Slade
[14] Master
Those guard impacts also didn't give anything more than a throw mixup at best. In SCV, GIs are much more powerful, and if a player chooses to use all of his meter to extend combos or use BEs, he opens himself up to a guaranteed combo if the opponent GIs him. It creates a situation where meter is used for defensive purposes rather than offensive ones.Not when you start the first round of a match...And even then only a few times. No contest to "yesterdays system".
Contrast that with SCII, where a glitch allowed one to block immediately after getting GIed, or SCIV, where GIs were essentially worthless except as a counter to certain reactable moves like Amy 66A or certain strings (a role now occupied by JG and SCV's more evasive movement).
I highly recommend watching the crsk and Ruka casuals that are up on YouTube (
disregard that jimbo cuntpasted it when I was typing
tl;dr: Making GIs cost meter and guarantee damage if no re-GI is attempted adds a means of using meter defensively, and as a means to counter players who overuse meter on their offensive options.
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