Slavaslave
Professional Casual
Well guys, I have tried and tried to see the positive aspect of this patch, but a week in I just can't anymore. B1 did not make kotal good, but it was the tool that enforced his presence on the offensive. Without b1 114xxairgrab seems worthless, anyone with a 8 frame poke just mashes poke out of it and worst case eats a d1 or d4. as Sun God I have lost the threat of a tick throw in my main offensive stagger string, and lets be honest f1/f1b2/f12 can barely be considered a stagger string. F1 is reactable and there no options to stagger it other than another f1 or a poke, both easily blockable, or you can simply apply any of the 7/8 frame pokes the cast members have. f12 is maybe the best thing that has come from this patch as it create spacing, but it cannot be staggered into anything other than a poke, which once again is easily dealt with. with f1b2 punishable by almost everyone on reaction IDK what to do on offense anymore. At least b1 had the threat of the 22 finish, now theres zero reason to hold block after a f1 stagger. I can't backdash and punish, I can't jump back and punish, and I can't jump over and punish.
B32 is a consolation prize that adds up to being about as useful as a wet towel. The +10 is so situational and I have yet to even guarantee a f1 in lab. It can be low profiled, poked out of, or armored on reaction at range. Even when I do land a poke in I have 3 options: b1, f1, or b3 into more pressure. I b1 and get low profiled, I f1 and once again I am in the weird useless stagger string that gives me no real options. b3 leads once again to that +2 situation that I cannot do anything with.
Maybe I am being emo about all this, but Kotal feels crippled. In the new footsie based MKX I thought he would be king, but so far I still don't see it. For one, they STILL havent fixed hit box issues against goro and F/T. Secondly you have no reason to fear Kotal pressure if you have a fast poke. Most people these days are reacting with backdash or pokes to EX pizza, and the changes in it's frames takes away my ability to apply any pressure off of a run in when I do manage to connect it on block.
What am I missing? I wan't this character to feel whole again, but he is a empty husk of the emperor he used to be.
B32 is a consolation prize that adds up to being about as useful as a wet towel. The +10 is so situational and I have yet to even guarantee a f1 in lab. It can be low profiled, poked out of, or armored on reaction at range. Even when I do land a poke in I have 3 options: b1, f1, or b3 into more pressure. I b1 and get low profiled, I f1 and once again I am in the weird useless stagger string that gives me no real options. b3 leads once again to that +2 situation that I cannot do anything with.
Maybe I am being emo about all this, but Kotal feels crippled. In the new footsie based MKX I thought he would be king, but so far I still don't see it. For one, they STILL havent fixed hit box issues against goro and F/T. Secondly you have no reason to fear Kotal pressure if you have a fast poke. Most people these days are reacting with backdash or pokes to EX pizza, and the changes in it's frames takes away my ability to apply any pressure off of a run in when I do manage to connect it on block.
What am I missing? I wan't this character to feel whole again, but he is a empty husk of the emperor he used to be.