BrosephPR
Noob
As we all know Shao needs some help in order to make him tournament viable.
The main problem here is that Shao is not menacing enough for his archetype. In a game where a 100 pound lady (Sonya while having strong mixups) can do 500 damage easy and Shao a 2 bar 370 damage clearly something's wrong. Here are some the changes I think would make him much better and balanced IMO:
-Priest Buff faster startup, less recovery and longer buff duration. At the moment it's already hard to get the buff out, much less to land the Anhiliation KB.
-Change Fwd Throw KB requirements (reversal throw punish). This KB will likely never happen in a match given not everything that you can punish is at throw range.
-F34 special cancelable.
-Change F34, 1+3 KB requirements (During debuff) and make it so that both variations can use it (on counter/punish).
-Ground Shatter restands +3 on hit
-Hammer Lounge projectile invincibility.
-Amplified Shoulder Charge(down) OH should come out on block and be safe on block. (This move is currently useless).
-Debuff/Taunt better startup recovery.
....and give his back throw a KB? Too much? C'mon his SHAO KAHN!
The main problem here is that Shao is not menacing enough for his archetype. In a game where a 100 pound lady (Sonya while having strong mixups) can do 500 damage easy and Shao a 2 bar 370 damage clearly something's wrong. Here are some the changes I think would make him much better and balanced IMO:
-Priest Buff faster startup, less recovery and longer buff duration. At the moment it's already hard to get the buff out, much less to land the Anhiliation KB.
-Change Fwd Throw KB requirements (reversal throw punish). This KB will likely never happen in a match given not everything that you can punish is at throw range.
-F34 special cancelable.
-Change F34, 1+3 KB requirements (During debuff) and make it so that both variations can use it (on counter/punish).
-Ground Shatter restands +3 on hit
-Hammer Lounge projectile invincibility.
-Amplified Shoulder Charge(down) OH should come out on block and be safe on block. (This move is currently useless).
-Debuff/Taunt better startup recovery.
....and give his back throw a KB? Too much? C'mon his SHAO KAHN!