Help fighting Doombox Online

[Golly!]

A lot of my matches feel like they come down to a hefty amount of luck against him, he has such big hitboxes and insane ball control, he feels very strong. I would like some advice on how to handle him.

[[LOKE]YourC3PH]

I play him a lot, so here some advices on how to counter him.
1: Steal the ball from behind him right before he throws it at super speed at you.
2: Parry your ball as often as possible, as such he will have a hard time taking hold of the ball.

The rest is like with everyone else. And as a little side note, from having played quite a lot with all characters, the most OP one is Jet by far, Doombox is actually just as OP as every other character, as he has his ability like everyone else.

[Alleged EU-Standard | RedLine]

Doombox probably is the easiest to play against

[Golly!]

Originally posted by LOKEYourCiph3r:

I play him a lot, so here some advices on how to counter him.
1: Steal the ball from behind him right before he throws it at super speed at you.
2: Parry your ball as often as possible, as such he will have a hard time taking hold of the ball.

The rest is like with everyone else. And as a little side note, from having played quite a lot with all characters, the most OP one is Jet by far, Doombox is actually just as OP as every other character, as he has his ability like everyone else.

I didn't realize that my main is OP, haha, I just pick her cuz she's cute and cuz I LOVE JSRF lmao

[Sticks]

Are you playing free for all matches or 1v1s? I find doombox is the hardest to deal with in free for alls because nobody knows who his special will go to so he can easily wipe out everyone in one special. But when it comes to 1v1s jet is definitely the best, I'm getting jet players in 90% of my ranked matches to the point where I play some quick matches just to get a break from her.

[Eden]

Originally posted by NEKOPHONIC:

A lot of my matches feel like they come down to a hefty amount of luck against him, he has such big hitboxes and insane ball control, he feels very strong. I would like some advice on how to handle him.

He has very weak Jumps and sometimes can't reach the ball when it's to high, Build up ball Speed on top of the map and punish bad timed jumps I'd say...

[WithTheFish]

Originally posted by Veganism:

Originally posted by NEKOPHONIC:

A lot of my matches feel like they come down to a hefty amount of luck against him, he has such big hitboxes and insane ball control, he feels very strong. I would like some advice on how to handle him.

He has very weak Jumps and sometimes can't reach the ball when it's to high, Build up ball Speed on top of the map and punish bad timed jumps I'd say...:bbtcat:

Doombox has the ability to fly, so that wouldn't work well.

[IonDrako]

Originally posted by WithTheFish:

Originally posted by Veganism:

He has very weak Jumps and sometimes can't reach the ball when it's to high, Build up ball Speed on top of the map and punish bad timed jumps I'd say...:bbtcat:

Doombox has the ability to fly, so that wouldn't work well.

Nah he can hover but it doesn't let him go higher, he honestly can't reach the top of the screen with his jump height.

[Lunar]

Doombox doesn't hover, it has flight with free control for a while.

[Golly!]

Originally posted by IonDrako:

Originally posted by WithTheFish:

Doombox has the ability to fly, so that wouldn't work well.

Nah he can hover but it doesn't let him go higher, he honestly can't reach the top of the screen with his jump height.

Actually that's Jet, Doombox can fly wherever he wants

[Avery]

Originally posted by LOKEYourCiph3r:

I play him a lot, so here some advices on how to counter him.
1: Steal the ball from behind him right before he throws it at super speed at you.
2: Parry your ball as often as possible, as such he will have a hard time taking hold of the ball.

The rest is like with everyone else. And as a little side note, from having played quite a lot with all characters, the most OP one is Jet by far, Doombox is actually just as OP as every other character, as he has his ability like everyone else.

Curious how Jet is OP, after people started grabbing the ball out of my bubbles I lost the nerve to play her online.

[Snobby Hobo]

Originally posted by Avery:

Originally posted by LOKEYourCiph3r:

I play him a lot, so here some advices on how to counter him.
1: Steal the ball from behind him right before he throws it at super speed at you.
2: Parry your ball as often as possible, as such he will have a hard time taking hold of the ball.

The rest is like with everyone else. And as a little side note, from having played quite a lot with all characters, the most OP one is Jet by far, Doombox is actually just as OP as every other character, as he has his ability like everyone else.

Curious how Jet is OP, after people started grabbing the ball out of my bubbles I lost the nerve to play her online.

She's unconventional in the sense she can hit the ball with intervals not depicted on the boombox meter. But yea if the opponent knows how to grab she becomes a lot more difficult to perform well with.

Afaik the most competitive picks will always be those that can create new angles easily. A deceptively large amount of this game, and the original Lethal League, comes down to knowing where the ball will land(since getting parried is pretty much an instant lose). Jet can also create new angles, but at a risk like you said.