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I've been rolling this around my my head for a while now, and finally decided to post a thread to get some community feedback.
In most fighting games, the big, slow, heavy-hitting characters simply aren't viable in high-level play. I believe Zangief is the only one I've ever seen do well in a tournament setting, with the extreme exception of GGA Jeremiah's Sheeva, who even he admits is a garbage character. But when you look at characters like Hulk and Nemesis (UMvC3), Jack and Marduk (Tekken), Rock (Soul Calibur), and Sheeva (duh), they all seem to suffer from the same issues: lack of a decent mix-up game and difficulty dealing with quick pressure and zoning, and these issues put them around mid-tier, tops.
Having watched the available Injustice videos about a million times now, it looks like they might have finally designed heavy-hitters that can be threatening to even high-level players, though it's still difficult to tell. Bane, Grundy, and Doomsday all have similarities, but they seem fully capable of getting in and staying in.
So I just wanted to get some community opinions on "bruiser" viability at high level play; both from past games you've had experience with, and with your opinions on the bruisers of Injustice.
In most fighting games, the big, slow, heavy-hitting characters simply aren't viable in high-level play. I believe Zangief is the only one I've ever seen do well in a tournament setting, with the extreme exception of GGA Jeremiah's Sheeva, who even he admits is a garbage character. But when you look at characters like Hulk and Nemesis (UMvC3), Jack and Marduk (Tekken), Rock (Soul Calibur), and Sheeva (duh), they all seem to suffer from the same issues: lack of a decent mix-up game and difficulty dealing with quick pressure and zoning, and these issues put them around mid-tier, tops.
Having watched the available Injustice videos about a million times now, it looks like they might have finally designed heavy-hitters that can be threatening to even high-level players, though it's still difficult to tell. Bane, Grundy, and Doomsday all have similarities, but they seem fully capable of getting in and staying in.
So I just wanted to get some community opinions on "bruiser" viability at high level play; both from past games you've had experience with, and with your opinions on the bruisers of Injustice.