Why the hate for Big Band?

[Burmaz]

Is it because he's the only guy on the roster?
Or is it because you run into me on ranked, thinking that cheap combo we've all seen isn't going to fall pray to the almighty parry?

The guy has crisp gameplay with a balanced weakness, the best VA in the game (save for Lev), and one of the only assists that help with keepaway spam.
I really see no reason for the generally negative opinion the community has of him.

[Leto II Atreides]

He's a joke character. He's a big guy in a suit filled with instruments. I don't think it's funny and his move set is obnoxious

[Magical Purple Man]

The King님이 먼저 게시:

He's a joke character. He's a big guy in a suit filled with instruments. I don't think it's funny and his move set is obnoxious

I don't see how he's any more of a joke than Peacock really.
He was built around a theme, like peacock (instead of cartoons, musical instruments, mostly jazz)

[Leto II Atreides]

Big Band님이 먼저 게시:

The King님이 먼저 게시:

He's a joke character. He's a big guy in a suit filled with instruments. I don't think it's funny and his move set is obnoxious

I don't see how he's any more of a joke than Peacock really.
He was built around a theme, like peacock (instead of cartoons, musical instruments, mostly jazz)

I don't like Peacock's design either

[Magical Purple Man]

The King님이 먼저 게시:

Big Band님이 먼저 게시:

I don't see how he's any more of a joke than Peacock really.
He was built around a theme, like peacock (instead of cartoons, musical instruments, mostly jazz)

I don't like Peacock's design either

Still, most of the characters really centre around a specific theme (though it's most prevalent with Peacock and Big Band, and most of the other characters usually have a mixture of styles when it comes to attacks). Either way I can see where you are coming from with that mindset, personally I'm just too big of a sucker of his design and play style to not like him.

[Captain Toast]

I'm still rather new to Skullgirls. I do not hate Big Band, nor do I support anyone hating on him, I just dislike fighting him.
Personally I always hate his range. He can be punching me from six feet away, and any time I can get close enough to hit him he punches me across the stage. When I'm approaching, I don't have much time to react to his attacks, so I can't exactly block (which I need to work on). Of course I'm not very skilled at the game, but I happen to die at least once every time I face BB.

I do not know a real reason why people do honestly hate him other than he's good at harassing new players (or maybe because he doesn't have boobs). Judging from other game communities, if the character isn't from release and doesn't prove to be the EXACT character everybody wanted (voice, appearance, play style, etc), there's gonna be at least some hate on them.

[Burmaz]

Captain Toast님이 먼저 게시:

(or maybe because he doesn't have boobs).

I believe you pretty much summed it up.

Tips against Band: He doesn't like assists, a good one knows your combos and parries the first hit.

[Magical Purple Man]

Captain Toast님이 먼저 게시:

(or maybe because he doesn't have boobs).

Beowulf's gonna have a field day!
As a Big Band player who is still fairly new to the game I find he can either exploit or be exploited.
And as Burmaz said, assists do help a ton against Big Bands from my experience, usually if I can I have a peacock as a 2nd character and have a ranged assist so I can call on her and then close the gap with the Big Band who either has to defend or take damage (though its usually best to stay ready to guard incase of a brass knuckle).
Though again as I'm still a fairly inexperienced player take everything I just said with a bit of salt.

[Chell Jasper]

because everyone uses him and he has so much super armour frames its hard to stop him from doing anything hes almost but not as bad as ♥♥♥♥♥♥ eliza

[Chell Jasper]

big band can be a good charater if they take some of the super armour off

[Brrrrrisky]

Big Band is, as I believe is stated in the game, is a high-risk, high-reward character. Yes, he has a lot of super armor, but he's slow enough that players with a keen eye can tell when he's about to use a super armor move, block, and then punish.

One thing I keep in mind: if he's not moving forward, always assume he'll be going for a Brass Knuckles or Take the A-Train in an attempt to trick you, as unless he's in mid-combo, he can't build up to those without backing up/crouching.

[Cajun]

I dunno about most people, but the only beef I have against Big Band is that Beat Extend kind of trivialized almost every other reversal assist in the game. Otherwise he's fine.

[who?]

op

[very sketch]

i dislike Big Band because i'd prefer Skullgirls to stay an exclusive female roster

annie > big band

[Cinnamoon_dragon]

He can hit you with his fist, even being on the other side of the screen..
It's super annoying.. The only strategy to constantly hit the block and wait for the moment to counterattack

[Xao]

Captain Toast님이 먼저 게시:

I'm still rather new to Skullgirls. I do not hate Big Band, nor do I support anyone hating on him, I just dislike fighting him.
Personally I always hate his range. He can be punching me from six feet away, and any time I can get close enough to hit him he punches me across the stage. When I'm approaching, I don't have much time to react to his attacks, so I can't exactly block (which I need to work on). Of course I'm not very skilled at the game, but I happen to die at least once every time I face BB

I'm not new and I have the same issue with him. What's going to really make your blood boil is when you realize that Big Band can cover the same space he does with those punishable rush punches dumb players throw out randomly using other tools that are much safer.

I hate him because he covers so much damn space and has a ridiculously skewed effort VS reward ratio, even compared to other "easy" characters in the cast. When you get better you'll realize that even if you do block his attacks, if the person playing him isn't being completely stupid they can just keep using his enormous range to keep you out, and all it takes is one screw up on your part for you to eat a huge damage piss easy combo.

This is why you see him paired with Peacock so damn much, not only does he cover some of Peacock's weaknesses, he synergizes with her stupidly well and rewards the same mindset of "frustrate your opponent to death."

What you gotta do is basically either get in and just never let him catch his breath (yes I know this is hard) or pick a character who can outzone him and just play the Big Band's game better than he can. Yeah, I know, playing lame sucks, but that's what you've gotta do against certain characters.