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What's the current state of Captain Cold

DevilJin

Noob
Cold is straight up mid tier. Struggles against some, can body others. Bad MUs basically consist of those who can stop him from charging trait.

Edit: Oh and WW is not a bad MU for Cold. Allow her to throw shield, chargeafter blocking, its -33 for her on block or -20 something for mb. She bodies Cold until he pops trait once.
 

foxof42

Thanksgiving corner game, going ham and stuffing
If you have the screen to play with, you can also throw down puddle and retreat. Same strategy as rushdowns, just with more screen space required.
 

trufenix

bye felicia
Bodies some characters, others blow him up free. You need to have a secondary if you play captain cold.
I don't think there's a single character in the game who doesn't. Catwoman, Adam, and Aquaman have been dead as solo characters for weeks. No one else (top ten) has ever even applied, except maybe Superman.
 

Sulfur

Winning feels better when you take a little damage
I don't think there's a single character in the game who doesn't. Catwoman, Adam, and Aquaman have been dead as solo characters for weeks. No one else (top ten) has ever even applied, except maybe Superman.
I think supergirl 5-5's most of the cast or wins, she doesn't have any really bad matchups.

She might lose to some but it's not like, an unwinnable 7-3 or anything. Black Adam can also beat the whole cast, so can deadshot.
 

trufenix

bye felicia
I think supergirl 5-5's most of the cast or wins, she doesn't have any really bad matchups.

She might lose to some but it's not like, an unwinnable 7-3 or anything. Black Adam can also beat the whole cast, so can deadshot.
You said "unwinnable 7-3" and two characters "beat the whole cast". You win.
 

Sulfur

Winning feels better when you take a little damage
You said "unwinnable 7-3" and two characters "beat the whole cast". You win.
Uh, you can beat the cast via a 5-5 or 6-4?

I do win.

What I meant was that Adam, Supergirl and Deadshot's worst matchups are 5-5.
 

foxof42

Thanksgiving corner game, going ham and stuffing
I see no way cold can beat Superman, Batman or Black Adam either.
Cold does VERY well against Batman in my experience. Batman cannot lame out against him and he gets plenty of time to trait up. Cold can also wall an advance with bats on reaction or read and win the trade. Plus the amazing d2... He has options. I would take that MU every time.

Supes is difficult but not awful. Your neutral basically looks like convincing Superman that his only zoning option is air laser, then charging trait. From there, it's a walk to the corner or a MB roll for a free combo. The trickiest part for me is his air mobility, which negates some of lvl 2 trait's utility even in the corner. However, that can be chased down. Also, a wall'd air laser in the globe can be punished.

Adam is just tough for everyone lol. But hey, his wakeup is kinda meh, so at least there's that.
 
Lol no offense to him, but Sonic don't know what he's talking about. Summer Jam showed that he struggles/loses to Ivy. Like I said, anyone who can threaten his time charging trait.
Seemed like he figured it out enough to force semijj back to Catwoman tho.
 
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Thingy

Retired account
Top 10 in the right hands. Mid tier to most of the community.

In my opinion Cold is in a good place. He will struggle in some MUs, absolutely. But ultimately a character that has all the tools to be viable in the current meta against anyone.
 

Linkuei82

Live by the sword, Die by the sword
Lol no offense to him, but Sonic don't know what he's talking about. Summer Jam showed that he struggles/loses to Ivy. Like I said, anyone who can threaten his time charging trait.
What about after the reset? Sonic was all Cold and Semij switch back to Catwoman?
 

foxof42

Thanksgiving corner game, going ham and stuffing
Anyone notice how against Ivy he was advancing while throwing projectiles? That's the way it's done... Against literally every character that zones him except Deadshot. :p