When Cage can play at his own game, he's a really solid character. The main issue that's mainly being brought up, aside from the hitbox issues and the lack of a good mid starter, is that there are characters that don't play by the rules of the game and basically are able to work around him using their toolset.
Yeah, they're highs... they're gonna lose to down pokes. Cage is also a character that goes under high attacks so there's really no sense in complaining about it.
You didn't tell everybody which characters you use, or if you even use Cage. Cage doesn't have viable crushing blows, an overhead, 50/50s, and his nut punch can't even be considered a stun due to the forced input delay. When the nut punch lands, you have to wait for your opponent, which is completely illogical. F21 and F344 should NOT be high attacks. F4 is too slow to compensate. The only thing I read your post and others is, "I couldn't stop Cage's pressure in the last two games, so I want him to stay low tier."
I played a lot of Cage week 1, but now I'm playing Kung Lao. I don't have any videos to show you but this isn't about me.
You played a lot of Cage week 1, then switched. I don't blame you. He's completely underwhelmed against the average player with at least 2 brain cells. You don't have to be a smart person to understand that by the second round, simply use D1 whenever cage tries to advance.
It's week 2, of course I'm going to explore other characters.
What did you come here for then?
If you're going to defend Cage in his current state then back up your claims.
If Emperor Kombat winning Kombat Kup beating high level players using Geras and Erron Black wasn't enough for you then what the hell could I possibly post to change your mind.
Yeah, pretty much. His flaws, while noticeable, are flaws that can be fixed. Still hopeful for a mid, though, but I can work around that.
That's been my feelings towards him, too. He feels like a character that really requires you to use all of the tools provided to you, at least in Shock Jock. Once I started using parry and Caged Rage more often, it felt like I had access to a lot more mind games than just staggering F3 into throw lol.
Not good enough since the game just came out and everybody was still learning the ropes. Plus, that's only one person in a game that'll have at least 3 years of longevity with several more tournaments to come. I asked for your matches anyway. And for the record I joined after getting beaten by obvious bad players, because I didn't have a good mid starter. It's called constructive criticism; that's how broken characters get fixed, and underpowered characters become playable.
Not a bit much at all as he doesn't have an overhead. If F344 was a mid attack your opponent can still block low. It's up to him to guess whether I'm going to grab or not. You all seem to be forgetting that this game is infested with uppercut spammers as well. This is due to NRS adding "Krushing Blows". F4 is way too slow to rely on.
No one has an overhead dude. This is not mkx.
D4 is +17 on hit and F3 takes 14 frames to come out, so it can jail if you're fast enough, yeah. It's a staple of a lot of Cage players' pressure.
Sub Zero has an overhead, several in fact. So does Scorpion and others. Kano has an overhead too. Cage doesn't have an overhead. Therefore, no one respects your pressure. This comment reminds me of people who there's no ADS in Halo 5.
I do agree that f344 being mid is asking a bit much right now. It's decent while the KB are a** tier. Fixing those and any hitbox issues would give us a better idea of where Cage stands once he's a full character. Of course if they wanna buff him beyond that I'm fine but not to the point I'll have to do Johnny mirrors lol.
I asked for a video of him using Johnny Cage, not a pro player who got the game early and nobody knows the ins and outs yet. I saw a video of Dizzy losing to Scarlet. He couldn't do anything. Also, re read what I said to the Scorpion player above.
A list had the same problems in MKX. Deja Vu. Someone at NRS hates Johnny.
