I've started using f3 a lot recently with pretty good success. It's been leading to f2 and 2,1 being more succesful. I've been relying too much on b2 for some reason....I think I'm trying to see how they react to it and fishing for a parry KB, which doesn't payoff at all because I never get it.
I always step back after doing a string and do b2 into the ground projectile and I catch about 80% of people with it
She needs this and a lot more......
What more does she need? I do feel like giving her a KB to b1,2 and tweaking her F2 along with making the pole vault KB more accessible would make her extremely solid.
YES YES.....keep going lol. F2....can't we make it 25 frames like sindel's.......doesn't have the same distance as her overhead either. How about making forward 4 1 more useful ? How about shave some frames off the start up of her parry and add a few more active frames OR even better make it holdable. Pole vault KB could be on the 3rd meter burned pole vault. I would love a little more distant on her forward 343.
I really wish that Jaded gets buffed. It seems we only have one version of Jade that can be viable in tournaments. It REQUIRES Delia's Dance and Air glaives. Even then she only seems to be picked as a counter character which is very effective with some match ups. It also doesn't hurt when you have the BEST MK11 player (sonic fox) playing her......he is godly with any character. Yes, I did also see Tekken Master play her. What struck me with Sonic Fox and Tekken Master playing her for several matches was how rarely forward 21 was every used. I think i counted sonic fox attempting(didn't land) a forward 2 twice in total over several matches.....I don't recall TM using Forward 21 at ALL. I also noticed 1 2 4 , while used more then forward 21, was not used very much. It seems like there is only one way you can really play her. Lots of poking with down 4. Lot's of back 2. Lot's of air glaives. Lots of mind games with Delia's Dance. Then mostly using back 343. It's sad to hear the commentators talk openly about her play style being boring/simple and how she really lacks any combo potential. She plays one way and I really hope they make some adjustments although I wont hold my breath. Forward 21 is just to slow....how about making forward 41 more useful as well? How about improving the parry also?
Yup. Jade exists as D1, D2, D4, B343/B3434, glow, dash kick, Delia's Dance, air glaive, and grabs. It all works really well together in tandem as they're great tools, but hot damn does it get boring fast.
There IS always room for improvement but Jade is a controversial character because 99% of the NRS community doesn't lab and hates neutral especially if it's enforced. Jade destroys kangaroo ass scrubplay and kangarooscrubs even stronger characters with air glaive shenanigans.
You can literally cheap them tf out. If you lose to those two with Jade, lab them.
I really do hate the scorpion match up.....the constant teleport threat by air or ground makes me scared to move too freely. The constant jump ins where you must wait to see if they will teleport at the last second is annoying for me personally. I also find cetrion a hard match up. It's hard to chase her down with Jade. Her teleport and her full screen options are so good.
The only strategy I can manage since my reactions are bad in general is to RUN.....I literally run with pole vault as soon as she jumps up to stomp and keep holding the run until I see her land. I equip the nitro kick that doesn't reverse position so I get to use the kick out of the run when she lands. I also equip the low spark to harass from a distance. You gotta be careful about the ground pound move she has though since it's full screen....you have to time glow good.
The problem with that is if you keep doing that they keep stomping and the whole match becomes this comical chase.
yup!!
Some of her KB requirements should be changed: 124, Parry
I couldn't agree more with the glow comment. I love how non Jade players get up in arms about glow and act like it gives Jade an 80% damage buff lol. They think it's such an unfair advantage. She has built in weaknesses with the glow. The recovery frames are the most notable since its a risk EVERY time you throw it out. Also, her regular glaive i believe was made purposely shit so that she can't trade regular projectiles with other characters like Lui Kang, Sonya, Kabal, and many others. This projectile "immunity" isn't even immune to several projectiles.
124 has been a useful and fun KB since the beta
I'm still figuring out if I want the strings or vault. Vault is definitely an acquired taste but it seems to cover a lot of shit and it can punish things at a range that nothing else can in the entire game so I'm still trying.
