... Ok, so how is Nagoriuki high tier?
- Blood Heat is completely non-interactive. Not only do you just watch your health zap away in five seconds, but you literally can't use any of your specials, meaning the opponent can just sit there full-screen and patiently wait. What are you gonna do, dash at them? Also, the activation is so punishable, so if you ever go into blood reach and get hit, you just die. 50% health drain + game with high damage combos = Auto death.
- "He has good tools" He actively kills himself if he uses his special moves. Literally the only character in fighting games who isn't allowed to use his moves a lot or else the game just kills him. Other characters have to manage meters to access their tools, like Hakumen (who he's obviously based on), but Hakumen doesn't just automatically die if he runs out of meter.
- "But you can command grab to get health back!" Jump.
- His so-called "DP" is isn't even a real DP. Other DPs are strike invincible frame 1. Nago's still gets hit by lows. Also, did I mention he actively kills himself when he uses his tools?
- "He does high damage! Look at this 90% combo on Chipp!" Every character has high damage. It's Guilty Gear Strive. You can press four buttons and do, like, 60% in this game. That's not special.
- "He has good buttons!" They have far reach, but they're also slow as shit. Can easily be countered by someone like Ram or May.
- Every other character has a double jump or air dash to alter air momentum. This makes his anti-air game really weak.
- "He has good pressure cuz special cancelling" This is literally a game where Happy Chaos just gets to press HS, and Millia can do a 4-way mixup off of a knockdown, and you think Nagoriuki doing yolo 214HS into 623HS is comparable pressure? He actively kills himself the more he does it.
- He doesn't have a grounded dash... except for the command dash that actively kills him if he uses it.
- He doesn't have an aerial dash at all, and his jumps are slow.
And I bet you're just gonna make the "blame the beasts" joke instead of actually countering any of my points lmao.
There you go
