Why is special style allowed in ranked?

[The Big Sneak]

First off don’t get me wrong, I’m not complaining I’m just curious. I’m happy it’s here for the people that want to use it and I’m not against it per se, I just find it weird that it’s a part of ranked. I thought ranked was to prove what you’ve learned and try best others with your skill. I don’t hate when people use it either but it just feels kinda lame? Win or lose it just feels like an empty match to me and I don’t get to see people’s personal fighting styles.

[progste]

because it helps noob players but doesn't matter for good players.

[MxWu1337-bilibili]

Because it gives more disadvantages than advantages... once you're past the first three ranks xD

You can only do 4 mediocre moves. (I believe the electric is amongst them... but the combo is really low dmg)
If you can win with just 4 moves you're pretty amazing.

[The Big Sneak]

Originally posted by progste:

because it helps noob players but doesn't matter for good players.

Yeah definitely, it’s just kinda lame to see the same auto combos over and over though. It’s like fighting a less interesting cpu.

[MxWu1337-bilibili]

I noticed... people drop combos more often if I spam the on/off button for special style xD

But they don't rematch me if I do it.... so I stopped doing that :(

[The Big Sneak]

Originally posted by MxWu1337:

I noticed... people drop combos more often if I spam the on/off button for special style xD

But they don't rematch me if I do it.... so I stopped doing that :(

lol now I want to try that, I won’t even use it I’ll just trigger it off and on.

[C1REX]

It’s allowed because it’s trash for like 95% of people.
It’s only useful if you don’t know any moves yet.

[Boss]

Originally posted by MxWu1337:

Because it gives more disadvantages than advantages... once you're past the first three ranks xD

You can only do 4 mediocre moves. (I believe the electric is amongst them... but the combo is really low dmg)
If you can win with just 4 moves you're pretty amazing.

Last night I watched my friend win with Victor using 1 button. Not even movement, literally just 1 button (without special style). Low ranks are really trash, you can get to Garyu with 4 moves easy.

[The Big Sneak]

Originally posted by Boss:

Originally posted by MxWu1337:

Because it gives more disadvantages than advantages... once you're past the first three ranks xD

You can only do 4 mediocre moves. (I believe the electric is amongst them... but the combo is really low dmg)
If you can win with just 4 moves you're pretty amazing.

Last night I watched my friend win with Victor using 1 button. Not even movement, literally just 1 button. Low ranks are really trash, you can get to Garyu with 4 moves easy.

Now I wanna try this out for myself…for science.

[Vakula]

I havent ran into a single player using special style in around 50 matches in ranked.

[The Big Sneak]

Originally posted by Vakula:

I havent ran into a single player using special style in around 50 matches in ranked.

Maybe you’re just lucky lol, it’s not too often but they’re out there.

[Tax the Poor]

It's a major disadvantage to use special style.
Once your opponent figures out your four strings, they can block them perfectly every time.

It's good for new players to learn how to whiff punish and how different moves are used for different situations, but after green ranks it won't take you far.