r/TheyBlamedTheBeasts

Theres so much discussion about this character and its like man who gives a fuck. god you dont like people bridget posting but not playing gear? who gives a fuck. Its been the same shit for three fucking years. its like, people have been larping bridget forever at this point, just fucking get over it at this point holy shit. We're fucking strive players we're damn near larping the franchise by default holy shit. Who fucking cares any more, why does anyone continue to speak in these pointless ass circular discussions. Theres no godamn endgame here its just more and more pointless bullshit constantly holllllllllllly fuck. It makes me feel like any time shes brought up outside of like a competetive settings its a fucking cia plant to get gear players to play their godamn game less, we're getting got by blazblue players psy-ops wake up.

3 years ive been seeing this shit, 3 godamn years, and you all still contribute to it fuck offfffffffff.

I just wanna rant rq

I consider myself decent at the game. I have exactly 400 hours atm and played since s1. When ranked mode dropped I got vanquisher the first week after placing plat 2 with Elphelt. Took me a ton of games but I did that and got very burnt out.

I hopped on other fighting games between the end of september to the start of 2.0 since I was waiting for the next change to strive before hopping back on. I didnt like the balance of the game during all of s4 tbh especially bulkier characters just being overtuned af.

I tried some jam out at the beginning of the patch and was having a great time in diamond, but I thought I should hop back on Elphelt and gun for 1600 DR or at least top 50. Last I played I was hovering around the high 1400s low 1500s.

I was hoping that the balance changes to the game would fix the problems I did have with last season, however they seemed to not change at all for my character much. I still find she has dogshit matchups against most of the cast. I am still whittling away at characters who can do 80% off one combo. The nerf to bomb and change to out of repair really made her feel clunky. Despite this I am trying to persist.

I have yet to find myself go on a "win streak" but many losing streaks. I started off strong and stayed in the 1480-1510 range, even tho I was shaking the rust off, and believe I have a roughly 48% WR this season, but I have dropped from 1500 - the low 1400s and have dipped to 1380 once or twice. I hop on, have some close matches, and then at a certain point just lose like 3 sets in a row. I then claw back up to roughly were I was before and it repeats. The clawing up isnt even win streaks its 2-1 sets or people who are just 50+ my points giving me more. And as soon as I am back to 1460 or 1470, Nago Pot Nago Leo Ky Anji in a row and back down to 1420s.

This character feels like she is getting punished for doing stuff that other characters can still do. Rekka no longer HKDs off of "nailed it", but Unkia still has hkd off of both her high/low options, you can do both raw as well and dont have a mid starter to let the enemy know "its high low time" along with a lot of damage. The biggest difference is Unika's high/low is not a true 50/50 while elphelt's is, but I would rather take scum dipper and a hkd overhead than tickle monster rekka that doesnt reward you unless you have RC. For the record I dont think Unika is OP I am just making the comparison between her mixup and Elphelts, I feel this way similarly with Slayer and Anji, along with some options like johnny's mist finer mix for example.

At this point I just want to give up on my main. She got me my first C floor, I love her visual design, but she is just not fun to play as for me right now and most of the community doest gaf because she is also annoying especially in lower ranks. I hate how her entire balance is centralized around this one move that is uninteresting for the player and not really interactive for the opponent so they make the rest of the kit worse to compensate. She has shitty hp, mid neutral, no defensive options outside of a stubby 2p(that was affected by a universal nerf this patch) and decent 6p, and she does a mid amount of damage for strive. Imma give her a bit longer but I really might just stop playin her until the next big patch.

Regarding the losing streak, MU knowledge, and actual matches, I still have a lot to learn but I feel fuckin washed and chopped and unc and fell off and cooked whenever I play currently. It is hard to enjoy the game when all it does is make you upset as soon as you play more than 5 sets. And i really dont know why this game makes me soo upset vs others. When I was on Tekken 8 during my strive break I never felt like this. When I play deadlock or overwatch I get annoyed at teammates sometimes but never like actually fully upset. Maybe cause I feel like Strive is one of the games I am actually proficient in and I am not living up to my own standards. I feel like such a fraud for dippin below 1400 at one point, I feel like such a fraud for wanting to switch my main, I feel like such a fraud when I lose against an opponent I have already downloaded or I know is playing worse than me but the tilt makes me play bad and I end up losing.

Anyways I just wanted to rant after a stressful session because I cant keep this poison in me, feel free to say "FUCK YOUR CHARACTER" below I understand that feeling

Like is this fun to you? Do you enjoy stun dipper rc that much? is the fireball really that fun?

Now go die alone

No, her mix isn't bad.

No, her neutral isn't bad.

No, she's not difficult to use AT ALL.

No, her normals being relatively stubby doesn't mean she's mid.

No, it's not ok that her damage is like that.

No, she doesn't need a nago Beyblade on steroids.

The amount of people here that try to justify her being overtuned is absurd, people like nago and Leo being strong doesn't make her ok fellas

i have to fight for every stupid stinking inch of the screen with jack'o and i like playing her cuz she's funny and weird but unika's huge hitboxes and FULL SCREEN PROJECTILE feel like they stuff every one of my dumb little approaches. my moves are not that BIG i do not have MOVEMENT skills. either i'm jumping or i'm running or i'm jumping and running. i just don't have the options to get in on GIANT FUCKING NORMALS AND SPECIALS. i want to play my silly little game of strike-throw and summon my little buddies in peace.

edit: holy shiut 2 upvote. i didn't expect this post to explode like this but thank you alll so much. you guys rock

What's so fucking special about elphelt between every other character i don't fucking get it what are you trying to achieve here? rekka -> grenade -> rekka -> grenade -> rekka -> grenade -> shoot -> rekka -> grenade -> rekka -> grenade -> rekka -> grenade -> rekka -> grenade -> rekka -> grenade -> rekka -> grenade ->

Might as well poke me with a stick until i die or better yet wait for me to fall asleep mid match

I air threw you 90 times in a single match already stop fucking trying, i swear elphelt mains never played a game in their lives they just landed on strive and happened to land on elphelt

"B-BB-But pro and high level plae gud blah blah" yeah i almost fell asleep watching the "Pros" play or even play against them, too fucking predictable and lame

It's a shitty character with a shitty ass style shitty approaches and shitty fanbase

No i am not complaining that elphelt is strong, but i would rather go back to MK1 over one rematch against this lame ass half assed underbaked excuse of a character

To me it makes running strike/throw feel pretty awkward and kinda bad, it really feels like it’s cemented mixups as the better win condition.

I’m not sure it’s a bad change though, because I feel like most strike/throw characters usually have strengths in other areas like defense, high hp, and high damage.

I think that the change overall makes the game more balanced but it makes characters like Ky, Sol, Nago, Gio, etc. feel pretty awkward to run offense on.

I don’t know if I’d rather keep the change for the sake of balance or revert them for better feeling characters.