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What is the current state of Bane?

Where does Bane stand?


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Dankster Morgan

It is better this way
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

Regina George of discord
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
 

God Confirm

We're all from Earthrealm. If not, cool pic brah.
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?
 

Skedar70

Noob
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.
 

Laos_boy

Meow Hoes
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

All too easy...
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
 
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.
 

Error404

Noob
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.
 

AkioOf100

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

RevetLeafing

Tanya, Tanqui, and Kaprisun Specialist
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