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Vigilante24

Vigilante24

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D1 Specials were universal punishes.

Im worried about his punish game since he lacks grounded combos without his loaded trait (ive never played claw style either). Or is he suppose to be like doomsday but instead of canceling everything into earthshaker, its shoulder or tentacle push?
 
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Vigilante24 said:
D1 Specials were universal punishes.

Im worried about his punish game since he lacks grounded combos without his loaded trait (ive never played claw style either). Or is he suppose to be like doomsday but instead of canceling everything into earthshaker, its shoulder or tentacle push?
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I get the feeling he's going to play like a UMvC3 character with Sentinel assist. You just make sure to always cover your approach and strings with drones to make them safe/advantage and use them to extend combos and punish greedy blockstring pressure.
 
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Vigilante24 said:
D1 Specials were universal punishes.

Im worried about his punish game since he lacks grounded combos without his loaded trait (ive never played claw style either). Or is he suppose to be like doomsday but instead of canceling everything into earthshaker, its shoulder or tentacle push?
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Yeah, it definitely seems like his power is locked in his trait. He won't be able to make huge plays without it, but suddenly becomes VERY scary when he has a drone on deck.
 
Rip Torn

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Vigilante24 said:
D1 Specials were universal punishes.

Im worried about his punish game since he lacks grounded combos without his loaded trait (ive never played claw style either). Or is he suppose to be like doomsday but instead of canceling everything into earthshaker, its shoulder or tentacle push?
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He does get a launcher off one of his strings w/o meter. It just doesn't lead to a B3. It will probably at least let you push them full screen then follow up with a drone setup. Or possibly do the meterless launcher then a mb divekick into a string that ends with a drone setup... IDK, the possibilities are endless with those drones.
 
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jmt said:
@karaokelove whete is the "start a conversation " link? I can't find it on your profile
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If you click the "envelope" icon next to your name in the top right, that's where "Start a Conversation" is, and you just have to manually enter my name. Kind of a weird design.
 
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All of the notable moves I noticed: (su = start-up, ba = block advantage, ha = hit advantage; mb = meter-burn)

7-frame standing 1

7-frame low

9-frame mid

His amazing d2 is a 10-frame mid; it's -19, but cancelable

b2 is an 18-frame cancelable high that hits twice and is only -3 on block, so may be good for blowing up armor

b3 is -3 ba, 26 su; f3 is +3 ba, 29 su

His j2 (tentacle ball) has 19 active frames

12u2 is a 7-frame launcher that's -15 on block, so good for confirmable punishes

no neutral or plus strings

air-swing starts up in 1 frame

Tendril Thrash 14-frame, Unblockable, 35 ha

Dox Drill 20 su, 9 active, -15ba, 27ha; mb is +1ba; possibly a good option for meaties, though I think he's going to have almost too many oki options already

Divekick 5 su, -15 ba, 7 ha; mb -8 ba, 56 ha

Charge 13 su, -13 ba, 44 ha; mb -3 ba

Drone: 10 su, -3 ba, 10 ha

Drone Bomb: 81 su, 70 ba!!! 81 ha!!!

Overall, he has a ton of mids and low-starters, but no overheads other than f3 and Divekick. It seems like he'll be opening up opponents with drone block-string pressure, low pressure into yolo divekicks, and whiff punishing with his superior range and footsies. Most of his strings and specials have enough hit advantage for drone setups.

I was worried about how he would deal with being pressured, as he's described as rather slow, but you really can't beat having a 7-frame safe (-4) low-starter...
 
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@jmt Do you know if any of his normals are multi-hitting? It looks like a lot of them use multiple tentacles at once. Just wondering how well he'll be able to deal with armor.
 
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FinalBoss_FGC said:
He has a fast low hitting poke tho
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karaokelove said:
I was worried about how he would deal with being pressured, as he's described as rather slow, but you really can't beat having a 7-frame safe (-4) low-starter...
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It hitting low is a lot less relevant on defense. And a 7 frame poke is not that rare, and is no substitute for armor. When other characters have both its safe to say defense is a weak spot for him. Which is okay.
 
FinalBoss_FGC

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WB-chan said:
It hitting low is a lot less relevant on defense. And a 7 frame poke is not that rare, and is no substitute for armor. When other characters have both its safe to say defense is a weak spot for him. Which is okay.
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I'm not saying it isnt? I'm also not saying it's a lost hope
 
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WB-chan said:
It hitting low is a lot less relevant on defense. And a 7 frame poke is not that rare, and is no substitute for armor. When other characters have both its safe to say defense is a weak spot for him. Which is okay.
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Oh definitely, he's just not as screwed as I thought he'd be.
 
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FinalBoss_FGC said:
I'm not saying it isnt? I'm also not saying it's a lost hope
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You said "he has a good poke though" and elaborated no further, so that's what I responded to.




My question to anyone who has the game - how easy is it to antiair his flying mixes? Seems like using Brainiacs tentacle flay or whatever other dope antiair some other characters might have could completely nullify his offense. Maybe certain strings give enough hit advantage to safely mix? Win the neutral then go into set play?
 
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WB-chan said:
You said "he has a good poke though" and elaborated no further, so that's what I responded to.




My question to anyone who has the game - how easy is it to antiair his flying mixes? Seems like using Brainiacs tentacle flay or whatever other dope antiair some other characters might have could completely nullify his offense. Maybe certain strings give enough hit advantage to safely mix? Win the neutral then go into set play?
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I imagine his j2 will beat anything without a disjointed hitbox, unless his tentacles have hurtboxes.
 
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