Well, besides that most tournaments are switching to MvC3.
I probably sound stupid, so if I do, please excuse and correct me, but I notice that besides Sanford Kelly in EVO 2009, we rarely ever see a Cable-based team anymore. It’s mostly MSS, MSP, Santhrax, and Matrix. How come?
A lot of players that run any form of Storm or Magneto based teams have amazing rushdown that most Cable players aren’t able to keep them away from getting raped.
^Pretty much. It’s pretty hard for him if he doesn’t have assists or meter. Storm and Magneto OTOH do better in a Street Fighter matchup.
There’s also the fact that Cable is god tier in MvC2 not really because of how well he performs against other god/top tier characters, but because of how well he completely shuts down everyone without an air dash, flight, or some other form of air mobility.
yes.
the game has progressed to the point where even a good sentinel player has a good matchup against a cable without backup from commando.
the reason being is that cable can only get good damage WHEN THE OPPONENT FUCKS UP. other than that all his damage is going to be from jab viper beam/grenade/drones. and against storm/mag/ironman, all the chip damage in the world doesnt amount to one CLEAN hit.
FUCK THAT SHIT
APPARENTLY NO ONE WAS PAYING ATTENTION TO SBR, THE LAST GREAT TOURNEY FOR MVC2
POTTER WAS SHOOTIN NIGGAS ERRYWHERE
nah but for real, Cable is amazing (my favorite x-man outside the game too!) but if I had a good storm id play storm/sent/cable.
if youre playing online, Cable will be more than enough to deal with 70-80% of online players. Not everyone you run into is gonna be yipes XD
Cable has Gone from a Lead to a second slot character over the years ( Usually storm leading to deal with Mags,other Storm and sent ) But basically Cable vs any of those 3 gets shut down in high level. So what People do is use storm to build meter and use it for Cable followed by a Capcom or cyc assist.
No:
Storm vs Cable is about even 5 to 5
Cable vs Cable
Magneto vs Cable is about 6.5 to 3.5
Cable vs Sentinel is like 7 to 3
Storm/Cable/Capcom doesn’t even break the top 10 of good teams…
If its point vs point then its more:
Storm vs Cable 6-4
Cable vs Cable
Magneto vs Cable 7-3
Cable vs Sentinel 7-3
Cable is just too dependent on the other god making a mistake while getting mauled by a Sent/Mag/Storm. Doesn’t help that one mistake from Cable can lead to his death or a HUGE amount of damage lost.
I would hope he meant Storm/Cable/Sentinel even if he said Capcom/Cyke assist :x
i always felt cable fought storm the best
How so?
IMO, cable can stop storm from running away better than he can stop magneto from rushing him down or sent from stomping on his head. he can also deal with storm’s rushdown better than mags rushdown. it’s still uphill for him but out of the other top 3, in a 1 on 1 id rather fight storm if im cable
I think it’s just that ahvb powa! Doesn’t matter how many advantages they have if they are going to make a mistake at some point then cable can always come back and take the game. Just that one bad assist call or one unsafe move and it can be over.
Because people would rather play as a robot, nig(g)er or hymie
Cable is still a force but as EricGGMusic stated above, the level of rush down proficiency has evolved to the point where people can force Cable to fight up close where he really doesn’t stand much of a chance against Storm, Mags, or a clutch play Sentinel. I’m not saying that Cable doesn’t have good options up close but lets face it, Storm and Mags rule at that range and Sent can always stay above Cable and bait out assits.
Nice avataar pic… (pun intended)…
Most people don’t have a sent that is greater than cable but obviously a few people do… But honestly ahvb gives cable a way to always 1up flight mode sent so long as you are quick and consistent with your TK motion he really can’t fly around safely at all. If he can’t do that then his options become pretty mid-tier (assuming you don’t make a lot of mistakes and eat HSF loops for the fun of it.)
Storm can be a lot harder but much like sent you can shut down many of her keep away options. She can still run but can’t really collect much damage on cable without rushing him down. Cable only needs 1 touch on storm… while she often needs at least two… so while she is definitely better I will tend to agree with nickguy and say that cable fights her about as well as anyone and better than most.
against sent in the corner just pushblock the feet and psimitar+cap
Seriously people need to stop posting retarded replies when they don’t even play Cable. It’s pretty dumb talking down a character you don’t even play anymore. Strider even with Doom is notches below any composition with Cable (ROW for example) and clock placed what, third place? But of course “Strider Doom” sucks because you’re comparing your ass version that you played in 2002 to someone who has been keeping up the whole time.
Just cause you haven’t leveled up your own game doesn’t mean Cable sucks… in fact, at Cable and Magneto benefit from a higher skill level of play rather than Sentinel or Storm who both greatly taper off once you get to a certain level. Honestly there is nothing that a Storm team can do to threaten Cable short of DHC of doom. And in a Cable vs Storm team situation it’s actually a lot more common for Cable to kill off Storm (even off of several mistakes) before Storm gets a single clean hit in.
Even worse, it’s different than vs Magneto where you land the DHC and you’re set cause of Mag’s low HP and the fact that he’s half chipped out already. Short of
using like 4 meters you cannot kill Cable off with one DHC of doom from near full health. Solo sentinel (or even with AAA) is awful against Cable with meter, especially since you probably don’t even have unfly mode yet.
Remarkably, these days, Sentinel is the god tier that requires the opponent to fuck up, short of an unblockable. Offline Sentinel’s strings are wholly blockable, or require him to sacrifice unfly to try a lame jump mixup.
Relax, it really isn’t that serious of a discussion, and for the record, no one said Cable sucked, that was all you, someone simply pointed out that you don’t see him quite as often anymore compared to some years. Cable is and will alway be a dominate force in the game people are just posting their experiences don’t poison the discussion by calling people out on opinions that differ from your own.
cable won EVO 09, and did pretty well at SBR. good enough for me