I mean aqua and ba were used a lot, but in the context of top 8 other games are like that. You have the same people playing a few times (so obviously your gonna see the same character in more than 1 match,) and your not gonna see the whole roster in top 8. It doesn't happen in others, and is certainly not gonna happen in i2. And I get what people are saying because black adam and aqua were used by multiple people, but damn.
I think it's more of: "Hey these characters have movies coming out, let's highlight them with great tools" + most of the top tiers being legacy characters. Also DLC power creep.
i'm noticing this multiple times in replies to my op so let me try to be very clear---- i am not complaining. this post was most concerned with the reaction i saw from the audience, in particular how disinterested they seemed when impressive play by top players was right in front of them, all while waving dopey black adam masks and booing. they cheered a few times, mostly when whiteboi was on the stage. then afterwards seeing guys like pig on twitter saying, essentially, what i am now.
this isn't something you need to guess about. it's simple- if you were to make adam and aquaman the two worst characters in the game right this second (i'm not saying thats the answer, it's an example), what would the rest of the tier list look like?
I think a lot of people see Batman as a top 3 character. While Aquaman might give him some trouble, he has no glaring weaknesses and his trait is still absolutely ridiculous. He doesn't have the damage Adam does, but Adam doesn't have nearly the mixup potential Bats does.
i'm obviously not playing in tournaments, but i have mained atro since day 1. yes, i watched coach steve. he is an amazing player. he got 4 whole vomits off trait shot > f3 in the corner!
You were talking about Black Adam being OP, but then when Atrocitus loses to an absolute top tier counterpick like BA, it's "Well Atrocitus isn't that good"
if atro needs nerfs, nerf atro. i'm not defending the character, if i were proven wrong about him then nerf the fuck out of him. i was actually trying to expose him tbh. i would bet actual money that he is about to drunkenly stumble down the tier list and then wake up with a hangover and many regrets somewhere in the middle.
please for the love of all that is holy remember this post. when everything i said will happen actually happens (and it will happen soon), i can then feel like the true champion that i am and make the faces in that gif irl while i watch a replay of madzin geting 3-0 by sonic. also instead of looking up gifs of an overrated basketball player, you should be in the lab working on what i just told you cuz if you read my post and didn't understand why that cripples atro, you got some work to do.
pig of the hut just tweeted that fate is a waste of time in tournaments. dragon played ivy at combobreaker. he played aquaman at ceo. i am not as good as those players. i trust that those players "put in the time", and that a solid month and two tournaments is enough for them to make good judgements, so i'm going with them on that. robin has had success and he is generally considered good but not top 5 (by me).
^^^ This.
If it were so simple do you think someone at CEO would've done it? Do you think Foreverking purposefully gave up his chance at 20,000 dollars just to make you cranky on TYM. Do you know a better Batman player?
i fucking knew it
i disagree. outside of the absolute top tiers, how is the balance "non-existent'?
Just gave a perfect example. Superman does safe special better than the safe special character (doctor fate). Doesn't seem right to me because black Adam does safe special better too at -3
