Are people still talking about nerfing this character?
HAHAHAHAHA!!!
The rumor I heard was they were just lowering his chip damage a bit. I don't think he should be nerfed at all, but that would at least leave him playable.
If they make his recovery any worse, he won't even be kind of viable. Having amazing zoning is the only thing that lets him compete against characters like Aquaman, Grundy, Bane, and Black Adam. He already gets outzoned by Sinestro and Cyborg, goes pretty even with Superman and Ares, and can even get outzoned by Nightwing due to the crazy block advantage on Ground Burst. Taking anything away from Deathstroke's zoning game won't balance the character; it will neuter him completely.
I'm sorry to say this, but superman is a bad mu against DS. Yeah they go even on zoning, but that advantage rushdown though... Jesus christ! Can't do anything to get out aside from push block and when you have no meter your fucked.
Deathstroke is mid tier. I see him from 10-12th on the character list, but as the game progresses he either will stay the same or go down the list. TBH he has a large coverage of the screen, but his zoning doesn't really "CONTROL" anything. You either eat some chip and advance or get shot and advance. No pushback, no knock down, no plus on hit (at least to my knowledge). Wiff guns can be punished or allow opponent to advance forward. Rifle and EX Rifle on block allow an opponent to get a free dash in. Last, but not least, his zoning midscreen and closer is completely unsafe.
In my honest opinion he has his share of bad Mu's (Like 5-6 imho atm), but can still compete with a large amount of the cast. He is a character that requires a good amount of yomi and good fundamentals in spacing and zoning to best your opponent. Basically don't be me b/c when I fuck up I get mad at myself and fail for the rest of the day, haha!
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