Gorilla Grodd Speculation Thread

[The chosen puddle]

Better then nothing lol that full screen jump in though

 

[DownfouralitY]

That full screen jump in is sick. The ground pound screams ability to me although I could be wrong, we'll have to see.

EDIT: Actually, it looks like he has his trait on in the gifs. Maybe these are trait only moves?

 

[The chosen puddle]

Yea a bunch of trait related movies for him including the projectile immunity

 

[Mr. Freeze]

Finally, we got smth new

1) Ground pound:

2) Full screen jump in:

Where did you find this?

 

[Kokoko]

Where did you find this?

 

[The Ultimate]

So, Grodd didn't change much from what we already knew about him after this recent Watchtower stream. He still sounds like how Ketchup and Mustard described him: a big body with good mixup potential.


A couple of things I did notice, one was that the strings of his that lead into "grabs" are not unblockable--both the bite and the clothesline are mid, and maybe unsafe(-11 and -15 respectively, at the moment). Another was that the back+2 restand into gorilla leap reset is actually a full combo, at least on the ground. You hit back+2, go into the gorilla leap, hit jumping 2 on the way down, and it actually combos. I wonder if it combos if you hit back+2 during a juggle. It'll be worth testing when the game comes out.

 

[Wetdoba]

So no command grab?

 

[Mr. Freeze]

So no command grab?

A lot of his strings lead into grabs but no actual stand alone special command grab from what I could see.

 

[The chosen puddle]

Bit disappointing not having an actual command grab but seeing what he can do with meter makes up for it

 

[Mr. Freeze]

I love that his Back 2 restands and can also lead into a full combo if you cancel into monkey leap.

 

[The chosen puddle]

That leap looks a bit wonky as well lol sort of like reptiles pounce will end up going to far or to close

 

[Mr. Freeze]

@Tweedy what did you think of the Grodd breakdown? I think he has a lot of tools especially with meter. His trait has many different options.

 

[Wetdoba]

A lot of his strings lead into grabs but no actual stand alone special command grab from what I could see.

I hope he has that Doomsday style pressure then. He should have ways to stay on you besided the restand into demon flip shenanigans. Maybe the close ground pound will be used like earthshaker and be his safe pressure special

 

[Mr. Freeze]

I feel like Grodd's stampede will work similar to Grundy's Zombie Walk in INJ1. Being able to cancel it at any point will be good in neutral. What I couldn't see is if it had armor.

 

[The chosen puddle]

I feel like Grodd's stampede will work similar to Grundy's Zombie Walk in INJ1. Being able to cancel it at any point will be good in neutral. What I couldn't see is if it had armor.

Combine that with his projectile immunity LOL the mind games (no pun intended)

 

[KidVanDal]

That leap looks a bit wonky as well lol sort of like reptiles pounce will end up going to far or to close

From what I got you can adjust the distance with an input and thats why tyler kept whiffing it.

 

[KidVanDal]

Combine that with his projectile immunity LOL the mind games (no pun intended)

I wonder if you can cancel his trait animation into a special, in that case you could trait into stampede cancel to get in on zoners.

 

[Zhidoreptiloid]

Thank to gods he is NOT GRAPPLER, bicoz grapplers in NRS games SUCKS (grundi is exception)

 

[The chosen puddle]

I wonder if you can cancel his trait animation into a special, in that case you could trait into stampede cancel to get in on zoners.

That would be pretty fucking sick

 

[CrazyFingers]

Standing 3=The coolest button in fighting games

 

[beatlejuice]

I think this character will be top tier. 2 good ways to deal with zoners. Practically a run button. Mids. Restands.

 

[MisguidedAngel]

I think this character will be top tier. 2 good ways to deal with zoners. Practically a run button. Mids. Restands.

He looks incredibly strong, but with no overhead other than F3 and no command grab he's going to have trouble opening people up at first.

 

[KHTC Takgillo]

Thank to gods he is NOT GRAPPLER, bicoz grapplers in NRS games SUCKS (grundi is exception)

commando Kano and Jason are pretty good

 

[EMPRESS_SunFire]

He looks incredibly strong, but with no overhead other than F3 and no command grab he's going to have trouble opening people up at first.

His F3 seems veeeery fast tho... Idk, maybe he will have an unreactable F3 like Killer Frost in IGAU.

 

[beatlejuice]

He looks incredibly strong, but with no overhead other than F3 and no command grab he's going to have trouble opening people up at first.

Yes I completely agree but I think this game will be more neutral based. Plus he has a grab whenever he jumps in. Hopefully his frame data is good.