Jivan Karapetian
Noob
If someone asked me who is the most downplayed character in the entire game, I would instantly say Sektor.
The top tiers nowadays are considered to the Kabals, Kenshis, Sonyas, Cyraxs. One of the reasons is that they're all considered "complete", as I like to call it. These characters (mostly) have one crucial thing in common; they're all capable at rushdown, zoning, pressure, mixups, and high damage.
Then there's Sektor. He's a capable zoner who has a fast projectile which causes knockdown. His up missles can be controlled making it a maze to get to him and can hitconfirmed into a damaging combo, whether close or afar. The upmissle also leads to a lot of tricky set ups in the corner and midscreen (something that Shang Tsung swears by in his game) His enhanced upmissle is just...dirty. His flame is like Kenshi's spirit charge, just slower, has pushback, but is a MUCH better anti-air (imo).
He has a teleport which, if used thoughtfully, can shut down a lot of zoners and can be done in the air. From my personal experience, it is hard to cross up Sektor as compared to say, Kenshi, since his wake up teleport seems to negate that. His enhanced teleport is safeish, leads to massive damage, and is a pretty good wake up option. He can land 30-40+ percent damage + a missle setup from simply kicking you in the air (repeat that out loud).
Sektor is also a massive threat up close, like almost all the other top tiers. He has the fastest jab in the game, despite tiny arms. He has a low starter which leads to good damage and is a far-reaching safe string. He has an overhead which is unsafe to follow up but still leads to solid damage. He has a surplus of strings which one can get creative with in frustrating the opponent with. IN SHORT, he's a fast and tricky character, close or far. His hitbox doesn't seem to be huge, from my experience of trying to do Jax's F4 string on him, it whiffs.
All that is said and done, this is just a question to the community and I hope it leads to intelligent discussion. Why isn't this character in the pantheon of the top, top tiers? His overall qualities seem to be begging for him to be AT LEAST top 5 (in my opinion). Most high level players seem to agree with me that Sektor has an insane amount of potential. Why do I think he's so downplayed/used not as often? I feel everytime I fight Sektors online and off, he's supposed to be MUCH more threatening than he is.
I don't main him so if there is a hole in my praising of him or a glaring flaw about his game, please feel free to discuss.
The top tiers nowadays are considered to the Kabals, Kenshis, Sonyas, Cyraxs. One of the reasons is that they're all considered "complete", as I like to call it. These characters (mostly) have one crucial thing in common; they're all capable at rushdown, zoning, pressure, mixups, and high damage.
Then there's Sektor. He's a capable zoner who has a fast projectile which causes knockdown. His up missles can be controlled making it a maze to get to him and can hitconfirmed into a damaging combo, whether close or afar. The upmissle also leads to a lot of tricky set ups in the corner and midscreen (something that Shang Tsung swears by in his game) His enhanced upmissle is just...dirty. His flame is like Kenshi's spirit charge, just slower, has pushback, but is a MUCH better anti-air (imo).
He has a teleport which, if used thoughtfully, can shut down a lot of zoners and can be done in the air. From my personal experience, it is hard to cross up Sektor as compared to say, Kenshi, since his wake up teleport seems to negate that. His enhanced teleport is safeish, leads to massive damage, and is a pretty good wake up option. He can land 30-40+ percent damage + a missle setup from simply kicking you in the air (repeat that out loud).
Sektor is also a massive threat up close, like almost all the other top tiers. He has the fastest jab in the game, despite tiny arms. He has a low starter which leads to good damage and is a far-reaching safe string. He has an overhead which is unsafe to follow up but still leads to solid damage. He has a surplus of strings which one can get creative with in frustrating the opponent with. IN SHORT, he's a fast and tricky character, close or far. His hitbox doesn't seem to be huge, from my experience of trying to do Jax's F4 string on him, it whiffs.
All that is said and done, this is just a question to the community and I hope it leads to intelligent discussion. Why isn't this character in the pantheon of the top, top tiers? His overall qualities seem to be begging for him to be AT LEAST top 5 (in my opinion). Most high level players seem to agree with me that Sektor has an insane amount of potential. Why do I think he's so downplayed/used not as often? I feel everytime I fight Sektors online and off, he's supposed to be MUCH more threatening than he is.
I don't main him so if there is a hole in my praising of him or a glaring flaw about his game, please feel free to discuss.
