HDTran
Just a guy.
Totally agreed. You can also solve a lot of zoning in this game simply by walking and blocking really.
Totally agreed. You can also solve a lot of zoning in this game simply by walking and blocking really.
Considering how Sonya slipped under the radar for so long in MK9 before people realized how ridiculous she was, I'm pretty surprised more people don't seem to be playing her this time around.
Agreed, Covert Ops Sonya is definitely good, it's just a matter of how good. Sure, she doesn't have the flashy combos that people want, but she's super effective with some easy hit-confirms, some great buttons for forcing mixups, and some pretty good safety overall. I wouldn't mind giving up the parry from the kit (granted, the parry does get a lot of damage and is a good parry), for something else simply because parries and counters never pan out at high-level.
I picked up Sonya fairly early on in MK9 as my secondary and am doing so again. The problem for me right now is I'm messing around with the drone, and I just don't see any viable safe strings or anything that leaves you at a decent position on block. I get that that variation isn't about combos (I play spec ops Cassie, I get it), but has anyone been able to figure out which strings are safe?
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Yeah, compared to the Cassie forum, I'm surprised that not more people are here. But then again, in MK9 it took people a while to get to Sonya and look how that turned out. I was always going to use her as my second after Cassie. Looking forward to testing those. Yeah, I just don't trust NRS frame data and wouldn't have time to test EVERY move this week. Thanks for some pointers man.11
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All the special moves outside of drones are unsafe on block....Mind you being slightly negative on block is still technically safe since they can't punish you...But at the same time, you can't continue pressure since you will be outpoked...Also, you pretty much want to end all your options into 2134 if you don't have your drone out cause it allows you get back another drone out in time before the opponent can hit you on their wakeup....From there you want to end your string pressure with one of your drone options since you get hella frame advantage off of it (Heavy Blast +9, Homing Missile +40, Mid Kamikaze +31, Low Kamikaze +40) There is a chance the frame data is wrong but I tested it via block always on and have jump on to see who gets to their jump apex first...If you have any other questions, you can always hit me up about it or you can continue posting here in the general thread or the SF thread that someone made a few days ago
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Uppercut
Special forces
Her uppercut whiffs a lot, for me atleast. Also, I'd rather have something I can follow up with or into a small combo. What about for punishing after blocking an unsafe move or anti cross up?
you cant uppercut people directly above you, it's what flash's uppercut was supposed to be like
your speaking the gospel brother.
Would you say it's better than covert ops? I started on covert ops ever since I got the game...have I been wasting my time? Should I switch to special forces?
For me, the best way is stay calm and wait to sub-zero comes to you. Sonya is a good rushdown.
Best anti air: Uppercut or DF+4 (MB)
