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Question LBSH Are Kitana Players the biggest Down Players in the Kommunity?

Are Kitana PLayers the Biggest Down Players in the Kommunity?

  • Yes

    Votes: 37 45.1%
  • No

    Votes: 31 37.8%
  • ummm Smoke Players?

    Votes: 14 17.1%

  • Total voters
    82

Peckapowa

Champion
lol true. that's why i said ex dash has so much potential because of shit like that. but at least dash itself is still punishable. get what i mean?
yeah i wasnt disagreeing and i got that... plus that shit gets stuffed sometimes and i know u know about flash parry
 

SLy

Warrior
I don't think Kitana players are the biggest downplayers really. Sonyas hold that number 1 spot bruh.
 

HGTV Soapboxfan

"Always a Pleasure"
Kenshi is not better than or Sonya or top five. He's at number six and people need to learn how to not think of Jade or Kano vs him when doing his tier position.
So are you saying that because while kenshi does do very very well against the bottom tier characters, it is irrelevant because they are not tournament viable, so it does not up his tier position? I'm starting to agree with the idea that he is not as bad as we think, but i'm still not quite sure yet. This could clear that up some.
 

Lulzlou

Kombatant
Kabals players are serious when they downplay kabal?

I joke around with a lot of the shit I say but didn't think people would be serious lmao. The people I play with offline know that I think Kabal is the best. He is fucked up, has no bad match ups and crushes a lot of the cast. How can people be serious about downplaying. The only downplaying I do is say match ups that I'm having trouble in because of my lack of exp. I also think kabal-shang is 7-3 now even though it doesn't look like it in my vids with astronout.

People are dumb lol.
 

coolwhip

Master
It was only after MLG Dallas that the community finally accepted that Cyrax is top 5. Based on that alone, he's the most downplayed character. Because frankly, I find it preposterous that a character who can take 80% of your life with one bar, controls the screen better than 95% of the cast, has one of the best d4's in the game, decent pressure, a sick corner game that not many seem to understand, a great AA grab, and a retarded command grab, was not considered to be top 5.
 

xKhaoTik

The Ignore Button Is Free
It was only after MLG Dallas that the community finally accepted that Cyrax is top 5. Based on that alone, he's the most downplayed character. Because frankly, I find it preposterous that a character who can take 80% of your life with one bar, controls the screen better than 95% of the cast, has one of the best d4's in the game, decent pressure, a sick corner game that not many seem to understand, a great AA grab, and a retarded command grab, was not considered to be top 5.
he has a shitty teleport and his armor is useless. that's why he is top 15:REO
 

Justice

Warrior
dude..her d4 is duuuuuuummmmmbbb. hella broken. when it comes to ex cartwheel, a move with so much potential behind it should be punishable at least. kabal may be the most broken character in the game, but at least his ex dash is punishable, and look at the potential behind that move.
How is D4 broken or dumb? It's a poke that leads to other offence just like every other poke in the game. Mileena has the same D4 but noone says shit about her. Not to mention Kitana has a 6f D1 with the same range. Sure it doesn't cancel into anything, but at 6f, who cares? You can just whip that shit out as much as you please until you get bored and throw a Cutter in there.

:ex Kartwheel is ast the same time the best tool and the biggest gimmick in the entire game. Yeah it's a safe launcher but it's easier than shit to hit her out of it after 20 frames. Hell, a simple jump kick will take her out of it (believe me I know the AI does that shit CONSTANTLY :mad:).

And let's not forget that both moves can be baited and punished.

It really comes down to this: How many majors has Sonya won? How many minors? Other than the ones Death goes to, how many locals even has Sonya won? Exactly. Sonya isn't broken. People would rather whine than figure out how to beat her shit.

But, in an effort to get this thread back on track, I now think that the Sheeva players are the most downplaying of players. You guys need more faith in that 4-armed beast :D
 

Peckapowa

Champion
How is D4 broken or dumb? It's a poke that leads to other offence just like every other poke in the game. Mileena has the same D4 but noone says shit about her. Not to mention Kitana has a 6f D1 with the same range. Sure it doesn't cancel into anything, but at 6f, who cares? You can just whip that shit out as much as you please until you get bored and throw a Cutter in there.

