Puddle is used for more then just trait charging... It keeps rush down chars in check, helps build meter when used for zoning, among others.
Puddle is used for more then just trait charging... It keeps rush down chars in check, helps build meter when used for zoning, among others.
Agreed, Firestorm can zone with Cold, get out of trait with his Fusion Charge, punish Cold when he's charging trait with his Molten Trap, get in on Cold's zoning with jump Fusion Charge, and beats Cold up close.
You can still do all of that with 3 seconds, tho. Why are you downplaying him?
I dunno... Like, being able to convert off throw with its stupidly long animation?
Lmao truth
You can't throw with 3 seconds? I haven't tested it
I'm not downplaying, just simply stating facts. NRS just nerfed a low mid tier character into worst in the game while leaving characters like SuperGirl and BlackAdam alone.
You also said he loses to Firestorm, which isn't true. They took 2 seconds off of puddle and then I believe you said he no longer beats characters like Robin and Catwoman. Let's be honest. Did it take skill to put the puddle down for 5 seconds and zone those characters out? No. They are trying to get rid of the brain dead aspect of this game. 3 seconds is fine.
He does lose to firestorm, and I've already stated why, you're probably playing nobody good. There's a reason why Cold is the only char not represented in the top 100 in rank matches and isn't used in tourny play. Sonic's Cold got bodied at ELeague and he most likely wont use him anymore after the nerfs. You have no idea how many times I've caught players in puddle at 4 or 5 seconds. Throws into puddle most likely wont work either.
In other words, balance the character, exactly. They made it clear in the stream for the previous patch that they consider him a utility character who does very well in certain matchups and have been toning down his tools in those matchups since. But why? Why CHOOSE to make a character unbalanced? Why not take away some things that made his good matchups braindead and give him the proper tools to handle his many bad MUs? They need to redesign him outright. The only thing that really needs to stay essential to the character is the ability to charge trait, but everything else I consider up for debate. He needs fixes all over the place.
You shoot and crouch your way in on firestorm. Charge when you hit them or block the low. What exactly does he do that gets you bodied?
I lose the life lead against him. My straight shots don't even work because they're highs and he's shooting fire in low stance. I always have to chase which is pretty annoying
He's not the worst. One word.... Booyah
I agree with this the most. I'm not exactly super versed in the captain cold match-ups but watching sonic fight whiteboi and hayatei as cold made the matchup look extremely difficult once he got level 2 trait. Whether or not he deserved the nerf or not idk but he definitely should've been given something else if they decided the bubble and puddle needed nerfs.
This was only because they didn't know how to deal with it in the beginning, now all top players do.
I haven't seen any recent gameplay of sonic's cold, how do they deal with it now?
There's no recent gameplay because he dropped him like a rock and announced on Twitter that he wouldn't be touching him again until he got fixes to his buttons at the bare minimum.
He starts off with a poor projectile that gets up to Firestorm status at level two, but until then it's pretty bad. His jump is floaty and his jump normals are terrible. His buttons are slow and difficult to punish with. Some of his strings are just outright strange like his famous all-highs string. He gets frame advantage off his overhead string that almost always requires whiffing the first hit, but that's about the best you can do for pressuring. No mix outside setups that can be woken up on, tech rolled, delayed wakeup, etc. Your whole game plan centers on making yourself a target in neutral so you can get level two trait going.
