Flying Kicks = Liability
I don’t know who needs to hear this but I KNOW SOME OF YALL DO!
There’s a whole batch of players that swear up and down flying kicks at 1 is this amazing ASSET! NO!
Flying Kicks become a liability UNLESS YOU HAVE YOUR OPPONENTS BACK…
STOP USING FLYING KICKS UNLESS YOU HAVE YOUR OPPONENTS BACK
Can’t tell you how many flying kicks I’ve been blocking recently and to watch the light flicker from my opponents eyes as their neutral game gets derailed is a beautiful thing as they continue to spam flying kicks and fail miserably, than proceed to get hit with a perception Gut Punch, throw a revenge counter @ Me and I Catch TF outa that MFer…
And to top it all off these same players that swear flying kicks at 1 is this amazing asset, will come on here and Tik Tok and make tier lists, praising the flying kicks rating the characters that have them at the top… big dawg, we up here in the high level Z Ranks laugh at this crap.
EDIT: as someone who is new to this series as Sparking Zero is my first BT game. And have climbed the ranks organically without exploiting the game this past year… Let me clarify… FLYING KICKS at 1 ARE AMAZING! Against D-S Rank players. But once you start fighting players that are good at this game. Players that have lightning reflexes, can catch every single revenge counter, flying kicks on your opponents face are a LIABILITY, simple as that
EDIT 2: Final Verdict: the games mechanics DO NOT LIE. A neutral block blocks a light smash, a rush attack, and an un-charged grand slash. If the opponent charges the grand slash, a simple move of the analog stick down blocks it successfully and gives the user a WIDE OPEN opportunity for a rush attack. If the opponent attempts flying kicks at 1, and you move the analog stick up to block, you are rewarded with a WIDE OPEN rush attack…If your opponent is FACING YOU. And you have the skill & reaction time to block flying kicks high. So if you’re only rebuttal to this take is “well a player can mix it up and use a grand slash at 1, so it’s basically a 50/50” this Logic is FLAWED! GREAT PLAYERS have great reaction speeds and can easily block all face attacks, the 50/50 logic does not work, because the game mechanics allow for the movement of the block with the analog stick. So the game mechanics BACK everything I’m saying. Flying kicks ARE A LIABILITY when FACING the opponent, simple as that! CASE CLOSED. Have a good day I