 

[ll Nooby ll]

This is still being discussed?

I feel it is 6-4 Sonya for reasons others have posted, but I only play against her here and there. Hell... I lost like 1-4 in a local casual session with a guy who had literally only started playing Sonya for 2-3 weeks if that ll Nooby ll

Maybe I don't know the matchup... I didn't feel confident enough in it to use Kitana vs MortySeinfeld at EVO so I used Noob which I knew he has trouble fighting against.

Dafuq u trying to say about my Sonya, and my skills as a player in general? I kid I kid hehe. That was me picking Sonya back up after a while of just toying around with her. It probably only had been a week of playing her.

6-4 Sonya.
Close the thread right now for it has now been decided.

 

[ShadowBeatz]

I felt your approach to assigning gayness values could use some graphical representation. No need to thank me.

This scientific document was made almost exclusively using the data in Mr. Mileena's post. I added one or two things for reference. Enjoy.

OMFG XD XD XD XD XD CRYING

 

[Sao87]

Everyone is dumb except me.

Or in this case everyone but the top players that have a lot of experience in this match up.

 

[rev0lver]

Or in this case everyone but the top players that have a lot of experience in this match up.

Except for the ones who disagree with you, of course

 

[BillStickers]

This thread needs to be closed, front paged, stickied, printed out, and framed.

 

[GamerBlake90]

I was at Best Buy tonight, thinking over this match-up intensely...and after reviewing what both characters can do, I'm starting to see how some say it's in Sonya's favor...

But I'm not completely sure yet.

And no, this is no troll. I'm still not convinced at the moment, but I've been wrong on match-ups before. For example, I said at one point that Sonya vs. Raiden was 5-5...then I saw for myself how Sonya just forces Raiden to rely solely on instinct.

Mr. Mileena

What I still don't get is how Sonya's divekick "eliminates Kitana's poking game," as you put it. I only see it punishing whiffed pokes, not blocked ones. What do you mean by that?

 

[Mr. Mileena]

I was at Best Buy tonight, thinking over this match-up intensely...and after reviewing what both characters can do, I'm starting to see how some say it's in Sonya's favor...

But I'm not completely sure yet.

And no, this is no troll. I'm still not convinced at the moment, but I've been wrong on match-ups before. For example, I said at one point that Sonya vs. Raiden was 5-5...then I saw for myself how Sonya just forces Raiden to rely solely on instinct.

Mr. Mileena

What I still don't get is how Sonya's divekick "eliminates Kitana's poking game," as you put it. I only see it punishing whiffed pokes, not blocked ones. What do you mean by that?

Sonya does that to all characters, poking back in certain situations = 40%+ dive kick combo into reset.

 

[Death]

I was at Best Buy tonight, thinking over this match-up intensely...and after reviewing what both characters can do, I'm starting to see how some say it's in Sonya's favor...

But I'm not completely sure yet.

And no, this is no troll. I'm still not convinced at the moment, but I've been wrong on match-ups before. For example, I said at one point that Sonya vs. Raiden was 5-5...then I saw for myself how Sonya just forces Raiden to rely solely on instinct.

Mr. Mileena

What I still don't get is how Sonya's divekick "eliminates Kitana's poking game," as you put it. I only see it punishing whiffed pokes, not blocked ones. What do you mean by that?

Sonya can also 4~cartwheel combo a block D1 depending on the range. But good luck doing that online lol.

 

[THTB]

Sonya does that to all characters, poking back in certain situations = 40%+ dive kick combo into reset.

I don't see many Sonyas do this though, from my viewing experience. The times it is fine, I usually see it blocked.

I probably just need to watch Sonya more.

 

[Mr. Mileena]

I don't see many Sonyas do this though, from my viewing experience. The times it is fine, I usually see it blocked.

I probably just need to watch Sonya more.

Exactly.

 

[xKhaoTik]

Sonya can also 4~cartwheel combo a block D1 depending on the range. But good luck doing that online lol.

I can't do it online at all lol. Its so annoying when people d1 pressure me as if its safe -_-

 

[Death]

I can't do it online at all lol. Its so annoying when people d1 pressure me as if its safe -_-

I sometimes try and go for it but the following d1 cutter blows me up or d1 smoke bomb lol

 

[Pig Of The Hut]

Exactly.

Mr Mileena just won thread

 

[Jimmypotato]

Mr Mileena just won thread

Sonya won it, 6-4

 

[ForeverKing]

lol people that say that haven't played a real Kenshi player lol,

Yeah, all 2 of them lol