Omni-Man single-handedly ruins the game for me...

[Infevo]

Maybe not literally "single-handedly" because some Kameos enable the worst options in his kit, but you know what I mean. There is no other character that is so boring to play and play against while being braindead and effective at the same time. There are no answers to him. He will dictate the course of each round and you have no choice but sit there and play reactively while at the same time he won't give you many opportunities to even take your turn back. And once you get your turn, guess what, by that time he will have enough meter for a combobreak even if you get a hit.

I am not a top tier player. I hover between Demi-God and God Rank which is quite achievable if you just grind a lot, learn some matchups and maybe abuse your character specific strengths. I think that rank is quite respectable for most players already. But Omni-Man is a riddle to me. I just do not understand how anyone at NRS might have thought this character design was a half-decent idea. Full screen instant overheads into full combo? Why? At the same time they are unpunishable as you can cover yourself with low hat or Sektor's rockets. And once he gets a knockdown, you have to take his next oki/mix/meaty because he realiably breaks armor with a multiple hit low(!) that confirms into a full combo again on hit. And his full blockstring is +0 on block at the end. Even if you react to it in time you have to dial in your backdash, then whiff punish his d1 or armor through it. Unless you play Cage or can make use of Li Mei's 6f reversal there is no way to contest it and he can just go for another string or backdash of his own.

If most Demi-God/God-Rank players (let alone GM and lower) cannot deal with a character at all and there is no reliable way to force Omni-Man into playing the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ game, then what does that tell you about the lead design for this game? I made peace with the fact, that this game - like no other MK in recent years - is more about fairly safe 50/50s than anything else. But if defense is not rewarded at all, then what you are left with, is a title that caters to the players that always have been best playing aggressively. Less risk, more reward for offense. If you block right, guess what, you still lose to chip damage and you cannot block forever. Opening up people with safe weighted RPS in favor of the attacker, with hard to blockables and unblockables has never been easier...

[SH41TAN]

"God level player" lmao. #1 MK1 forum clown for sure.

[Infevo]

Originally posted by Hans ✙:

"God level player" lmao. #1 MK1 forum clown for sure.

You misquoted me. I did not speak of "God level players". I specifically referred to the rank attributed by the KL ranking system, which reaches from "Demi-God" over "God" to eventually "Elder-God". What is your contention with this? If you have a gripe with the naming, please, address NRS.

Btw. what is it with you? You keep harrassing me, try to insult me and you're always intellectually dishonest. Is this some sort of condition?

[Juri's_feet_tho]

I can only stay safe against him with Li Mei's lantern and I decided to start using JC and my strategies there is to just chase him as a lot of people who use him just love to go into the air and try to open up from there.

He does not play like the other characters at all that are top tier on their own like JC, Kenshi, or Geras. It's the kameo making him safe that makes him good like that.

[Infevo]

Originally posted by Juri's_feet_tho:

I can only stay safe against him with Li Mei's lantern and I decided to start using JC and my strategies there is to just chase him as a lot of people who use him just love to go into the air and try to open up from there.

He does not play like the other characters at all that are top tier on their own like JC, Kenshi, or Geras. It's the kameo making him safe that makes him good like that.

Yeah, JC can just Shadow Kick him before Omni can set up his degenerate setplay. And Li Mei works to a degree with lanterns.

[Juri's_feet_tho]

After giving it some thought....Omni man players I come across use him the same way as I would see a lot of Jade players use the jump back air projectiles and amplified turbo kick from MK11.

I feel Stryker actually might be really good for that distance with grenade toss high to keep him from jumping out into stance so much and grenade toss low to throw him off with that chest attack on wake up.

Up close you have baton low and overhead which is a really good mix.

Gotta test it out though lol

[Over It]

I'm not reading all that but either congrats, sorry that happened, or touch grass. Pick one.

[popsicle]

The people using Omniman now are going to be in trouble later.

Soon they will find out they can never use a different char, cause all the other ones are weaker. You get use to this high damage full screen OP moveset, there is no turning back.

Thats what happened to all the MK11 scorpions. They couldn't win with anyone else as the game progressed.

[Juri's_feet_tho]

I went into KL in MK11 the other day........nothing but scorpions still lmao

[Goethe's Faust]

Originally posted by Hans ✙:

"God level player" lmao. #1 MK1 forum clown for sure.

Why do you bother trolling this forum? Don't you have to do your duty in some trench in Eastern Ukraine?

[Infevo]

Originally posted by Juri's_feet_tho:

After giving it some thought....Omni man players I come across use him the same way as I would see a lot of Jade players use the jump back air projectiles and amplified turbo kick from MK11.

I feel Stryker actually might be really good for that distance with grenade toss high to keep him from jumping out into stance so much and grenade toss low to throw him off with that chest attack on wake up.

Up close you have baton low and overhead which is a really good mix.

Gotta test it out though lol

I have to lseriously lab what you can flawless block against him. Sure he does not throw much at you but there must be a way to punish his degen playstyle. Usually I win off guessing him messing up royally. But other than that a somewhat solid player can easily stomp me with this character.

[Iam.]

imagine being from the east coast of the US fighting some ♥♥♥♥ from ecuador playing one of the most ♥♥♥♥ neutral teams in the game omni man/jax....... ♥♥♥♥ is ridiculous

[Infevo]

Originally posted by Boost:

imagine being from the east coast of the US fighting some ♥♥♥♥ from ecuador playing one of the most ♥♥♥♥ neutral teams in the game omni man/jax....... ♥♥♥♥ is ridiculous

NRS firmly believes, you should be able to enjoy this or else you should be able to reject the KL set.

[Iam.]

Originally posted by Infevo:

Originally posted by Boost:

imagine being from the east coast of the US fighting some ♥♥♥♥ from ecuador playing one of the most ♥♥♥♥ neutral teams in the game omni man/jax....... ♥♥♥♥ is ridiculous

NRS firmly believes, you should be able to enjoy this or else you should be able to reject the KL set.

for one it isnt kombat league i dont play a first to 2 set against random players just to be beat by gimmicks... 2, whether it was that or not theres no reason why i should be getting matched up with the same dude from ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ ecuador at 7pm my time