Guide - Balanced Kenshi Complete Balanced Guide By Pig of The Hut

@Orochi Stelth Nerfs are one of the things that makes me sick in this Era of Patching.

MrProfDrPepper said:

stupid stealth nerf ruining my main, well im going to grind it out in the lab to try and find some new stuff when i get home, im a kenshi loyalist but i have been working on predator and tremor lately since i like having a trifecta of characters in fighting games, but kenshi will always be my best and my favorite. anyways unfortunately i will be gone for about 2 weeks to take care of my grandma so can @Pig Of The Hut or @DarksydeDash or @Immortal inform me of future developments for balanced kenshi? it would be greatly appreciated if one or all of you guys would

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We got cha covered
Hope everything is well w you and your family

Pig Of The Hut said:

We got cha covered
Hope everything is well w you and your family

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thanks man, i really appreciate it, and i hope so too

Thank you as always for all that you do for the community. Great vid as usual, sir.

Good Guide @Pig Of The Hut, had no idea about the teleflurry stealth nerf, killed alot of interest in playing this variation

haketh said:

Good Guide @Pig Of The Hut, had no idea about the teleflurry stealth nerf, killed alot of interest in playing this variation

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Killed it for me too

future for balance is hella bleak

Orochi said:

Just FYI people Tele Flurry was STEALTH nerfed back in late june (from about -34 to - 53 now) for some godforsaken reason making the viability of this variation suffer greatly, so the buff actually did help a lot at first and then they re-nerf the damn move.

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@colt wonder why it was changed back?

<==== Even after the so-called buffs, I still never believed Kenshi was a top character. I have since moved on to Predator who allows me to play the way I love to play and have put Kenshi on the back burner for now.

Blackula said:

<==== Even after the so-called buffs, I still never believed Kenshi was a top character. I have since moved on to Predator who allows me to play the way I love to play and have put Kenshi on the back burner for now.

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Good move

He's actually pretty shit lol

Pig Of The Hut said:

Good move

He's actually pretty shit lol

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most likely when I come back to playing this game I'll pick a new character. till then heroes is leaps and bounds better and more enjoyable.

Pig Of The Hut said:

Killed it for me too

future for balance is hella bleak

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Worse part is it was a stealth change, this shit gotta stop

Yeyy great guide what I expected from you. Thanks for your knowledge.

Jess. That was depressing.

I see pigs point.

Balanced kenshi was the first character I seriously messed around with, and I find it crazy how much you have to change your gameplan when an opponent knows how to duck against kenshi

Is that picture photoshopped (Kappa)

great video pig.

I guess i'll be one of the only people sticking with balanced then, i still think its his strongest variation.

But i play like a nut

G4S J360 said:

great video pig.

I guess i'll be one of the only people sticking with balanced then, i still think its his strongest variation.

But i play like a nut

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I'll use it for few MUs just not as a whole

I wish I could prove you wrong but I can't pig . Negative 53 is like NRS saying: "Don't use it please". Ok I will go for a slow AF overhead slash- they can just run underneath and wreck kenshi. Ok I will go with my safe keep away close quarters tools like shoulder and lift cause those totally aren't negative. Hey at least I have my mixups- oh wait... at least I have alright damage that wasn't nerfed last in a recent patch- OH WAIT M8!!!!! IT WAS!.

Hey at the very least I have a safe armor move that leads to 14% right? Phew... thank goodness I though he was bad for a moment there

Zabru said:

I wish I could prove you wrong but I can't pig . Negative 53 is like NRS saying: "Don't use it please". Ok I will go for a slow AF overhead slash- they can just run underneath and wreck kenshi. Ok I will go with my safe keep away close quarters tools like shoulder and lift cause those totally aren't negative. Hey at least I have my mixups- oh wait... at least I have alright damage that wasn't nerfed last in a recent patch- OH WAIT M8!!!!! IT WAS!.

