Zubro
Noob
Jax is a great character on paper but in practice he struggles to put his game plan in motion. I'm not a pro by any means but I've played close to 3000 matches with him And I'm well acquainted with his flaws.
The way I see it is that Jax has two main problems. The first is that he is pretty bad at footsies and second is that he gets zoned out quite easily.
For footsies. His best button is F2 which is a great button that leads to absolutely nothing (outside of expert grappler) I don't think it's even cancellable into his combo extenders and It's not confirmable anyway. you can use it as a Stagger but on hit it leaves the opponent too far to do any meaningful follow-up except another f2.
And if you do finish the string the overhead has a gap and the low is punishable. His other footsie tool is d3 which is good but other than those two buttons he has nothing else. Maybe f4 but it’s just a worse version of f2.
Im not sure how to fix this but the best thing I can think of is to make expert grappler a universal move because it’s absolutely necessary for any pressure and without it f2 is kinda useless. Also maybe f2 on hit shouldn’t push the opponent so far away allowing for maybe f3 or s2 Also the f4 string should not whiff on Crouch blocking opponents.
Zoning. Jax has great zoning when he has heat but without heat he is a pylon. If he is full screen against a zoner he has absolutely no option but to slowly inch his way forward. You can use stiff armed at a certain distance but it is high risk low reward. My biggest problem with this is that it knocks the opponent full screen and you have to dash up and hope you make a good read on wake up.
The way I think they should fix this is to make mb stiff armed drop the opponent at Jax’s feet so he can start his pressure game. Also they should make Briggs barricade actually useful.
The last fix I think Jax absolutely needs — at least for me, is to his 221122 string. Half the kast can easily poke out on the fourth hit.
What do you guys think Jax needs?
The way I see it is that Jax has two main problems. The first is that he is pretty bad at footsies and second is that he gets zoned out quite easily.
For footsies. His best button is F2 which is a great button that leads to absolutely nothing (outside of expert grappler) I don't think it's even cancellable into his combo extenders and It's not confirmable anyway. you can use it as a Stagger but on hit it leaves the opponent too far to do any meaningful follow-up except another f2.
And if you do finish the string the overhead has a gap and the low is punishable. His other footsie tool is d3 which is good but other than those two buttons he has nothing else. Maybe f4 but it’s just a worse version of f2.
Im not sure how to fix this but the best thing I can think of is to make expert grappler a universal move because it’s absolutely necessary for any pressure and without it f2 is kinda useless. Also maybe f2 on hit shouldn’t push the opponent so far away allowing for maybe f3 or s2 Also the f4 string should not whiff on Crouch blocking opponents.
Zoning. Jax has great zoning when he has heat but without heat he is a pylon. If he is full screen against a zoner he has absolutely no option but to slowly inch his way forward. You can use stiff armed at a certain distance but it is high risk low reward. My biggest problem with this is that it knocks the opponent full screen and you have to dash up and hope you make a good read on wake up.
The way I think they should fix this is to make mb stiff armed drop the opponent at Jax’s feet so he can start his pressure game. Also they should make Briggs barricade actually useful.
The last fix I think Jax absolutely needs — at least for me, is to his 221122 string. Half the kast can easily poke out on the fourth hit.
What do you guys think Jax needs?
