TheGabStandard
The anticipation is killing me
The chances of any of those suggestions happening are slim to none.
Some said she was top ten, most had her as middle of the pack before the patch, maybe slightly below middle of the pack. She got buffed, top tiers got nerfed, so she's probably in the upper middle of the pack now, probably 10-15 range as opposed to 20-15 range. Nobody is saying she's top 5. What's she's clearly not, though, is unviable or terrible, which is what people used to argue.
What kind of argument is this? Sonic won with Captain Cold, which doesn't mean that the character isn't rubbish.
That is kind of the point, almost every character has tools to make them viable at the top, some sort of abilities or moves to build around to compete at the highest level.
Captain cold is far from rubbish. The fact that he can charge his trait while the effects of trait are active gives him huge advantage and he can damage you from anywhere on stage unlike WoWo who has to turtle her way in and then try to open up her opponent which isn't guaranteed
@AK XEN0M0RPH made top 8 at Dreamhack, want to say he finished 2nd overall?
Nothing is guaranteed. How you open up your opponent is based on your skill level, reads, the opponent's defense, etc. She certainly has the tools to open up people. She has tools to get in too. Does she get in immediately like black adam's almost full screen dive kick. No. Can she walk and duck and parry projectiles? Yes. Does everyone want to do that? No. And that's fine. Maybe WW is not the character for you. Maybe you want a character that can get in on zoners without dealing with their projectiles. We saw how whiteboi proved everyone wrong about scarecrow at CEO and he dealt with projectiles by just patiently ducking and inching forward. Did he successfully do it every time? No. He had 3/5 matches to adjust and figure it out. He's also an amazing player. Against zoners you really need to inch your way in and be patient. Once you're in range you need to make it count. You can already build meter as you parry your way in. You can also harass with instant air shield toss. Just have to use all her tools. It takes a while to get good with her and you can't auto pilot with her.
I genuinely feel it has to do with the fact that WW in this game is the biggest bitch of a woman you'll ever encounter in the history of people.
What is your definition of viable as this is probably where the disconnect is.
Thanks for the high praise, but I made 5th losing to @HomeLee1121 and forever king. Batman match up is rough lol
Batman is a hard MU for every character in the game. Seriously when is he getting fix. He doesn't have single losing MU.
The character who either has tools to deal damage from full screen or ways to get in.
So by your definition, bane, level 1 and 2 trait canary, the flash, robin, to name a few, are not viable? They can't do damage from the other end, nor can they teleport, air dash, dive kick in.
Looking at the matches the zoning was just too much especially with MASSIVE amount of meter Forever built tossing batarang after batarang. From what I have seen it seems like NRS really likes zoning and so even though WW is known to easily return enemy fire (literally while blindfolded) I don't think they will do an adequate interpretation of her comic book self because she laughs at zoning and to them zoning is The Thing. They have characters with easy mode multihit zoning options but WW parry takes a real life Amazon to reliably consistently parry 3 hit slower moves. It is bizarre.
