Been playing a lot of Grodd lately. There is no denying. He is bottom 2 maybe only above swamp thing. Even if you can do the cancels he is at a severe disadvantage against most of the cast.
1. He lacks neutral and is always trying to get in while you opponent is building meter by throwing some sort of projectile. He only has 3 combo strings 22, 112 b1 1+2, 22 has a gap and is punishable, 112 is a high and also has a gap, b1 1+2 is slow has no reach should never be used in neutral. His other strings are trait dependant and completely useless. Other character have foward advancing mids that are safe or can easily be made plus.
2. His wakeup does no damage.
3. He cant jump at all while the opponents can jump and cross over you like a frog his jump is very floaty and he has a large hit box due to being a big character. So you cant go over projectiles like other characters when being zoned out.
4. Unlike most of the cast his f3 overhead has no reach while the rest of the cast get a foward advancing f3.
5. He has an unexisting backdash.
6. His execution is the hardest in the game. Even if you dont use cancels his regular vortex combos require lots of precise inputs.
He has good offense once you land a hit and if you can do the cancels buf if the opponent exploits the gaps there is nothing you can do and you are out of options.
Lets hope the patch helps Grodd.
