well they did kinda say that last patch we got would be pretty much what the characters would be like from there on out but luckily for us in the case of some characters *cough*tanya, that doesn't seem to be quite the case. ideally i'm sure they want to make kp2 the last patch, but there's always new little bugs and some new tech that gets discovered that can change things pretty dramatically and with four new characters coming out at once i'm not so sure they're gonna be able to make 100% sure that those four characters are balanced to the community's satisfaction from the get go, but you never know it could happen i suppose.
Fair complaint
Oh yeah definitely bro, paulo said we may get little updates for bug fixes and things like that, but big character patches are over after kp2. But who knows, we shall see lol.
oh man that is super cool, i would love to see you master the art of parrying tanya's rekkas and canceling into the RK everytime they go for the delay. the tanyers would not like that too much and that would put a smile on my face
looking forward to seeing what you're going to be able to do with this new kenshi pig, definitely some potential there and i'm sure you're gonna dive deep into lab mode. i bet zoe will be happy to hear about this too
In fact I'll deliver the news todayoh man that is super cool, i would love to see you master the art of parrying tanya's rekkas and canceling into the RK everytime they go for the delay. the tanyers would not like that too much and that would put a smile on my face
Yes its like kotal parry without a buff but reflects projectiles to and is 3f
Read the first line in the OP
How is that fixed? Is there a longer window of frames to connect D1 in the combo? I remember before in Kenjutsu trying to do a meterless combo like B32~DB1, D1, 111 EX DB4, etc or something like that and it was nearly impossible to land anything after a meterless DB1. That changed somehow?
Do b3 db1 instead of b32.
Is the timing to combo after 22 meterburn very strict? You have to attack immediately after pressing block or something? I only made it work a couple of times :sMy initial thoughts after playing with all of his variations for hours:
Balanced: The only real change to this var was the damage. Since you can mb 22 now + slightly increased damage on specials, balanced can now get around 36-40% for a bar easily. (Example: jip f32 RK 22 MB f32 TF)
Possessed: The Ji2 off of teleport is a nice addition since you can jail it into 11 or b3. Combine this with b1-tele or the 421 tele tech and you have some solid block pressure and more mixup options.
Kenjutsu: The b1 buff was huge for this var especially. You can now link your combos consistently off of df1 and db1. The b1 also improves his neutral game. From full screen, you can mix it up with run up throw, run up push, run up b1, and bf3.
General:
7f d1
- Great
B1:
- Fast, great recovery
- Only -1 on block so options such as b1, throw / b1, armor / b1, poke / b1 bf2 work really well
- Helps consistency with Kenjutsu combos*
- Helps neutral game
- Quick double hitting = breaks certain armoured attacks
- Builds a good amount of meter if linked to bf2 (jip b1 bf2 builds about half a bar - all vars)
New parry:
- Works like Kotal's > Parry or Multiple Parrys into RK/ EX RK
Needs more labbing.
Damage/ 22 mb:
- Increased damage on specials
- His 2 bar combos are doing around 45-50% in Kenjutsu and Possessed. Not sure about Balanced.
- Balanced increased 1 bar combo damage thanks to 22mb
Overall, some pretty nice improvements. Having a blast playing him again
This makes me very happy to hear! Is it true that db4 has faster startup in balanced? Seems like the opponent can't run under it anymore.My initial thoughts after playing with all of his variations for hours:
Balanced: The only real change to this var was the damage. Since you can mb 22 now + slightly increased damage on specials, balanced can now get around 36-40% for a bar easily. (Example: jip f32 RK 22 MB f32 TF)
Possessed: The Ji2 off of teleport is a nice addition since you can jail it into 11 or b3. Combine this with b1-tele or the 421 tele tech and you have some solid block pressure and more mixup options.
Kenjutsu: The b1 buff was huge for this var especially. You can now link your combos consistently off of df1 and db1. The b1 also improves his neutral game. From full screen, you can mix it up with run up throw, run up push, run up b1, and bf3.
General:
7f d1
- Great
B1:
- Fast, great recovery
- Only -1 on block so options such as b1, throw / b1, armor / b1, poke / b1 bf2 work really well
- Helps consistency with Kenjutsu combos*
- Helps neutral game
- Quick double hitting = breaks certain armoured attacks
- Builds a good amount of meter if linked to bf2 (jip b1 bf2 builds about half a bar - all vars)
New parry:
- Works like Kotal's > Parry or Multiple Parrys into RK/ EX RK
Needs more labbing.
Damage/ 22 mb:
- Increased damage on specials
- His 2 bar combos are doing around 45-50% in Kenjutsu and Possessed. Not sure about Balanced.
- Balanced increased 1 bar combo damage thanks to 22mb
Overall, some pretty nice improvements. Having a blast playing him again
The balanced aspect of zoning leaves much to be desired. I think something that would improve it would be a reduction from 24 frames of start up to 17 frames of start up of Telekinetic Slice would be nice. It's a move that requires a read to connect and use properly it would also be nice if it was +6 on hit.
Yes. Do it as if it was a regular combo that links all together.
