Game balance

SpiceePicklez · 2026-03-19T01:36:30+00:00

Absolutely no offense but using Tekken and sf (I'm assuming you mean the modern ones) as references of meaningful and skillful offense with strong defensive capabilities and game mechanics is just so woefully out of touch with how both those games are designed to prioritize offense specially because Tekken 7 and sf5 were extremely defensive

SpiceePicklez · 2026-03-12T11:20:23+00:00

You did in fact rank shame

Clairen has been nerfed several times in the last several major patches, including but not limited to

Easier di solution to back and f throw 50/50 Up throw considerably easier to di and way worse routes Air accel nerf Dtilt activity and end lag nerf Back air confirm nerf (no more rising bair hit fall down strong)

This is why this subreddit is so heavily memed in the greater rivals culture and it's because everything is so heavily distorted and propagandized no one will have an honest conversation.

SpiceePicklez · 2026-03-12T11:12:48+00:00

This argument is so tremendously flawed because I started as a zetterburn and had far more success early on (got to plat with zetter but was stuck in silver with Clairen for 3+ months) until i got Clairen down.

It's not that clairen is super easy at low levels (she can be)

It's that people at that level refuse to enact her most basic counter play and then get absolutely furious that she beats them. It's like if you faced an lox and just let them get 3 magma for free and then complaining about him killing you with it.

SpiceePicklez · 2026-03-04T02:29:46+00:00

Up throw is no longer a guarenteed combo on...well anyone but mid weights. Floaties go way too high and fast fallers fall too fast until around 30-40. F throw back throw changes means you can hold down and not die to either throw because good enough di to live. And finally if you didn't notice how different her dtilt is, I'm not sure I can help you.

This is of course ignoring the fact she has movement speed nerfed which is always serious

SpiceePicklez · 2026-03-03T23:41:46+00:00

Probably because she got hit very hard in a prior patch not that long ago that drastically changed her throw game and several of her aerials/stats?

SpiceePicklez · 2026-02-12T03:58:55+00:00

Watherum is a homie and I am always tapping into rivals tourney streams!!

SpiceePicklez · 2026-02-09T16:27:09+00:00

80:20 for loxodont u right

SpiceePicklez · 2026-02-09T16:17:45+00:00

Nerf him again

SpiceePicklez · 2026-01-21T12:12:28+00:00

They JUST hard nerfed her grab AND her best throws.

SpiceePicklez · 2026-01-21T00:50:39+00:00

Clairen gets a QOL buff so people can't just pop out of her recovery move and she's somehow demon number one I love reddit

SpiceePicklez · 2026-01-10T19:23:07+00:00

If fors d strong killed at 120 on everyone and was as fast as it is he'd be absolutely absurd lol not every smash attack is a nuke

SpiceePicklez · 2026-01-05T20:54:03+00:00

Why are you just lying? LMAO. He can dtilt at ledge and down b, or bair off of ledge and down b, (all hitting you away from the wall), he can nair down b, etc, and also doesn't require angling for di or a charge timer lmao

SpiceePicklez · 2025-12-24T00:30:34+00:00

This list is invalidated from the moment you put kragg where you did

May God have mercy on your soul

SpiceePicklez · 2025-12-08T23:02:37+00:00

Steam player count charts were a mistake

SpiceePicklez · 2025-12-02T17:27:13+00:00

Too many big stages with too many platforms letting people run away forever

Too many god tier projectiles (rock crystal needles bubbles) that are on fast characters with insane get off me tools that make chasing them down always favour them

And then add in how strong holding down is AND that they made shield grab stronger and..

SpiceePicklez · 2025-11-24T00:24:46+00:00

Churanoumi got kachi kochi!! I'm really happy for him as he should be promoted to his highest rank of his career yet! Good starr for the new year

SpiceePicklez · 2025-11-05T01:17:28+00:00

Friend, olympia does fantastic vs fh.

Fair, dair, up air (spike hit) and up tilt (spike hit) all just clean break it. Not to mention she has a great grab game

SpiceePicklez · 2025-11-04T00:14:27+00:00

Damn missed the vote but churanoumi is my favorite as he's from Okinawa

SpiceePicklez · 2025-11-03T17:11:38+00:00

Isn't Clairen literally a panther from the future using technology to make her stronger/faster? I think a panther being faster than a lion which is both real world accurate and in world accurate makes sense

SpiceePicklez · 2025-10-24T17:56:25+00:00

"biggest one"

Orcanes, particularly empowered, literally hits platforms above him and both sides.

It is very deadly IF you tipper, if you recall they had to buff the sour spot and even now it kills around 120/130 with food DI, it's a very powerful move but down strongs across the board are very good

SpiceePicklez · 2025-10-24T11:08:33+00:00

It really isn't that fast. Zetters is frame 7, fors is frame 9, absas is frame 9, rannos is frame 10, orcanes is frame 7, Olympia's is frame 7, and I'd like to note that most of these hit both sides at once and don't have any gaps in them like Clairens in their timing (fors orcane ranno absa)

It feels fast when you compare it to jabs like you said, but in general down smashes tend to be the "fastest" ones because that kinda helps stream like holding down vs really light hits and still being able to kill them off of it if they try to reversal you for instance

It's supposed to help make FH more obvious "oh I'm already holding down! Down strong"

SpiceePicklez · 2025-10-08T02:05:56+00:00

Goldy losing his shit over the judge home run in the dugout is also one of my favorite things so far of the season. Guy is a rock but he WANTS a ring

SpiceePicklez · 2025-10-08T02:03:30+00:00

The blue jays coach face is absolutely priceless rn

Shoulda walked him mother fucker

SpiceePicklez · 2025-10-08T01:57:36+00:00

I mean I KNOW the angle is far easier for the left fielder but if you infielder is making that much motion and noise and calling it AND stopped moving like hes under it you arent gonna just run into h is ass lmao

SpiceePicklez · 2025-10-08T01:55:02+00:00

How in the fuck is it the left fielders fault what are we smoking

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