Scorpion Might Be Dead

[Misky]

...I swear I tried blocking it and got hit. I must not have been pressing it in time. I thought the shit was unblockable. >.>

Oh lord haha thankfully not! I just took it in to the lab and I can punish it with Skarlets s2 (13f high) so it doesn't always have to be a mid either but it might be awkward with some characters.

 

[BRAZILIAN SHEEP]

I'm a scorpion player and I can say that the change was necessary. It don't affect my game plan ( which is cancels and neutral punish). It only affects crazy people that want to press buttons like crazy without patience and be easily rewarded for that.

But still that are a lot of things that bother me. The way the fatal blows work in this game and how fast they come out, Jaqui and Jax long range punch braindead....you are spacing and them "PLAAAAA"...and then they are close now. Mission acomplished.

Sonya needed more nerfs. Her zoning can't be better than Jade and Scarlet if they want to maintain her with that 50/50 game with that damage.

 

[GLoRToR]

u mean Rich Homie Quan? Isn't he dead too

His nuts are, courtesy of Cage Family Jewelry Extermination Technique

 

[Madog32]

...I swear I tried blocking it and got hit. I must not have been pressing it in time. I thought the shit was unblockable. >.>

OMG if only!

Its a mid. Its def punishable, but one of those punishes where highs will prob whiff on her crouching hitbox.

 

[Misky]

I'm a scorpion player and I can say that the change was necessary. It don't affect my game plan ( which is cancels and neutral punish). It only affects crazy people that want to press buttons like crazy without patience and be easily rewarded for that.

But still that are a lot of things that bother me. The way the fatal blows work in this game and how fast they come out, Jaqui and Jax long range punch braindead....you are spacing and them "PLAAAAA"...and then they are close now. Mission acomplished.

Sonya needed more nerfs. Her zoning can't be better than Jade and Scarlet if they want to maintain her with that 50/50 game with that damage.

The thing that has bothered me the most about Sonya from the start is her zoning. It's so fucking obnoxious that she gets a projectile that fast, with a krushing blow and another to compliment it in one variation AAAAAND combos that hurt more than most of the casts off a guess. Like... what lmao

 

[Eldriken]

OMG if only!

Its a mid. Its def punishable, but one of those punishes where highs will prob whiff on her crouching hitbox.

I'll have to see. Kabal's s1 is 7f.

 

[Madog32]

I'll have to see. Kabal's s1 is 7f.

oh cool. I didn't realize Kabal had any highs

 

[Eldriken]

oh cool. I didn't realize Kabal had any highs

Hahaha. His s1 (7f) and s2 (9f) are pretty much it outside of projectiles/specials and d2.

 

[Under_The_Mayo]

BAD MOVEMENT? Isn't his walk speed like insane?

 

[JTC]

Alright time is up lets do this... LEEEEERROOOOOOYYYYY SSSSSMMMIIIITTTTH

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1159328103950422016

Liek, dude, you lost to a fuken jade while playing Scorpion, come on, why did u did a raw TP and put yosef bacc into da connor mahn!

Poetry in motion

 

[mastermalone]

I'm a scorpion player and I can say that the change was necessary. It don't affect my game plan ( which is cancels and neutral punish). It only affects crazy people that want to press buttons like crazy without patience and be easily rewarded for that.

But still that are a lot of things that bother me. The way the fatal blows work in this game and how fast they come out, Jaqui and Jax long range punch braindead....you are spacing and them "PLAAAAA"...and then they are close now. Mission acomplished.

Sonya needed more nerfs. Her zoning can't be better than Jade and Scarlet if they want to maintain her with that 50/50 game with that damage.

Without Jacqui's abilityto close the gap with that punch, she would get zoned out easily and be worthless as a character. I'm amazed that people get annoyed by that. That would be like me saying, "I hate that Scorpion has this fast spear move that you can't jump over that he uses from a safe distance to keep you in check. Why would they give him that?"

That would make him difficult to play as since he would get bodied up close for free without the keep away tools such as the spear.

 

[Sanjo]

I'm still waiting for the video of the match between the 2 posters a few pages ago...

 

[Matix218]

Fair enough! I know only a little about her because I've seen a few and even more now post patch. I'm not certain but it's definitely a solid TP and hits mid for a full combo.

Hits mid for full combo! I thought that was "game breaking" hence the scorpion change? Lol

 

[DeftMonk]

I didn't even know she has a teleport, only ran into 2 dvorahs so far since release

You think lao's teleport is that good? Its easily punishable into a juggle.

 

[GothamInGray]

You think lao's teleport is that good? Its easily punishable into a juggle.

Lao's teleport is also reactable as hell.

 

[Misky]

Lao's teleport is also reactable as hell.

Yeah it's very easy to punish with a d1 in to s1 or just s1 and normally combo depending on character. You should only really get hit by it during recovery or lots of pressure making you block a lil too long.

 

[DeftMonk]

honestly shouldn’t ever be getting hit with it unless he mb it and u whiffed ur punish.

 

[Madog32]

Hits mid for full combo! I thought that was "game breaking" hence the scorpion change? Lol

lol

I bet most ppl would have been equally happy to have seen scorpions mid-hitting teleport made:

• 28f startup
• non-cancellable
• unable to do in air
• unable to AMP on block

But i have a feeling that would have produced a very similar thread to this one...

 

[STB Sgt Reed]

out of all the teleport characters, with this patch which teleports are the best?

1. Scorp's teleport still no1 if used right even with the patch?
2. Kung Lao?
3. Cetrion mainly because she has strong keep away tools and then tele run away
4. rest

Liu
Noob
Kollector
skarlet
kitana

so scorp still got the best teleport out of all the teleport characters in the current patch? or how would you guys place these?

You forgot Raiden's TP

 

[MKF30]

Well, Scorp was already dead. He's a specter afterall

But seriously though, he needed the nerfs he was stupid before.

You forgot Raiden's TP

It's good for mobility and getting around zoning but it's not safe at all up close. He can be punished bad if you don't use it sparingly.

 

[Misky]

Well I mean either most active members of TYM at all levels of play are wrong or just Chernyy is...

I ain't one to appeal to numbers but there were a lot of good points raised. Sorry bro.. you were being carried. Time to level up.

 

[Matix218]

I saw scar playing against Kevo with reborn yesterday on stream. Yeah... scorpion is still ridiculous.

 

[Eddy Wang]

Poetry in motion

Using my best Wakandan accent
"Yeeld Mahn, or yu gonna dy"

 

[SwiftEagle]

Alright time is up lets do this... LEEEEERROOOOOOYYYYY SSSSSMMMIIIITTTTH

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1159328103950422016

Liek, dude, you lost to a fuken jade while playing Scorpion, come on, why did u did a raw TP and put yosef bacc into da connor mahn!

Sweet Justice. Plain and simple.

 

[vegeta]

How does it feel with the shoe on the other foot Scorpion? Mr. oh look at me walking back and forth like I'm playing footsies but I'm really just waiting for you to move so I can teleport for a free combo.

I mean if you’re hitting a button I can still do that lol so......

Half these dudes complaining simply don’t want to block.

I use SR so the only thing really different for me is d4. Beyond that I’ve been fighting the same. And these clowns who wanna duck mid to full screen are letting me get in, thirsting for a TP I don’t do unless I see a button anyway.