Post E3 Rundown - In Depth Atrocitus & Grodd Breakdown

[PND_Ketchup]

Yo guys! We finally had some time during our Dreamhack hotel downtime to discuss what we thought about Atrocitus and Grodd in Injustice 2.

Topics:
Game Mechanics - 2:07
Atrocitus - 6:51
Grodd - 12:45

We had about 3 hours with the game, so enough to really get hands on with the new characters and discuss what they were all about.

DON'T FORGET, THIS IS ALL FROM A SUPER EARLY BUILD, EVERYTHING IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE!

We figured there really isn't much info for grodd anywhere, so here you go Cheers!

 

[Evil Canadian]

It is good to talk about Gorilla Grodd

 

[usedcarsalesmang]

I appreciate this

 

[shaowebb]

@Doombawkz I think Grodd deserves a goooooood hard look after hearing this. And remember how much I don't like monkeys that talk when I say this too. I was and am generally not a big lover of Grodd in comics as a character. However, i am loving the idea of playing this.

• restands
• projectile immune
• lots of grab setups
• godlike D2
• float that leads to dashup full combos
• Bane Charge with no startup, good knockdown, safe on block and you can cancel it
• DF1 leap that cancels to punch, kick for splat or MB-able grab
• J2 crossup

 

[freerf245]

Thank you. I've been wanting someone to go in depth on Grodd.

 

[The Farmer]

 

[Rude]

Question: Are string gaps still a thing from what you could tell from the demo?

 

[Doombawkz]

@Doombawkz I think Grodd deserves a goooooood hard look after hearing this. And remember how much I don't like monkeys that talk when I say this too. I was and am generally not a big lover of Grodd in comics as a character. However, i am loving the idea of playing this.

• restands
• projectile immune
• lots of grab setups
• godlike D2
• float that leads to dashup full combos
• Bane Charge with no startup, good knockdown, safe on block and you can cancel it
• DF1 leap that cancels to punch, kick for splat or MB-able grab
• J2 crossup

While all of this is true, and it's literally everyone's dream Bane (Charge can be cancelled, air dashes, and so on), I don't know if I see myself playing him.
We will see when the hands get in the lab, but I get a feeling he is going to receive no fewer than 3 nerfs over the course of the patching.

 

[Apex Kano]

Thanks for the breakdown. Awesome work like always!

 

[M.D.]

Game has been in development for 2 years.
9 months left.

NOTHING will change. I thought all of you were over that wool of bullshit over eyes with "it's just a demo, it will change".

NOTHING, will change. NOTHING.

 

[Invincible Salads]

Question: Are strong gaps still a thing from what you could tell from the demo?

what is a strong gap? lol

 

[Rude]

what is a strong gap? lol

Bodied by autocorrect.

 

[Rude]

Game has been in development for 2 years.
9 months left.

NOTHING will change. I thought all of you were over that wool of bullshit over eyes with "it's just a demo, it will change".

NOTHING, will change. NOTHING.

So, you do realize that demo builds that they let people play can be older than what's in development, right?

The fact that air techs and rolls were added means that things have changed.

 

[Invincible Salads]

Bodied by autocorrect.

i thought it was a fighting game term, i was like, okay strong gap...whats that? and are there soft gaps? O:

Strong gaps can be poked out of with normals? o: Soft gaps can only be armored or backdashed? O:??!

 

[Rude]

i thought it was a fighting game term, i was like, okay strong gap...whats that? and are there soft gaps? O:

No, I was asking about string gaps. Fucking autocorrect.

 

[Invincible Salads]

No, I was asking about string gaps. Fucking autocorrect.

lets make it an official fighting game term

 

[Trauma_and_Pain]

Game has been in development for 2 years.
9 months left.

NOTHING will change. I thought all of you were over that wool of bullshit over eyes with "it's just a demo, it will change".

NOTHING, will change. NOTHING.

Crystal meth...

not even once.​

 

[DDutchguy]

Game has been in development for 2 years.
9 months left.

NOTHING will change. I thought all of you were over that wool of bullshit over eyes with "it's just a demo, it will change".

NOTHING, will change. NOTHING.

M.D. at his finest

 

[604 Ronin]

With Atrocitus having Dex-Starr, would that confirm Zod being confirmed not in Inj 2? Or maybe reworked?

 

[Rude]

M.D. at his finest

What would we do without MD shitposting?

 

[Baconlord]

What would we do without MD shitposting?

I think we would be just fine

 

[SylverRye]

People saying nothing will change lmao. A lot will actually, dragon and sonic told me they were landing 55-60%+ 1 bar combos with atrocitus and super girl and a few other very nutty things. And we were told the game is in development and things are subject to change. 9 months is enough to change anything.

 

[AK L0rdoftheFLY]

Great insight. Grodd does sound very fun.

What about whiff punishing? Which of the new characters has that walk speed, ranged strings/normals that allow for easy whiff punishing?

When you do Gorrilla charge, how fast is it exactly?

1) flash torpedo
2) Nightwolf shoulder
3) flying Grayson
4) doomsday shoulder
5) Shazam torpedo
6) bane charge

 

[SoV N3RO]

Atrocitus sounds perfect for me, seeing as I play sort of similarly to Ketchup.
So hyped!

 

[huh]

Game has been in development for 2 years.
9 months left.

NOTHING will change. I thought all of you were over that wool of bullshit over eyes with "it's just a demo, it will change".

NOTHING, will change. NOTHING.

Legit question here:

From when Injustice 1 was first announced, did the gameplay change on release. I seem to recall some framedata changes by then, with testers complaining about it, but not sure.