Hey at the very least I have a safe armor move that leads to 14% right? Phew... thank goodness I though he was bad for a moment there

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The only way a balanced variation Kenshi wins is if the opponenet doesn't know the MU or they're just bad IMO

There are exception MUs like cage GORO Sonya and few others

Pig Of The Hut said:

The only way a balanced variation Kenshi wins is if the opponenet doesn't know the MU or they're just bad IMO

There are exception MUs like cage GORO Sonya and few others

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I'm glad you broke it straight, balanced Kenshi kinda just blows and instead of talking it up you came out and told us what you truly though of the variation and if people call it downplaying after watching this they are just trolling. Guys like I got hands and whatnot (probably most of the community) accuse us of downplaying because they lack basic knowledge of kenshi.

I told all of my MKX friends all the weaknesses of Kenshi and know when I bf3 they just charge right in because ya know, -53. They punish my lift and if they are playing someone fast enough my push. While I just hope they jump in on me.

Do you still plan on doing the makeup vid or whatever you called it? The one with any info you missed like unbreakable damage? Also are you sure you can get that much damage with Balanced Kenshi xray in the corner after the nerf? If so it must have been in the early 70% zone before the nerf. Maybe have a few of the combos in the extra vid?

This is just if you wanna by the way, I'm not requesting it beause you have already done an amazing job with these videos and I have learnt a lot an will apply a ton of the possessed tech (already applied most of it) to my gameplay and go for the 10/10 options for kenjutsu cause I was dropping the 111 combos all the time and getting crap damage. It makes me happy to see top players sharing there knowledge with us and just making the community better.

I'm glad it's you doing the armory. I'm so excited for the return of the Armory. Also will we see some tremor hype videos from you in the future? If you can bond (lol that sounds cheesy) with Tremor like you did Zod... I'm getting chills

Zabru said:

Do you still plan on doing the makeup vid or whatever you called it? The one with any info you missed like unbreakable damage? Also are you sure you can get that much damage with Balanced Kenshi xray in the corner after the nerf? If so it must have been in the early 70% zone before the nerf. Maybe have a few of the combos in the extra vid?

This is just if you wanna by the way, I'm not requesting it beause you have already done an amazing job with these videos and I have learnt a lot an will apply a ton of the possessed tech (already applied most of it) to my gameplay and go for the 10/10 options for kenjutsu cause I was dropping the 111 combos all the time and getting crap damage. It makes me happy to see top players sharing there knowledge with us and just making the community better.

I'm glad it's you doing the armory. I'm so excited for the return of the Armory. Also will we see some tremor hype videos from you in the future? If you can bond (lol that sounds cheesy) with Tremor like you did Zod... I'm getting chills

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Possibly

I need to start bonding w a better character ASAP because I'm getting frustrated everyday using a character that's poorly thought out and in need of help compared to the top 10.
This game is not a good game to main the current state of Kenshi

So yea I am looking for a bond w a new character because this sucks

Pig Of The Hut said:

Possibly

I need to start bonding w a better character ASAP because I'm getting frustrated everyday using a character that's poorly thought out and in need of help compared to the top 10.
This game is not a good game to main the current state of Kenshi

So yea I am looking for a bond w a new character because this sucks

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I'll lab HQT Predator if you want to lab it together. Predator brothers sound good?

G4S J360 said:

great video pig.

I guess i'll be one of the only people sticking with balanced then, i still think its his strongest variation.

But i play like a nut

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Enjoy the -53 whifffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff

Sorry Pig, you just suck with balanced. Never use overhead slash on block. You're supposed to use the threat of the zoning moves to play footsies, get throws, and catch them with armor. Teleflurry is very risky and should seldom be used, but it does get them if they try to move. You have to range push, karma, and d4 to pester them. Kenshi does whiff recover quickly on rising karma and can use as bait as well as control the air, I don't even think its block punishable from tip range. d4 is amazing with range and only -2 on block.
b32 great safe footsie tool and damage, but the low only really serves to catch neutral crouchers. It's safe so you can block, armor, throw/attack (if they fear armor), or maybe backdash. 42 and 421 are plus 2 and push back, follow up with d4, or run throw, etc.

Alot of this stuff implies you run up to be in range to do. Run up d4 is very fast and will make em want to jump.

Edit: another note, especially if you have some distance, if you're opponent fears armor or a zoning move, you can just start walking backwards. You don't always need to attack, patience.