Is Zooey actually THAT bad?

[Areiy]

I'm currently playing her now and got her out to A rank hell and doing just fine. I mean sure the rework made her boring and lost her identity as the oki queen from last game but I think the only thing she's missing is a non-metered reversal. But it's not like everyone in the game has a non-metered reversal as well so why is she always put at the bottom end of tier lists? It's not like she doesn't have degenerate stuff as well, she has that fullscreen air-unblockable dragon and her armored Dash H.
Am I missing something?

[[reaVerNL@Rumble]ᚱᛖᚨᚠᛖᚱ]

Originally posted by Areiy:

I'm currently playing her now and got her out to A rank hell and doing just fine. I mean sure the rework made her boring and lost her identity as the oki queen from last game but I think the only thing she's missing is a non-metered reversal. But it's not like everyone in the game has a non-metered reversal as well so why is she always put at the bottom end of tier lists? It's not like she doesn't have degenerate stuff as well, she has that fullscreen air-unblockable dragon and her armored Dash H.
Am I missing something?

Worry less about tierlists and more about playing the game. When she has 50% meter she has the ability to end the round with certain hits when the character has less than 50% hp remaining. Her offense is ok, her zoning is pretty decent and she has good corner carry for a BP and 25% meter.

If we were to compare her to some other characters though... she falls short. Nier does 33% damage per combo anywhere on the screen, Nier has a reversal that leads to 33% damage as well as midscreen vortex. If Zooey's mixups are blocked, she needs to be careful and set everything up again, while Nier can just keep going and attempt even more mixups. So it's not hard to see how Zooey falls short compared to other characters.

But if you're A-rank, these character differences are largely irrelevant.

[Infevo]

A rank is the floor of rank mode. Everyone gets every single character to A because you get free promotions until then. Is she bad? She is not bad. Just not impressive. She has some knowledge checks and good pressure with dragon. But in defense she relies on meter which sucks. He 66H is also pretty unique and you can force your opponents to play less aggressive with that alone.

[breast milk🥛]

I enjoy playing her. That said, there are definitely better options, but if you;'re good, you're good. Maybe not a master character but ive seen several S and S+ with her

[Ahriman]

she's alright, her midscreen combos are pretty bad and not having a reversal without 50 meter is rough in this game.

[toasted]

she is decent, definitely playable but a lot of work to make her good compared to kinder surprise happy meal toys r us characters like lancelot nier and seox

[Fox]

Imo the tierlist for this game are like this : The lower your character is, the more work you'll have to put into the game to achieve results. Enjoy the game for what it is. Don't worry about ranks. It doesn't mean anything when there isn't a proper punishment system in place.

[Inuakurei]

No. Shes just not a silverback so she suffers a bit more than others.

[Souriel]

shes okay
from my pov, you have to work your butt off to pull some decent combos

[ice]

decent character

[Foundation1206]

Very good char just slightly weaker than other obvious broken characters