So I got to play a good Alex finally yesterday, that shit is scary. It’s not all just hype, Alex is GOOD.
I think I might change my stance on Polimar. His game at neutral is SO BAD. As far as I can see he has no safe anti air, all of his jump options suck, and generally, he just gets out poked by like… everything. He’s good once he gets in but honestly, the chances to get inside with him unless you’re playing Ryu assist come very rarely.
Wow, is good to hear that Alex is doing well in this game, and about Polimar, is very frustrating sometimes, especially when you accidentaly do his grab hyper in the air and waste a meter.
It’s kinda strange to see that Polimar isn’t considered so great anymore. I remember reading forum posts on other forums when CGoH had been out for a while and seeing a lot of people saying Polimar was the best character in the game excluding Karas infinites.
I did use Polimar in CGoH, but I had to give him up in UAS. It’s just too hard for me (online especially) to get in close. Then again, if he does get in, most characters are gonna end up losing at least half their life bar, and that’s usually before Polimar uses Shinku Kakategoma.
By the way, what’s the general opinion on Joe the Condor so far? I recently picked him up and i’m finding him to be a really good character with nice power, speed, and very reliable supers.
JoeC is very fast and does really high damage, but he doesn’t have very good mixup from what I’ve seen. I’d say he’s a solid character for sure, but I don’t really know what to do as him if the opponent just crouchblocks all day. Also I don’t really like his assist.
I can agree with that, especially with his assist. I’m trying to make him work with Zero, but I can never get my opponent in the right situation where Joe’s gun actually hits them so I can continue a combo or even just manage some extra damage.
Regarding Joe and mix-up:
When you’re pressuring your opponent with Joe’s godlike 5A, properly delaying your attack pattern will punish jumps, dashes, counter-poke attempts, and push-blocking. If you have your opponent afraid to do anything then simply throw 'em. Joe can get damage relatively well with just 5A’s, j.B’s and throws/air-throws. Occasionally mix in j.C with your pressure patterns also.
I like using Joe. He feels like he doesn’t rely heavily on assists like other characters, plus that kick is nice and combos into alot of shit. I can’t wait to see what people are gonna do with him.
Has anyome brought up Megaman yet? People I’ve asked say he sucks…
In SamuraiX’s opinion Polimar isnt that great, but alot of people will tell you otherwise. Polimar is a great character.
his assist works well with ken but not much else from what i’ve seen.
Are you talking about buffering a regular grab during his j.C? Because I thought that that there was enough time between the j.C and the buffered 6C grab to jab Alex before it comes out.
^ I was wondering about that too. I’ve been trying to grab after blocked dives during matches but haven’t been able to pull it off. Can you give us more details?
IIRC, you can’t throw an opponent that is still in blockstun. You have to wait for the stun to wear off and then throw on the very next frame for it to work ideally.
Alex’s close jab and hcb+c will grab on block. However due to the knockback from blocked attacks blocking j.C into grab or command grab not possible. He’s either too high or too far.
You can time Alex’s tick grabs so that the opponent cannot jump out after the blocked normal - it looks to be a frame or two when they’re leaving blockstun. Also works when pushblocking certain normals though the timing is different.
I haven’t been able to test this myself, but I’ve been told that if he times correctly to make the throw unjumpable, if you just left your character in neutral then they will not get grabbed.
I’m not sure how it’s done, I only used Alex in Arcade mode, once or twice. I had it done to me multiple times. My counter for that is jump back while blocking.
if j.C hits, he will grab you.
So what does the tier list look like?
There isnt one.
Yet. Though I think the first reliable one will be after Evo, unless there’s another big tourney before it.
few changes but that is the tier list glhf.