:ex Kartwheel is ast the same time the best tool and the biggest gimmick in the entire game. Yeah it's a safe launcher but it's easier than shit to hit her out of it after 20 frames. Hell, a simple jump kick will take her out of it (believe me I know the AI does that shit CONSTANTLY :mad:).

And let's not forget that both moves can be baited and punished.

It really comes down to this: How many majors has Sonya won? How many minors? Other than the ones Death goes to, how many locals even has Sonya won? Exactly. Sonya isn't broken. People would rather whine than figure out how to beat her shit.

But, in an effort to get this thread back on track, I now think that the Sheeva players are the most downplaying of players. You guys need more faith in that 4-armed beast :D

kitanas d1 is not the same range is her d4, kitanas d1 is also punishable on block and doesnt grant much hit advantage... sonya's d4 leads to FREE offense no matter whether you hit or not, ull be atleast plus 1, u can cancel it on occasion because your opponent is forced to respect it giving you a mixup option

sonyas d4 outfootsies every chars normals, mileenas is stupid, hers is mileenas on roids.... its cheap... if she couldnt cancel it or had like a johnny cage d4, she would suck as a character, its her everything.
 

xKhaoTik

The Ignore Button Is Free
How is D4 broken or dumb? It's a poke that leads to other offence just like every other poke in the game. Mileena has the same D4 but noone says shit about her. Not to mention Kitana has a 6f D1 with the same range. Sure it doesn't cancel into anything, but at 6f, who cares? You can just whip that shit out as much as you please until you get bored and throw a Cutter in there.

:ex Kartwheel is ast the same time the best tool and the biggest gimmick in the entire game. Yeah it's a safe launcher but it's easier than shit to hit her out of it after 20 frames. Hell, a simple jump kick will take her out of it (believe me I know the AI does that shit CONSTANTLY :mad:).

And let's not forget that both moves can be baited and punished.

It really comes down to this: How many majors has Sonya won? How many minors? Other than the ones Death goes to, how many locals even has Sonya won? Exactly. Sonya isn't broken. People would rather whine than figure out how to beat her shit.

But, in an effort to get this thread back on track, I now think that the Sheeva players are the most downplaying of players. You guys need more faith in that 4-armed beast :D
her d4 is NOTHING like any other d4s. on hit or block, she's guaranteed to be in your face afterwards. no other d4 grants that. mileena's d4 is a nuisance because it lowers her already small hitbox even lower, but the shit she gets from it is laughable compared to what sonya gets from hers. the difference between kitana's d1 and sonya's d4 is that kitana's d1 is punishable. i can't believe u just said i can whip it out as much as I please.

ex cartwheel is dumb too. it grants a launch, leads to huge damage plus a reset, has armor the beats almost anything in the game, yet its only -3 on block? a move of that much caliber should be punishable imo.

i do agree with you when you that they can be baited and punished.

but seriously, dude, those moves are retarded.
 

GuamoKun

I Break Hearts, Not Combos
How is D4 broken or dumb? It's a poke that leads to other offence just like every other poke in the game. Mileena has the same D4 but noone says shit about her. Not to mention Kitana has a 6f D1 with the same range. Sure it doesn't cancel into anything, but at 6f, who cares? You can just whip that shit out as much as you please until you get bored and throw a Cutter in there.
d4 is +12 on hit neutral on block and jails into MS shenanigans. Kitana's d1 is -1 on hit -15 on block, doesn't jail into anything except cutter on standing hit.

:ex Kartwheel is ast the same time the best tool and the biggest gimmick in the entire game. Yeah it's a safe launcher but it's easier than shit to hit her out of it after 20 frames. Hell, a simple jump kick will take her out of it (believe me I know the AI does that shit CONSTANTLY :mad:).
Its rare to see someone hit her out of it even though it is possible and if the opponent doesnt read it or is afraid to njp you can just throw out another ex-cartwheel. This move hits out on the 22nd frame right? So you're telling me I have a 2 frame window, or 1/30th of a second to perfectly time a jumpkick to hit her out of it?

