People were on him week one, but we told them all to wait and see where he ends up. Now, after the first, "rebalance patch", NRS made sure that they made the point that zoning was staying by normalizing literally every character and leaving deadshot the same--just to make a point...
That's my point. Deadshot is about to be made the #1 worst dmging character in the game, by far. They're about to make b12u3 bf1 bf1 do like 180dmg (currently does 206), b12u3 go from 110 to 90, he's about to turn into a character who is incapable of hitting you for 400 and needs bar to hit 250. Combine that with losing his #1 tool (what's the point of b1 b1 staggers if he can't threaten an overhead? f2 has 16 frame startup) and he's the least scary point blank character in the game.
Why is building meter on whiff'd specials a thing?
Well I mean using a special move is still a risk so why shouldn't it build a little meter. Let me ask why do you think building meter on whiff is so bad? My only problem is why should I block Deadshot projectiles (as long as I have the health to jump in or dash at him) in general. We've all gotten hit and try to dodge Deadshot projectiles because (at least for me) don't want to take the chip, and let him build more meter. All NRS has to do is just make it by blocking normals or projectiles you (the defender) build meter as well. If you build meter by blocking then there's nothing wrong with sacrificing your health bar for a bit to get in a do damage.
im just laughing that people are STILL on that. did i travel back in time 3 months? lmao, this characters fine.
This is the main issue, in my opinion. If someone watches our game on stream who is considering buying it, they will be instantly turned off by the way Deadshot plays. It just makes the game look bad. It's like the first Injustice EVO top 8 that was all Superman lasers.
It's bad cuz it's a mechanic that can get abused. Meter is a resource, and this resource helps with offense and defense. When you have chars that are able to play defensively while "spamming" projectiles the char that has no projectiles is at a disadvantage offensively and defensively. The zoner gets to sit back at range building meter even tho most of the time his/her fireballs don't hit u.
Yes meter is "King" in this game. It does suck that zonners pretty much build extra meter when an opponent blocks a projectile, while the opponent who blocks said projectile builds no meter. Although if your opponent is "spamming" projectiles then their projectile pattern should in theory be easy for you to read and thus punish with a jump in.
That is not a legit strategy it's abuse of a flawed mechanic. While ur sitting back gaining 1 tic per shot a rush down char is gaining no tics inching forward.
It may be that Deadshot, in his current design, is just one of the easiest characters to play at a high level. And if money is on the line, who isn't going to switch to a pocket that controls all ranges and gives strong options across them? Is Deadshot strong? Yes, but regardless he can be beat by a better player if that player uses their brain and a little bit of patience.
Her zoning is way scarier when she has trait, yeah! I personally think more Starfire players should use her stardust special way more. It does a lot of chip damage and when you cancel it into trait it's just too much. People will want to try to avoid that which means it opens up for dashes or MB rolls which all can be punished by her on a read, she has the surprise factor that makes you think twice before even moving.
Exactly
I won't try Deadshot cuz he's not my cup of tea. I don't get why people always say "why don't u use him and see how far u get" as if everybody likes playing the same chars as them. I never said he was cheap i just responded to ur earlier statement about the resource mechanic (meter) and wondered why NRS designed a system that can get abused.
hmm, im' gonna say starfire is fine, i've been using her lately, like how she feels, doesnt feel too hard to deal with tho.
