Jack-8 and Leroy buffs v1.04

[Pelikan]

The new patch 1.04 has turned Jack-8 ( Gamma howl ), but also Leroy ( various buffs) into very strong characters.

Jack-8 Gamma stance can now regen an insane amount of health :

https://youtu.be/YBlrVi4TbUc?t=16

Look at the amount of health regenerated on Alisa's chainsaws (lol).

With the nerfs on Jun's Kazama powers ( health regen and costs ) , it seems those health regen buffs on Jack and Leroy are quite powerful.

Jack-8 was already doing pretty well in tournaments ( JoeCrush especially) , Leroy was arguably one of the weakest char in the game though.

I expect to see both do much better and be used more often online. What do you guys think?

[Castyles]

Jack was always a sleeping hit, you know.

He's a cross between Kuma and Yoshimitsu, imo.

[Pelikan]

Originally posted by Castyles:

Jack was always a sleeping hit, you know.

He's a cross between Kuma and Yoshimitsu, imo.

Yes you are right, I also think that he was quite strong already.

It is good that the new patch shakes the tier list a bit though.

I welcome the fact that people will play more different characters online. I barely saw Leroys and Jacks until now.

[PremiumG98]

Jack-8 buff is pretty okay, the alisa chainsaw linteraction ooks pretty drammatic, but its not as crazy against everything else

[MxWu1337-bilibili]

Jack has been strong in T8 all the time. Once you're against the wall jack will mess you up.
Insane reach
Insane poking
10f heat smash
Guard break
Great throw game with Insane oki
Throw into combo
Huge damage output
Huge wall splat combos

His only weakness was his stance. It was kinda weak...
But I don't think that it called for a buff.

[SEATEK The_LEFTY]

It seems to be a Risk / Reward kind of buff.

The chainsaws are situational to only Alisa and a few other characters that have many hits in one attack. If jack whiffs bubble he can be punished. Seems okay. It helps with people mashing on jack- as he has one of the worst and one of the most inconsistent sidesteps in the game right now. There are a few strings that Jack currently cannot get around like most of the cast.

[Zycat]

It only regens grey health. Good luck having that much grey health in the first place.