Footsies have been improved due to better F2. Should make for a better F22+4 in Displacer and MoS.
B2 is negative a million as it should be. It leads to incredibly good damage in the corner. There's no need to make it less unsafe really.
DB3 I'll give you. Even when buffed I don't see how the move could become useful outside a very select few situations.
Lightning strings still build an arse ton of meter, it's not about dealing chip.
MoS still isn't great but longer lasting orbs is a bigger deal than you might think. It stops opponents from running in for instance.
I only play online so the new netcode is a universal buff to me
I don't know about you but most if not all Raiden players have wanted a good B1 and F2. Bad mids were Raiden's biggest issue, now it no longer is. Calling it Stockholm syndrome is dumb, everyone wanted it.
People said F2 and B1 have better hitboxes but is that only against like Cassie crouch blocking or can we beat out a D4? I'd have to try out B1 for myself in match situations to see how reliable it is.
Orbs lasting twice as long means nothing if they still take forever to come out, he has no reliable way to get it on block, and has to drop damage to set them up, for a chance at damage.
No improved footsies
B2 remains negative a billion
db3 still a lol-tier move out side of combo
Unnecessary reduced chip damage in thunder god remains unchanged
Orbs lasting twice as much doesn't change how unviable this variation still is
Online viability =/= buffs. This isn't an MMO and it means nothing to offline players.
F12B2 having no gap is a step on the right track but not nearly enough
Your happiness with the alleged B1 and F2 hit boxes bug fixes is just stockholm syndrome, we've all been hungry for Raiden changes and we're glad we just received something. Doesn't change the fact that this thread title should be changed to "Raiden's no improvement beta changes"
B2 is fine. Even if NRS made it less negative they'd keep it extra punishable.
DB3 is odd because making it better wouldn't give Raiden some new tool he needs. He can anti-air, he has good armor. It sucks that there is a move without a purpose but Devs ain't perfect and this one doesn't really matter IMO.
TG could probably do with more chip, IDK, I don't play that variation.
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I'd say wait until you get to try his improved mids. That was base Raiden's biggest problem and maybe now we can do stuff in neutral so we can actually get our game plan rolling.
It sucks that B34 doesn't hit consistently still.
