EPTThere are obvious counters to Phoenix such as snap ins early and just catching her in the air when she is throwing fireballs but it's not that easy and most agree that her "drawbacks" more then make up for her advantages.
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Ramble
Sweden877 Posts
There are obvious counters to Phoenix such as snap ins early and just catching her in the air when she is throwing fireballs but it's not that easy and most agree that her "drawbacks" more then make up for her advantages. | ||
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
On August 01 2011 11:46 red_ wrote: Fairly sure a lot of JWong's new tech was supposed to be anti Phoenix, and he got knocked out by a non Phoenix team(he got knocked to losers by Viscant though, maybe he wanted to hide it for later?)... or he just wasn't comfortable enough with it to bust it out in top4. i think he dropped too much in those last few games | ||
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Al Bundy
7257 Posts
Well the whole game seems to be revolving around this particular character so it may be a good indication that she needs to be tweaked in my opinion | ||
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Serpico
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Alabasern
United States4005 Posts
On August 01 2011 11:46 Hokay wrote: Jay is a pioneer in mvc2, and really knowledgeable when it comes to fighting games. All the fucking Wesker resets and setups are mostly his creations, and he shares them with the community. HIs phoenix is godlike as well. He deserves this. I humbly disagree. | ||
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DarkOptik
452 Posts
Well some says the risk is too small for her power, and that's why they might consider her overpowered. I personally don't think she is. As for why not everyone uses her: 1) preference, and 2) because having phoenix brings a level of inconsistency into your game (your games can be decided by a snap-in and a lucky mix-up->combo). Not relying on Phoenix to hold all your marbles allows you to know exactly where you stand every game. | ||
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DotADeMoN
United States517 Posts
You spend all your meter and give up all your damage to snap her in. Then you have to actually land a mixup on her, which is near impossible due to her air fireballs. Level3 X-factor Phoenix is impossible to consistently beat, and you end up throwing out random supers and praying they hit. | ||
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Grettin
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StarStruck
25339 Posts
On August 01 2011 11:47 Ramble wrote: There are obvious counters to Phoenix such as snap ins early and just catching her in the air when she is throwing fireballs but it's not that easy and most agree that her "drawbacks" more then make up for her advantages. pretty much, you saw quite a few players like rog and wong trying to bait her out | ||
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DrBoo
Canada1177 Posts
On August 01 2011 11:47 On_Slaught wrote: The problem is it makes every round anti-climactic as fuck. If you kill her before lvl 5 = 90% chance of win. If you don't kill her before lvl 5 = 90% chance of loss. It takes most of the fun out of the series. Every non-phoenix series was significantly more fun to watch imo. I think the threat of instant explosive ending is awesome its like banlings vs light micro | ||
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atombombforpeace
United States408 Posts
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nRoot
Germany928 Posts
On August 01 2011 11:45 Ramble wrote: I probably should sleep but its MLG finals and AE coming up. Sleep is for the weak. So true :D | ||
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tok
United States691 Posts
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Hokay
United States738 Posts
Hate the game, not the player. Get out. | ||
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pyro19
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St3MoR
Spain3256 Posts
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Alabasern
United States4005 Posts
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chesshaha
United States1117 Posts
IM so HYPED for AE right now!!! Go go USA! | ||
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bajabaja
245 Posts
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Alabasern
United States4005 Posts
I do hate the game? The player is irrelevant...if the game is broken. Hopefully this is the last EVO for MVC3. | ||
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