I take for granted all the time I spent with vanilla, and it’s easy to forget that once the scrub-chaff falls away, there will be a competitive SSF4 scene in which to partake.
That said, where do others see Cody in terms of tier, competitive edge, usefulness et al? Pure speculation, I know. But there seems to be something about the character which is yet to be revealed, and could well be a big deal.
Or that could just be wishful thinking and he’ll go the way of Fei Long; pulled out as a novelty character by the pros.
Me, I’m hopeful that in 12 months he’ll still be one of my mains. I guess we’re all just waiting and seeing? Interested in some thoughts on this. It’s fun to bamboozle people with him because it’s new, but hopefully there’s some depth there too.
Sorry if this is a bad thread or in the wrong place.
Not gonna get into tier placing, but I’ve been seeing this kinda talk alot lately, Chars did exist in SFIV that had bad wakeup but were high tier and up. He doesn’t have Akuma’s teleport but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’ll be automatically crap tier.
In the interest of fun he’s a good character and that’s enough for now. The real skeptic in me is concerned that the new characters will be as poorly optimised overall as SFIV’s console characters. But then again, people found stuff in Gen. And some Roses were amazing.
Man it really sucks being one of the robots; I hope I can discover something about Cody but I’ll probably be waiting for someone else and then co-opting that into my playstyle.
I think he will be mid to lower mid, most likely the latter. Main problem is all his specials are unsafe. He has nothing easily abuse-able, no easy chip damage… I’m with Golden Stance Kind on this, unless someone finds something… i dont hold much hope for cody in the long run… Hopefully im wrong!
I’ve been hearing from a lot of people that he’ll probably be middle tier which is fine by me. It’d be nice if he were higher but most of us here would still use him anyway, I know I will.
This period in the game is great though because the “official” tier lists aren’t out yet. Quite a few people are just using who they want without tiers influencing their choice, I’m enjoying this time while I can.
I would say mid-high. Dude can zone, rush, and stun like crazy, and you don’t NEED a godly reversal to be good. Besides, Dhalsim is even more free on wakeup, and it’s not like he’s ass-tier by any means.
Cody is versatile enough that I don’t see him dropping in rank later on. Decent fireball, with a fake option to TRULY psych people out, and a good moveset with some quality AA. Sure, he has no wakeup options, but neither does Chun Li, Balrog, and a few others, and they’re still pretty damn good powerhouses.
Sure, he may go the Blanka route, and a ton of his tricks won’t work forever (ie- F+HK whiff, throw), but he has solid comeback potential, somewhat easy (and damaging) combo’s, and the best damned theme music in the game.
i’d actually always imagined him as being placed mid-mid or high-mid at best. when i started playing the game i was really excited, and thought that he may even be top, but he’s easy to figure out, and has next to no options for getting vortexed or rushed down…not having good escape options hurts him a lot.
God yes. Everytime i’m online i keep fingers crossed that my opponent will pick Cody just so the awesome music will play. Also, Cody is a pretty fun matchup for me (Dee Jay).
As for tiers, funny thing I’ve noticed in every new character forum: list of complaints about the character’s weaknesses followed by a claim that the character in question is “mid/low-mid”. Dudley and Ibuki included. People never mention matchups in those posts either. Just a couple examples of specific scenarios where their character isn’t an absolute deity, then the mid/mid-low nonsense.
Everytime i’m online i keep fingers crossed that my opponent will pick Cody just so the awesome music will play. Also, Cody is a pretty fun matchup for me (Dee Jay).