Destinizish
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GGs Krayzie, Lobo, DC, Bubbles, Kroytz, BC, Herve, Enkindu and Eli.
Also--
I'm sorry to tell you this-
Prep is not a good stance nor utility. Yes, this is meant to be a big part of Raph, but Raph is probably one of the worst characters in the game because of it, and both stepping and TCing under prep isn't incredibly hard. Sure you have A to stop it, but that can be stepped too.
SE A and B are pretty easy to knock someone out of as far as the few times I've played him offline has taught me.
Prep K is ridiculously easy to see coming. (I mean come on, he jumps way into the air.)
I know I'm no awesome and proven offline player, but these are kind of easy to see. Raph gets away with a lot more stuff online than he ever would off. Even if it was ONLY because it's harder to step him online. But that isn't the only reason. He's also harder to punish and gets free SG damage from moves like 11B (This move is safe, sure. But it's also really hard to step or GI online, and you sure as hell don't want to block it.)
Also, about presher, I played him. He's terrible. When he's not using bombs, he's spamming hover, and all it does is make me GI it and get in a free throw. I won very hard the first couple times I played him and left when I was bored. He tried to get me to FT10 him, but I'm not about to, ever.
Neji does abuse lag and does it plenty. I spotted a bunch of crazy pseudo-frame traps when we played, along with lows that just aren't going to hit offline AND are unsafe.
Also--
I need KrayzieCD's, Freaky Styley's, Lobo's, Rigel, LasWagga, Thugish, WHOEVER'S opinion on that exact topic (lag tactic issues with prep, HOW MUCH PREP is legitmate(20% Transition rate? 50%?)
Saying prep is 100% useless is bullshit, it's part of Raphael. It's what he has instead of good combo's. It SUCKS, but it's what he has to work with, and it's not USELESS, just hard to use well.
Basically, I want any other Known Solid offline player to tell me about this issue with Raphael. Depending on the consensus, I'll alter my game. Yet, I've watched quite a few Raphael video's, and I've seen PREP in all of them. Plenty of times it was back to back, or between Horizontal's.
Oh, and online, ONLINE, I get punished constantly in prep. CONSTANTLY.....and I also score plenty of damage through it. I have noticed that Prep A is hard to punish online....that sucks, seriously, I don't want that kind of advantage, but it's something we sacrifice, just like punishing your opponent characters moves as well.
Anyway, Anyone who plays or has played my Raphael recently, I'll listen, I can always take constructive criticism.
I'm sorry to tell you this-
Prep is not a good stance nor utility. Yes, this is meant to be a big part of Raph, but Raph is probably one of the worst characters in the game because of it, and both stepping and TCing under prep isn't incredibly hard. Sure you have A to stop it, but that can be stepped too.
SE A and B are pretty easy to knock someone out of as far as the few times I've played him offline has taught me.
Prep K is ridiculously easy to see coming. (I mean come on, he jumps way into the air.)
I know I'm no awesome and proven offline player, but these are kind of easy to see. Raph gets away with a lot more stuff online than he ever would off. Even if it was ONLY because it's harder to step him online. But that isn't the only reason. He's also harder to punish and gets free SG damage from moves like 11B (This move is safe, sure. But it's also really hard to step or GI online, and you sure as hell don't want to block it.)
Also, about presher, I played him. He's terrible. When he's not using bombs, he's spamming hover, and all it does is make me GI it and get in a free throw. I won very hard the first couple times I played him and left when I was bored. He tried to get me to FT10 him, but I'm not about to, ever.
Neji does abuse lag and does it plenty. I spotted a bunch of crazy pseudo-frame traps when we played, along with lows that just aren't going to hit offline AND are unsafe.