cowboy is busted

[Qusiscooper]

just like the title says, all characters have strengths and weaknesses depenidng on the situation but cowboy has zero weaknesses, excels in close combat with pretty ranged heavy hitting attacks and just when the enemy is away just teleport on top of them and continue until 60% of their health is done in one combo.

[PKPenguin]

skill issue

[Koopa]

from what I've played in the non-steam version I'd disagree, I'd more argue that Ninja and Wizard are just simply more specialized as opposed to cowboy which is more intuitive and has a lot better buttons

[summer]

i guess u never have fought a wizard.

[Omega13]

this game literally just came about

[Kamanira]

Cowboy has good buttons and mobility, but not a lot of tools at range, and the disadvantage on his teleport means it's not a good approach tool. Cowboy's good, but he's not busted.

If you want busted, play against a Wizard who's half competent. Scary ♥♥♥♥.

[TheSwePanda]

Nah if anyone is broken its the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ wizard, that is a stupidly busted character

[Vivianite]

ok try fighting robot with that

[Wizard melon]

true and real, and everyone who says other wise should play a match against me with the character they think is cheese while I use cowboy (plus if they beat me ill learn new ways to counter the bastard) and post

[Il Pinguino Imperatore]

Nah man, I gotta disagree. Cowboy has a buncha drawbacks, especially with his teleports. Most of his moves are easy to telegraph and mostly aim high.
If anything, countering cowboy requires more patience than Ninja and Wizard (Who usually spam zone and juggle the hardest), and less than Robot (who constantly repositions to catch you)

TBH, if anyone is busted, it'd be the former two. A good Ninja will out move you, and a good Wizard will combo you to 20% HP even with DI.

It's rock paper scissors man. You throwing rocks all the time.

[Nick]

Cowboy doesn't even have a move to hit opponents laying on the ground. Ninja and Wizard have multiple.

[Zanaki]

Originally posted by Nick:

Cowboy doesn't even have a move to hit opponents laying on the ground. Ninja and Wizard have multiple.

Me going through every single attack/ability every time someone is on the ground just to 'wait' for 50th time.

[Sir Waddles D. Waddlesworth III]

I understand Cowboy can feel strong. TBH all the characters are pretty busted in the right hands and I could not tell you who's the best as of now. Cowboy does have some issues though.

Cowboy's main issues are mobility (Walk is not good for covering distance, and normal teleports can be baited and punished), and his lack of an OTG option (Hitting them off the ground). He also doesn't have the best high/low mixups and mediocre zoning tools.

That said, he has great range, really good punish tools, good damage, a really creative combo game and incredible set-play.

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How you fight him depends on your character. Obviously these are very simplified:

-Ninja: Lots of movement to stay safe and bait him to throw out moves first, then punish him for whiffing. Once he's used free cancels, he no longer has real answers to backsway and substitutions outside of hard reads.

-Wizard: You want to play between Geyser range and max mana strike range. At max mana strike range, he is also in range of lightning blade, but you have more options at that range than he does. Outside that range he has to teleport in or gunshot, Mix up doing nothing with Geysers to keep him guessing.
Once orb is out, you're in complete control. Fast fall icicles to make the orb blades come out and use those to cover teleport locations. This lets you swing at where he is while covering where he might go and makes it very difficult for him to play.

-Robot: This may sound weird, but I think you want to play this from the air, just outside of his wide half circle anti-air slash who's name I forget. You have a lot of fuel so you can stall there, or come down with a kick, or even just drop to cause the tremor. This will be a mixup he has to respect. With armor it becomes even more terrifying because he can't anti-air you anymore even if he guesses right.

On the ground free canceled vacuum and Command: Grab are very effective, especially when armored, since they cover the distance cowboy wants to be at. In close range spin cycle and the grab to the wall also covers everything except Pommel.

Just be very careful in this matchup if he uses Thousand Cuts. Robot is incredibly susceptible to that super and has his whole day ruined by it.

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Hope this helps.