Squeaker101
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Yea, UFG said himself Lao got better after the patch. People just seen that his Spin and Low Hat got nerfed and said "WHAT THE HELL? HE NEEDS IT!"
Yea, UFG said himself Lao got better after the patch. People just seen that his Spin and Low Hat got nerfed and said "WHAT THE HELL? HE NEEDS IT!"
Lao is probably top ten, but I wouldn't put him in S. He has great tools and arguably the greatest overall mobility, but he still has some defensive holes and his counterpoke game is seriously lacking. He just doesn't have any decent mid-hitting footsie tools outside of the roll, and the roll is more about closing space than getting damage. It doesn't combo on hit, and it's disadvantage on block. You CAN create a mixup on block by doing roll into spin, low hat or teleport, but all of these options can get blown up if they're read. It's somewhat safer if you do roll into EX spin, since that's a lot harder to punish if you're not actively looking for it.
Why Raiden?
If freddy is overrated... then shang is VERY overrated.
This. For someone to claim that Freddy is overrated, its ironic that you put one of the most overrated characters in this game for your top five, Altaire. Sonya is scary to fight agianst. She deserves a high placing. Kabal is scary, Jax is scary. Raiden is not scary. Not even the least bit threatening imo. Why do you think he's so high?
Uh... Shang is awesome for most of the reasons people now think Cage is awesome, and many more reasons. He's an extremely solid character. Freddy, as far as I'm concerned, is just a suped up Noob Saibot. He's definitely top 15, but I don't know if I'd put him in top ten.
Because the teleport is the single greatest counter-poke option in the game.
he's solid... but overrated. Freddy is far beyond what Noob brings to the table.
More than slightly better. F4 3 4 is hella dumb, and Shang also has both a good low starter and a decent overhead. He has a lot of great normals, and the option to link into ground skulls for free block advantage is definitely an asset. I don't think people realize that Shang's pressure is actually a bigger threat than his zoning is.
BS is Astaroth top 5 in SCV.
Okay then sunshine, tell me what your purported top five for SC5 is at the moment.
Alpha, Mitsurugi, Cervantes, Viola and Omega.
Viola. In top five.
She's extremely good at forcing 50-50 mix-ups, has excellent damage from combos and the best BEs in the game. I don't think saying she's top 5 is that ridiculous...
Then I can't even talk to you.
Viola gets special note in that regard because of set-ups like 6B+K. Though if you want an example of a top-tier character who can't force 50/50s well, then Omega. Her low arsenal is pretty lacklustre, but then she easily makes up for that with guard pressure.
I can't think of a reason why Smoke isn't an S tier character. IMO he is 4th in the game just like Brady said and the 3 above him are not so much better that he shouldn't be in the same class as them.
So... You're telling me that 1K, 1A A and 11A are lacklustre(sic) low options. Better yet, you think her "guard pressure" is what makes her top five, and not the fact that DNS B is a stupidly powerful high crush that's completely safe on block.
