It does. The better Grundy players cancel their combos into the chain grabs for more damage and the same applies for Catwoman, Green Arrow and Batman (when bats are already summoned). With how Ares trait works it should apply to him too but I can’t say for sure.
Good to know, thanks.
Also, random note. Remember when someone said that Nightwing would be the most used character possibly? He’s the only character on TYM to not have his channel even posted in today.
batman, aquaman, green lantern, black adam, superman, and shazam seem like great characters for beginners.
that’s precisely what i was thinking about hawkgirl. counters high-tier, gets plucked outta the air by green arrow.
Profound sadness. I will have to create an account to get the Nightwing train started
TYM?
I kind of expected more from Sinestro’s trait than that single puny little turret he got.
Test Your Might.
Well, it’s either Nightwing, Deathstroke, or Batman.
Doomsday’s probably going to be very popular online because of his super armor trait.
The game’s not even out and I know people are crying “Nerf”.
can’t sinestro fire a fire a shot while he’s blocking, though? if so, that’s really good.
It’s not super armor. He can be interrupted. The trait seems to just reduce his hit stun, and prevents him from being knocked down or launched.
People are definitely going to whine about it, though. I can guaran-damn-tee that nearly everything even slightly good will catch tons of whining. This happens any time a new game is launched.
Captain Marvel’s trait isn’t so much that it makes his punches unblockable, it makes it so that they deal full damage on block. so you aren’t put into hitstun if you block them, but you get hurt as much as if you were getting hit by them (just like black adam’s orbs).
obviously this makes finding out where his strings aren’t airtight paramount, as well as countering his offense when he has the trait activated. just simple unblockable punches would’ve been so broken lol. I knew there was something more to it.
so does that mean people will have to come up with doomsday trait-specific combos? you know, maximizing damage without launching.
More likely…people will just avoid attacking that hard against Doomsday.
I think it will be more important to focus on using attacks that have short recovery, or strings that get you out of his face when they’re done (e.g. Batman’s b+Medium, Heavy), as the game seems to rely on launches and bounces to do heavy damage. His hitstun is so drastically reduced that he will be able to easily punish many strings. Keep in mind that while your combo potential is reduced while his trait is up, his potential is still fully there.
So, the optimum strategy will likely be to simply use hit and run tactics until the shield drops, while giving him little opportunity to lay into you. Running away will be paramount, as Doomsday players will likely rushdown while the trait is up, as you can’t do anything to stop his jumps. He’s also immune to throws. Essentially, all of the normal options to stop pressure just won’t be there, so don’t even get into that situation, just stay away from him.
I don’t have the game yet, so I can’t get into the lab and determine if his blockstun and trait hitstun are similar, but I’d be willing to bet that anything that isn’t safe on block won’t be safe on hit while the trait is up.
Word on the street is that the meter burn version of Doomsday’s Meteor Smash type move tracks. And by the street, I mean the movelist screenshots that were posted in this thread a little while ago. Meaning if he has meter and trait, you’re not exactly gonna have an easy time running. Dude’s gonna be a monster.
Well, this’ll probably be a fun first day online.
I’ll just stay offline and play Story mode and Arcade.
Also its unblockable for those who don’t know. So uhhhh…yeah…
The good news is he has literally two lows, his sweep and his ground pound. So, uh, block it out I guess? Gonna be a fun fight for sure.
So the main strategy will be Poke and Run, won’t it?
Just realise that Nightwing is Robin. I now know who I am playing :S.
…Which one? Dick, Jason, Tim, or Damian?