Swordmaster102
Smash Apprentice
Hello to whoever reads this (which is a little ironic since not too many play Ryu or Ken).
I’ve been in the training room for quite a while to try to understand how Ryu plays in this game, and I can say with all honestly that I’m heavily disappointed.
I mained Ryu back in sm4sh and I can tell everyone that Sakurai definitely nerfed him. His n-air has a longer duration now which results in him no longer having much of a presence in the air. You can no longer n-air chain, n-air to d-air, drag down u-air, and more. I definitely bet that over the course of some time, the auto turn machanic will be appreciated more, but as of now, I honestly find it to limit his gameplay. For example, you cannot do a falling f-air to b-air because of it, nor do a falling b-air to reverse shoryu (which was an amazing kill confirm in sm4sh since most would drop their shield to grab). The greatest thing though now limiting Ryu I would say though is that his tilt stick doesn’t work anymore. So because of that, it is much more difficult to confirm into a shoryu kill. You either have to read the opponent in that they don’t shield, or land a focus.
I have a lot of testing left to do, so if I am wrong on a piece of information, let me know.
I’ve been in the training room for quite a while to try to understand how Ryu plays in this game, and I can say with all honestly that I’m heavily disappointed.
I mained Ryu back in sm4sh and I can tell everyone that Sakurai definitely nerfed him. His n-air has a longer duration now which results in him no longer having much of a presence in the air. You can no longer n-air chain, n-air to d-air, drag down u-air, and more. I definitely bet that over the course of some time, the auto turn machanic will be appreciated more, but as of now, I honestly find it to limit his gameplay. For example, you cannot do a falling f-air to b-air because of it, nor do a falling b-air to reverse shoryu (which was an amazing kill confirm in sm4sh since most would drop their shield to grab). The greatest thing though now limiting Ryu I would say though is that his tilt stick doesn’t work anymore. So because of that, it is much more difficult to confirm into a shoryu kill. You either have to read the opponent in that they don’t shield, or land a focus.
I have a lot of testing left to do, so if I am wrong on a piece of information, let me know.