Dudley isn’t even that bad off against grapplers. He can’t keep them out as long since he doesn’t have a fireball but he isn’t as free against grapplers as Cody is once they get in. Dudley has cross counter vs crossup splash stuff from THawk and has EX DP for other stuff, and short swing blow is throw invincible. Dudley’s corner carry is also incredible meaning that if it’s much easier to regain any ground he loses while Cody’s corner carry isn’t bad (mostly just because of F+HK - MK Ruffian) it’s not really exceptional either.
Cody is better, but not dramatically except perhaps in the Hugo MU. Hell, Ultradavid thinks both Gief - Dudley and Gief - Cody are 6-4 Gief. Hugo - Dudley is 7-3 Hugo and 5-5 for the Cody MU in his opinion (and he isn’t shy about giving out bad MUs, he put Gouken - Hugo as 8-2 Gouken.)
Dudley - Gief is much worse than Cody - Gief though. Dudley - Gief was borderline 7-3 Gief in 2012 and Cody - Gief is closer to an even match-up (might be slight advantage to Gief). And Cody obviously does much better against Hawk and Hugo (so far).
I learning Juri and yun. I would have picked Dudley up if i hadn’t looked into them before and only played one char.
Throw by cody: fuck it ima hold down back or mash stand tech. No way im gonna get counter hit. Then again I can mash backdash/focus backdash as well, he has no low confirm. Crouch teching is unnecessarily dangerous.
Throw by dudley: Fuck how do i block? Stand tech = low into combo, crouch tech = meaty overhead. Should i just mash reversal or backdash? But what if he baits it or OSes my backdash.
Which one would you rather have.
Especially since with 1 bar dudley rapes cody in the damage department + he has low confirms.
Im still gonna play cody but i see it happening less and less as i get used to my other chars [My juri is awful lol and my yun is mediocre]
I’ve pretty much switched to Cammy and Ken already, jumping back and forth between them depending on my mood. And really, why wouldn’t I? Aside from combo damage, Ken more or less does everything Cody does but better. They’ve got a somewhat similar playstyle, but Ken’s far stronger both long- and mid range, his defensive options are miles ahead, he’s got better ways to close distance, and he’s got scarier close-up mix-ups than Cody. Cody has… a better focus attack, a better backdash, and does more damage when he gets a hit.
Cammy can’t really be compared the same way, as she’s a different kind of character. However, she’s a easy-to-use rushdown monster with a very, very solid neutral game due to great walkspeed and pokes. It just feels good to be able to control space and be rewarded with offense, and not have people throw you out of said offense once you get there. Or, you know, I could just yell “screw this neutral game” if I get beaten badly on the ground throw out a random EXCS. Or I could do it if I’m winning the neutral game for that matter, because that move is still stupidly good.
Cody just doesn’t do as well in neutral or have the tools to open people up that Cammy and Ken (and many other characters) have. It’s just more fun and more rewarding to play them than it is to play Cody right now.
I’m sticking with the Metro City brawler for the long haul. Sure there are better characters to play as, but I have the most fun with him. Big fan of Final Fight, and played him a lot in Alpha 3 so he’s the one character that had my interest in the whole Street Fighter series. As for not having the tools, I’ll make them work however I can. Seeing some people drop him or not play him as much is a bit depressing but hey what can you do? -Cody Shrug-
I’m one of the players who has been shying away from using Cody since USFIV…
I still really like playing Cody though. In Endless lobbies i sometimes start with Cody to make sure i won’t get kicked, like when i would pick Yun haha. Honestly though, i’m still more comfortable with Cody than any of my other characters and i do prefer using Cody in certain matchups. Overall i’m actively switching between Cody and Yun to keep things interesting, been playing Cody almost solely until halfway through AE: 2012 and it was time for something new. Nothing to do with being dissapointed with Cody in USFIV though…lol
Like eternals said. Hybrid Crossing Guard, Air traffic Signaler.
I also think there is a touch of jailmaster and “Do you even Squat Bro?” [Those black pants make him looke even more top heavy than before if that was even possible]
Apparently hes also an avid bike rider [rolled up pant leg and hole on one knee due to a terrible fall]
However, wtf is that bib-esque thing around his neck…
Cody: Forever low tier in gameplay viability and alt costume viability…
Its like the took his jeans alt.
Swapped the color of his jeans,
ripped a hole over the knee, clipped one leg and added a band around his calf for it to be “rolled up”,
Thought, “hmm how about we swap the mini gun dongle with a set of mid century jail keys that we were going to use on hugo/decapre mideval alts but didnt”,
We can retexture his tanktop and idk is that good enough?
Intern: I have a great idea lets add a crossing guard vest and you know that black and white shirt we scrapped? Trim it up a bit and making into a bib…thing…er… something.
Capcom: Brilliant, green light that shit and call it a day.
The modern jail Cody is actually a reference to the worst entry in the Final Fight series and IMO non-canon (they made Guy into a fucking gang leading yakuza style drug lord and gave Cody a dipshit little brother Kyle)
and to add to that horrible garbage, Cody took some drugs and turned into some monster or some shit…just ugh.
I would have been fine if they gave cody his FF1 outfit. But his Alt 1 is pretty much FF1 redux. Cody could have a beanie hat on without a shirt and baggy pants on and i’d have been happy.
I just wish there was a FF1 redux without the dumb gun pendant + tribal tats + 1 glove thing which looks stupid as hell. Too “dudebro”
THIS is the outfit they should have given Cody:
Tom Cody from Streets of Fire was the original inspiration for Cody from Final FIght. (really it was a heavy inspiration for FF1 and Streets of Rage entirely)
