1.01 Patch released: Gameplay analysis

Alright its been a few days since the new patch was finally released. Alot of hard work went into the release of the patch and it was thought that this patch would have very distinct changes to the gameplay. In a nutshell, It did. Maya has completely went from the Easy mode character that she once was to a much more technical character. It was Shok's intention to make maya more techincal due to the fact that she was so simple to use in every aspect. Giving maya a new move and giving her some new portals really nerfed her. She is nolonger the goddess of the game rather she might be subjected to midteir status. Siely has also recieved soem improvements. She has a really wicked mix up game now. She now has a new air backdash that really helps her out. She can actually run away and keep running until she has a shift meter. She did get some nerfs in tranquility though. Air 214B is now punishable and DOES NOT cross up in the corner anymore(that was SUCH a pain to deal with) But now its gone.

Delga REALLY got hit hard, This command grab now is no longer completely invincible unless it is in tranquilty shift. That is REALLY good news for alot of players who had serious problems with the grab. Pretty dark day for delga players(namely spootz=P) due to the fact that delga can NO longer do OTG Super grabs. Those used to land over 60% life easy for delga. Just a little too powerful. Now its gone. Kinda most of my character breakdown for delga. I think i might take a break on the character break downs for a little while.

I played a pretty awesome set this morning with a player by the name of RogueYoshi. We had some pretty nice games today. Something i want to point out about our games was Freedom Othello and Freedom Orju. Freedom othello is really good now. His rush down is really solid and EXTREMELY hard to break through. A+B is really fast and nets othello lots of frame ADV. You cannot jump out of his rush down, Ive tried several times lol. It just doesnt work. Rogue played othello very wisely Much props to him. I was playing Freedom orju for alot of matches against Rogue. His rushdown at first seemingly had no gaps whatsoever. It took alot to adapt to his style with othello. It was very impressive. I caught on later on and started rushing him back. Freedom orju(while mostly unchanged), also has a really solid rush down Against othello Its hard for Freedom orju to get in. He has to work around othellos LONG pokes, Which Rogue used very well. To close this Freedom othello is going to be a really dominant rush down character. Probably the best in the game.