M2Dave
Zoning Master
Scrubs on this website believe block infinite combos are acceptable. Look at Tom's thread.
Why can I not "stay full screen and lob projectiles while taking no risks"?
Scrubs on this website believe block infinite combos are acceptable. Look at Tom's thread.
Two wrongs don't make a right. Honestly i think this game is heavily skewed in favor of rush down frame trap techniques. I'm not knocking people who use them because it's basically the only way to win consistently. Quan has so much dirt that it's hard to call him mid tier precisely because he excels at safe 50/50s, traps, and positive pressure. I agree that backdashes could use buffs and some characters need to have their pressure nerfed. For the most part I agree with you. No character in this game can win on zoning alone which is pretty sad but i think in now and in the future netherrealm will consider good zoning to be an extra asset to an arsenal to be used in a hybrid style and not a style in and of itself. You've been the most unwilling to adapt your playstyle to these changes. And we all know what happens to creatures that don't adapt...they play SSB.
Because it is.
Not to derail the thread but that really speaks more to how good sonic fox is. No other Kitanas have even broken top 8. Most people had her listed as mid tier and still do. It's just that sonic fox is broken. Compare that to Laos, Preds and Quans.
Your both right. Kitana is best played as a zoner. Mournful on the other hand is a zone/rushdown fool able to stay safe 75% of the match. How can you rushdown/mix-up with Kitana? -1/-6 moves and a mid hitting projectile along with four armored moves, one being a launcher, and a combo-starting Ex projectile that mid screen can hit up to 39% while making her +27. Haha..fuck you guys. Mid-tier my ass. We high Mid-tier, bitches.
What armored launcher does Mournful have? The uppercut? What can you get after other than a toss?
Lol, zoning is everywhere man. Sonic fox zones with Cassie for gods sake... It's just not in the form you like. Also that last part is BS, Zod literally could lock down characters by learning a special (albeit execution heavy), that's akin to a block infinite (which I am similarly against). Pressure characters like Johnny (a more upper mid character) don't learn a special and win, they need to make read after read after read in order to win. KL and LK might be on another level but that's a balance problem. I zone with tremor all the time, he's pretty damn good at it, and it works on a majority of the cast.
Rising fan into air glaive into shadow kick for 20%. It should never be used when you can get 17% from her armored staff grab and that is much safer.
I see more terrible than awesome. This is like a GameFAQS thread right now.
Oh goody! More nerf/buff/abysmal threads in the span of two days of a character being out! Maybe they might even buff your Shokan Prince GORO.
That's Zod. A character in a different game. You completely dismissed my point while referencing a game that wasn't MKX as an example.
RS Kitana
What's the relevance to what I said
Nice of you trying to not derail the thread, but is it really worth preserving?
Jacqui can zone in some MUs, but others it's more of a counter to zoning. The rest on that list can zone in most of their matches as a viable strategy.
Exactly.Jacqui can zone in some MUs, but others it's more of a counter to zoning. The rest on that list can zone in most of their matches as a viable strategy.
Now compare that list with the amount of variations in the game that can by rushdown in the majority of their MUs.
rising blade, air glaive, run d1 staff grab = 24% (hard link with d1). Since the shadow kick has 12f startup I'm pretty sure you can do throat slice after toss for a bit more that 20%. The staff grab is always punishable, it's hard for some characters but it's not safe
No because I don't like HQT Predator or Quan Chi so that means I can't zone most of the times. I like quantity OF quality. -.-
Isn't that a personal problem though? lol
I really hope Sindel makes it in kp2.
I swear when they announce her in KP2 and I see that first air skull I'm going to mark the hell out!
Yes...lol. My point was staff grab was a "safer" option than rising fan.