Hey there Smoke aficionados. I used to main Smoke alongside Sektor back in MK9 and although I understand MK1 is its own game, I still don't feel I can play Smoke the way I would expect to play... Smoke. Does anyone else feels this way?
For example, I would expect to use Smoke's specials like db2, bf3, and db4 to punish projectiles, on reaction. Was the opponent foolish enough to throw a projectile? Punished. Is he moving without dash-blocking? Punished. Those tools above although very cool, are super slow. I can't punish anything on reaction, instead, I need to expect my opponent to throw one out so it doesn't really work. These moves are not worth anyone's time outside of combos and whatnot, imo.
Is this because zoning in this game is not that strong so his anti-zoning tools kinda suck?