Juicy: Which players are carried or held back by their main?

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16 bit was held back by pre-patch Killer Frost and is now somehow being carried by Catwoman.

 

[DevilMaySpy]

Held back
16 bit
Chris g
rico
Tyrant

So you're not even going to tell them to switch characters and enjoy themselves?

 

[Akromaniac27]

Right off the bat, held back: 16 bit.

It's really the combos....Catwoman is one of the only few characters whose strings are long enough that you can hit confirm every time. Unless you're doing 2d2, you can see it hit at the very start and go for your highest combos from there. You sacrifice legit anywhere from 5-20% or so in every one of your combos that still land you the same exact setups at the end of the day, making you work twice as hard to make up for the life lead. And I'm not even talking about the double f3 whiffs. It's little things like replacing ji1 with ji3, or hit confirming cat claws as oppose to cat dash, or doing a f3 whiff into a background bounce after, that will change damage big time. If you can't tell how much damage your character will do, especially for the kill, idk what's up

 

[PunkMafia83]

Interesting that the top 3 on the list is the real top 3 character wise.

Batgirl. No neutral game problems

 

[Phosferrax]

The top 3 aren't being carried by their characters because they are the only 3 that actually win with them.

 

[Ra Helios]

Sun God Speak!!!!

No disrespect to none of the players I listed.

Carried !!!


Sonic Fox

Best 50/50 in the game
Best Meterless Vortex
Unseeable 50/50 mix up game.
Cartwheel
Meter building without using meter ( which you don't need to) is scary.

Theo
Trait prevent aquaman from getting a combo.
Trident Rush build to much meter and chip damage
The best d2 in the game.

Biohazard
Venom


Whiteboi
Trait
Mb Shoulder charge (pressure mix up following into the shoulder charge Mb)
Earthshaker


Played by players that actually good at the game that traines really hard and put more effort then other people can be something to be reckon with when it comes to these specific characters.

Other people that plays these characters and don't have success with them is because you dont put in time and work to achieve the same result as they do.

 

[WakeUp DP]

The top 3 aren't being carried by their characters because they are the only 3 that actually win with them.

Wrong. Reo could win with MMH if he went to tournaments and actually liked the game.

 

[PunkMafia83]

The top 3 aren't being carried by their characters because they are the only 3 that actually win with them.

Would you not say that's

Sun God Speak!!!!

No disrespect to none of the players I listed.

Carried !!!


Sonic Fox

Best 50/50 in the game
Best Meterless Vortex
Unseeable 50/50 mix up game.
Cartwheel
Meter building without using meter ( which you don't need to) is scary.

Theo
Trait prevent aquaman from getting a combo.
Trident Rush build to much meter and chip damage
The best d2 in the game.

Biohazard
Venom


Whiteboi
Trait
Mb Shoulder charge (pressure mix up following into the shoulder charge Mb)
Earthshaker


Played by players that actually good at the game that traines really hard and put more effort then other people can be something to be reckon with when it comes to these specific characters.

Other people that plays these characters and don't have success with them is because you dont put in time and work to achieve the same result as they do.

Whats with this sun god thing?

 

[Ra Helios]

Would you not say that's

Whats with this sun god thing?

Change up my style a little bit to me more entertaining.

 

[RM Jonnitti]

i really dont think any of these people are carried by their characters. a good number of them ive seen do well with characters that arent top tier. all the people on this list that are held back are only held back by apathy towards the game

 

[Linkuei82]

Chris G was the first person that came up in my head. Then 16 Bit in regards of being held back by their character.

However I do think Catwoman has been downplayed in the past.

 

[zaf]

King doesnt have a main and the fact he hard counters everyone suggests he is being carried by the whole cast lol! I mean counter picking Grundy!? C'mon!

Still ppl gotta do what they gotta do to win I guess.

I don't really think that hard countering necessarily suggests he is being carried. Sure he goes into most of ( if not all ) his match ups with the advantage. But at the same time, he has to actually be able to use these characters at a high enough level. His better characters are not just pocket characters. He has to have his suite of characters up to par with what some people are only putting into one character. I'd say if anything that this could potentially hold him back. He is spreading himself out a lot. Which requires more time with each character he wants to bring to a tournament.

 

[Youphemism]

Held back: 16bit might be, rev0lver might be, Batmains and Nightwings might be

Who are the other BGs who are placing?

Your assertion that she is an easy mode character is demonstrably false as no one but sonicfox has been able to achieve anything with her in America.

