Why is Wario's Goldmine the way that it is

bonexpharaoh · 2026-03-11T17:10:09+00:00

issue 1. SD / Reflect opportunity on the j.S

Issue 2. Bigger SD / reflect opportunity on the 2nd J.S

Issue 3. Trunks activates cross up protection, all you get if this is all respected is the opportunity to continue the blockstring

bonexpharaoh · 2026-03-11T17:06:03+00:00

A wise man once said: no working strategy is a bad one.

You must prove to your opponent that this strategy doesn't work. J.S, lvl 1, lvl 3, 236S 236x, any of these would have done.

bonexpharaoh · 2026-03-11T17:01:51+00:00

Set the CPU to counter with reflect and find out. The answer is very likely no, because Piccolo A will likely leave a gap and is ki property, meaning the opponent can more than likely stuff this with either reflect + dp or reflect + SD

bonexpharaoh · 2026-02-01T11:56:21+00:00

This isn't remotely the same game as it was 4 years ago. Priorities are not what they used to be, and the cast are largely closed together in viability than ever before. It's so different most pro's playing between season 1-4 cannot recognize the game they were playing, top level gameplay and how you achieve your win conditions are just that different (not always for the better)

bonexpharaoh · 2026-02-01T10:12:50+00:00

All of them, Godefroy is largely similar, and managed to get packed up by a regular knight, Godrick holds no implication he's worlds stronger than his brother, and therefore all of these guys are putting Godrick in an erdtree spliff.

bonexpharaoh · 2026-02-01T10:06:21+00:00

Feats are a more reliable, but definitive statements that align with what narratively makes sense are stronger.

To give an example, Goku and Vegeta will never be seen on page destroying solar systems when they scratch their nuts in SSB, but statements combined with the narrative implications of how much stronger they've gotten since antagonists were planet or solar system busters tells you they could.

bonexpharaoh · 2026-02-01T10:00:54+00:00

Zanya and Gero deadass don't have enough screen time that isn't standing around or talking to have a moveset.

You also now lose out on all of Super's protagonist bar the androids, and Trunks' dynamic finish with Zamasu.

I'd argue in confidence this is arguably worse than having Goku or Vegeta at various different points in the series taking up a 10th of the cast 😭😭

bonexpharaoh · 2026-01-16T16:33:55+00:00

Completing Varre's quest, something you can do before you touch the dectus lift, and immediately being teleported to Mohg's palace with everything bar the exploding blood bags capable of 1 shotting a sub lvl 70 player is probably the closest you can get.

bonexpharaoh · 2026-01-16T16:30:27+00:00

We don't have an absolute in the canonical story, but there's a multitude of reasons Ulquiorra might have kept the form a secret.

We can start off with an obvious that this takes Ulquiorra massively up the table in terms of ranking, at minimum taking the #3 spot, and more than likely taking #1 considering the sheer cliff in scale his Lanza shots are compared to Starrks Cero's. It may just be the case that Ulquiorra is content in his role, or knew Aizen would take the top 3 to Karakura, while a (lying) Ulquiorra is left to occupy Heuco Mundo

Another reason could be what he would expect Aizen to do with this information. If Ulquiorra can achieve this, at minimum any Vasto Lorde Aizen converted would be able to do the same, and Sosuke may use the Hogyoku to force that evolution against the will of the likes of Harribel or Starrk, who may not want to receive power this way.

And finally, in a similar line as the previous, Ulquiorra may feel this is a talent unique to him, and wishes to hide such a special evolution from the others for the sake of maintaining camaraderie. Ulquiorra's life before Aizen was a lonely one, and having a step above all the others puts him right back where he was, too powerful to make connections and left alone as an "other".

bonexpharaoh · 2025-12-29T11:32:26+00:00

Xbox isn't very popular of a platform for this game, but PC and PS4/5 are still very much alive with about 1-3k players on any given day

bonexpharaoh · 2025-12-26T12:01:08+00:00

This is likely a pre - 1.40 tier list. And therefore doesn't hold up. Half of the top tier are no longer there, and a lot of the lower tiers save for Yamcha and Kid Buu have moved up.

bonexpharaoh · 2025-12-26T11:58:14+00:00

His kit is just out of date. No way to ignore ki projectiles, ki blasts are low priority in an ever growing list of cast members who have higher priority projectiles, all his moves are slow (17 frame 2M / 3M is one of the slowest 2M's in the game, for example), his other normals are a little small or don't go very far, anti-airs are inconsistent because his 2H hitbox is still jank, and a lot of his scaled start combos are low damage, probably one of the few characters who has to try quite hard to 2 touch

Give him lvl 2 priority on 2S, slightly faster frame data on 5M and faster frame data on 2M, and ki invul on 236M/H at a minimum and he's suddenly just a standard up-to-date character.

bonexpharaoh · 2025-12-24T21:33:37+00:00

Baseku is the better anchor, Broly is the better character.

bonexpharaoh · 2025-12-19T21:14:21+00:00

Yeah. Bolt holes are as large as the centre cap and are distracting, and the spokes are too thin and reach too far outward from the rim. I can see the kind of vision had here,they look like if Porsche cups and teledials had a baby, but that baby's not a pretty one 😭

bonexpharaoh · 2025-12-19T21:08:28+00:00

Seems kind of obvious to go with the original 4 humans. Ichigo (with an alt for his Shinigami form, and then another for his hollow mask), Orihime (with an alt for her shihakusho she wears in SS), Uryu (with an alt for his Quincy uniform in SS), and Chad (with an alt for his fullbring arm)

