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General/Other - Kotal Kahn Post Patch Kotal

CrazyFingers

The Power of Lame Compels You
Yea, the b1 nerf was warranted in this new meta, but the question becomes why did Cassie, Smoke, Takeda, Alien, Dvorah, Jason, Kano and Jax all get to keep forward advancing mids that lead into pressure and mixups?
Because I'm pretty sure those aren't 9f. They're like 10f at least right? (correct me if I'm wrong) Kotal's B1 was stupidly fast and I guess NRS thought making it a high was a better idea than slowing it down.
 
Yea, the b1 nerf was warranted in this new meta, but the question becomes why did Cassie, Smoke, Takeda, Alien, Dvorah, Jason, Kano and Jax all get to keep forward advancing mids that lead into pressure and mixups?
Takeda s is 12 F b1 was 9 u not your annoying tool too bad
 

CrazyFingers

The Power of Lame Compels You
Speaking for war god, the character is far worse off than before. I don't feel like writing a paper. Play the best with him and mop before I'm told otherwise. Sun god still great on paper and blood god is eh.
Lord Aquaman speaks the truth ;)
 

Toogee

Kotal Kone BARGOD/sungod main
Speaking for war god, the character is far worse off than before.
WG isn't as viable as SG obviously, but I've yet to find an unplayable match up with WG. He's still got good matchups. I got 2nd place at a small tourney with WG only but I know thats not saying much. (i lost to smoke) Just have to rely more on sword quake to bait bad decisions "which is almost anything but backdash" I still get hate on psn for playing WG lol
 

CrazyFingers

The Power of Lame Compels You
Those were bad before the patch though
Yea but before patch he could at least run in and counter poke with EX Overhead saw and get stuff for that, he doesn't have much to do once he gets in their face right away. Instead he'll probably just eat a projectile and start getting zoned again.
 

ATP2014

The best mediocre Batman
Yea but before patch he could at least run in and counter poke with EX Overhead saw and get stuff for that, he doesn't have much to do once he gets in their face right away. Instead he'll probably just eat a projectile and start getting zoned again.
On top of that, losing B1 as a mid makes the up close game less scary for the opponent. Pre-patch, Kotal could completely change momentum once he got in. Now it's pretty whatever.
 

CrazyFingers

The Power of Lame Compels You
On top of that, losing B1 as a mid makes the up close game less scary for the opponent. Pre-patch, Kotal could completely change momentum once he got in. Now it's pretty whatever.
Yea, at least we have Sun God tho. Sun God is really solid now.
 

Toogee

Kotal Kone BARGOD/sungod main
Grandmaster, Gunslinger, HQT, Lasher and Ancestral feel really bad for War God
For GM and ancestral - utilize your zoning capabilities with sword oh/low/df2. Camp next to ice klone and bait a bad move. Throw out df2 w/e u feel a clone coming on. Df2 beats most of what kung jin can do on wakeup and puts you at a good distance on block. Id say its hard to fight them online, but with time, you'll have gm mains saying wg's too cold for the iceman
 
How much faster we talking? Wasn't it already a 12 frame mid?
I think its 11 frames now and the string is only -1 now. Its a good tool but it doesnt really lead to anything. If your goal is be -1 then have at it. You can do the f1b2 string but its full combo punish on block and cant be hit confirmed (f12 or f1b2 after f1)
 

Osagri

Fear the blade of Osh-Tekk
Lasher and HQT?

I thought War God beat Lasher and went 5-5 with HQT.
Hqt probably was 5-5 but now it'spretty tough for wg imo. It's much harder to get in when he chooses to zone. B1 being a high makes ur close game much less dangerous. Also predators xlose game is pretty scary, much scarier than kotals imo.
 

Tweedy

Noob
Hqt probably was 5-5 but now it'spretty tough for wg imo. It's much harder to get in when he chooses to zone. B1 being a high makes ur close game much less dangerous. Also predators xlose game is pretty scary, much scarier than kotals imo.
I mean before. I don't know anything about War God now. I'm just pretty certain that he gets mauled by Reptile.