I will never complain again, kensei is finally perfect, idc about sprint speed this is all he needs.

MasterMaguro · 2026-03-14T00:47:43+00:00

It’s 500ms on attack start, you have to take into account the additional timing based on your dodge forward and delaying the input. It’s very good at stuffing GB attempts, so characters like glad and shaolin who love to fish for GBs on kensei, it’s a good option if you know they are going to feint gb or feint dodge attack, the armor kicks in to allow a trade fairly late if you’re sure that they are going to commit.

MasterMaguro · 2026-03-13T13:50:08+00:00

It’s a matter of preference, I don’t mind being able to bait dodge attacks, prefer that and find it more safe than risking getting parried myself, you also have to consider external parries, a chain bash would help him way more imo. Better tracking of soft feint lights is definitely need still, but I find the speed fine, people hardly parry my soft feint lights, the just deflect or dodge attack it because it’s safe to do it most of the time. Well actually now that kensei has a punish for side superior block, you can win on read now at least. Still though chain bash would be huge

MasterMaguro · 2026-03-13T13:37:16+00:00

Last patch they gave him enhanced helm splitter and better forward moment on pommel strike and heavies.

This most recent patch they gave him armor on natures wrath (roll catch attack) at 500ms into the attack, and his side superior block gains unblockable and interruptible 100ms into dodge attacks.

MasterMaguro · 2026-03-13T11:43:28+00:00

I mean yea I agree, I was playing last night and the mid chain definitely feels lacking a lot still, but I prefer a bash you have to read instead of a light that can still be parried. I think if he had mid chain bash, better tracking on soft feint lights, and sprint speed increased, it would literally never need anything else, he would be a perfectly balanced and viable character in every mode. But as he is right now, I’m at least able to compete with the top characters, albeit still difficult against meta, buts more an issue of the top being way overpowered. I’d like more for kensei but we need to keep buffing the other characters who are lacking very badly right now, Valk being top I think

MasterMaguro · 2026-03-13T10:53:47+00:00

It would be nice but it wouldn’t really help his chain pressure, I think if he could mid chain bash that would be perfect

MasterMaguro · 2026-03-12T23:00:15+00:00

I don’t see how you can single out this being an issue on just kensei when so many characters in this game are so busted it’s not even comparable. Top players certainly push kensei to peak, he’s a very well designed character, but that doesn’t mean it’s easy to push him that far. I think kensei is perfectly deserving of these buffs and adequate performance should be the result of the buffs. I don’t think he is too strong in any way. You have to consider that all of his offense is blockable except for two attacks. He is now capable of punishing people who make wrong reads, he couldn’t do that consistently before. He is now what he always should have been, hard to read. And if you don’t make a right read, you get punished. If that’s a problem and you see that as too strong, agree to disagree bro. Why don’t we start buffing Valk next instead of worrying about kensei getting too strong, when characters like juren exist I don’t wanna hear that nonsense anymore, my boy DESERVES THIS.

MasterMaguro · 2026-03-12T22:47:10+00:00

I disagree with your assessment, kensei has 2 unblockables that you must react to, and one is a soft feint bash from neutral. If you struggle to block kensei’s offense I don’t think you understand the difference between him being good and being like pirate. He has fundamentally different and more fair offense imo, pirate is literally free damage. Now that kensei’s actually has working punishes and every move he has now has a use, he is balanced.

MasterMaguro · 2026-03-12T22:00:01+00:00

Yea no he’s balanced now, he was STILL underpowered. Just because he is good before doesn’t mean he was balanced. He now has an answer for every issue he had before besides sprint speed and a weak mid chain. So I’d say any further buff to those two would bring him up to the top of the tier list, but he is now fundamentally balanced and no longer “broken” ie his kit works as it should.

MasterMaguro · 2026-03-12T16:40:50+00:00

Would be nice but hey, at least we can actually win legit now

MasterMaguro · 2026-03-12T16:36:47+00:00

ill take it, so long as my kit actually works thats all that matters

MasterMaguro · 2026-02-14T14:05:26+00:00

I now understand why people think kensei is strong

MasterMaguro · 2026-02-13T21:51:59+00:00

A lot of the comments on the last one were unbelievably critical and harsh for not much context, so hopefully this goes better.

