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What is your favorite Variation?

  • War God

    Votes: 170 42.0%
  • Sun God

    Votes: 139 34.3%
  • Blood God

    Votes: 61 15.1%
  • All Equally

    Votes: 35 8.6%

  • Total voters
    405

Qwark28

Joker waiting room
What are some war God safe cancels on block or whiff besides the 114 cancel into air throw?
Nothing else is safe. War god's overhead is a tight blockstring from things like f3 and b122 but unsafe itself and the mid sword which is safe leaves a huge gap.
 
Hello :)


Just wondering, how are you Sun God players doing? What do you think of Kotal so far?
Im still behind 2 patches (?) atleast since im on the PC version.

How's it been going for you guys? :D

Would be really cool to know since i've mostly seen War God when Kotal shows up in tournaments.

I gave up on Blood God since, well, it lacks most stuff a character needs.

But Sun God has that commandgrab!

It would be cool to read about your progress!
 

Hassun

Noob
It's mostly been going the same as always. (Although I am also on PC so who knows.)
The only real difference is that Sun God now does more damage with his command grab.
 

Skylight1

Warrior
Blood God offers a lot of reversals, a damage nullify boost and the ability to steal the opponent's meter and HP away. A lot of people are just sleeping on it because it doesn't have the simple things that one can offer.
 

Jeffrey Wolf

YouTube: Jeffrey B Wolf
@Runninonwater, Kotal is good. As people learn how to punish his strings, mainly in WG, you can't go as ham as you used to, but he still has tools. I've played the least with SG, but I've recently picked him up, as I think his faster wakeup might be useful in some of WG's tougher matchups.

@Skylight1, BG definitely has some interesting options, but I wouldn't say people are sleeping on him. Mr. Aquaman runs more BG than WG these days, and I just got 5th at GGA using a mix of BG and WG. Personally, I think BG will become a zoner counter pick (e.g. Tanya, Kano, Shinnok sometimes, etc.), but time will tell. I find using the variations to deal with matchups to be very rewarding, but at the end of the day, it might be more effective to just learn another character.
 

Holden

Manlet
In War God, EX DB1 (Overhead Sword Smash) is an AWESOME launcher, but... The only thing I can seem to follow it up with is F2. Anyone got anything else they use for followups?
 

LeeVanDam

Sun God Advocate
@LeeVanDam, unfortunately, F1 cancelled into AA Grab makes you more punishable, not less. Good thought though.
Ah well, I'll still use it because the presence of the second part of the attack makes it extremely difficult to react to... so it's pseudo safe for that reason alone. I just won't overuse it at this point and set it up with the full string first. Thanks for the heads up!
 

LeeVanDam

Sun God Advocate
Hello :)


Just wondering, how are you Sun God players doing? What do you think of Kotal so far?
Im still behind 2 patches (?) atleast since im on the PC version.

How's it been going for you guys? :D

Would be really cool to know since i've mostly seen War God when Kotal shows up in tournaments.

I gave up on Blood God since, well, it lacks most stuff a character needs.

But Sun God has that commandgrab!

It would be cool to read about your progress!
Sun God's been great. Even though I'm behind on patches, none of the recent stuff really affects Kotal's gameplan. Most matches are pretty decent and I'm able to practice set ups reliably. I'm going to start working out at Yomi soon so I can travel after EVO.
 

jozuvloke

Apprentice
After grinding all night sets all I wanna know is! Why the fuck does Kotal's animations have to be so fuckin slow!?! Might as well take his God damn macuahuitl toss away all together! And why the hell does it take me so long to put up a God damn sun ray!?! Fuck!
 

Harry Otter

Zoning Master
Random question sorry if it's been brought up.

Is it difficult for anyone else to consistently do B1, 2, 2, ex stone/sword?

Like I can not for the life of me get it right online and even some trouble in training here and there. B1, 4, ex stone/sword comes out pretty flawlessly but the former not so much. =(
 

Lanqu

Mortal
Random question sorry if it's been brought up.

Is it difficult for anyone else to consistently do B1, 2, 2, ex stone/sword?

Like I can not for the life of me get it right online and even some trouble in training here and there. B1, 4, ex stone/sword comes out pretty flawlessly but the former not so much. =(
Dont touch any directions after the input
 

LeeVanDam

Sun God Advocate
Random question sorry if it's been brought up.

Is it difficult for anyone else to consistently do B1, 2, 2, ex stone/sword?

Like I can not for the life of me get it right online and even some trouble in training here and there. B1, 4, ex stone/sword comes out pretty flawlessly but the former not so much. =(
I've found it easiest to press the string as quickly as possible, then you have time (feels like a second or so) to perform the special after the last hit independently. 1,1,4 has this same feature too, which is great because it lets you choose between which special move would work for the situation based on what you see versus what you may have planned to do.
 
So I was watching EVO and was really happy to see Blood God make a showing but I noticed that the totems all came out in a pre-setup kind of way.

Is it possible to drop a totem in the middle of a combo? Kinda like say Quan summoning a bat or w/e?

Like I know you can EXairgrab into totem but you can not continue the combo after that can you?
 

KeyserSoze

Fabled Villain
So I was watching EVO and was really happy to see Blood God make a showing but I noticed that the totems all came out in a pre-setup kind of way.

Is it possible to drop a totem in the middle of a combo? Kinda like say Quan summoning a bat or w/e?

Like I know you can EXairgrab into totem but you can not continue the combo after that can you?
Yes, the most common method is after F1B2. Personally, I tend to use totems pre and post combos, but the option is there.
 

Mr Aquaman

Armored Launcher
Administrator
this should be in the gen discussion, no need for a whole new thread.

But yes f1b2 is your baby, on block its a risk. Max mid screen I use thats easy is 44%. But the totem could be situational.

@Hollywood DMS