From the patch...lol
Pretty sure not getting touched is a massive buff in this patch especially when you were already a really good character
ehh he actually did get changed a bit look it up & he didn't get anything added which sucks. Aliens the new Reptile sadly,
But has he been touched balance wise? No? So that's a massive buff, because Quan, Tempest, Cassie, Jax, Liu Kang, Tanya, Tremor, and Predator all recieved very significant nerfs. Reptile has never been more competitive than he is this patch. "Alien is the new Reptile" LOL
"because the two characters both have almost nothing in common outside of DoT, but they have that in common so that must mean the newest one completely outclasses the other!"
Reptiles ex invisibility has several less frames of advantage. It's still good but you can no longer jail into anything and a lot of armor breaking setups after ex invis are gone.
Didn't he also get a handful of buffs around the place as well? Hell even if we were to make EX invis negative, that wouldn't be a nerf on the level of ANY of those characters mentioned except maybe LK, I think it's safe to say Reptile loves this patch
Acidic? Wow.
No, as far as I know, the only buff was to make nimble activation faster, which mostly just makes execution (which was already totally doable) easier, but doesn't provide much/any additional utility. Not 100% sure on that last point though, I don't play nimble much.
Did he get many other nerfs than the EX Invis? I thought he was barely touched but I may be wrong, cant find any concise data on it but he looks more or less the same in the lab to me. What else happened with him
Yeah his ex slide range was also nerfed, doesn't go full screen anymore. I consider that a small nerf though, ex slide as a counter zoning tool has always been overrated, Barely does any damage (you often took just as much damage from the projectile you slid through) and guarantees no pressure outside of the corner (if they tech roll you get no follow up, traded damage, and lost a bar). I've always preferred just wading through the zoning and saving my bar for when I got in.
it low profiles most projectiles and even if it is a mid and still hits, the trade is in your favor because it got you in from fullscreen. It was probably the best counter zoning tool in the game. This one is actually an interesting nerf, interesting to see how it affects him, probably not much at all, but I don't think he needed the nerf, Maybe it's just bad game design in there eyes though I can see that, completely shutting down an entire style of play with one button kinda asks for it
There is absolutely no way ex slide is anywhere near the best counter zoning tool in the entire game. Take boneshaper's ex scoop for example - except for maybe predator's straight laser, you can already punish pretty much every projectile in the game on reaction with ex scoop. The faster startup of ex slide is irrelevant. However, unlike slide, you get a full combo and a restand with ex scoop. Also, you are not *in* from full screen after an ex slide. The opponent literally does not need to block anything afterward if they tech roll. Even reptile's farthest reaching normal - f2 - does not reach after ex slide. And even if it did reach, there is no mixup there if you spent your bar on the slide. To make matters worse, if your opponent is smart and they back dash on wakeup after a tech roll, I am nearly full screen again. I am marginally closer to the opponent after "counter zoning" them, but still in a neutral situation. I could have just walked forward and not spent a bar, which is way better for a meter hungry character like Reptile.
Well sir, that is just wrong. The faster start up makes a massive difference, and is the difference between reactibility or not on plenty of projectiles. You should watch this video.
It's so true. They aren't all that similar and they both play very different games.
Reptile has a dash, Alien has a dash (crawl).
Boy yes we do.
Quite literally, this is the ONLY thing left that I want from NRS. Please. I'll gladly pay. Double if you want. I'm a supporter. Just make Emerald Reptile happen! (Mask complications are a non factor for me)What i just need now is a Green Steel costume
Reptile has Slide and a chip damage Aura, Scorpion has a Slide and a Chip damage aura - SAME CHARACTER?? DOES SCORPION MAKE REPTILE OBSOLETE?
Calm down.
