Question Can Deathstroke be used for rushdown?

[TogetherLemon]

So yesterday I basically just played all the characters I was interested in in order to see how they played and whether or not I liked them. I really liked to play as Deathstroke, and he is super badass, but all I ever hear about is that he is a hardcore zoner. Personally, I don't like to play as a zoner, should I even bother playing as Deathstroke or should I just play as someone else?

 

[SaJa]

Zoning char can be funny (kenshi, Freddy, stryker), but deathstroke's zoning is unfortunetly too linear to not be braindead. They should nerf his zoning damages and make us be able to quickly cancel the guns (like stryker). It would be more interesting to play and we could use the gun cancel up close for some gimmicks.

You can play him rushdown but it's like firing a bullet in your foot.

 

[Vagrant]

Most of his strings are neutral or negative and have slow start up. There are very little frame traps. I think at the highest level he can't keep up up close against a lot of the cast. This is why they made his zoning so good. Probably not the right fit for you bro.

 

[ABACABB]

Zoning char can be funny (kenshi, Freddy, stryker), but deathstroke's zoning is unfortunetly too linear tonot be braindead. They should nerf his zoning damages and make us be able to quickly cancel the guns (like stryker). It would be more interesting to play and we could use the gun cancel up close for some gimmicks.

You can play him rushdown but it's like firing a bullet in your foot.

 

[RoboCop]

Trying to play a rushdown Deathstroke would be like playing a rushdown Kenshi; it's a waste of his talents. He also has no safe advancing specials and a lot of his moves are unsafe from under half screen. He can hold his own up close when it's an opponent trying to get in, but Deathstroke should never be the one trying to get in.

 

[TogetherLemon]

So I take it that I should just play as someone else. Anybody have some decent recommendations on who in the cast is good at rushdown?

 

[ABACABB]

So I take it that I should just play as someone else. Anybody have some decent recommendations on who in the cast is good at rushdown?

doomsday , flash , nightwing

 

[SaJa]

I understand you but 95% of people will think the same way than me, that's why there are those kind of threads and why I'm droping this char right now. :/
Playing 100% linear zoners is not that funny.

 

[Greatn3ss]

to each their own. But what Deathstroke suceeds at is keeping you away and killing you from afar. He has some mixups that are good hit low or overhead or medium that can help him switch things up and keep the opponent guessing. But in all hes tailord as a zone character with some decent mixups.

Sorry buddy but he is in no way a rushdown

 

[GNG Iniquity]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO! HE PEW PEWZ; DEY QQ! "BROKESTROKE" 2 GOOD! :16Bit

 

[DaiHuu]

Try Harley Quinn, or someone with projectiles but rushes down like Joker, Black Adam, or Green Lantern.

 

[GNG Iniquity]

SONIK BEWM!

 

[PLAYING TO WIN]

absolutely... he has safe strings, fast/safe overhead, and combos that lead to safe jumps/ambiguous cross ups...

 

[Strider86]

I play rushdown DeathStroke but after playing at WNF he should stick to zoning and only rushdown when he needs to get people off him. Though doing his combos are so cool..

 

[Fractured_Shadow]

absolutely... he has safe strings, fast/safe overhead, and combos that lead to safe jumps/ambiguous cross ups...

He still can't hang with characters designed for rushdown.... try rushing a Grundy or Doomsday down and let me know how that works out for you.

 

[Korpse]

Deathstroke can too be rushdown
http://www.twitch.tv/teamsp00ky/b/393572670 go to the 1:27:00 mark, i did it against ChrisG because i figured he would think i was just going to zone him

 

[DeathAndHealing]

I think Deathstrokes rushdown game just needs to be developed. His sword spin is only -6 and has pushback. You can easily backdash to punish or go for a Overhead/Low normal combo mixup which is safe. Heck, anytime you land a hit you can go into sword spin MB for a risky Overhead/Low.

Deathstroke is a 50/50 machine, its just risky. Play crazy first life bar, play conservative the next one. lol

 

[MashPotatoTower]

To an extent you will have to. there is waaaaaay too many character that can punish guns from full screen or just plain out zones him. If the player can do so much as return fire, DS is doomed from the start as a dedicated zoner.

 

[Prinz]

Someone asked the same thing about Freddy one time, and even tried doing it, and even tried to prove it's possible. And I don't remember his name...

 

[Mikman360]

I think Deathstrokes rushdown game just needs to be developed. His sword spin is only -6 and has pushback. You can easily backdash to punish or go for a Overhead/Low normal combo mixup which is safe. Heck, anytime you land a hit you can go into sword spin MB for a risky Overhead/Low.

Deathstroke is a 50/50 machine, its just risky. Play crazy first life bar, play conservative the next one. lol

This is pretty true. Deathstroke has some good combos starters, and a decent anti poke game.

B1, U2 is a good low combo starter.
F3 is a good overhead starter. As a bonus, you can add armor to it, and he crouches pretty low when doing it, enough to get under some attacks. It's pretty ambiguous at times too.
B2 doesn't lead to huge combos, but it IS a pretty quick overhead.
F2, 3 is super quick and can halt enemy pokes with ease.

The only thing I dont like about his melee game is the lack of a armored "move in" kind of attack. Sword flip is terribly unsafe on block.

 

[Axel_Redd]

This is pretty true. Deathstroke has some good combos starters, and a decent anti poke game.

B1, U2 is a good low combo starter.
F3 is a good overhead starter. As a bonus, you can add armor to it, and he crouches pretty low when doing it, enough to get under some attacks. It's pretty ambiguous at times too.
B2 doesn't lead to huge combos, but it IS a pretty quick overhead.
F2, 3 is super quick and can halt enemy pokes with ease.

The only thing I dont like about his melee game is the lack of a armored "move in" kind of attack. Sword flip is terribly unsafe on block.

sword flip is probably better used as an anti-air or if u read a dash or something. I do wish it was safe tho, same with batmans take down. and by safe i mean like -5 or something.

Besides why would u need to get in? did you forget deathstroke was good at zoning?

 

[Mikman360]

I'm not saying your JOB is to get in, but there are situations where keepaway just isn't going to cut it. Mostly in that midrange area where a single missed quick fire is going to make you eat a combo, or you normals just arent going to reach the opponent.