Here’s the thing about offensive Sub. I don’t really think it’s that jarring of a change and Sub being labeled as a historically defensive character isn’t entirely correct.
In MK9 he was very defensive and required a lot of patience to play, he was also hot garbage in that game.
In MKX, I’m only speaking of Grandmaster because that is the variation that mattered if we’re being serious. He had defensive qualities, however what made him truly powerful was his OFFENSIVE capabilities. When people talk about why they hated him, it was his broken jump ins, his 50/50s, and his broken corner game. His defense was only helpful vs characters he already mopped, even so defense was only temporary to take them to the pound town of the corner.
In I2, he was definitely more offense based. Godlike dash speed, good mid, MB burst, great damage off nearly every touch, and once again- an excellent corner game.
At the end of the day it looks like we still have a character who is forced to walk down zoners, open people up in hopes of pushing them to the corner, and can occasionally use defense as our primary strategy when we have a life lead or already beat the other character. Honesty I never did see him as a real defensive character outside of turtling with a life lead.
