Anyone here ever try playing a tower on Very Hard?

[FOXSOLID]

Lol what's the point of even having a difficulty as silly as this shit?

It's next to impossible honestly. The AI rarely if ever makes any mistakes and they're quickly right back to beating the fuck out of you mercilessly.

 

[Awsumpossm]

Yup- just like other fighting games playing on the hardest difficulty means your opponent blocking everything and stuffing whatever you can manage to get out right as soon as you input it. And you can forget about landing a throw, too.

You have to play a really strong defense and make careful usage of armored attacks.

 

[Jaku2011]

To help with combo ideas? That what I use it for. There probably something in the game you can cheese it with to beat it.

 

[Awsumpossm]

It's really good for practicing safe strings, as the opponent will instantly punish anything unsafe at the first possible moment.

 

[FOXSOLID]

I guess the safe string practice argument is valid enough, but it really is next to impossible to beat.

 

[TheJaquio]

Yeah, with this one NRS went back to that omnipotent AI that reacts to your attacks with its best option on the first frame that you press a button. Which is why I don't play very hard, lol

 

[Mind Flex]

There was in interview with Hunter Pence the baseball player saying that he plays Injustice on his Vita on Very Hard during every flight. Then when he went to play humans he would beat most of them. It is certainly punishing and frustrating at first, but it forces you to play patiently and really helps with slowing the game down and learning how to block like a boss.

 

[Mint]

I beat klassic tower on very hard 2 days ago with kung jin. Actually streamed it on twitch

 

[Mint]

Took about an hour and 20 continues but I got it!

 

[Ze Dingo]

I don't play anything but Very Hard on traditional tower. It really helps me get my poking, whiff punishing and reactions in order. The AI is incredibly good, reads everything and blows you up big time. So, it also helps me stop doing unsafe shit.

 

[Borss39]

Hard feels similar to me. I was a little tired and slow last night, but it felt like the cpu was guessing right 90% of the time. Even when I played super defensive, I could barely punish anything in block and it seemed like every other move was armored. I even had a hit bounce off Jax, I heard it connect and he blocked it without an animation. And instantly punished me.

 

[iMileena]

Yes its crazy , like even normals can be reversed & can be punished cause thier so slow for most characters moves and its annoying ! i tried te same thing on the Ai but my moves were to slow ... Its unfair

 

[Eldriken]

They ought to rename the difficulties to reflect what they truly mean.

Very Easy - AI Doesn't Do Shit
Easy - AI Occasionally Does Shit
Normal - AI Occasionally Reads Inputs
Hard - AI Often Reads Inputs
Very Hard - Get Fucked

 

[MadeFromMetal]

MKX's Hard feels like MK9's Expert. That Very Hard AI is something else. If you want to see what Spectral Ermac can do, fight one on Very Hard.