Against better judgement, I was playing Soriz last night instead of sleeping.
This is definitely a character for men. By that, I mean you have to have a lot of patience before doing big damage.
-He’s very slow with his movement, comparable to Ladiva and Vas.
-His Azreal Glower/Zangief Flex can absorb multiple attacks, but only accepts one for the SOIYA counter even in a chain. You can input another command to get people off of you but I don’t think there’s a way to combo from it. It also takes damage so you can die from it when you have low health. Absorbs normals, specials and projectiles. But not grabs and supers.
-His dash punch is a must when you play him. Every version safe on block and every normal can combo into light and ex punch. It’s gonna be the fastest way you move through the stage.
-Multi punches have short range but there also safe on block. It also pushes the opponent back less than the dash punch so you can stick out a quicker button once it finished.
-Rock smash is not a reversal. Think it knocks down on it, can’t remember. I do remember that the ex version launches, leading to stupid damage if you’re in the corner.
-His kick special is also not a reversal. Didn’t really mess with this too much so I don’t even know if it’s an anti-air. It definitely knocks down and the ex version is used in the corner combo.
His super is his only reversal. Does some great damage but is pretty short range.
His install makes him faster and improves his specials. His multi punches get follow ups, dash punch is stronger, rock smash’s hitbox seems better and I still don’t know what kick does. Not sure if it’s worth using over the damage the regular super does.
The giant punch is install exclusive. VERY short range, pretty much point blank range. Also does pretty low damage (at first) but that’s because it’s unblockable. I’ve heard the attacks absorbed in the Zangief flex powers it up but I never payed attention to it. Also doesn’t seem to have any invincibility. I tried to do an autocombo into it and the Kat I was facing just DPed against it.
He’s a big weirdo and Djeeta is definitely better than him. But I did have fun with him. I’ll try him again next time I get the chance.