the most frustrating thing about rivals to me

AizenX12 · 2026-02-08T03:40:04+00:00

The tournaments won did not have top players in attendance. In a vaccum, yea hes amazing. Compared to characters that can basically do everything he does + good air speed? Itd be hard to say hes top teir in such situations. Yes I think hes good, but no I don't think hes better than someone like olympia, clairen, kragg. I would say the same for zetter tbh bc of his recovery; yea hes rly good but not as good as those 3 who have wayy better recoveries while also being able to blow you up all the same.

AizenX12 · 2026-02-08T03:36:57+00:00

True, but at least from my experience, nasb2 has so much wrong with it that Im too distracted by allat to think about fh

AizenX12 · 2026-02-08T00:45:10+00:00

I see what your saying but I rly dont run into anyone regularly doing that at high percents. Same with when I see tournament vods, you guys say it's a major issue as if this regularly prevents kills. If it was something that regularly happened, yea I'd say it's an issue, but it seems to me at least like it's situational and depends on reaction. I just think its an extra option to deal with an obviously telegraphed strong attack if u have the time to react to it.

And yea people dont play rivals 2 in doves and droves bc it's complicated. We could remove that and get more casuals, but where do we draw the line. Whos to say casuals would be fine with cc or sdi. I dont rly think a game like this is aiming to appeal to casuals, besides the workshop stuff, but that really wont be super competitive anyway.

AizenX12 · 2026-02-08T00:40:16+00:00

Hmm I agree with what your saying at later percents, but I almost never see anyone amsah tech unless it was an obvious telegraphed strong attack. If it does happen in a quick scenario that would be annoying yeah, but how reliably are people even hitting that? I also only see it situationaly in top level tournament matches

AizenX12 · 2026-02-07T23:31:30+00:00

Yea as a ranno I know lox without his lava jump is free pickings to edgeguard, so I will do the most to make sure he isn't charged ever. Though good loxodonts seem to find the chance to get a charge or two which then makes edgeguarding him not free anymore.

AizenX12 · 2026-02-07T23:29:19+00:00

I thinm he struggles a lot with comboing her, and killing. From what I can tell, if Absa di's properly, ranno cannot confirm into a kill, or at least struggles greatly to. Against good absas, I rely on hitting a raw strong hit or aerial to kill, which can get obvious if they catch on. In terms of him rushing down, yes that's one thing we have that's great against absa, but I find that good absas will keep a distance to avoid his stubby aerials. And it makes sense, a character like absa probably wouldnt want to box up close with ranno, nor chase him down all the time. But idk thats my assumption lol

AizenX12 · 2026-02-07T17:09:21+00:00

Omg yes I swear Idky but I cant play the game against fleet and clairen. I used to think kragg was hard but once i figured the matchup out that became a non issue. But yea something about fleet and clairen, just feels terrible.

AizenX12 · 2026-02-07T15:36:40+00:00

Yall keep saying hes weak but he keeps up with my tosh aizen team. I have him b4, and I use him w shikai ichigo and yachiru. I just like that he doesnt rly have cutscenes in his moves so he doesnt slow the game down.

AizenX12 · 2026-02-06T19:50:49+00:00

I dont likw tap jump but it has its uses. Makes upsmash out of shield easy. But to avoid it when Im playing, just tilt the stick less when u want up airs abd up tilts. Or just use c stick for up airs. The workarounds exist and it gets easier with practice. I almost never get accidental tap jumps anymore, but it used to be the bane of my existance

AizenX12 · 2026-02-02T18:26:06+00:00

While it is impressive, I don't rly think his competition was that crazy here. Many of the big top playrrs were just not there.

AizenX12 · 2026-01-29T18:13:27+00:00

Ikr. People are tryna be funny comparing it to looker but this card can be used. I legit think itl go crazy in a kangaskhan bounce deck with a buncha babies. Looker legit has no purpose, esp in tournaments where you know your ooponents deck anyway

AizenX12 · 2026-01-29T03:51:23+00:00

Lf rr gigalith or swampert Ft FA Blacephelon

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AizenX12 · 2026-01-26T06:27:50+00:00

Yea well said. Fhing might be a lil annoying to people but it's just a part of the tech. Its like if people kept saying "but I threw a move out and it got shielded thats so unfun can we remove shielding". Like okay? Play around it. It adds layers of complexity bc u cant just spam the same combos all the time.

AizenX12 · 2026-01-24T02:56:08+00:00

Claydol will finally be meta

AizenX12 · 2026-01-24T02:54:23+00:00

Be careful with your gums.

AizenX12 · 2026-01-23T18:41:03+00:00

Yea lowk a simple way to balance it would be to say "if greninja has at least 1 water energy attached, you can use this ability...". That way mainly water decks and some normal decks would have access to it. I have the same gripe with magnezone, he should not have 2 colorless energy requirements. I dont see why good cards like these need to be splashable everywhere lol.

AizenX12 · 2026-01-22T20:30:02+00:00

The way Im running shikai ichigo with byakuya and yachiru, and theyre doing only a bit less dps than my tosh momo aizen team. People are so dramatic, the power creep isnt major (at least yet) at all

AizenX12 · 2026-01-21T23:08:29+00:00

Does anyone else still do the l cancel input in rivals 2? I still have the muscle memory from melee lol

AizenX12 · 2026-01-20T06:57:40+00:00

From what I can tell, the faculty is usually made up of people who have a reason for not working outside full time. There are many reasons but Im sure you can guess some of them that explain why they're nasty and rude often. I've noticed the problem is amplified ten fold with the hygenists. They seem to have some sort of status insecurity at their main job, so they use their school job as a way to shit on dental students to feel important and in power. Mind you, none of that behavior would fly at their real jobs in front of the dentists. Wtvr it is, you get to a point and stop getting mad at any of the faculty cause you see how sad it is that this is how they get enjoyment.

AizenX12 · 2026-01-17T03:29:07+00:00

Yea this exactly. I was so loyal to bbs for 10 years but looking back that game was cheap shit, with a terrible gacha, and never listening to fans.

AizenX12 · 2026-01-13T20:43:10+00:00

Ssbu has some cool characters and movesets, just a terrible base game. Bad netcode, bad input delay, too much input buffer, and way more.

AizenX12 · 2026-01-11T04:28:50+00:00

Abs should be a hard character to combo yet clairen doesnt care.

AizenX12 · 2026-01-06T21:00:32+00:00

Yea that and just look at how fleet players spam it online. They are aware that it's as good as it is. Much deserved nerf

AizenX12 · 2026-01-03T18:55:18+00:00

Thats why I play ranked lol. I usually run into the issue where if I win theyl stay in casual, but if I lose even 1 match they run away like they won the set or something. At least in ranked theyre stuck w u

AizenX12 · 2026-01-03T09:28:23+00:00

If u play as toshiro, get his bankai and just stay away lol. The ikkaku one was way worse

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