So there's a lot of uplaying and downplaying of characters on these forums. The title is self explanatory, so let's get to the meat and potatoes. I guarantee plenty of salt in this thread or your money back.
Most Overrated:
Scorpion: Tons of cries for normalization of this character. I admit I was one of them. But how threatening is his vortex to you or his minions? Do you realize his overhead combo starter is 25 frames? You can react to it. You can completely negate his vortex. His minions can be properly guarded against as well. I believe as time moves on, this character will drop from his supposed top tier status.
Most Underrated:
There's a lot of characters who I feel are underrated, but I'll choose just one.
Takeda: So much complaining of how weak this character is. Well maybe not so much with his recent buffs. But still, I see Takeda as a very strong, very scary character. And I think Shirai Ryu is overshadowing the potential of his other variations, especially Lasher. As time moves on, I see this character rising in the tiers and doing very well in a lot more tournaments.
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Do you agree or do you not disagree? What are your opinions on most overrated and underrated characters?
i disagree - but i will give you a legit reason by comparing the two you have.. I play Takeda and even though he is good -he is right now only mid tier at best.. every day i ask myself why dont i just use scorpion. lb for lb scorpion is the better option logically to use. Armor is WAY better, pokes WAY are better, knock down are better or about even , he has a true vortex in one variation that i know of , meterless damage is better, Confirms are way better // Easier, his spear semi-tracks, his tele has better tracking, hitboxes are godlike on some moves, xray is better (debatable- yes i know, but personally, id rather have it as it can be used as a wake up option vs being an air overhead), and has better strings with less gaps and more high low options.
Takeda does have a few things in his favor but in the long run takedas own moveset seems to be his worst enemy. Yes we have a great njp- but it has a wonky hitbox. yes we have tele & kunai cancels, but scorpions FB cancel is still favored by comparison.
so really its like why play SR takeda when all varations of scorpion seem to do all the jobs you would need and better.. Yest takeda (debatably) may have better mid screen control- BUT- MKX is not a game that rewards for this style of play in the long run . plus , one false move and once someone is on takeda, hes is fragile. and if you ever did have 3 bars for a wake up Xray - you have to jump to pull it off- which is not easy when you are facing a raiden, erron , scorpion etc.
Also to speak on Ronin - lightsaber combos with drop and call are def not for everybody. Just as Quan Chi's rune combos with execution . yet the damage is mediocre at best without dipping into 2 bars .
NOW IM NOT saying that scorpion needs nerfs or takeda is trash, far from it but i am saying that
scorpion is just not overated, He is VERY good in this game
for both high level and low level players. And i
wouldnt say takeda is Underated as most anybody that truly plays him will say that
YES HE IS GOOD, but that hes very flawed. with his new buffs it does help him tremendously but still he is far from underrated.
Takeda is a hard read to find out what can be changed without making him OP, i will admit that. but there is a line in which he needs to walk to be a threat and hes just not there yet.
other fighters with this is i feel are
some versions of
mileena
kitana
Unbreakble subzero
shinnok
reptile
theres prob more but these are all i have tried putting in time with
i think that with certain versions of these fighters along with Takeda that small WISE AND THOUGHTFUL tweaks can bring them up the totem pole.
oh and id like to add that yeah the FB cancels do require skill - that i do know- so im not knocking that.. but id rather have a cancel that requires more skill if i got the same type of payout .
