Staring down the barrel of a big decision and it's got me a little bummed out. I've experimented around with various characters since launch, but it's always been from the same general pool and I've essentially always had my pillars - 21 and Hit. I put Hit aside for a bit in order to learn the game a little bit, but since bringing him back in he's become not just my favorite character but my strongest as well. Even with my experimenting for the third slot it's been a small core of characters mostly, and I've been kinda proud of that fact. I normally character crisis myself into a constant cycle of change and blah blah, but I've been very focused (at least for me) so far.. Until now.
Sigh. I've played 21 since about day two or three when I unlocked her, and she's never not been on my team before.. but the last few sessions I've played with her, I just felt like I wasn't having much fun on her. I realized that as I was playing and I tagged her in I didn't feel hype or interested, and when she died or I tagged her out I was always a little happier, like "ok now on to the fun characters!".. it's not an issue of success exactly, she does a fine job and she's an extremely strong character with a lot of great tools. I just feel like I lost motivation with her.
.. so I think I'ma drop her.
Why is this worth a giant post? It's not. You all are just my sounding board and these posts are how I work through ideas and thoughts, like talking to myself except with the added benefit of annoying and boring you all at the same time.
I worried that if I dropped her I'd lose that foundation that I've had that's kept me consistent and kept me from character hopping in a broad sense.. but hopefully not.
So if she goes, who do I pick up to replace her? I play Hit and Black. I finally got over myself and I've loved Black since launch and even though he's obnoxiously over played that'd a dumb reason to punish myself..he also meshes with Hit ridiculously well, allowing some nice extensions for Hit and the usual coverage his assist allows. So this is an enormously powerful duo.
Right now I'm thinking Goku Blue, Teen Gohan (yep) or Kid Buu. I reason thusly:
Kid Buu - Mained since launch, dropped a week and change ago because I struggle with his pickups and execution. Missed him ever since. Mix. Pressure. Range. Batshittery
Teen Gohan - hypest character in the game to me. HUGE potential for fun. Unorthodox combo routes and possibilities. Difficult conversions, very specific stuff to remember. Difficult neutral. If I could snap my fingers and be good at a character I'd choose TG without a thought and never look back. Not super common and my level of scumbag is unnaturally high already due to Hit and Black.. I really like the idea of running a snowflake.
goku Blue - Very strong. Tricky and powerful. Mix. Good neutral, clean, strong, character. Downside is I don't ''love" him like the other two choices, but he's the practical option. He'd be much easier to slot in and just get consistent results. Looks cool af too.
And here are the runner-up type characters that I like but decided against:
Cell. Nerf bat at some point. (It's early, I don't care though, it's not that he's ssssss tier or anything but he is simply too good****). Black/Cell is scumbag level over 9000. Cell is at his best when chaining long blockstrings pressure and working off that and I dislike playing characters like that. Just a personal preference thing. Absolute BEAST of a character and fun to play though. Looks/sounds swaggy AF.
AGohan - lovvvveeeee rthhiiissss cchhhaarrraaacctteeerrrrr. Again though, extended blockstring pressure and looping offense. Two things I'm not only not good at, but don't enjoy doing that much. I find his confirms tricky as well and his optimal stuff is hard for me. Super strong. Honestly he's only really written off because if I'm going to work extra hard to be good at/on a character, I'd rather it be TG because he's more hype - if not as outright powerful. Honestly though, tough choice.
Trunks - a buddy mains him and that's iron clad.
18 - I find her hard as shit to use and if I'm going to spend time grinding out a difficult character I'd rather it be TG or AG. Or Kid. Amazing though.
16 - played a lot of 16 and I rarely feel very good about my wins on him. I just don't like him much. He's mega effective, but a little linear and honestly I feel dirty when I turn my brain entirely off and just spam out wins on him. I feel like he makes me worse at the game honestly.
So.. there it is. Bah.
**** - I am not advocating Cell nerfs at all. I just believe they will happen.
