I'm just trying to think of what he could have instead. It's hard to think of reasonable buffs, because the skeleton of what he is now doesn't really fit the MKX meta. But what could he have to make him more of an "MKX" character while still retaining his core design?
It's been a while since I've played him, but what do the rest of you guys think his main problems are?
- Anti-airing seems fine for the most part in Dragon Fangs. U1/2 is good for blowing up crossover jumps but can be lacking against certain forward jump ins. In this instance d1, d3/d4 can actually be useful, or ex fang spin in DF. Maybe d2 could be a bit faster to help the other variations?
- Pressure is quite good, but due to the nature of armour most times you're pressuring it's still a hard read. (I think this is one of the core things holding Goro back. No gameplan that FORCES respect completely). It can give characters with slower pokes a hard time, but in a game where the threat of launching armour exists every time you're +2, you won't always be able to force respect.
- He more or less destroys conventional counter poke meta, but can also be armoured if predictable when cancelling pokes into PW outside of d4 at that specific range it jails. Also a core of Goro's design, but not as forceful as tools other characters have.
- D4 is good with decent hit advantage, but still only really jails into a neg situation at closish range (f3, f3xxPW) unless you want to cancel f3 into EX low stab. Not the end of the world, but maybe a slightly more plus d4 could up his overall game a little more.
- s1 and s2 are 10f, making contesting run ins slightly less reaction and more intuition. I tend to contest run ins quite a bit with DF 121, but I can't imagine this is an easy task in the other variations (since they have no disjointed hitbox). It could be OD having these be much faster, since they lead to +2, but maybe bringing them to 9f could help ever so slightly in this department.
- f3 is great, but as a whiff punish tool can be a bit too slow. F2 buff suggested by Ryan would help this greatly. F2 would also give access to a useful stagger string, which I think is the best way to give him "MKX" offense. It could be a little crazy based on the rest of his design, but I'd certainly welcome it. Perhaps if this string is buffed, the launching ender should only juggle enough to get d1 SG for example so it's not too nuts in the corner. Cancel into EX PW should be how he gets real damage from stagger potential imo.
- Goro's air game is super weak, j4 to me is his only useable normal. With that in mind, Goro doesn't deserve a strong air game imo so this weakness should stay as is.
- Cmd grab whiffs like an absolute mofo, some hitbox improvements would be great here. Even at the cost of 1-2f start up I would take a better hitbox. Right now it whiffs quite a bit and can lead to being punished when you suspect it'll connect (particularly against females)
I'm sure there's more, but I these are the more poignant issues that come to mind. Feel free to expand on this/correct me where I'm wrong.
