antanca666 Wrote:
i've also heard a lot of people talk about how much they like mavado and that he's got a lot of hidden potential. now, i like both of these characters, actually. i liked mavado at first, and then thought he wasn't all that great, and then realized what was good about him. cyrax took a little getting used to, but now i think he's actually pretty good. the thing i don't get is why more people seem to like mavado than cyrax, when cyrax actually has a more diverse range of attacks and combos than mavado. first of all, mavado's wing chun is almost useless. it's basically just a bunch of straight attacks with no launchers or stun moves of any kind. he doesn't even have a sweeping move in any of his 3 styles, something i generally consider pretty essential in a mortal kombat game. oh, and he's got crap for special moves. the only thing that really keeps mavado from being an outright shitty character is his weapons stance, which has some sweet moves, especially his 3 attack, which is one of the hardest weapon moves to effectively block in the whole game, since it hits low first and then high |
i have to say i havn't used cyrax much, but i was dissapointed with the impotency of his bombs, sidestepping totally takes away their edge.
i think he is most likley a great character, as i have found out for everyone else i have used.
in deffence of movado however, i have to say this...
long fist is awsome. the 1,1,1,b+2 launcher is nice.
i like to do 1,1,1,b+2,b+2,5,5,and b+3 with hookswords. the last hit won't always catch, but is nice when it does.
b+1 is an ankle punch that is blocked low, and makes for a decent change up, it has kind of a long recoil delay tho.
in hooksword stance...
i found the 3 attack to be exellent.
a double horizontal swing with both swords.
first swing is a close low sweep.
second is a high slash with more reach than the first.
if the low sweep is blocked, then you can duck and counter the second swing, or block the first low and standing block the second, then counter.
however, if you are out of range of the sweep, the attack only hits high, and must be blocked accordingly. this attack also is usable with the backdash cancel, allowing you to execute this sneaky attack and then withdraw to safty, instantly.
the special move in hooksword stance is a sidestepping sweep, which knocks your opponent down.
i found his side change move (d,u,2) was actually a useful move.
at first i thought it was just an exagerrated sidestep, but as the name says, it is a side change.
when used with the hookswords, i was able to confuse my opponents by doing d,u,2 and i came out of the side change with either his special button to knock them down, or the 3 attack.
if you hit them with the 3 you can either follow up with f,4 and slam them to the other end of the arena, or you can hit them 3,b,b and as they recover 2,4,4,b+3
his second stance had good string combos, but i haven't worked too much with it.
d+4 does a superfast sweep which wont knock your opponent down, but you can b,b dash right out of it.
the same for his much better low attack, d+2 wil do a low hitting crawling punch that you can backdash out of.
ps. this and more can be found in the MKDA high level gameplay thread, stuck at the top of page 2 in this forum topic.
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