I'm stuck on 17/18 finishers in customize menu tab for shang, tried doing the towers to try get whatever it is (guessing taunt) to unlock but it won't last 2 patches
Anyone have 18/18??
Anyone have 18/18??
The difference is probably your opponents. They don't know what shimmy is so they don't fall for it. They do know how to mash though.Can someone help me explain how this is possible ?
So ive watched latest foxy grandpa stream where he plays shang in KL . He often does walk up or dash up 114 and it so often open ppl up . And he confirms into ground eruption combo . I swear like it almost always work for him . Now when I do it online in ranked of whatever ppl almost always block whole string or worse i get d2 kb bc they mashed or they just poke me . I dont understand it , like hes not doing anything special I do same thing but for him it works , for me not so much
Get use to dissapointment and inconsistency playing shang. He has 0 scary preasure, everything is unsafe, with almost all his needed strings having flawless block gaps. Iyou have to get lucky and hope someone doesnt really know the matchup. Its a factor of luck in a sea of slot machine guesses since all the good characters have staggers that make you guess in a fraction of a second if you can press a button. Get use to just fighting with the block button and hope they have a heart attack during the match.Can someone help me explain how this is possible ?
So ive watched latest foxy grandpa stream where he plays shang in KL . He often does walk up or dash up 114 and it so often open ppl up . And he confirms into ground eruption combo . I swear like it almost always work for him . Now when I do it online in ranked of whatever ppl almost always block whole string or worse i get d2 kb bc they mashed or they just poke me . I dont understand it , like hes not doing anything special I do same thing but for him it works , for me not so much
It's all conditioning, he tends to be very aggressive with throws(which makes people get hit by 11) and has the neutral control to make people respect his offense enough that he doesn't often get blown up for doing too many throws/highs. It's been a while since I've watched him thoughCan someone help me explain how this is possible ?
So ive watched latest foxy grandpa stream where he plays shang in KL . He often does walk up or dash up 114 and it so often open ppl up . And he confirms into ground eruption combo . I swear like it almost always work for him . Now when I do it online in ranked of whatever ppl almost always block whole string or worse i get d2 kb bc they mashed or they just poke me . I dont understand it , like hes not doing anything special I do same thing but for him it works , for me not so much
Maybe because it's punishable when he comes out of it. Like if you knock him down he wakes up transforming back and you get a free punish. It says "kounter" though for some reason.
As said before, it's risky because of the morph back and it's a punishable move in general. One of the other problems is that as Warlock, there's a lot of situations where a Soul Steal neutral check would be good, but ground inferno is just better if the range is right. Playing as Spellmaster, I find it to be a key move for his neutral.
Nothing right now man but I'll try to get something up soon, been meaning to get some footage to maybe get some discussion going about the variation. No claims of greatness though!
It's fine, I just want to see Spellmaster's gameplan from another Shang player. Let me know whenever you got something
I'll view them later today, thanks man!
It's a tough sell against the other variations who have more immediate perks with damage and neutral control. There may be matchups of merit for Spellmaster but I haven't played the other variations like that to comment on that outside of theory fighting. I just think it's more fun than Warlock and I didn't jump around the cast for months just to not have Soul Steal!
His ninja moves need a buff , more than his FB . Ermac hits like a rain drop and its KB is useless (way to hard to proc) . Rain needs to be amped EVEN ON KB to be a launcher on top of it not working as a extender . Reptile is way too slow and its KB in a combo is way to inconsistant. Not to mention that currently noone of his ninjas are even remotely good as finisher and he even loses a grab KB cuz he loses soul steal.
KB itself is alright , the problem i have is that in a certain combos u can proc reptile kb as a finisher (opener xx super kick 4 reptile slide for example) . Problem is , its way to inconsistant . Sometimes u will , but more offten then not u wont. I think that lowering starting frames on reptile slide might address both the problem of this combo kb and it beeing used as finisher.
