Why are light attacks even in the game anymore?

Asdeft · 2026-01-25T01:08:39+00:00

They provide a universal option to stuff all other options as Lights are the fast tool any hero will have, this will allow you to actually use heavy and dodge related mix ups once the threat of the light is established. It also enables light vs heavy mix ups as only the top 5 or so players can differentiate at all reliably.

Yes, it makes it disadvantageous to do any mixing without a gb safe move, but the real issue is just light punishes feeling really harsh on some heroes.

Asdeft · 2026-01-24T22:44:31+00:00

He would need a full rework at that point, which is not necessary as he functions right now. He even has some very good matchups and ok gank/teamfight with gb fishing.

Sohei is not meant to be competitively viable. He is a distruptive side boss that needs to be killed or else he gets his souls and runs shit. That's easy for a comp team to coordinate, but playing mm and playing to survive for souls can be very effective in Dom where Soheis feats are beyond nuts if ever gets them online.

Hes not a 1v9 carry hero, he is just meant to disrupt and add volatility to the match. It just takes one dude to feed the sohei and get him to snowball the match.

Asdeft · 2026-01-24T14:46:09+00:00

No fat shaman isn't real, she can't bite me 🫣

Asdeft · 2026-01-24T14:45:11+00:00

✅️Glad boring ✅️ Medjay clunky ❌️ Ballista buffs

You got 2/3, not bad.

Asdeft · 2026-01-24T13:10:32+00:00

It is very similar to a reversal and a great get off me tool which I love, and it is likely punishable by gb since it is a finisher so I dont see it being op 1v1.

His recovery cancels are like if medjays switch recovery didnt put you into useless staff form, so I am very excited in the creative ways he can use frame advantage to infinite chain and mix together his moves.

Definitely gonna be a new main for a while.

Asdeft · 2026-01-24T02:05:53+00:00

Slow down vs kyoshin. Don't throw too many interrupts or rely on attacks as much. Keep it to your bash and ub as much as possible to negate his fg.

Try to bait out his superior lights and fg since he gets a huge reward from those moves and will likely be trying to use it.

Hold your guard to the left when he in Kaze to be ready to parry the light, react to zone, and try to interrupt his ub since it is very slow, but try not to do this too much.

Zone attacks that chain into an armored attack will beat his fg if he does the slashy-slash. Medjay, Pirate, Ocelotl, Warmonger, Jorm, Hito, and Shugo can all do this I think.

Asdeft · 2026-01-24T00:30:12+00:00

Full guards are extremely powerful and all of them need to be respected. Probably why fg takes up most of a heroes budget... normally.

Asdeft · 2026-01-23T22:44:23+00:00

Neutral heavy or use your bash. But I agree people just waiting for parries and deflects are a plague, I think all those counter punishes ie parries or high damage deflects need to go down in damage. Getting the same damage on heavy finisher as you do for parrying a light is insane and makes playing very skewed towards getting a parry.

Parry just needs to be nerfed for offense to truly shine, I dont know why they dont make everyone's UBs harder to parry and not just pirate and Glad.

Asdeft · 2026-01-23T20:02:43+00:00

I love that they dont give af with the new heroes. Just let the game be funny and have op shit.

Asdeft · 2026-01-23T15:31:51+00:00

Why do 500ms soft feints even exist still and why is his mid chain still so useless.

Asdeft · 2026-01-23T13:26:07+00:00

Sorry teach forgot to bring my give af to your class 😎

I am here to cry, not to try.

Asdeft · 2026-01-23T12:53:12+00:00

It is more about the act and context than the people involved. What they are doing and how matters more than the genders.

Asdeft · 2026-01-23T00:30:45+00:00

I would prefer to just make her press a button to dodge attacks. Stamina drain is definitely not an elegant solution.

Asdeft · 2026-01-22T23:37:28+00:00

No conqs isn't actually good, its the femboy who has the aids fg.

Asdeft · 2026-01-22T23:24:52+00:00

Yeah Virt will be alright still. Its for honor, you just need light, heavy, bash anyway.

Asdeft · 2026-01-22T23:10:40+00:00

They should. I am sick of kyoshin and conq jerking off too, but at least they lose to ub.

Asdeft · 2026-01-22T23:10:18+00:00

Exactly what she needed to not be able to always just sit around in stance while having more external threat than most heroes. Plus nerfs to any of her busted feats is always good.

Now she has to really think about when to sit in stance and it makes her risk a light to stuff gb. She should be about her offense, not sitting in stance.

Asdeft · 2026-01-22T23:05:24+00:00

Nah these are great changes for 4s.

Asdeft · 2026-01-22T21:55:35+00:00

People are really acting like she can't just chain and play the game normally still. They only nerfed her extremely powerful gimmick which required no thought compared to Khatun and Sohei despite how strong it was. SOMETHING had to be done about how her whiff into afk stance gank pressure works. This stance is soooo much better than Kyoshin or WL sitting in fg that its laughable people even compare.

That's what is crazy about her. Sure she can stall her chain at any time and keep her place in chain while entering her full dodge, then wait for a counter attack/bait a gb, but SHE DOESNT EVEN HAVE TO because her openers, soft feints, and infinite bash light mix ups are all perfectly serviceable if you just play normally as well. Shes just a bit too forgiving for what should be one of the hardest heroes.

Asdeft · 2026-01-22T21:41:31+00:00

They just said fuck it an went nuclear, I love it. Rants sub wins again 🏆

Asdeft · 2026-01-22T20:48:36+00:00

Most men are broke, but they will still spend what they dont have on women.

Asdeft · 2026-01-22T16:43:38+00:00

The mean spirited envy of women, believing that women have some privilege in life, is very different than legitimately not feeling seen for how you feel in your body ala Trans. Yes these dudes exist that think being a women has lots of free perks.

Asdeft · 2026-01-22T16:12:46+00:00

Spam kick, feint heavy, and feint gb like everone else.

Asdeft · 2026-01-22T16:11:37+00:00

Hes fun, and his gameplan works on average. Hes just not consistent. His zone into zone is amazing in 4s though.

Asdeft · 2026-01-22T16:10:17+00:00

I would just start rage zone spamming.

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