![]() ![]() He met with Daru in a mirror match and pulled off an upset against one of the favorites going into the tournament. The competitors were randomly sorted into two pools.ĭiaphone was the breakout star of the group stage, dominating the competition with his I-No. Held in a round-robin format, we watched as the players went through a gauntlet of matches, building their records and looking to avoid elimination. ![]() The day kicked off with the Guilty Gear Strive Top 8 tournament. Guilty Gear Strive Image credit: Marv Watson/Red Bull Content Pool The first day of competition was packed with action and memorable moments, so let’s dive in. I can understand why people dislike him though.Red Bull Kumite has begun in Las Vegas, with some of the best fighting game players in the world facing off in the ring. He complicates the game, but he does still play by the rules. Two characters who weren’t guests who were also hated for these reasons were S2 Maya (huge one-chance damage) and SC6 launch Azwel (who walked backwards faster than some character run).Īgain, I do think the Rash hate is overblown. Breaking core design philosophies (huge damage for one-chances) or giving incredibly strong movement options not available to the rest of the cast are two of the easiest ways to do that. It ultimately comes down to a player feeling like a character isn’t playing the same game as they are. Raam isn’t hated because he has to muck around in the dirt with the rest of us poor schlobs, and Arbiter was hated when he had jumping gun loops that did 40+% with a single completely ambiguous one-chance. Rash’s air mobility (in a game where 90% of the cast fights grounded) is felt as a particular character not playing the same game as the rest, and that’s where the anger comes from. I think you pointing out Sadira as hated kind of adds to my point. He avoids the combo game better than most, and probably among the jugglers has the most difficult to spot in-air options. ![]() Rash doesn’t break many game systems (he’s got some hitbox things that are way outside their visual cues, which is super rare in KI), but he does complicate one of the core ones. I don’t know that Rash being a giant anthropomorphic frog helps his case, but I think it’s much less of a factor than you seem to. Mostly because Arbiter and Raam are dark and menacing while Rash is goofy. ![]()
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