cHaotix8 said:
Doesn't standing mk and far hk rape grapplers?
I mostly meant Gief and Hawk by that, shoulda clarified. Abel was never really screwed for the same reasons (and IMO it's not as bad as people say for him), but that's another topic.
I wouldn't say rape but yeah they're good for the matchup, though Gief has the better footsies normal in his standing mp, and solid reach on his LP SPD which irritates me when it grabs my toes :lol.
T-Hawk has some decent normals - hard to say how accurate I am in that respect though, I don't run into him a lot but I watch to see what he does. Seems like his normals are pretty well cut up too.
Cammy's normals were covered a lot by her dive kick imo, they were good, not necessarily great to go toe-to-toe with the best footsies characters. But whiffing dive kicks in front of grapplers is a good way to die, seems like they're made to counter specifically that.
While Cammy's normals are definitely serviceable, even a step above I'd say, they by and large aren't that great against grapplers and aren't what I would consider "direct" footsies. And with TKCS gone, you don't get as big a reward for managing to score a knockdown with what I would say are inferior direct footsies to Gief-Hawk.
They don't have as big a reason to be as afraid on knockdown really, and it's going to be much more difficult to keep momentum going on them. Consistently frame trapping a grappler in "It's Coming Out No Matter What Fighter IV" ain't gonna work; churning is going to be a better option for them. I take issue with this because getting knocked down
should be scary. Having to go back to "direct" footsies where I would say that Gief-Hawk have the slight advantage - even though you knocked them down - is kinda dumb I think. Gief-Hawk's oki will still have its core though, which is just as big if not more of a bitch to deal with.
Just my 2 cents, and again, height restriction is gonna come into play here but I still think this hurts her game against grapplers significantly. It's a matchup getting harder not because the opps have new tools, but because some are taken away from her, so it's kind of a piss-off for me :lol They'd have to do some significant changes to make some matchups less stupid.
In other news, looooooooooooool @ the Heat right now. Completely forgot the NBA started tonight