Any Footsie characters in this game?..

[Zenfluence]

I've been playing for quite awhile and it appears to me that while rushdown seems king, zoning still has its place as well. Thing is neither fit my playstyle..so who are some of the most footsie oriented characters?

That has always been my strength but it seems like every one of the characters I "like" for aesthetic/design reasons (with the exception of Ermac) seem to sorely lack in that department. I've heard Dvorrah (which I'll never play lol) and Takeda, is that accurate and are there others?

Thanks in advance.

 

[SaltShaker]

Play that D'Vorah bruh. Why footsie when you can crush footsies?

Nah seriously, D'Vorah.

 

[FlappyDaniel]

Saltsalker would never admit it but, kano actually. His footsies are solid.

edit: though I guess specifically Commando is the only SUPER footsie one, the other 2 are zoning and more 50/50 but you still need to use his strong footsies to make stuff happen in both.

 

[AZ MotherBrain]

It sounds like D'vorah would be the character for you.
Maybe Cassie or Sub would be some others to consider as well.

 

[SaSSolino]

my I dare say shinnok?

 

[brahji]

Maybe I'm completely wrong about the character, but Kitana sounds like a good choice. Not true rushdown or zoning.

 

[xWildx]

Kitana is a heavy zoner, sure, but she's equally reliant on footsies since she really lacks a way to open opponents up.

 

[Dark_Ky]

Cassie has one of the best footsie toolsets in the game.

cant go wrong with her

 

[SaltShaker]

Saltsalker would never admit it but, kano actually. His footsies are solid.

I don't wanna set the man up for failure. D'Vorah, Cassie, Jax, and Shinnok have strong as hell footsies that leads to devastating tsunami's. Kano has "solid Footsies" that leads to a water fountain.

We're here on TYM to help people, not to doom them.

 

[Espio]

D'vorah, Cassie, Goro and despite Kitana's solid zoning, her footsies is part of what makes her shine. Kano maybe too.

 

[4x4lo8o]

Boneshaper Shinnok

 

[AU_JUST_LOST]

Definitely kano. Heavy footsie oriented char. Mainly in commando and cybernetic while blue is more rush down. Kano's b1 probably the best footsie-like move in the game because you can bait/crush pokes and it's an amazing anti-air. This is again of course if you don't want to play D'vorah who i don't doubt has the best footsies in the game.

 

[Braindead]

Kotal Kahn.

You basically can't play him well if you don't have footsies. You are forced to play the footsie game if you're using him.

 

[Carmine]

I would try shaolin kungjin, b1 is a good footsie low f2 is a good overhead and b124 is a good advancing normal, and between up kick and the low chakram you have alot of options

 

[Colares]

Try Erron Black he has good tools to zone and good buttons overall, at low level his punch walking might become a crutch.

 

[Evil Canadian]

If you want SF styles footsies the only answer is Kotal Kahn. Kano is kinda close, but not quite.

 

[Gesture Required Ahead]

Kano, Kotal, Reptile, Cassie, Shinnok has sf-like footsie tools. I mean, Kano is pretty much a Shoto with a Blanka Ball. In Commando he has command throws as well.

I wouldn't say that footsies are their strengths though because no one in this game can win solely depending on their neutral game strength but it's definitely a big part of their playstyles.

 

[HGTV Soapboxfan]

I think kung lao deserves a mention. Although he definitely is on the rush down side, his great AA, solid mid normals, great j2, etc, means he definitely controls space well

 

[Zenfluence]

Whoa thanks for all the suggestions, I saw mention of Jax is that accurate? I already play him (probably the most out of all my characters) but it seems like when I run into someone who can see the gaps in my block strings(or Sub Zero -_-) I get wrecked..so I kinda chalked it up like "maybe he's supposed to be played by a rushdown player", maybe it's just I haven't played enough good opponents to level up my defense?

Anyway out of the suggestions I think I'm gonna give Kano and Kotal some serious lab time. Edit: I definitely like Kung Lao, but my execution isn't good enough.

 

[Evil Canadian]

Anyway out of the suggestions I think I'm gonna give Kano and Kotal some serious lab time.

Well just to make it a bit more clear, for footsies the ones you want are War God(which is effectively the only Kotal variation anyway, other 2 are butt), and Cutthroat.

 

[NHDR]

Took too many posts until Kotal Kahn was mentioned.

 

[kabelfritz]

im thinking of cassie, takeda, kotal and kano

 

[jharris]

kotal

 

[Yoaks]

Mileena bro. Why would you need footsies when you got Rollsies?

 

[WakeUp DP]

Nope.