So my Ryu buddy has been labbing Ryu hard with his sparring partner and apparently Collarbone Breaker is now a true block string. You cannot roll out of it after the first hit connects on shield now.
Thoughts?
Isn't this how Collarbone Breaker works in Street Fighter too? It just hits twice and can't be interrupted unless it's whiff punished? My knowledge on SF is really poor, so correct me. I think this might be the same case in Soul Calibur too, but Soul Calibur and Tekken's block system is much more different since they're 3D fighters. Heh, regardless, they're making Smash Ryu even more like Street Fighter Ryu.
I don't think anyone could deny Ike's viability at this point.
Meanwhile in Japan. I don't know what's the situation over there, but the common belief that Japan is more spacing, footsie, zoning-heavy should probably mean good spacing characters like Ike and Marth should thrive in that scene, but nope. Marth at least gets used while Ike seems to be ignored completely for whatever reason. Was it Path of Radiance and/or Radiant Dawn? Was it the whole "hero must be bishonen" which apparently lead to Basch replaced by expendable characters, Vaan and Penolo, in Final Fantasy XII and gender flip version, that Faith Connors from Mirror's Edge and Cammy's appearance in Street Fighter V weren't pretty enough as in they didn't appeal to their tastes. Faith's not supposed to be a pretty face; she's supposed to be a badass traceuse. Cammy's also clearly not freaking Japanese; she's British.
At the same time, none of what I just said has any meaning. Was it France? Yeah, they don't give a damn about using Fox. That's just them. For all we know, Fox is considered mid-tier because nobody uses him. That, however, is a better excuse than arbitrary reasons like in an alternate universe, Xenoblade: Chronicles was the most hated game in the NA, so Shulk is not bottom tier, but completely removed from any discussion, any tier list, and even banned from tournaments. Extreme, but who knows -- the world's insane after all.
Whatever. If anyone wants to doubt any character is viable in whatever way despite bloody results coming in left and right, then they can stay ignorant. It's like do you have a vendetta against this character? What did Ike do? Bringing up Ike's recovery is bad would be like bringing up Diddy, Luigi, Ryu, Ness, or Fox's. Bringing up Ike's slower attack speed would be like bringing up Captain Falcon or even Yoshi and Rosalina. Nobody's claiming Ike is a god slayer which ironically he is, but that's a different story. People are saying he's high tier - anyone saying low expectations is about to get a foot shoved down their throat. It's like saying Peach, Greninja, or Yoshi or what people think happened to Luigi are high tier. So what? They're just under a dominating top tier, but above everyone else. They are more than viable compared to mid-tier and lower. Nobody's insinuating Ike, Greninja, Peach etc. are so damn good. They're just good. End of story.
, in their second set and winning 2-3, next mike will face DKwill or False