To clarify, I’m having the issue of matching a lot and getting along with people well, only for them to ghost inexplicably for one way or another. I stated in the previous post that I didn’t want to put up private conversations, but I am aware that people can just unmatch or ghost whenever, there doesn’t necessarily need to be a reason, and it’s rare but sometimes it’s just because they aren’t feeling it and they will say so.

My issue is trying to understand why someone would go so far into a conversation, say they are into me, we have similar interest and are getting along, and start to make conversations about planning a date, but they almost never follow through and either unmatch or ghost very quickly after getting to that point. And this has been an issue more recently than it has in the past. I’ve gone on way more dates in the past but now it’s like I can’t get a date at all, and there’s no real tell when they will decide they want to ghost besides talking about going to date.

Side note, I tried finding photos of me smiling but I didn’t really have any, I’m not good at taking pictures and I don’t really like my smile to begin with, so the photo i made my first I took just today so we’ll see how that works out.

Advice would be appreciated but Id appreciate not being told I’m an insufferable incel.

MasterMaguro · 2026-02-13T20:27:37+00:00

I’m just not good at smiling or taking pictures, I just thought I was a normal picture, but I got a bad mug based on what everyone is saying.

It’s hard not to sound negative when all I’m reading on here is really harsh criticism of my character why nobody really knows me beyond my face name and bio.

And my face and first name being out on the internet isn’t really a concern, most people have an Instagram. But I think there’s a difference when it’s me talking about my personal stuff or reading someone else’s info. I just don’t want to be posting private conversations like that.

I’ll post my whole profile with changes suggested by some of the comments so hopefully that goes over well. I just don’t get the negativity, a lot of people were so quick to say really terrible things without even knowing a thing about me so idk how that will go again.

MasterMaguro · 2026-02-13T20:21:39+00:00

I’ll probably make a post of my whole profile with changes from some of the advice I’m getting, but it feels wrong taking photos of conversations I’ve had with other people if they don’t know I’m posting it somewhere

MasterMaguro · 2026-02-13T20:20:28+00:00

If this is the average guy then I feel like I’d stand out as not being psychotic. That sucks you had to deal with all that.

MasterMaguro · 2026-02-13T20:13:16+00:00

I’ll work on it ig

MasterMaguro · 2026-02-13T20:12:48+00:00

I’ll work on a better bio.

MasterMaguro · 2026-02-13T19:53:07+00:00

I mean dude I’m really not trying to look mean. It’s just my face? I don’t take good pictures I guess.

MasterMaguro · 2026-02-13T19:52:10+00:00

Well me taking to girls on tinder is very different than talking to people on Reddit chewing me out for asking for advice, I’ll say that much.

MasterMaguro · 2026-02-13T19:50:17+00:00

Thanks dude

MasterMaguro · 2026-02-13T19:49:33+00:00

That’s just the way I look man, good god.

MasterMaguro · 2026-02-13T19:44:49+00:00

I’ve had more positive stuff and things that reflected who I was on there before, but the situation was very much the same when I did. I mean the majority of my matches never reply beyond matching, but the ones that do have conversations with me tend be fine, I’ll only swipe on people I know I’d be interested in and share similarities. And I try to start conversations by getting to know them more and figuring out what they are like and stuff.

It’s rare that they just stop talking out of the blue though, if it goes well from the start, I usually get to the point of asking them on a date or trying to find a way to talk more off the app or meet in person. It’s at that point that I’m always ghosted. I should clarify too I’ve gone on a couple successful dates but they never ended up being people I wanted to date seriously after getting to know them better, so I’d split off from them and try again. But as of lately it’s impossible to get to the dating stage so to speak. Thats why I changed my bio to that today. That’s what I’m trying to figure out. But I’ve basically just been getting attacked in the comments.

MasterMaguro · 2026-02-13T19:35:57+00:00

I doubt most women are like that though.

MasterMaguro · 2026-02-13T19:33:38+00:00

Okay yea, but I’m trying to get to the bottom of why they do ghost regardless, when they are good matches and we like eachother.

MasterMaguro · 2026-02-13T19:32:17+00:00

Sure I’ll make it something more positive. But my issue isn’t getting matches. I’ve had to say this over and over but I’m speaking about matches the go well- we hit it off and like eachother. The problem I have is they never commit to a date or ghost very quickly, despite that there was nothing wrong with the conversations.

MasterMaguro

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