General/Other I don't understand shazam at all!

[HeavyRisk413]

I would really like to get good with shazam but its just so difficult. I find that his teleport really isn't that great. I have tried to use it to like "phase" through objects and projectiles but your timing has to be so perfect. Its nearly impossible to do properly. I also dislike how interwined his command grabs are with his kit. The low grab is easy to pull off under pressure but the standing command grab is not. Its so clunky...

Is shazam bad or is he okay? I find that I can't close gaps easily and safely also. Not to mention is 1,1 combo is such short range.. What an odd combo.

Anyway, how can I get good with shazam? I have read everything on this board and I still perform poorly. Spend hours in the training room and then go online and still get demolished. A lot of my friends have told me to just hang up shazam forever but I don't want to do that.

 

[Enenra]

He sucks don't use him. Raven and Ares (to a lesser extent) do his job much better.

 

[HeavyRisk413]

He sucks don't use him. Raven and Ares (to a lesser extent) do his job much better.

are you being honest?

 

[Komatose]

No one understands Shazam.

 

[Enenra]

are you being honest?

Yes. He is really bad. If you want to use him out of character loyalty, power to you. But if you are trying to win and learn the game with him, you're going to have a bad time.

 

[HeavyRisk413]

Yes. He is really bad. If you want to use him out of character loyalty, power to you. But if you are trying to win and learn the game with him, you're going to have a bad time.

Man.. I feel pretty bad now. At least you are honest though

 

[HeavyRisk413]

No one understands Shazam.

what do people find confusing or hard to understand about him?

 

[Enenra]

Man.. I feel pretty bad now. At least you are honest though

Don't feel bad. He will probably get buffed akin to Jax and be pretty decent if not great. For now, pick a try hard character and use Shazam for shits and giggles as a secondary. What is your preferred playstyle? Rushdown, counter zoner, zoner, whiff punisher, etc?

what do people find confusing or hard to understand about him?

How to make him playable, useful in some way. How to win with him. He just can't compete with your Deathstrokes, Black Adams, Killer Frosts, Doomsday, and what have you.

 

[Komatose]

what do people find confusing or hard to understand about him?

He's just a bad character with bad damage lol. Don't let that discourage you from maining a character you like though.

 

[Invincibeast]

Just because a character is hard to use doesn't necessarily make them shit....

 

[Komatose]

Just because a character is hard to use doesn't necessarily make them shit....

I'm not the one saying he's hard to use. I do think he is shit, though. What's your point?

 

[Invincibeast]

I'm not the one saying he's hard to use. I do think he is shit, though. What's your point?

I was just stating in general.
But who knows, maybe Shazam has something crazy we don't know about because no one uses him.

 

[MashPotatoTower]

dont listen to these clowns. This character is fierce
I can't believe these people are just lieing to you. They don't know Shazam and they sure as hell don't know balls of the game yet.

 

[MashPotatoTower]

REO uses him

 

[Komatose]

I was just stating in general.
But who knows, maybe Shazam has something crazy we don't know about because no one uses him.

Sorry. I go into attack mode easily.

 

[Komatose]

dont listen to these clowns. This character is fierce
I can't believe these people are just lieing to you. They don't know Shazam and they sure as hell don't know balls of the game yet.

I'm not a clown.

 

[Invincibeast]

Sorry. I go into attack mode easily.

No worries

 

[Zyphox]

you fools are crazy shazam 50/50 mixups on an untechable knockdown, everyblock string they have to guees which throw you are going to do, just watch tom brady or reo play him, he is dirty trust me, i may pick him up and do a video guide, who knows.

 

[HeavyRisk413]

Don't feel bad. He will probably get buffed akin to Jax and be pretty decent if not great. For now, pick a try hard character and use Shazam for shits and giggles as a secondary. What is your preferred playstyle? Rushdown, counter zoner, zoner, whiff punisher, etc?

How to make him playable, useful in some way. How to win with him. He just can't compete with your Deathstrokes, Black Adams, Killer Frosts, Doomsday, and what have you.

I don't even know what play style I like. I like grapplers but I don't like playing grundy. I did like bane but I got bored of not really doing combos and just doing a bunch of high damage specials. Also, I kind of wanted to try someone on the hero side. I think I may be too picky. The majority of the heroes in the game I do not like for some reason. Gameplay wise and flavor wise. The reason why I liked shazam is because of his command grabs I like command grabs when I can actually do them.

 

[Pterodactyl]

He's pretty shit from what i've experienced.

I feel the way they made him is stupid, the way he appears to be played just doesn't seem right to me.

 

[HeavyRisk413]

you fools are crazy shazam 50/50 mixups on an untechable knockdown, everyblock string they have to guees which throw you are going to do, just watch tom brady or reo play him, he is dirty trust me, i may pick him up and do a video guide, who knows.

what is 50/50?

 

[Komatose]

what is 50/50?

That means you have the option to block high or low and if you guess wrong you get hit. Whether it would be an attack or full combo.

 

[Zyphox]

what is 50/50?

you knockdown your opponent and they cant tech roll so you can use hercules throw which hit high, or the low grab on their wakeup, so its a 50/50 guess as to which one you are going to do.

 

[Komatose]

Or that ^ in Shazam's case. I guess lol.

 

[hexed]

what is 50/50?

its when they have to guess for a mixup like a high or low or grab