I really only cancel into tele-push off of f2 just in case I don't want to risk going for ex df1 (unless I've been playing Kenjutsu wrong this entire time). For lows, I always hit confirm b32 into ex db4 on reaction. I know tele-push isn't safe, but it has pretty good push back and I hardly see anyone punishing it.
Thats a serious mistake. You would get rekt in tournaments on that alone, especially with everybody playing now Mileena. Hit confirming is obviously the basics. Push is very situation and anything beside max range is risky. Even if some character can't punish it you're giving away initiative which means pressure. In neutrual you should use mostly B1, being -1 on block with decent range is pretty good.
You obviously have to know oponent character strings and tendencies. You can punish many otherwise annoying pressure strings if youre on point. Obviously if you make a wrong read you most likely gonna eat a combo for your trouble but if you succesfully parry any string and punish your oponent for it they will think 10x times before using it again. The fear is real. I obviously don't recommend abusing parry or using it by beginners but it is a decent tool that Kenshi players usually don't use.
Preach Sensei!
They are very, very wrong about Pyro. She is baaaaad overall now.
She has mid, safe armor and 7f d1. Already better than a lot of variations. She's kind of low reward variation, but not that bad when you know how to use her tool and gimmicks differently based on matchups, just don't repeat the same stuffs all over and over again, lose and think she's bad
I never said I repeat the same stuff and lose with her - I play her and don't sit around losing all day. I am saying she is an uphill battle much like Balanced Kenshi is an uphill battle (and I am not suggesting she is worse). You work harder for the win. You do not need to respect her as she is low threat.
I feel like that's a common misconception among Kenshi players how to play the character, especially Kenjutsu.
Ermac? No offense? ._. Yeah go watch big d and toxin and learn the character. God damn troll
Wtf? Not at all. He gets no damage without meter and to get a combo you're gonna cancel off NORMALS. So not hit confirming. And the oh sword is -10
Sorry you don't have risk less offense. He has a low you can HIT CONFIRM and an armored overhead launcher in kenjutsu . You have a character with good anti air , decent counter zoning, decent speed and good normals / spacing techniques from mid range. You kenjutsu guys have to stop complaining he was pretty good even before the b1 buff and such. Focus on how to fix balanced
If you hit confirm off the low string (you aren't confirming off a normal. You're dedicating yourself to the combo) with oh sword you get 17% ex oh sword you can't combo off of. If you do the rising sword you can't combo off of it unless you ex it which is -12. And same with db4. My point being there's no damage without meter. And every other character in this game has at least 1 safe option when it comes to their mixups. And if the armored oh launcher catches someone in the air you can't combo off it (lol). And a good anti hair? Uhh you lunge forward with the rising sword so you actually go PAST people jumping, the bf3 is 15 start up and kenshis standing 1 is 9 frames compared to most of the casts 7 and 8f standing 1. And you want to go there with buttons? Lol okay mr reo. 13f b1 (advances so it's decent). 2 is a 9f high. B2 is 27f. F2 is 18. 3 is an 11f mid THAT CAN BE LOW PROFILED AND IS PART OF AN IMPORTANT OFFENSIVE STRING. B3 is 12. F3 is 15. 4 is an 11f high. F4 is a 16f high. And I can't complain about pokes. But idk what the deal is with his uppercut being -18. And ji1 has hitbox issues
b1 thing in balanced is even worse. b1~push is punishable, same with b1~rising karma. And b1~overheadslash is armor interruptible.
I meant anything off b3 is punishable but yeah that too lol
OK first things first you CAN combo off rising sword. Next kenshi has a top5 down 4. He can anti air with jump 1, down 2, and down back 4 which are all great anti air options. The low is hit confirm-able so you do have one safe mix-up option. Not to mention back forward 2 is fantastic in the neutral game. You guys need to just stop complaining. Kenjutsu is good.
She's more like a no reward character tbh. Her zoning's bad, her damage is ass and her safe armor doesnt really lead to anything because the opponent could just turtle and she wont be able to get any fire damage unless she gets like 2% off of chip from b312(and that has a gap that can be armored through). Pyro and Naginata are undoubtedly worse than Kenjutsu or Possessed. Kobu is debatable though. She still has rekka pressure you just have to cancel off of different strings, and unless they took it out she still has a gapless safe rekka string that builds (not as much) meter. The flipkick nerf also hurts her the least because you can end combos in the rekka string anyway. Shes probably higher tier wise than any of Kenshis variations.
His Overhead is part of his neutral, it has great range and can be mixed up with D4 Push.
But... If you are hitconfirming it doesn't matter if it's -100000 or +857 on block... if you hit confirm into multiple of his ex specials of B32 you get a combo, end of story.
Stop comparing Cyrax to CSZ. They're not in the same tier at all.
lol ok