And let's not forget that both moves can be baited and punished.
Unless you have a quick advancing tool thats safe and hits mid and leaves you at a positional advantage, you aren't beating the d4 unless the Sonya player is stupid with their spacing.

It really comes down to this: How many majors has Sonya won? How many minors? Other than the ones Death goes to, how many locals even has Sonya won? Exactly. Sonya isn't broken. People would rather whine than figure out how to beat her shit.
By that logic, Kenshi is okay because only Pig does well with him. People doing well with that character does not equate with that character's viability.

People aren't really whining about Sonya. Its just tiring trying to get Sonya players to admit that she has fucked up shit. Do you know how many times I force myself to play that match-up? I hate that MU more than anything but I want to play it because if I can get over it, that just makes me better but thats just me.


But, in an effort to get this thread back on track, I now think that the Sheeva players are the most downplaying of players. You guys need more faith in that 4-armed beast :D
Sheeva sucks.


BTW these threads would be solved better if people used this
 

HGTV Soapboxfan

"Always a Pleasure"
How is D4 broken or dumb? It's a poke that leads to other offence just like every other poke in the game. Mileena has the same D4 but noone says shit about her. Not to mention Kitana has a 6f D1 with the same range. Sure it doesn't cancel into anything, but at 6f, who cares? You can just whip that shit out as much as you please until you get bored and throw a Cutter in there.

:ex Kartwheel is ast the same time the best tool and the biggest gimmick in the entire game. Yeah it's a safe launcher but it's easier than shit to hit her out of it after 20 frames. Hell, a simple jump kick will take her out of it (believe me I know the AI does that shit CONSTANTLY :mad:).

And let's not forget that both moves can be baited and punished.

It really comes down to this: How many majors has Sonya won? How many minors? Other than the ones Death goes to, how many locals even has Sonya won? Exactly. Sonya isn't broken. People would rather whine than figure out how to beat her shit.

But, in an effort to get this thread back on track, I now think that the Sheeva players are the most downplaying of players. You guys need more faith in that 4-armed beast :D
Mileena's d4 doesnt let her get right next to you at plus 1 on block with the ability to check with a safe launcher afterwards, plus a 7f(now 6 because you are at plus 1) jab and a move to beat the one thing to stop that in the divekick to beat pokes. And no kitana's d1 is punishable, you throw that out at the wrong time and you are getting full combo'd whether you cutter or not. And ex cartwheel is a reactionary tool, who cares how you cn beat it because a good sonya will mostly throw it out when you cant jump kick it or whatever, whether it is on reaction to a slow normal and leads to a full combo, or a situation where you will have at least have to block it where she is only at negative 3. Guess what, negative 3 with a 7 frame jab (now 10) and a move to beat pokes is pretty damn good against most characters who do not have 9 or faster frame mids. Sonya is kinda broken dude.
 

HGTV Soapboxfan

"Always a Pleasure"
kitanas d1 is not the same range is her d4, kitanas d1 is also punishable on block and doesnt grant much hit advantage... sonya's d4 leads to FREE offense no matter whether you hit or not, ull be atleast plus 1, u can cancel it on occasion because your opponent is forced to respect it giving you a mixup option

sonyas d4 outfootsies every chars normals, mileenas is stupid, hers is mileenas on roids.... its cheap... if she couldnt cancel it or had like a johnny cage d4, she would suck as a character, its her everything.
Great minds think alike my friend.
 

xKhaoTik

The Ignore Button Is Free
Its not a blow up, its simple education. He has been given the knowledge so its up to him whether or not to use it.
no i didnt mean it like that lol. when i said blow up, i meant like we all just bombarded him with info lol. it was awesome.
 

GuamoKun

I Break Hearts, Not Combos
no i didnt mean it like that lol. when i said blow up, i meant like we all just bombarded him with info lol. it was awesome.
lololololol I do want to however address the Kitana downplaying, what ARE we downplaying?

I never understood it? Most Kitana players are aware she has like some of the best footsies in the game and stuff but....but she simply isn't the best at anything in particular except being kickass.