Yes batgirl is an insanely good character, no I don't think she's the best (not with AM and MMH in the game).



Also, I'd point out that sonic fox used Sonya in MK9 and was still formidable (placing high in 2014 EVO iirc).

Come on Pan1c, as a Batgirl main yourself surely you see that the argument of "what other BG mains are placing?" is kind of bad considering other BG mains like you or I aren't even in America. That's one of the reasons he's the only placing Batgirl. Another one is the fact that not all Batgirl mains, even including the American ones, can afford to travel to tournaments. And of course another is that he has good fundamentals as proven by his results in other games.

And yes he won the MK9 side tourney at EVO with Sonya, another character considered to be a braindead 50/50 character, if not more braindead and actually safer.

Chris G was the first person that came up in my head. Then 16 Bit in regards of being held back by their character.

However I do think Catwoman has been downplayed in the past.

It's funny that you should bring up Chris G because he actually had a shitty alt Batgirl that didn't help lol.

 

[Linkuei82]

It's funny that you should bring up Chris G because he actually had a shitty alt Batgirl that didn't help lol.

Youph Plz Kappa (Jmaurice82)

 

[SneakyTortoise]

King doesnt have a main and the fact he hard counters everyone suggests he is being carried by the whole cast lol!.

This logic makes no sense. When people say that you've counter picked to get the advantage of the match up, the match up numbers only apply when both characters are being played at the highest level. So if you're saying that every time king counter picks and the match up becomes his favour, you're saying he plays every character at the highest level, which is certainly not the same as being carried by a character.

 

[@MylesWright_]

Come on Pan1c, as a Batgirl main yourself surely you see that the argument of "what other BG mains are placing?" is kind of bad considering other BG mains like you or I aren't even in America. That's one of the reasons he's the only placing Batgirl. Another one is the fact that not all Batgirl mains, even including the American ones, can afford to travel to tournaments. And of course another is that he has good fundamentals as proven by his results in other games.

Why are you breaking gimmick? You're meant to be one of the only two people that downplay Batigrl

 

[Youphemism]

Why are you breaking gimmick? You're meant to be one of the only two people that downplay Batigrl

BECAUSEIDON'TDOWNPLAYANDANYONETHAT'SEVERCLAIMEDTHATCANNOTSEEMTOBACKITUPWITHEVIDENCEBECAUSETHEY'REWRONG

I mean...woops Batgirl's bottom 3 such neutral much difficult halp buff cartwheel pls increase damage on vortex very cripple

 

[Big Pampering]

sinestro is pretty good

 

[A F0xy Grampa]

The greatest example of any player ever being carried by a character is kevodaman in mk9 with Kabal.

 

[Amplified$hotz]

Question to all you guys that say Chris Get and Rico. How can you determine whether or not if it is their character when they don't practice the game. I mean if Cossner is capable of doing well with Green Arrow, why wouldn't Chris G if he would actually try and learn his character. Same with Rico if he actually kept up with Black Adam and his tech and stuff no one really knows how well he would do. So far it looks like these guys hold themselves back in this game.

Arma is being held back by bats.

No one is carried by their mains. Everyone earned what they have now.

 

[Doombawkz]

I honestly think SonicFox is being held back by Batgirl.
Just imagine what he could do with an even better character. Its not like he isn't winning like 5 tournaments every time he walks into a building.
Dude goes to Wal-Mart for triscuits and walks out with 5 medals.

 

[Vandy]

16 Bit is carried by Catwoman

 

[TakeAChance]

I don't know if anyone is being held back by their character.

I learned that with Jade. I chose to use her, chose to stick with her.

Jade didn't hold me back, I did.

We all can switch characters whenever we want.

 

[Phosferrax]

Wrong. Reo could win with MMH if he went to tournaments and actually liked the game.

No it is not wrong. Just because REO is good doesn't change the fact that Jupiter is the only one actually placing and winning.

That's like saying Daigo could win if he went to tournaments and played the game, it's irrelevant.

 

[Fractured_Shadow]

This topic may be too hot to handle. I'll just give my opinion of the top 3 because I want to be boring and play it safe.

The top 3 on the list will be fine in any fighting game they play. They will search out the character that fits them and is mid/high tier. They are successful not because of their character. Or if they are, give them props for figuring out top tier, AND also figuring out how to master top tier in a 30 matchup based game.

I could not agree more. I would say it is 70% player and 30% character.

A top tier player maining a shitter will railroad a medicore player maining a top tier character...

I'm pretty sure you, sir, are the embodiment of this theory. #SheevaFTW