So, Jade is a lot of fun to play!
However, I wish she got a liiiiiiittle bit more combo potential. I know she's not supposed to be a combo character, but I'd like a liiiiittle bit more. Just a liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittle bit more. Maybe just one more launcher. I dunno how it would fit in or how they would do it, but that's what I'd like.
Why?
Because I don't play her as a zoner. I know she's got some good tools for zoning, but she also got tools that makes her fun to play as rushdown. Thing is, once you're in, she doesn't have that much she can do. She's very unsafe when you're closer, even at mid-range, which should've been one of her stronger points from what I could gather from the Kombat Kast. Also, her damage output is a bit on the low end. And that's a shame, imo.
That said, I have so much fun with her. I lose a lot, but my skill-level isn't all that high. I like playing footsies though, and because of Jade's range with her staff and her quick Blazing Nitro Kick (btw, I
LOVE that they used the MKD names for her moves) and her new Deadly Butterfly move, she's good at punishing whiffs. But because I'm nowhere near being a good player, my opponents hit me instead of whiffing me most of the time... and I tend to do the whiffing. XD
It's a learning process and this is the first time I got my hands on the game, so I'm still just getting to know the game and the characters... well, those who're in the beta, that is. ^^
I've seen a handful of other people calling Jade boring, and I can see why. Zoning isn't everyone's cup of tea, and though that's one of her stronger tools, there are other characters who easily out-zone her and can punish Jade's zoning, like Kabal and Skarlet, if they have the right loadout. I definitely feel like I'm having an easier time playing against Baraka and Scorpion so far. If I start zoning too hard, Scorpion tends to fuck me up though, but I guess that's because of the whole rock-paper-scissors match-ups. He's got tools to punish zoners, so I'm trying not to do that too much against him, but he's dangerous up close, so I need to practice being mid-range more with Jade.
That's my experience so far. I played Skarlet a bit in the tower, but not a whole lot. Been mostly focusing on Jade. I still intend to main as Jade, but because I choose not to focus on zoning so much, I am just making it harder on myself. But that's alright, I'm having fun.