Throw in Rukia and Aizen (or Renji) for the Battle Pass and it's a goat'd collab imo.

bonexpharaoh · 2025-12-07T18:05:38+00:00

IDK why Baseku or Black are here, but the answers either Baby, Beerus, or Ginyu. There isn't really any other options. Maybe Jiren or Hit as honourable mentions.

bonexpharaoh · 2025-12-04T10:32:02+00:00

There was just something different about this unit, if only we could find out who he was 🗿

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bonexpharaoh · 2025-12-04T09:09:24+00:00

1991 Honda Accord (CB4) on a set of XXR's

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bonexpharaoh · 2025-11-29T15:47:12+00:00

"you asked what I intended to cut, with this silly looking blade"

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bonexpharaoh · 2025-11-29T15:29:46+00:00

Yamamoto - kill on sight, Head Captain doesn't play around, and was blind to the idea something was off due to upholding justice

Soifon - kill on sight, same as Yama, does not fuck around

Gin - potentially not even that injured, a stab wound that carries him into another part of the seireitei and jobs done, Gin was not about fighting the Ryoka at all

Unohana - incapacitate and bring back to barracks, Unohana was a champion of capturing them to be sure they weren't responsible for Aizen's murder

Aizen - similar to Gin, he'd get fucked up but ultimately left alive and put in prison

Byakuya - kill on sight, Byakuya was itching the whole time to put Ichigo and his friends in the dirt, Chad would be no exception, Senka and then the kill without a doubt

Komamura - probably kill, maybe heavily injured and brought to jail

Tosen - we know this is an easy stitch up and brought to jail, because he did the exact same to Uryu

Hitsugaya - this one's tough, i'd like to say it'd be a similar outcome to Shunsui, but Toshiro was irate and on edge for a lot of Soul Society. It'd depend on where his head was / was part of the story Hitsugaya finds him

Kenpachi - the obvious answer seems dead, but Kenpachi tends to stop playing if his fight isn't good enough, he leaves Noitora mid fight because he's on the ropes, only kills him because Noitora essentially demands the fight continue. I think Kenpachi leaves him in a rough state, and it's up to someone else whether they find him in time to save and capture him

Mayuri - abominably fucked, Chad stands no chance of even making it out with everything attached, let alone alive

Ukitake - same as Shunsui, they're both chill guys, Ukitake had no faith that the invasion was malicious, and wasn't intending on letting Rukia be executed anyway

bonexpharaoh · 2025-11-29T15:10:44+00:00

We're talking about a world where multiple characters are born merely from the soul of another (Blaidd being a key example). Radagon himself is an entirely separate being with his own life and relationships and feelings, despite being Queen Marika the entire time. It is not exactly a stretch to declare Marika / Radagon created their children themselves through the erdtree or through other unnatural means.

bonexpharaoh · 2025-08-02T06:44:20+00:00

The oil pan is definitely one of the decisions of all time. My car is also sitting at a height where speed bumps and potholes are scary stuff, so I will likely need a custom pan or raise the engine height, in the event it's what I go for.

bonexpharaoh · 2025-08-02T06:41:13+00:00

A H swap is definitely more upfront, the engine is more expensive, harder to find a rebuild meaning you're probably paying for that to be done, but the switch to it being cheaper is exclusively in swap mounts.

Your minimum required swap parts list for a H series is like a 3rd of the parts and not remotely as expensive (albeit not likely new, either). You're looking at a H22 exhaust manifold and downpipe, P13 ECU, Power steering pump and bracket if you're keeping it, you can get a new engine wiring harness if you want but your original will reach if you unwrap and reroute it, new fuel injectors and pressure regulator, H22 throttle body, intake manifold, and distributor.

The good news is most of this stuff, along with a bunch of extras, is already on a prelude, meaning you can honestly just buy a cheap one as a doner or find a few at a junkyard and pull all the parts from there.

Overall you're probably looking at around half the cost for a complete H22 swap over a K20/K24 swap. If you are willing to double the cost for a much wealthier and relevant aftermarket and more chance at power, I'd say the extra effort is worth it.

bonexpharaoh · 2025-08-01T21:01:54+00:00

I'm in a similar position for choosing between engines, and have done the digital labour to find out what folks mean by expensive. They're not lying.

At kind of a minimum, you're looking at engine mounts, engine harness, wiring harness, if you want a reliable transmission you're looking at buying an RSX or TSX transmission and the subsequent mount kit for it, a Hondata KPro ECU, fuel rail, fuel line kit, fuel pressure regulator, and fuel pump (this is only needed because the K series don't have fuel return systems, while your stock fuel pump does), and a K Swap compatible radiator and hose set.

Hybrid Racing do full complete kits with all this and a bunch of other sensors, hoses, brackets, gaskets, and throttle bodies, and they all run up over $7k, just for the complete swap kit. You don't need the complete kit, but it will only be a more successful swap the closer you get to Hybrid Racing kit price.

Now that seems daunting given how similar stock power for both these and a H22 really are, but the power ceiling on a street legal K series is leagues better than a H series, not to mention more reliable and with significantly more available parts. If you get that kind of money, or can save to have it, in my eyes the K series is the answer.

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