How to punish Nobushi???! | Forums

[Kav0rk4]

But wait guys, look, what I'm saying is how can you just have a character that's more or less immune to parries? Like you can't punish a parry vs her, that's absolutely insane.

[I_am_a_robot]

its the most annoying and broken character that ive seen in recent gamer memory. especially the bleed so easy to apply, ridiculous character. not even saying OP, thats not the question, depends on player. its just terrible even if I win most of the time, its just bad. since most players dont care about exciting duels and just think of griefing and annoying others, its nobushis all over the place, poking kicking fleeing, terrible

[Velkamit]

I feel like if her light side attack were sweeping attackings instead of long range pokes it would fix her problems and make her less frustrating for new players to play against.

[Cyb3rR4ptor]

Well first. A big mistake i see most ppl do. Even I did when starting to play. Is wanting to parry every attack. DONT.
Unless you can easily predict an uncoming attack don't try to go for the parry. Just normal block. if it's a combo then block the first attack parry the second or third.

Nobushi's aren't OP. I've only used Nobushi the whole beta and I've gotten obliterated by characters from the whole cast.

1. keep the blow exchange long. Why? Nobushi burns through stamina fast. 3 reps of her attacks will have her dry.
2. Don't charge in a straight line trying to "overwhelm" the initiative. The Nobushi can just back dash poke you. And it has bleed so it's gonna hurt a lot.
3. Let nobushi have the initiaitve. Most Nobushi's will start with the dash poke to the front or side dash heavy. Sometimes they will try to bait you to doing attack and then hit you with the back dash poke.
4. Moving to the sides is your best bet since her best attacks are forward thrusts. Sure she may have range but she only has 1 good side attack.

I find shielded characters most troublesome for her. Since her guard break has little range she has to risk the close distance in order to do it. And her back dash poke fails against the conqueror/warlords shield thrust.

[Kav0rk4]

Some nice hints.

Clarify something for me will you?

You say side stepping is your best bet, and people have said that before.

But what do you mean by that, what does that achieve, it doesn't bring you any closer to the Nobushi, does it?

[DaWeirdWAAAGH]

Every brainless kid can play nobushi for now. I report every one who play nobushi 1vs1. Will see how they play after poison nerf.

[zide-]

Depends on what class you use. If you use a light class like Orochi, you can easily beat Nobushi with sidesteps and light attacks. However, if you go with a heavy or medium like Warden there really ain't much to do against Nobushi other than hoping you get close enough to do a guard break and land a couple hits, side stepping with slower class like Warden does not work well.

I wouldn't call Nobushi OP because she can be dealt with some classes but she sure ain't balanced due to the poison and speed combination she has. In the hands of a player who knows her moves, Nobushi is nearly impossible to overcome as anything but light class hero.

[Nexuss94]

if she over head attacks, parry then she will probs try it again so you dodge left or right and hit her in the face with light again then grab and stab she will think twice before doing that again ofc im playing as a PK

[Stankyfoot]

Every brainless kid can play nobushi for now. I report every one who play nobushi 1vs1. Will see how they play after poison nerf.

You report people for playing a character that you're bad against? Seriously?

IMO the one thing that needs a nerf is the fact that poison can kill you and, even then, its really not that big of a deal.

For me at least, the Noubushi is one of the easiest characters to play against because if you fight strategically you don't need many tactics to beat them. I got abused by Noubushi players in my first few hours of the game but the second I stopped playing their game and learned to push the pace they became very manageable.

[Cyb3rR4ptor]

Some nice hints.

Clarify something for me will you?

You say side stepping is your best bet, and people have said that before.

But what do you mean by that, what does that achieve, it doesn't bring you any closer to the Nobushi, does it?

Nobushi's best attacks are her pokes which go forward . So keep yourself moving side to side. Her best side attack is a heavy attack that comes from the opposite direction, if you make the pokes useless and make her use the side heavy which you will block/parry. Once she loses footing close in. At extreme close range. she has little game.

Players should treat this game. As a fighting game. Learn your footings. Establish which scenarios work best for you (Bridge fights, open spaces, stairs) after you set your bearings once the map start. Learn the match ups. You cant play the same style against all characters. Once you get a hold of that. You should be starting to rank wins