Geoffmeister
PS4/EU Ermac main
I think a rework of Acid/Erosive Blood is at least necessary.
Here's a move that does 15% over time on hit and is -8 on block up close, however, it has a travelling hitbox (which you can get plus frames out of), restands opponents out of the air (like Flame Aura), you can't whiff punish it with normals, on hit allows Alien to pressure with a 20%+ throw or unreactable mixup into unreactable mixup leaving him still minus enough to launch with Armor afterwards. If that wasn't bad enough, EX Erosive Blood acts like Shinnoks Mimicry forcing you to block any mixup while guaranteeing a throw.
It's not like he doesn't have a +9 on block EX'd projectile that does 15% on hit .. OH WAIT YES HE DOES.
edit: +9 projectile varies on distance, up close its neutral
I'm fine with Alien being really really good, I'm fine with NRS promoting DLC with really good tools, but some of the stuff in game is excessive to the point where I find it hard to find the competition unless you "join them, cause you can't beat them", if MKX has to be that way then every character should have a really stupid move that makes fundamental play obsolete (aka Casual Kombat X), at least it'll be balanced.
edit: seems to me NRS wants to keep characters viable solely through their offense - which I'm not against - but it doesn't justify their safety or defensive options
Here's a move that does 15% over time on hit and is -8 on block up close, however, it has a travelling hitbox (which you can get plus frames out of), restands opponents out of the air (like Flame Aura), you can't whiff punish it with normals, on hit allows Alien to pressure with a 20%+ throw or unreactable mixup into unreactable mixup leaving him still minus enough to launch with Armor afterwards. If that wasn't bad enough, EX Erosive Blood acts like Shinnoks Mimicry forcing you to block any mixup while guaranteeing a throw.
It's not like he doesn't have a +9 on block EX'd projectile that does 15% on hit .. OH WAIT YES HE DOES.
edit: +9 projectile varies on distance, up close its neutral
I'm fine with Alien being really really good, I'm fine with NRS promoting DLC with really good tools, but some of the stuff in game is excessive to the point where I find it hard to find the competition unless you "join them, cause you can't beat them", if MKX has to be that way then every character should have a really stupid move that makes fundamental play obsolete (aka Casual Kombat X), at least it'll be balanced.
edit: seems to me NRS wants to keep characters viable solely through their offense - which I'm not against - but it doesn't justify their safety or defensive options
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