General/Other - Kitana EVERYTHING Kitana needs in kp2 patch

[GLoRToR]

d1 hit adv 10 up from 3.
Justification: d1 currently cannot be used for anything other than momentarily halting the opponent. It was meant to advance her offense and a hit advantage of 3 is not enough for anything. She can only follow with a standing 2 and that is if the poke was done within range of the standing 2.

d3 7f down from 9f.
Justification: d1's reach is too good to be a 7f poke but in the current game a character is next to helpless against certain forms of block pressure (Liu Kang, D'Vorah, Takeda, etc) without a 7f poke. d3's reach is abysmal but fitting of a 7f poke when they are all up in your grill. Still can be baited and blown up by pressure characters on a read / backdash but it gives her a chance at least.

Royal Storm: Nothing. That variation is excellent.
Mournful: Nothing. Super-ultra-luxury would be staff normals instead of fan normals but yknow. Don't fix what works fine.
Assassin: Parry and Sharpen need work, Assassin is currently pretty bad overall. It would be nice if ex-versions had armour or somesuch.

Discuss below.

 

[JS1]

yes

 

[DDutchguy]

Oh here we go, a list of unnecessary buffs that Kitty apparently "needs" and...

Wait, this list actually seems quite reasonable.

 

[7L]

LBSH, swap D4 and B4.

 

[EMPRESS_SunFire]

I don't think Mournful needs any buffs.

Her only variation that needs buffs is Assassin IMO.

 

[TarkatanDentist]

Mournful most definitely does not need a damage buff - her combos only do 3% or so less than in Royal Storm, and she makes up for that with better pressure anyhow.

 

[Fallen_sektor]

she has plenty of armored moves to escape pressure, and she converts to pretty decent damage, i dont think i have ever seen a kitana being pressured to dead, only assasin needs help

 

[Laos_boy]

Shes honestly fine.

Assassin just needs something to make it stand out. Better Parry cancels to compliment sharpen. But nothing extreme like +10

And yes she will decline down the tier list once the meta evolves but she will stay viable. But buffing assassin correctly will breathe new life into her.

 

[Diego de Souza Costa]

that's actually pretty reasonable.... lol

 

[colt]

less damage and fans require stamina??

 

[EGP Wonder_Chef]

less damage and fans require stamina??

Only let her throw two fans per round. It's more realistic, she only has two fans.

 

[STRYKIE]

d1 hit adv 10 up from 3.
Justification: d1 currently cannot be used for anything other than momentarily halting the opponent. It was meant to advance her offense and a hit advantage of 3 is not enough for anything. She can only follow with a standing 2 and that is if the poke was done within range of the standing 2.

This is what Mournful is for.

 

[Darth-Nero]

Assassin: Parry needs work, left up to people more versed in balancing the game than I am; it's currently too slow to start up and generally doesn't lead to much. I'd also love EX-Sharpen to have armour and a better startup, with normal sharpen also having a better startup. These two moves are currently weak and would need some attention to make this variation work so well as RS.

A parry that you get to hold for ever to break momentum and gets you 15% on hit meterless, Is not enough for you?

 

[Skedar70]

A parry that you get to hold for ever to break momentum and gets you 15% on hit meterless, Is not enough for you?

I agree with you. Parry is fine, but maybe something can be done to improve sharpen just a little bit.

 

[DarksydeDash]

Sorry but her d1 does not need that much hit advantage when it has plenty of range and its primary purpose is being an anti-air or a combo extender. What she does need is a useful sharpen in and longer armor on assassin strike.

 

[gam224]

A parry that you get to hold for ever to break momentum and gets you 15% on hit meterless, Is not enough for you?

Can be full combo punished by a low

 

[scarsunseen]

Make her fans a mid

 

[gam224]

Kitana won't survive as a non- pocket character until she recieves some sort of offense better than staggers.

 

[SM StarGazer]

Staff Grab...Brutality...Nuff said.

 

[Mileena_Monster90]

let us use Royal Storm with her mask on that face is too much, all i ask is RS her mask is on

 

[EdenianWarrior]

Mournful most definitely does not need a damage buff - her combos only do 3% or so less than in Royal Storm, and she makes up for that with better pressure anyhow.

Royal Storm's damage is horrendous.

 

[EdenianWarrior]

let us use Royal Storm with her mask on that face is too much, all i ask is RS her mask is on

Just fix her face

 

[EdenianWarrior]

Replace all fan moves with Jade moves in mournful.

 

[Under_The_Mayo]

Only let her throw two fans per round. It's more realistic, she only has two fans.

Demo sonya style, she has to call for more fans.

 

[Mileena_Monster90]

Just fix her face

i wish they would, im tired of looking at tommy pickles whenever i pick her -.-