fearing the nerf, who should my next main/sub be?

ive been at a complete stand still when it comes to picking a second character to learn. I've mained Jin since release and no one really feels as solid or as good.

With all the bitching I encounter, I fear NRS is going to nerf kill him, so who should I pick up on the side?


I literally have no idea...

Raiden, Ermac, Liu Kang, D'vorah, Quan Chi, Erron Black, Kenshi, someone else?


Who do you think will feel good after playing with Jin for awhile?

Something to consider:

NRS is not likely to nerf anything yet, and especially not significantly. Maybe fix some things, but Kung Jin is a character that literally cannot be bad by design. The variations even help keep such things in check, I think Bojutsu will be fine.

RM_NINfan101 said:

Something to consider:

NRS is not likely to nerf anything yet, and especially not significantly. Maybe fix some things, but Kung Jin is a character that literally cannot be bad by design. The variations even help keep such things in check, I think Bojutsu will be fine.

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It just sucks facing ALL THE SALT when I play with him.

Jason.

RM Yoaks said:

Jason.

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I hope he's really good just because that'd be cool to see people using. I think he's going to feel a lot like Kotal though.

Just wait for dlc chars. They should be brain dead enough. Member Batgirl and MMH?

Varion said:

ive been at a complete stand still when it comes to picking a second character to learn. I've mained Jin since release and no one really feels as solid or as good.

With all the bitching I encounter, I fear NRS is going to nerf kill him, so who should I pick up on the side?


I literally have no idea...

Raiden, Ermac, Liu Kang, D'vorah, Quan Chi, Erron Black, Kenshi, someone else?


Who do you think will feel good after playing with Jin for awhile?

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Try Kung Lao

Varion said:

It just sucks facing ALL THE SALT when I play with him.

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Just let the hate flow through you, give you motivation.

Anywho on the serious side, try looking at what you actually like about KJ and look for it in other characters. Do you like the long range? Try D'Vorah. Do you like the 50/50s? Try Sonya. Do you like the mobility? Try Kung Lao. Just look at the direction in what you have fun doing.

Grand master sub for double salt!

But really, if you want a combo character, try Thunder God raiden.

Varion said:

ive been at a complete stand still when it comes to picking a second character to learn. I've mained Jin since release and no one really feels as solid or as good.

With all the bitching I encounter, I fear NRS is going to nerf kill him, so who should I pick up on the side?


I literally have no idea...

Raiden, Ermac, Liu Kang, D'vorah, Quan Chi, Erron Black, Kenshi, someone else?


Who do you think will feel good after playing with Jin for awhile?

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dont worry too much. on stream, paulo said barely any balance changes will come with the jason patch

Varion said:

ive been at a complete stand still when it comes to picking a second character to learn. I've mained Jin since release and no one really feels as solid or as good.

With all the bitching I encounter, I fear NRS is going to nerf kill him, so who should I pick up on the side?


I literally have no idea...

Raiden, Ermac, Liu Kang, D'vorah, Quan Chi, Erron Black, Kenshi, someone else?


Who do you think will feel good after playing with Jin for awhile?

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The Fighter has an answer for almost everything and normals that are around 2x as long that lead into greater damage than almost every other fighter. It's too early to say whether or not any fighter needs nerfed yet, but if they do nerf KJ, they would have to destroy him to make him unviable, he's looking super solid right now and he could take a nerf to his damage and still shit on people.

And maybe this is just me, but his Dive Kick is really fucking hard to punish on block sometimes for some reason. I know it's like -30 something, but I'm stuck for a good 15 frames or so after I block it and nothing will come out. I don't know if the frame data is inaccurate on his dive kick or something, but I'd like to not be frozen in place almost as long as he is after blocking it.

And Brady has already proven that there's a lot that we don't know is punishable yet, and I haven't tested strings with KJ to see what's punishable, but at my current level of understanding he seems pretty fucking safe. I don't want to see anyone nerfed yet, but KJ is among the most likely candidates right now. If it comes to it I'd like him to be a little less safe and maybe not take off half my health when I get opened up by that ridiculous range. As for the range itself we the players need to train ourselves to deal with it. If they were to nerf KJ in the areas I just mentioned I think he would still be very viable and honestly still be the fighter that always shits on me.

But like I said, at the end of the day it's too early to be nerfing shit. Give them game at least a month and some change before any changes like that are made.

Join the swarm and play D'vorah

I really like the rushdown/combo feel to king Jin. Nothing feels better than landing a 15 hit combo and stuffing someone in the corner where they can't get out. I like that he also has limited zoning capability (something to throw back at zones trying to keep me away)


Really any alt/variation suggestions are really appreciated.

You'll easily pick up Lao and/or Kang

Varion said:

Really any alt/variation suggestions are really appreciated.

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Thunder god raiden might appeal to you, his combo damage is really nice and he can launch off lows and overheads. Also the extended lightning damage can at least give you a minor increase in range in some situations.

Ugodimak said:

You'll easily pick up Lao and/or Kang

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There's just so many choices dk where to start and I've been reading general threads to get an eye for weaknesses

Varion said:

There's just so many choices dk where to start and I've been reading general threads to get an eye for weaknesses

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I can tell you from personal experience that Liu Kang is a blast to play and surprised nobody is asking for the nerf hammer as much for him as they are Kung Jin and even though I feel a little dirty saying this, because of how overused he is and I haven't liked this character since Deception, Scorpion is really fun to play as also. Jin is basically Kung Lao replaced with a staff instead of a bad ass razer sharp hat so there's that. These are just some of the characters I've messed around with.

you can't go wrong with DLK.
the most important part is playing who you like.

Liu Kang is awesome fun to use. Dragon fist is my favorite.

Threads like this are stupid and people need to stop making them.

xWildx said:

Threads like this are stupid and people need to stop making them.

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Probably shouldn't waste your time commenting in them then.

Varion said:

Probably shouldn't waste your time commenting in them then.

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I need to, so people like you quit feeling the need to make them. Clearly.

So they will nerf kung jin and you will move to the next best thing? how about stick with your character?

AZ MotherBrain said:

Join the swarm and play D'vorah

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O, you meant to say: "This one says join the swarm!"

I'll just leave this post that you made in the other thread....

Varion said:

I'd like a Takeda buff, leave Jin alone, nerf scorpions demons

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even if your character gets a slight nerf so what?? If you like the character then stick with it. You been making countless posts desperately trying to get your precious kung jin to avoid the nerf hammer and it's getting pretty annoying. Also 2 people were using Kung Jin at ESL BEFORE the release so no one's even questioning his viability.

Look if you like the character just stick with him. Hell I don't think he's going to get nerf because he seems absolutely fine in my opinion. It's only been 2 weeks and people are still learning the game. Just stop with this nonsense.