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Here are a couple of bugs I found recently.

First, we have the overhead sword of War god. Every single character gets pushed back the same distance except Jax and Ermac. Here is what happens when they block the overhead sword.


In the case of Jax, it allows him to punish you with pretty much anything he wants, you're in his face at -16/17, it's usually the characters with fast long range attacks that get to full combo punish Kotal and while Jax can dash punch for a full combo, he can also do literally anything because of how close he is.

Ermac on the other hand can't punish at all except for Spectral ground and air charge, I don't remember TKP frames.

Moving on, again there's a bug regarding Sun choke.

I was checking out where Kotal can sneak in a parry and while checking KL this happened.


Orbiting hat is considered a projectile so parry doesn't work. What also doesn't work is the sun choke.

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Ermac punishes sword with TKP
More bugs that only prove that game doesnt work correctly
You may consider a bug that Kotal cannot duck lots of strings other characters can (maybe cuz he's a big guy, idk)
Or that like I wrote somewhere he no longer can armor through Takeda strings which he could before (other characters can so it doesnt make sense to me)
Or that his Sun Ray that got better properties in previous patch had them removed now (since its not in patch notes its prolly a bug)
Or that his air grab doesnt work vs jumps (maybe a video is needed to show NRS)

They should improve the aa grab again, its lose to every jump in for me

I think these pushback bugs are universal, as Jax has the same thing against Tanya, I believe. Can't remember the exact vid I watched of it on TYM, but it's definitely out there.

Also, speaking of TYM and KK's parry, I could have sworn that there was a list of strings with gaps. Memorizing all of these will be a pain, but IMO it's one of the only ways that his parry will be useful. Right now I'm aware of KK's gaps, of course, as well as Sonya's on her overhead string (there's a gap after the first hit), and Cassie's forward advancing string, after the second hit.

@Qwark28 hope for hotfix next month. These will just keep showng

In addition, is it just me, or does War God's chip damage string no longer work after the latest patch? The only special that I can get to come out after the second string is his AA grab. It's really rather bizarre.

Jeffrey Wolf said:

In addition, is it just me, or does War God's chip damage string no longer work after the latest patch? The only special that I can get to come out after the second string is his AA grab. It's really rather bizarre.

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Works fine for me.

Dude I noticed the same pushback issue with Cage. I can EX nut punch people and there's significant push back on most characters EXCEPT Jax. I wonder why this character feels no push back...

Name v.5.0 said:

Dude I noticed the same pushback issue with Cage. I can EX nut punch people and there's significant push back on most characters EXCEPT Jax. I wonder why this character feels no push back...

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His metal arms are too heavy.

Should the 114,AA grab whiff against F/T be included here

every week more and more bugs and glitches, from mids whiffing to a FUCKING command grab whiffing i can't belive it.

Jeffrey Wolf said:

I think these pushback bugs are universal, as Jax has the same thing against Tanya, I believe. Can't remember the exact vid I watched of it on TYM, but it's definitely out there.

Also, speaking of TYM and KK's parry, I could have sworn that there was a list of strings with gaps. Memorizing all of these will be a pain, but IMO it's one of the only ways that his parry will be useful. Right now I'm aware of KK's gaps, of course, as well as Sonya's on her overhead string (there's a gap after the first hit), and Cassie's forward advancing string, after the second hit.

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The problem with the parry is that you still have to block after you parry a gap in the string. The move stinks.

I main kotal and I'm not sure if this is intended or a glitch or timing/positioning

War God MB sword throw sometimes hits once, twice, or even three times(7%?, 12%, 17%) to a standing opponent
Is this suppose to be a timing thing, positioning of the player, or what?

itzpookiie said:

I main kotal and I'm not sure if this is intended or a glitch or timing/positioning

War God MB sword throw sometimes hits once, twice, or even three times(7%?, 12%, 17%) to a standing opponent
Is this suppose to be a timing thing, positioning of the player, or what?

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it hits mulitple times from point blank or in the corner but the further away the less hits.

Kotal kahn parry is definily one of the most shitty moves in the entire game

Predannok said:

it hits mulitple times from point blank or in the corner but the further away the less hits.

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It's inconsistent even in the corner and I've tried with the same characters
There are times it hits 3 and times it hits 2 in the corner

I don't think parry is bugged though, it's just crap. Still struggling to find a consistent use for it in match play and a few select reads.

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It's inconsistent even in the corner and I've tried with the same characters
There are times it hits 3 and times it hits 2 in the corner

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HItboxes are really fucked up in this game , Kotals blade spins around and every spin is a hit since characters hitboxes swtiches during their idle or crouching or just randomly, this is mostlikely the cause of the first hit whiffing.

To be fair... last weekend I gave mkx a break and went to playing street fighter 2 champion edition. Must've played it for years with Ken's shoryuken whiffing the 2nd hit against E.Honda.

itzpookiie said:

I main kotal and I'm not sure if this is intended or a glitch or timing/positioning

War God MB sword throw sometimes hits once, twice, or even three times(7%?, 12%, 17%) to a standing opponent
Is this suppose to be a timing thing, positioning of the player, or what?

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this is intended.

Qwark28 said:

this is intended.

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It's fucking stupid then

@Pnut, @Buiu, @mattnin: Parry is trash, we all agree. However, knowing gaps in strings will be useful whether you want to parry or armor through them. To that end, does anyone know a consolidated list?

Also, no one answered my question about the pressure string. I can keep it up in SG and BG, but in WG, post patch, it will only let me do the EN Sword Throw once. In fact, the only special I can cancel into in the next string is AA Grab.

Jeffrey Wolf said:

@Pnut, @Buiu, @mattnin: Parry is trash, we all agree. However, knowing gaps in strings will be useful whether you want to parry or armor through them. To that end, does anyone know a consolidated list?

Also, no one answered my question about the pressure string. I can keep it up in SG and BG, but in WG, post patch, it will only let me do the EN Sword Throw once. In fact, the only special I can cancel into in the next string is AA Grab.

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thats what it always did.

parry isnt that bad.

If I'm a god and can parry sonya b14 everytime I still have to guess after that. The move stinks. Also the sword hasn't returned which is why you cant keep doing stuff. Gotta do 114 airgrab or run a bit and do the string again depending on distance.