s.L - short jab
s.M - short left hook
s.H - laser angled down
s.S - launches the opponent with his tail
c.H - laser angled up
^the lasers are chainable into launcher so these can be used as hit confirms. might be difficult to hit confirm with this guy due to his short reach
he has a ground forward lunging attack that looks like Zero’s Shippuga. possibly a command normal and can chain into s.H
j.L - short ranged knife slash
j.M - forward rocket attack. you can use this for a pseudo boxdash if for whatever reason you didn’t use his command dash lol. goes up to 2 hits.
j.S - Rocket sends the opponent flying with a powerful explosion. looks tricky to air combo into due to j.M’s forward momentum
he seems to have the ability to float like Storm. we might see some float cancel combos with this guy as well.
command dash: this is what makes RR so fast. these are dashes that “chain” into each other, similar to Storm’s Lightning Attacks. they can go in all 8 directions, and is also Air OK. this is fast enough to cross the opponent up with select assists to hold them in place. AND YOU CAN BLOCK!
specials:
the cannon projectile can be followed up with another shot. the ground shot OTGs. Air OK.
Bear trap: huge wall of spikes that OTGs and causes a ground bounce if done after a flying screen knockdown. doesn’t seem to do much if the opponent is standing.
Oil Balloon: does nothing until you ignite it with s.H. it then becomes like Dorm’s Flame Carpet
(Viktorkain has the other traps correct, check his post OP)
Burrowing: by common sense, will only go in front of or behind the opponent.
hypers:
“LEEEET’S ROCK N’ ROOOOOLLL”: multiple gatling gun shots followed by a large energy sphere explosion.
Sonic the Hedgehog Spring: not sure if this OTGs, but it can be angled in one of three directions. comboable if angled straight up.
Level 3: OTGs, does decent damage, nothing much to say. “AAAAHH LOVE THE SMELL OF NAPALM IN THE MORNIN’”
Boulder overhead
Shrapnel small explosion?
Bear is the one that comes out of the ground and hits you
Net is the one that takes you up into the air unable to move
Log Wall bounces
Oil can be set on fire
Hes going to be so fun to play still putting him second I can already see how that log assist will help Skrull.
Im thinking that a lock down assist like Jam Session or Virgil sword dash would be godlike for him.
I still cant tell if he will zone or rushdown more, he has so many tools.
But if zoning was the way to go then maybe something like storm’s assist would be great to keep away.
We’ll see, oh and we can’t forget he might be really good with x factor too.
My first RR team will be Rocket Raccoon/Dante (Jam Session)/Doom (Plasma Beam)
Perfect team to either zone or rush
In the comics R.R seems to be a little less serious, but I have no issues with him here, looks fantastic.
I think he’s going to be more a point character tbh, certainly if he can build meter fast but his health (or lack of) may affect that.
Looking forward to Rocket’s assist me episode
I think a team of
Rocket/Doom (Hidden Missiles) /Dr.Strange (Homing Ring projectile?) or
Rocket/Doom (Hidden Missiles) /Dormammu (Black Hole)
Would be an extremely good keepaway team. Rocket laying all those traps and spamming projectiles whilst the other two assist would be hella annoying.
Damn he definitely looks like one of the strongest out of the new cast. Insane mobillity on this guy. Why in the world did they give him a teleport, lol. Rocket is gonna be a blast
Beam hypers might give this guy trouble. He’s got a lot of projectiles but they seem to be either activated by enemy actions (traps) or don’t appear to have high durability.
I thought it was an appropriate reference to the character and not something like Hacker Hawkeye’s “Rocky IV” or your typical “Hyper Raccoon Beam” or some other nonsense. I even show the page where the reference comes from. It’s badass.
Anyway, I embedded the YouTube version of the trailer, added a couple of screenshots, etc. Gonna watch Seth’s breakdown again to get better acquainted with his normals and such to update that portion also. I see maziodyne already started.
I’m not a fan of it either, but it’s WAY better than the other thread titles just due to the sheer fact that it’s an actual Rocket Raccoon quote. No offense meant to any of the other thread makers, but it was really lame to see a bunch of titles that clearly had nothing to do with Rocket Raccoon outside of the “HE’S A RACCOON! HIS NAME IS ROCKY!” thing. At least this is topical.
