People on the kano forums dont like knives, no matter how good they are. they just wanna hit you on the head.
Mid B1 is such an over-the-top wishful thinking buff. The only thing I want is to lessen recovery frames, but that's not something that's desperately needed. Just a vanity change. When it comes to knives, it's an opinion of a large group that the Cybernetic EX knives just get a few more plus frames on block. Not enough to be even current Kung Lao or Shinnok, but more so it's not as easy to armor through the next set of pressure. Another group wants less pushback on EX High knives, so cutthroat can continue their pressure with an OH/L mixup(Which would automatically lead to a pressure/grab mixup on Commando).
When has a knife ever killed anyone? Never, that's when. Now a well placed bonk on the noggin? That'll take down even the mightiest of KombatantsPeople on the kano forums dont like knives, no matter how good they are. they just wanna hit you on the head.
what would make him really good but still reasonable would be more reward from the parry, like popup on MB.
Yeah. Sonya gets it.
How does he not? Staggered blockstring mixups are used all the time because they're good, just not traditional. Tick throws are used a bunch as well. As for three characters with worse mixup games I'd say maybe Kitana, Goro, Jason, Johnny and possibly even Kenshi and Kung Lao all have a worse mixup game than Kano.
I will give you Goro and Kitana.
I've been playing Jason since he's been released. Jasons mixup game is weak sauce man. The best mixup he has is in Relentless/Unstoppable where you need to guess is he's going to tick throw or not.
Ok, I will admit Jason is on about the same struggle as Kano in this regard. I probably shouldn't have grouped Jason in with Johnny and KL.
That's the thing, it's not really a struggle. It's just information that I have in my head when playing Jason - that's his tools, I learn to use them and condition my opponent etc to make sure they hit and I read correctly.
jason has f3 and f4
F3 and F4? The online tactics are real.
online tatics lolF3 and F4? The online tactics are real.
I didn't compare Kano and Jason at all. I'm only talking about Jason's mixup game so your point isn't valid to what I'm actually discussing.
I hate the common formula that everyone follows of "this list of characters have these very strong tools therefore my character should have it." Stahp.
I'm not saying that Kano doesn't have good pressure or tools so give it to em bc X character has them . My statement is asking, why is it such a big no no of a suggestion when characters across the board have shit like that already, that's actually much better too? Oh and please spell STOP like this, "stahp" looks more like you failed at an acronym or something.
You don't internet much, do you?
lol woahhh, I guess I had a few more drinks than I thought. Let me clear this up. I meant, is it safe to whiff the first initial hit, then to cancel it with d,d. Say you wake up with EX Kano Ball and hold the ball (teehee), the first hit whiffs because they walked back, and you don't wanna just let the ball rip for fear of having it blocked and punished, so you d,d, cancel. Are you safe to whiff punishing?
Jason? Really? I mean in Slasher yeah there's the obvious oh/low but what else? I mean his tick throws are a thing but Commando Kano has that too. Johnny's can be fuzzy guarded and KL is only really in Buzzsaw.
I'M TALKING ABOUT IN GENERAL NOT JUST IN BUZZSAW #BibleThumpYoooooooooo!!!! Youph Yoo man!!! Wtf?!? Nooooooooo! NOOOO!
i like it more because it is safer than commmitting to a dash, in terms of recovery as well as spacing. i dont believe it can be punished on reaction, only on read. also kanos huge dashes would put you either too close or too far i guess.
