2011-02-15, 10:22 AM
You guys see the DLC costumes?
![[Image: uq5xl.jpg]](http://i.imgur.com/uq5xl.jpg)
http://www.capcom-unity.com/jgonzo/blog/..._explosion
I got this game knowing it'll be a huge DLC investment, so I don't mind really.
I wouldn't quite say that. Still too early to tell. Meter doesn't build on whiff like it did in MvC2 (mostly because they don't want STORM to dominate again by flying in the air and spamming attacks to gain full meter and spam specials). However, you get meter pretty fast. There are battery assists that give 25% meter, and you can get a FULL BAR of meter from air combos, depending on the directions you use to tag in your team. Pressing up to tag in your team during an air combo gives no meter but does the most damage, left/right does medium damage and gives half a bar, and down does the least bit of damage but gives you a full bar of special. Considering air combos are a bit part of this game, I'd say that you don't have much problem getting 5 bars. The only real problem comes from the fact that you need to time it right.
Get 5 bars too early and you'll cripple your team by not wanting to use it, thus wasting opportunities for extra damage. The optimal thing to do will be to keep at least 4 bars by the time you're up to your second character, and hopefully build up 5 meter when before Phoenix dies. She's really good, especially with the right assists. You just CAN'T GET HIT while using her, which may sound hard, but pretty much all of her attacks are safe on block, so you just have to get good enough with her to not leave your opponent any openings. Or set up some unblockables using low hitting assists while doing an overhead with her. Most people I see are:
1. Overhyping her as broken tier
or
2. Thinking her health makes her shit tier
But really, in the hands of a good player, I think she'd be deadly as hell. But in the hands of someone that doesn't know how to play her safe, she's a waste of team space.
In other words, she's a hard character to use, but with huge reward if you learn her.
http://www.capcom-unity.com/jgonzo/blog/..._explosion
I got this game knowing it'll be a huge DLC investment, so I don't mind really.
Khoi Wrote:So she's one of those strong characters that you have to "last" for a while just to get enough energy to turn into that mode, and.. she has sh`it defense. Makes sense. I retract my previous comment. Not broken, more like "Totally not usable in competitive play".
I wouldn't quite say that. Still too early to tell. Meter doesn't build on whiff like it did in MvC2 (mostly because they don't want STORM to dominate again by flying in the air and spamming attacks to gain full meter and spam specials). However, you get meter pretty fast. There are battery assists that give 25% meter, and you can get a FULL BAR of meter from air combos, depending on the directions you use to tag in your team. Pressing up to tag in your team during an air combo gives no meter but does the most damage, left/right does medium damage and gives half a bar, and down does the least bit of damage but gives you a full bar of special. Considering air combos are a bit part of this game, I'd say that you don't have much problem getting 5 bars. The only real problem comes from the fact that you need to time it right.
Get 5 bars too early and you'll cripple your team by not wanting to use it, thus wasting opportunities for extra damage. The optimal thing to do will be to keep at least 4 bars by the time you're up to your second character, and hopefully build up 5 meter when before Phoenix dies. She's really good, especially with the right assists. You just CAN'T GET HIT while using her, which may sound hard, but pretty much all of her attacks are safe on block, so you just have to get good enough with her to not leave your opponent any openings. Or set up some unblockables using low hitting assists while doing an overhead with her. Most people I see are:
1. Overhyping her as broken tier
or
2. Thinking her health makes her shit tier
But really, in the hands of a good player, I think she'd be deadly as hell. But in the hands of someone that doesn't know how to play her safe, she's a waste of team space.
In other words, she's a hard character to use, but with huge reward if you learn her.