Pro tip: About footsies (in Injustice or otherwise)

[Red Reaper]

http://www.testyourmight.com/threads/basic-fg-terms-and-how-they-apply-to-injustice.33795/

I attempted to do something along those lines, but I am no where near a "pro".

I think people like to talk about how injustice has no footsies so they can hide the fact that they just have piss poor ones.

I think it's the fact that footsies in this game are less about movement (as it applies to spacing) and more about reads...

 

[Zoidberg747]

I think it's the fact that footsies in this game are less about movement (spacing) and more about reads...

Reads are a huge part of footsies in any game

Like Duck Nation said earlier, the game is all about guesses and making the right reads. Good footsies=/=Good movement

 

[Duck Nation]

Reads are a huge part of footsies in any game

Like Duck Nation said earlier, the game is all about guesses and making the right reads. Good footsies=/=Good movement

Just to cover my own ass, what I really tilted at was that IGAU is just about forcing you to commit to your choices. I'm not sure I'd take a leap as far as making good reads or correct guesses, because there's plenty of cases where you can be pretty sure what your best choice is. I.e., Are you Superman? Are you in f23 range? YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.

 

[CamChattic]

Just to cover my own ass, what I really tilted at was that IGAU is just about forcing you to commit to your choices. I'm not sure I'd take a leap as far as making good reads or correct guesses, because there's plenty of cases where you can be pretty sure what your best choice is. I.e., Are you Superman? Are you in f23 range? YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO.

There are still ways to force reads especially in the case of Superman. F23 is a mid meaning it will always be blocked the superman player if down on life chooses to just f23 he's not doing anything except giving you both meter and running down the clock in this situation you win. Now he has to jump, iAd, slide, superman punch, laser which allows a free dash up, do something that is risky and advantageous to you. even if he walks up to you and your a character whose range is inside of f23 range he's given you advantage. And that's just based off of a character who doesn't have zoning / counter zoning options agains supes which most of the cast does. Every choice is a commitment in every game I don't see how injustice is any different.

 

[Duck Nation]

I agree with all of that. But it's still frequently his best option, and it's not the only character that's true of.

 

[SatsuiYesHadou]

I must be the best scrub ever then

 

[A New Angel Is Advent]

Well in most GOOD airdash games and i guess to reference bb and gg again specifically you cant airblock antiairs only air to airs. In those games you also have to spend meter to barrier block to cancel your dash otherwise your movement is just about as stiff as it is in igau. Airblocking is typaclly part of the air to air game and air to air has its own dynamic in injustice.[/quote]

I won't stray too off topic and break down the fluidity of air dashers on the ground but the point was comparing the two in practice would lead to a lot of silliness. When people say footsies don't exist in this game, everyone knows they do but the point is you can ignore them in a lot of matchups since combo starters and mobility are often more viable. The complaint is part of a long list of fundamentals igau ignores. Not really agreeing with that side but just a reminder to not take those statements at face value.

 

[Minh Giang]

i know many of you don't even read the OP.