Ive been playing around with E.Iori, I wonder what you think makes him good, not that Im saying he’s not, but more what makes him better than reg iori as I would put them around the same level, but I guess thats a different thread.
I understand the idea behind the split in the community though.
He has an amazing walking speed–seems like his normals don’t have as much recovery, he has more punishing opportunities since his rekkas actually have juggle potential. E-Iori with RC is probably damn strong. N or C. E-Iori is pretty good, despite being without command grab.
e.iori doesnt need the grab
link stand jab easily after ridiculous low jump rh (into rekkas, into dp if near corner, into you’re probably stunned)
hes so fast he gets in nearly for free. mix up run, low jump, regular jump, roll
he can punish tech rolls off of midscreen rekkas (or sweep, or regular throw) by running up and doing another combo
he walks so fast he’s pretty much always able to threaten with throw, which opens up people for low shorts
basically:
Ah cool. That makes sense, I somehow didn’t take into account that his run would be faster than regular iori’s as I was always messing around in C-groove.
Random notes
you can do rekka into super midscreen off of certain combos you just have to do a fp rekka than a MP rekka, lvl 2 works and lvl 3 also works.
He can do more damage off regular combos but probably can’t punish the tech roll with
combo into fp rekka, mp rekka, sweep. Does about 100 more damage.
Full Stun Combo near corner
Jump rh, Stand fp, rekka, rekka, st.fp xx dp super [1 hit] whiff 1 mp rekka, hit second rekka, DP+hp is 65 stun, add a fireball before and it stuns 70 for sure, maybe even 80?
Its cool he’s good and all, he’s still fun to fuck around with. I also noticed there isn’t an evil iori forum in the characters threads.
low jump roundhouse, link jab is nuts. you can get really far with just standard low jump rh/empty low jump short/empty low jump throw mix ups
add to that he has rc rekkas (into big potential damage), and he only needs to be about half-screen away to run after a jab fireball
just try him out in ngroove. it’s borderline broke
If people want something different maybe they should try running a tournament without Sagat/Cammy/Blanka/Bison/Sakura/Vega. There’s a whole bunch of mid-top/mid tier characters with potential in this game imo, doing a tournament without top tiers might help people see that there’s more to CvS2 than just A-are or K-CBS.
or no a groove at all.