u/KeV1989

Title is self-explanatory. Goku Black just released, so what are your first impressions and opinions.

I only got to play 4-5 matches so far, but i feel he isn't as insane as ppl initially thought. Granted only a few matches aren't enough to fully grasp the character yet.

Black Break and Black Bind feels quite good if combined. Black Break creating the defense down zone and Black Bind trying to keep an opponent in place, while also dealing the explosion damage of the zone does quite some dmg. But that said there are several units that i couldnt pull. Broly, God Vegeta, Black himself (due to his immune all while activating Black Bind in a zone) were some that were immune.

Early on Black is quite squishy, so if you face a counter, you rly have to watch out and most of the time have to exit your zones, if the opponents push you aggressively. The massive HP bar vs. low HP bar of the opponent in the promo material happened bc of his Ult zone decreasing HP while inside, so that was just a bad scare.

Overall i personally feel that Black is fine as he is right now. Maybe decrease the zone explosion dmg of Black Bind a bit, but other than that he feels like a decent support. I'll probably continue playing him, but i prefer Final Form Frieza over him. Not dmg-wise, but kit-wise

I usually try not to get the toxicity get to me, but enough is enough. I just can't deal with the absolutely ridiculous nature of the same Saibamen or Nappa emoji (used to flip you off) spamming morons that just spam all game after they mess up and subsequently play bad on purpose.

Just last game a Gotenks feeds twice instead of playing more defensive, especially since i'm on Uub (still my comfort main, even in this meta) and need some time to get more active in lane dmg-wise. Rest of the game this "person" just spams Nappa emoji and ping one after another, as this seems to go through the ping countdown that the devs made higher to combat said toxicity in the first place. It was ping, emoji, ping, emoji, etc. and he could go 7-8 times in a row until the countdown kicked in

People love to shit on the devs and how the game is bad and they are the sole reason to blame. Toxic ppl like that kill my enjoyment faster than some SSJ3 turning into a howitzer behind enemy lines or another player that ignores bosses.

There should have been a method to mute players since the start of the game, bc it's getting laughable by now

Just like the Finn event, there seem to be issues with the rewards. The rewards for the June Smash and Stash show the same as the May one, plus the description of the LE says that "It's may". The June Quick Swap only has 6 rewards in total aswell with older packs being in there

They rly need to fix this stuff, as this is ridiculous. Now it could be the same as the Finn event and that you will be able to re-do it. But if they refresh the June events, there is danger that you will be stuck with the current May rewards and older packs.

So are you going to wait for a fix or are you taking the chance to get those older packs?

In the upcoming tab we had this Pack-specific LE mentioned. Was supposed to be a tornado tag and rewards would have been another Superstar Series 2, Iconic Basic and Iconic Deluxe pack.

It's not in the list and also removed from the upcoming tag. What is going on? I needed those packs bc i didnt get Christina Fury or some of the emerald SS2 chars and i was hoping i could save some MFP

Before the nerf there was the inevitable "Just wait, they will nerf him, when he becomes free" like we had for every new character. I played Buu a ton when he came out and he was very oppressive. Instead of a tech, we had a third DPS that threw off the concept of roles entirely.

Seeing the patch notes and the heavily decreased dmg of Skill 3 i thought he would be useless, but after playing a couple of rounds, i think he is still very variable and plays more like a tech. Instead of hogging most kills, the movement reduction of enemies sets them up to be killed by your teammates much more. The leg hook is gonna be used much more as a disruption skill now and requires more decision making in a teamfight, bc it doesnt outright murder the opponent you catch.

Even though i only played a few rounds post-patch and that being too little to formulate a stronger opinion, i think this is exactly what the character needed and wasn't just done bc he became free. He still has his counters in long-range characters like SSJ3 Goku, SSG Goku, Bojack or Piccolo, but he doesn't hard counter most of the roster anymore.

(but tbf, i lowkey enjoyed the chaotic "all gas, no breaks" gameplay with him. It truly felt like Kid Buu. But it was also toxic as hell)