Xerclipse
"I saw you staring"
This question may seem so simple to ask but I am sure the answer is going to be much more complicated than that. Okay so here is why I am asking this:
I was my main character and variation "Erron Black (Outlaw)". This player was Kenshi (Balanced). I wish I knew this match up before our game began but I didn't. So being the cowboy who can't zone with that variation, I got constantly stuffed and zoned out by Kenshi's spirit attacks. I knew nothing about Kenshi's gameplay at all but I was thinking... "Wow, this guy can just win the game with one special move!" He won round one! I got used to Deathstroke, but nothing like this fast tracking move!
Second round I tried to pull myself together. I actually got him back and cornered him into the wall with tarkatan stab, caltrops, and some combos and pressure of "Nope"! Then the third round, we somehow switched sides and he got back his distance. He won the game with his special attacks!
Alright, so in other words, I got zoned out by Kenshi's spirit attacks and I did not know what to do except be kept away! Now in the next game I switched into my second main Quan Chi (Warlock). Yes I counter picked, thats actually what I did. In the next few games, I forced him to come to me all the time he would use his special moves. I did this by pressing forward 3.
For those who don't know Quan chi (warlock) forward 3, it basically has him kick through a portal. The end of the kick appears behind the opponent from the ground. This move tracks the opponent from anywhere (as long as the opponent is on the ground). It only works at far or middle distance. It starts up pretty fast for what it actually does. Its not even a special move, its a normal attack!
I did that move over and over again until he would come into me. So I won the next few games because I forced him to come into me. I stopped doing forward 3. I was not mindlessly doing it, I only pressed forward 3 only when I needed to do it. I did some combos (some of which were unnecessarily flashy but dealt really good damage for its worth). The Kenshi player could play a decent close up game, but I just so happened to utilize my character's tools more. Plus Im not sure if anyone knows Quan Chi warlock match up because those are so rare to find online.
So basically, I switched into a character designed to counter zoners or so called "spammers!" because I was frustrated at being zoned out by a Kenshi player while I was Erron Black Outlaw. Sure Erron Black can get ridiculous when he is up close any character, but what I am really wondering is this:
I was my main character and variation "Erron Black (Outlaw)". This player was Kenshi (Balanced). I wish I knew this match up before our game began but I didn't. So being the cowboy who can't zone with that variation, I got constantly stuffed and zoned out by Kenshi's spirit attacks. I knew nothing about Kenshi's gameplay at all but I was thinking... "Wow, this guy can just win the game with one special move!" He won round one! I got used to Deathstroke, but nothing like this fast tracking move!
Second round I tried to pull myself together. I actually got him back and cornered him into the wall with tarkatan stab, caltrops, and some combos and pressure of "Nope"! Then the third round, we somehow switched sides and he got back his distance. He won the game with his special attacks!
Alright, so in other words, I got zoned out by Kenshi's spirit attacks and I did not know what to do except be kept away! Now in the next game I switched into my second main Quan Chi (Warlock). Yes I counter picked, thats actually what I did. In the next few games, I forced him to come to me all the time he would use his special moves. I did this by pressing forward 3.
For those who don't know Quan chi (warlock) forward 3, it basically has him kick through a portal. The end of the kick appears behind the opponent from the ground. This move tracks the opponent from anywhere (as long as the opponent is on the ground). It only works at far or middle distance. It starts up pretty fast for what it actually does. Its not even a special move, its a normal attack!
So basically, I switched into a character designed to counter zoners or so called "spammers!" because I was frustrated at being zoned out by a Kenshi player while I was Erron Black Outlaw. Sure Erron Black can get ridiculous when he is up close any character, but what I am really wondering is this:
Was that Kenshi player "spamming"? Or was I just too damn frustrated to keep playing a non counter zoning character?
