Dont know if he’s the best but he says the best quote
I cannot fucking wait for Central Fiction
Clark from KoF cuz everytime i played against him on ggpo i get blown up
As far as greatest grappler for a “specific game”?
Cyrax (in MK9)
-Gief especially his SFV version, combo with 360/720
-Daimon hes all over the place, hes big but yet cant be touched
-Condor, simple yet effective, both supers are great and his ABC anti air is fkn boss
honorable mention for Victor from VS, dude grabs you with his asshole!
condor spiring t hawk from the early ultra sf4 builds.
he wasnt the best grappler but damn was he hype.
Third Strike Alex is always going to be at the top for me, had every tool from the box, but I spent a huge chunk of SFIV with Abel. He did what a grappler should do - make the opponent afraid to give up their zone. Bullying players around the screen was great fun with him.
Cerebella and Kanae.
Zangief and Alex.
Honorable mentions to Hugo Birdie and R. Mika.
Zangief? There are two or three times where he’s a punching bag to every one where he doesn’t stink, and that’s probably because the game has glitches. He pioneered the concept of slow, low damage enourmous hurtbox which can be lamed all day long. If you want to win with grapplers, stay away from Capcom.
+1 For Daimon. He should be the true model for grapplers to follow.
Anyone who has played UNIEL: is Merkava a grappler? Somebody mentioned in another thread he could grab people from afar with his long limbs. That sounds dope.
Merk’s are hitgrabs. The grappler in UNIEL is Waldstein.
Who has, deservedly, gotten a few mentions in this thread already. Dude’s so good.
Merkava is kind of like Twelve from 3S, except he doesn’t suck.
whenever I hear about Waldstein, two things come to my mind:
- his theme music is awesome
- fighting Yuzuriha and Hilda feels hopeless, I don’t even expect to win, unless the opponent makes enough mistakes (and I have enough HP and time left, otherwise it feels like a waste of effort). Haven’t played enough against Gordeau or Vatista, who I feel might give Wald a hard time getting in when played well enough, like the former two.
What about Hokuto no Ken’s Mr. Heart?
Man I wish I still had those old Tobal 2 matches. Mary was so fucking good.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWO6iDefd-g
As for Marth being a good grappler…
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I give my vote to Q from SFIII:3S.
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[] Tons of health after three taunts (you can basically brush off getting hit by Chun-Li’s Super Art II like it’s nothing)
[] Combos after command grab are fun
[] Unique non-command grab specials for a grappler, encompassing both motion and charge moves
[] Overall moveset makes him feel like he weighs two metric tons
[] Has that “big guy” and “trying to scare you” feel that all true grapplers should have
[] Has the best parry animation in the game (a)
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Actually changing mine to Tamaki from Aquapazza.
Add the newcomer Mika
Git Gud 