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people forgot ermac has damage. i now have a 53% mid screen with 1 bar. now tell me how that wont help in these match ups.
Not to be a bitch but how many times have you successfully performed said 53% combo against Cage?
 

Enenra

Go to hell.
Rain destroys everbody but Kabal, but then again Kabal dont lose to anybody
Can I PM you about that? That's crazy and you have proven yourself to be spot on thus far with characters.
I've always found it incredible that there was soooo much demand for Rain to be in this game, yet almost no one uses him. I would love to see this character's full potential in the current version of the game.
Challenge Accepted bro, gladly. Get on Xbox and help me train.
 

NogunYesknife

Kombatant
Nothing rain does is unsafe.... Highest meterless damage, resets,can steal your meter, 9 frame combo starter (that is hit conformable AND hits special mid) super fast lightning that can pick you off from across the screen, leading to bnb reset.

and ontop of that....

his blockstrings/pressure are virtually tiny risk/huge reward
 

SunnyD

24 Low Hat!
if you play one of this characters and you take the time to learn the hard matchups you will never need to play any other character for the so call '' bad matchups'' in a tourney

11) rain


ohhh is funny cause rain isnt that good! ohhh...
 

NkdSingularity

Truth and Ugly
Nothing rain does is unsafe.... Highest meterless damage, resets,can steal your meter, 9 frame combo starter (that is hit conformable AND hits special mid) super fast lightning that can pick you off from across the screen, leading to bnb reset.

and ontop of that....

his blockstrings/pressure are virtually tiny risk/huge reward
Lightning can be full combo punished on whiff from 2/3rds of fullscreen, and it's hitbox is garbage so it whiffs often. His best range normal (b2) doesn't even cover the distance between characters at the start of a match, so his footsies are average. So basically from anywhere between sweep distance to fullscreen anything he does is unsafe.
 

A F0xy Grampa

Problem X Promotions
Lightning can be full combo punished on whiff from 2/3rds of fullscreen, and it's hitbox is garbage so it whiffs often. His best range normal (b2) doesn't even cover the distance between characters at the start of a match, so his footsies are average. So basically from anywhere between sweep distance to fullscreen anything he does is unsafe.
his best footsie move is 4, not b2
 

Smarrgasm

What's a Smarrgasm?
Rain is definitely good but theres really not much going for him at full screen. Like singularity said if you wiff a single lightning they will either punish it or they will get pressure for free. 4, 43, and back 2 are all good but if you wiff a single string with rain you are open for days. I think one of his main undiscussed problems is how easy it is to wiff punish him. His cancels and stuff are good but he already isnt that fearful to play and if the person you play really knows him its really easy to deal with him. Armor is like the only thing that makes him relevant. I think if 3 was a low since you freaking kick their low leg or if his d3 was actually plus on hit then his pressure wouldnt have as many holes. But these are just my thoughts. Im schizo when it comes to this character.
 

Lt. Boxy Angelman

I WILL EAT THIS GAME
Anyone who thinks they can win all match ups with raiden is nuts. Play cd jrs jax, curbos cage or death/riu48 Sonya and get your fucking stool pushed in. Also play a top smoke.
I read this, and now I wanna watch Training Day.

If Rain's combos weren't so awkward, I'd love to pick him back up.

If they port the Vita costumes, I WILL be picking him back up.
 

Enenra

Go to hell.
Rain is definitely good but theres really not much going for him at full screen. Like singularity said if you wiff a single lightning they will either punish it or they will get pressure for free. 4, 43, and back 2 are all good but if you wiff a single string with rain you are open for days. I think one of his main undiscussed problems is how easy it is to wiff punish him. His cancels and stuff are good but he already isnt that fearful to play and if the person you play really knows him its really easy to deal with him. Armor is like the only thing that makes him relevant. I think if 3 was a low since you freaking kick their low leg or if his d3 was actually plus on hit then his pressure wouldnt have as many holes. But these are just my thoughts. Im schizo when it comes to this character.
 

Grolarbears

Apprentice
*** gives the big bear a hug ***

While sobbing thinking if only sindel had a armor special she could be one of the Kool kids too :(


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It the sad state of our existence. BUT WHO NEEDS ARMOR. WE'RE COOL ENOUGH WITHOUT IT. FUCK KABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAL
 

NKZero

Warrior
Anyone who thinks they can win all match ups with raiden is nuts. Play cd jrs jax, curbos cage or death/riu48 Sonya and get your fucking stool pushed in. Also play a top smoke.
Dude if your Raiden was as good as Curbo's Cage or CD Jr's Jax then you wouldn't need to counter-pick. That's not a slight on you that's just how it is. Since no Raiden player has the same skill as CD Jr or Curbo of course chances are they're gonna get blown up. Raiden has two bad match-ups that are still playable those being Sonya and Kabal. Other than that he really fares well vs most of the cast and beats lower tier characters pretty heavily...
 

G4S Claude VonStroke

@MK_ClaudeVS on twitter
Dude if your Raiden was as good as Curbo's Cage or CD Jr's Jax then you wouldn't need to counter-pick. That's not a slight on you that's just how it is. Since no Raiden player has the same skill as CD Jr or Curbo of course chances are they're gonna get blown up. Raiden has two bad match-ups that are still playable those being Sonya and Kabal. Other than that he really fares well vs most of the cast and beats lower tier characters pretty heavily...
He has way more than 2 bad match ups. He has like 6. Raiden players are really delusional. If he only had 2 bad match ups he would be a top 5 character.