What is the current state of Bane?

[Dankster Morgan]

What is the deal with Bane? Why does hardly anyone play him? Is he not worth the effort due to other characters not requiring as much time as him? Is he bad? Is he good but just slept on?

I don’t know about Bane. On one hand he seems very good, and on another I can see him struggling quite a bit.

 

[EMPRESS_SunFire]

He is good but he has bad MUs so yeah... not to mention not a lot of people are good managing his venom nor like him, even in IGAU when he was top tier there were like 2 Banes at tournaments IIRC.

Also I kinda think Swamp Thing is a better version of him on oki right now which is what makes Bane powerful so maybe it's that

 

[Dankster Morgan]

I love Bane as a character, I just hate grapplers

 

[TrulyAmiracle]

I think he's ass atm, with his command grab damage nerf, how risky his mixups and how brutal his debuff is in this game he's just not worth the effort.
Plus he has some shit MUs.
It's also funny seeing how many characters outdamage him when that's supposed to be his thing.

 

[God Confirm]

he's nice, but to play well takes more work than even characters like Flash imo, you need to learn a lot more and he has a harder time getting in

I think he's ass atm, with his command grab damage nerf, how risky his mixups and how brutal his debuff is in this game he's just not worth the effort.
Plus he has some shit MUs.
It's also funny seeing how many characters outdamage him when that's supposed to be his thing.

who the hell outdamages a max damage Bane combo?

 

[Da Tac0]

I love Bane as a character, I just hate grapplers

I concur mayun

 

[Yoaks]

Banes current state?

He's in rehab.

 

[Dankster Morgan]

Bane’s command grab doing less damage than a throw is silly

 

[PetulantWaste]

Why play a character that needs to go into 10 second debuff any time he dishes out big damage when you can play Flash and 50/50 people to death or Cheetah and do all the same tick grab stuff.

 

[Skedar70]

I think its the zoning heavy meta of Inj. Big body characters with no projectiles have to always be getting in and not many people are patient enough to do so. Bane doesn't have the tools to contest or get in fast on zoners so he always has to be patiently walking in.

This makes some of his MU really nasty mostly characters with fast mid projectiles for example WW, DR fate, Superman. So I guess people are just discouraged to use him. I don't use him that much anymore but he is fun at times.

 

[Cerbero]

No brain required but he’s not in a vegetative state.

 

[TrulyAmiracle]

who the hell outdamages a max damage Bane combo?

You tell me, toptierBarry..

Flash, Cheetah and Supes are the main suspects and without Bane's debuff penalty. Others can reach similar numbers as well.

 

[Laos_boy]

i mean he's the only character that can interrupts 1-4 frames gaps but other than that he seems pretty low mid to me especially when delayed wake up is now a factor

 

[Wetdoba]

i mean he's the only character that can interrupts 1-4 frames gaps but other than that he seems pretty low mid to me especially when delayed wake up is now a factor

Delayed wake up is actually good for him, it lets him have more than 4 frames of advantage after command grab so he cab actually meaty people after and not have to rely on armor

 

[Psyren136]

@Kroaken

 

[TheJaquio]

Well, they upped his overall dmg a few patches ago to make his MB specials more potent and have him be more rewarding when he gets in. But then they gutted his grab damage, making him do less total damage on average. Plus he still has no safe options on anything. There are just other characters who are better for anyone looking for rushdown, pressure, or oki.

 

[El_Rubio]

 

[Barrogh]

I dunno man, is Reo's game really representative? I mean, Reo didn't play Bane a lot and doesn't compete these days either (doesn't mean he's bad, but still), while Buffalo is probably the most accomplished SZ player and a hardcore main.
I won't argue against the notion that it's a shitty matchup though.

 

[Error404]

He's definetely decent , definitely. Though I strayed away from him because he is just too easy to counterpick. Just about anybody who has any idea how to play superman or batman will give you a hard time.

 

[M.D.]

I'll just leave this here:

Elbow is MORE UNSAFE than uppercut.

 

[Barrogh]

I'll just leave this here:

Elbow is MORE UNSAFE than uppercut.

I use elbow when I misinput something and it comes out. Keeps it a half-decent mixup when even you yourself think you'll never use it

 

[AkioOf100]

Because people would rather play the character they win with rather than the character they actually like.

 

[RevetLeafing]

I think he's ass atm, with his command grab damage nerf, how risky his mixups and how brutal his debuff is in this game he's just not worth the effort.
Plus he has some shit MUs.
It's also funny seeing how many characters outdamage him when that's supposed to be his thing.

wtf

 

[RevetLeafing]

You tell me, toptierBarry..

Flash, Cheetah and Supes are the main suspects and without Bane's debuff penalty. Others can reach similar numbers as well.

Wonder Woman

 

[Error]

Why play Bane when Swampthing and Scarecrow exist?