THTB said:
Playing REO now. Eh...things aren't looking too great for him as a character.
His roundhouse cancel is good, but he's lacking in a lot of other areas. Namely punishment. His fastest stuff doesn't have range, and his good ranged stuff is slow. His pressure is basically roundhouse stuff. Whatever you can do with roundhouse is what you can do offensively.
I agree. I had similar experiences. Aside from the super kick, all of his special moves are poor versions of other special moves.
Water-Port - more start up and recovery frames than Raiden's teleport. Rain is in the air as soon as he appears.
Water Bubble - very unsafe. I think of the water bubble as a poor version of Cyrax's net. Sure, Rain can control his opponent, but the opponent automatically breaks out of the bubble on trades. Occasionally, I also had my opponent breaking out of anti-air bubbles. I am not sure whether this is a glitch or not.
Geyser Kick - not too bad, but not too good either. Punishable by fast special moves up close. Safe versus anyone but Reptile at max range. The Geyser Kick is a poor version of Noob's shadow up kicks which have quicker start up and recovery frames.
Lightning - very unsafe. Blockable but juggles. What to say? It is too unsafe to be used a zoning tool, unfortunately.
Aqua Splash - safe but very short range. Can be crouched under. Poor version of Sektor's flame burner, more or less.
H2O Boost - Provides damage boost but you cannot block. I guess NRS has learned nothing from Quan Chi with these types of special attacks.
I am honestly disappointed. I thought he would turn out a lot better. Maybe it is still too early to pass judgement, though.
