First of all execution should not be a balancing mechanic, second of all its not that fucking hard, at all, esp. in regards to other characters execution. It's really easy if practiced. Fighting games aren't meant to be "if you master this secret code which is difficult to do ( even though in this case it's not) you deserve to win." it's supposed to be about outwitting and outspacing and outplaying.
technically the second hits don't matter once you guess she can't do anything else but that. So at a high level its not as devastating considering her damage and ability to be safe. Also imo her f3 and f1 don't transition from oh to low as quickly as sonya's oh low to the point where they spam down and you can get screwed over.
Hey, that's how he was in MK9... I played Quan Chi during MK9. That was horrible...incredibly linear and frankly bad mixups. The low followed by the mid doesn't work on good players...especially when they know his overhead option could not be hit confirmed into trance (yeah...they fucked Crunchy in MK9.) He had the rune trap but that was about it. Once he was knocked down...and pressured...it was over. Incredibly frustrating character to play. Comebacks with Quan were brutally difficult against most of the cast. You had to spend your meter to break because damn...getting knocked down KILLED HIM as he literally had no wakeup option that was remotely halfway decent.
Honestly, I felt Scorpion was the better of the two. Scorpion had to commit as well but at least it paid off incredibly well if you guessed right. My thoughts on Crunchy being top tier now? #HEFUCKINGNEEDSITANDDESERVESIT! #WOOLAYBITCHES
ehh, i kind of hate this too, then its just a fucking suicidal random yolo fest, doesn't really attest to balance or good gameplay.
Yeah...that was literally all he fucking had that was viable in high level play. That was it. "Welp, I'm playing a GOOD player and a BETTER character. Guess I'm never using breaker...oh fuck, I got knocked down. Ided."
same for me and I start to hate it then start to prefer USF4, I remember only scorpion 50/50 in MK9, was never to hard to guess. Even after 3hours of training to block sonya mixups, in match is still different and many of sonya players online just rush with it and are very surprised when it's blocked once they are afk to react
Meter drain glitch
As a Sonya player myself, I admit that I was kinda disappointed about her MS when I first played the game. I thought it was a poor version of her MK9 iteration, with only three options and they're all unsafe. But when I started to lab her more, then I realized how strong that stance really is. For having three options with different properties (overhead, low and unblockable grab), she can REALLY mix things up. She can condition the opponent to react a certain way and abuse that. Or she can just cancel the stance and stay safe, which is something I don't see many Sonya players doing, this is a huge mindgame if you're playing against her. I was playing with a friend of mine last month, and I can tell you that 8 out 10 times that I'd cancel any string into MS, he'd armor through it. But when I started cancelling the stance, he stopped. In other words, she has ways to blow you up if you're trying to blow her up. lol
That's sure, I think players who play KL and Sonya can lvlUP fast their char skillz but it's become fast limited because it's much easier to win using same simple things and it gives bad habites and bad defensive practice and when they fight really top players who know how to deal with it, they panic because has no habites to play defensive, and it's was the main problem of AfoxyGrampa with his KL > he was very aggresive but didn't blocked 90% of poor EB overhead/low starters
lol i think a its fair to assume that a guys who gets 2nd at the biggest FGC tournament can actually block
Player 1 advantage more like it.Meter drain glitch
But summoner Quan has a pseudo ublockable 50/50 vortex that's plus on block
Well, my point was... if you do something retarded (say Raiden's b2) and it's blocked you should get punished. None of this... oh I'm safe cause I option selected. Or I'm safe b/c it's barely negative on block to start with. There should be risks. Idk why everything needs to be safe all the time. That just caters to the aggressor and makes them not have to think at all.
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It is if people could do it easily like you say.
If you're absolutely perfect on it, you can get the low bat and Quan's overhead sword at the exact same moment - meaning one of them is going to hit you.
