his "armored launcher" leads to a 30ish% combo, with a fullscreen position, mean while, Quan, ends his string + on block, and in position to do the "unbreakable vortex", Tanya has an armored, "armor breaking" launcher safe on block, and Shinnok still has his too... so, why not him, the potential is there, they just need to have some balls, to fix this character.... + Kabal's zoning was a lot more broken than Kenshi's, Cyrax dmg potential was a lot higher than Kenshi's, Smoke's pressure, was also better than his..... kenshi was not the only character broken in MK9....
First of all, I didn't say anything about MK9, at all. But maybe it's a good thing you brought it up.
Kabal's zoning tools were only OD in conjunction with his other tools. Do you honestly think anybody would actually be worried about Stryker if he gained Kabal's gas blasts?
A lot of these problems Kenshi supposedly has now were kinda the same deal in that game, Flurry, while not as bad as whiff, wasn't particularly good if nobody was home, and while there wasn't a run mechanic for everyone to get in immediately and whiff punish with a full combo, things like Freddy's Hellspike or Smoke's Smoke Bomb would certainly make your life miserable when you did whiff it. And it didn't even make contact on crouch blockers.
I think Kenshi's problem in this game is his lack of safety and lack of utility in close quarters, at least in Balanced. The push needed to be toned down from MK9, whether slower on startup or more punishable on block, but it didn't need to be both IMO. And I don't think it would be unreasonable if he at least gained a safe single hitting overhead like his old B2.
And about those other examples, Tanya needs two bars to convert a full combo from her's, the reason why it was stupid was because the armor could resist two hits, but that's now gone.
Shinnok's only safe on block launcher recently got indirectly nerfed on the stagger animation, and can now no longer run up and jail a F4 from it. Mustard himself tested this earlier this week.
Quan Chi? Can't use plus frames when you're on the floor. People need to calm their tits about his new D1 too. Yes, he can now reliably challenge pressure, but +3 ain't enough to put the ball in his court. If you're talking about Warlock, then yeah, that makes sense and I take that back.
when is our 23 buff patch??
