okhuskerfan
PSN: B1G-Husker
No no, you're right. But it's his best mind game right now. And it is good, although a bit boring.
No no, you're right. But it's his best mind game right now. And it is good, although a bit boring.
Sprinle a bit of B14 and F32 mindgames for good measure.
For the most part, yeah. It's his fastest mid cancellable string. That was likely always going to be the case though, it's a really good string for him.
To my knowledge Raijin is the only loadout that doesn’t rely on B12 mind games because of the OS. So the general offensive game plan revolves around F3~DF2, F32 and F3 stagger, with B12 reserved for whiff punishing only
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Thunder wave is likely still his most optimal load out. Storm Cell and Teleport. I think some of his other custom moves or custom load outs can have some potential in terms of personal preference for a move (Maybe you really like Storm Cell since it's his best launcher, but you also want Quick Charge so can you can punish strings or moves that are -6 or -7). I think his Lightning Storm (the float stance) move has some good potential. But most of his custom moves seem to be more about offering utility to supplement the base kit of either Storm Cell or Quick Charge + Electric Current. Pretty much any serious Raiden variation is going to start with one of those two load outs.
thanks for the info. Doesnt sound to promising
Cool setups, although they seem pretty tricky to actually get against a real opponent. I'm actually starting to think that if your goal is to use Lightning Rod it pairs best with Sparkport.
Well the side switch only works if the opponent ducks the superbolt ability and you have to be at the correct distance. So yeah it would be tricky also risky.
Wouldn’t opponents just be able to sit in the bubble shooting projectiles? You mentioned that these setups can be distance specific, and we all know a charged, safe super bolt takes 37f to startup. Which means many opponents have enough time to throw at least 1 projectile (with/without AMP) to check Raiden’s movement, and to burn down the short timer on the AMP bubble.
Yes a projectile is an defensive option while turtling in the bubble but its risky for them when you can redirect raiden projectiles from the staff
The problem there is Raiden's projectiles are 27 frames. It's really hard to set up the Rod to get a guaranteed projectile. If you go for it after a string like B12 it leaves Raiden +10, so if the opponent has a 16 frame projectile or less they'll likely be able to trade pretty close at worst, if not straight out beat raiden before the staff re-direction kicks in. Same thing if you try and set up the rod after a hard knockdown like F32 or after ending a combo in summon lightning.
If you read that they're going to throw out a projectile then forward jump attack or duck, then use his f4 or f2. You have way more options than your opponent when they're trapped in the bubble.
I guess the thing to do would be to try setting up B12~amped rod, F32 knockdown into amped Rod, and Summon Lightning into Amped Rod and seeing what options Raiden has and how the opponent can counter. I'm just not sure the options are really in Raiden's favor. He basically needs to hard commit to either going for a projectile, going for a F4 or Dash D4, or going for a jump attack from a far range. Opponent can beat almost all of those, or simply block and take the chip. It's decent chip, but for the cost of a bar and limited follow up? Just doesn't seem worth it.
But it also gives you a more legit way to punish them if they do decide to throw a projectile. Once they respect the teleport, then you can actually start to hit them with Lightning Strike for the good chip damage.
