Why is Gladiator considered "easy" ?

[Alex998]

I recently got that hero since the game says it's "easy" and i indeed wish to have an easy to play assassin hero... It seemed kinda good when i used him in training, but when i tried him online i noticed how fricking hard is against a real player. i casually got against another Gladiator on duels, and i saw the how much of a faint game you have to do with him (i can faint decently too, but i'm not an expert in that) and trying to replicate that faint game just got me into getting dominated hard, not only by a Gladiator, but by almost any other hero... wtf.

[METHSTROKE]

Glad is not hard to play, but he is hard to do well with

[Stret]

i mean he isnt hard to play

he is basically zone, skewer, correct punishes, thats it

[Amon]

Originally posted by Stret:

i mean he isnt hard to play

he is basically zone, skewer, correct punishes, thats it

and deflect if the opponent doesn have HA

[Alex998]

Originally posted by Stret:

i mean he isnt hard to play

he is basically zone, skewer, correct punishes, thats it

The zone is surely one of the best things about him, the problem comes at the punishers. The max of the punish i could get with him was fainting a few heavies into a light combo or occasionally a shield punch + bleeding stab, for the rest i couldn't do much.

[Stret]

Originally posted by Alex998:

Originally posted by Stret:

i mean he isnt hard to play

he is basically zone, skewer, correct punishes, thats it

The zone is surely one of the best things about him, the problem comes at the punishers. The max of the punish i could get with him was fainting a few heavies into a light combo or occasionally a shield punch + bleeding stab, for the rest i couldn't do much.

thats not what a punish is

[Alex998]

Originally posted by Stret:

Originally posted by Alex998:

The zone is surely one of the best things about him, the problem comes at the punishers. The max of the punish i could get with him was fainting a few heavies into a light combo or occasionally a shield punch + bleeding stab, for the rest i couldn't do much.

thats not what a punish is

uh... I was kinda sure it was.
Care to tell me more about it ?

[Stret]

Originally posted by Alex998:

Originally posted by Stret:

thats not what a punish is

uh... I was kinda sure it was.
Care to tell me more about it ?

punish = guaaranteed damage

[76561198048978863]

Originally posted by Amon:

Originally posted by Stret:

i mean he isnt hard to play

he is basically zone, skewer, correct punishes, thats it

and deflect if the opponent doesn have HA

Me: don't use deflect, it will be countered by hyperarmor

Inner me: deflect because it looks satisfying

[Only_war]

the zone is lowkey the most op move in the game

[Drip Aizen]

He is a bit hard for me tough

[shower speedrunner]

Originally posted by ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°):

Originally posted by Amon:

and deflect if the opponent doesn have HA

Me: don't use deflect, it will be countered by hyperarmor

Inner me: deflect because it looks satisfying

You can deflect without using deflect punish to bait for HA btw.
Big mind game.

[Stret]

Originally posted by Schwartzenangry:

the zone is lowkey the most op move in the game

its not really strong

it can be punished by like, nearly all dodge attacks

[Viable_Golem4375]

Because the difficulty ratings don't really make sense, like I take no issue with BP but he is certainly not "easy-medium".

[Ramzesfal]

Originally posted by Schwartzenangry:

the zone is seriously the most op move in the game

It really isn't, just dodge the punch. It only does 25 dmg and uses half of his stamina

[Alex998]

Originally posted by Viable_Golem4375:

Because the difficulty ratings don't really make sense, like I take no issue with BP but he is certainly not "easy-medium".

Guess that can be applied to other heroes like Orochi (for the game "hard") because of his easy light spam... welp