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[HazelrahFirefly]

Odd. Im not having any problem fighting Kensei. I just parry the dodge attack and smack him with ah eavy. Make him think twice about dodge attacking.

Also you guys release Kensei was garbage before the rework right? Now hes in a good place. He's not S tier, but no longer B tier. He's a nice solid A.

Nonsense, he was not garbage.

The problem is that most of us are being in the midst of an attack. The dodge attack is so ****ing fast (I lul at those calling it slow) that he can wait until we commit to something that he will either phase through or hyper armor though.

Essentially its as if the PK got a Shigoki buff. The Kensei is an assassin-heavy hybrid now, not a vanguard at all, and its a terrible direction for the game.

[PanzerShrekonin]

Nonsense, he was not garbage.

The problem is that most of us are being in the midst of an attack. The dodge attack is so ****ing fast (I lul at those calling it slow) that he can wait until we commit to something that he will either phase through or hyper armor though.

Essentially its as if the PK got a Shigoki buff. The Kensei is an assassin-heavy hybrid now, not a vanguard at all, and its a terrible direction for the game.

Again, I dont have any problems fighting the Kenseis dodge attack. if I see him dodging, im usually throwing a heavy so i feint into a parry into a light attack and rinse repeat.

And yes, Kensei WAS garbage. Any half decent player never had a problem with the old kensei. He was a free execution.

Again, I dont have problems. If you are having problems with the kensei, thats on you. hes not even close to how PK is/was.


And hyper armor? I dont think he gets Hyper armor on the dash... though I might be mistaken on that. Or do you mean how his combos are hyper armor like berserker? Well, his moves are pretty slow so its not hard to predict and parry, though I will admit, Light attacks get thru cause Im not expecting it.

[Vonnivek]

I cannot believe so many people are complaining about kensei's dodge attack. It's the slowest and easiest-to-parry dodge attack. If the enemy kensei just spam dodge attack, just feint your attack and parry his dodge attakc, it's so slow that it's almost a free parry. If you have problem facing kensei, you will have much more problem facing zerk/shaman/pk…etc.

Also kensei's dodge attack should stay as heavy, it's so ******* slow. Before the rework, the kensei's dodge attack is a light, and it's almost a free parry and a free heavy damage punish for kensei.

However, i think shaman and pk's dodge attack should change to light attack, especially shaman's, her dodge attack is so fast but when parried, it's only a light damage punish for her .

[Vakris_One]

Amazing. I said it before and I'll say it again: it's like some people never even met a Kensei before Season 5.

If you've been playing this game for longer than a week and still don't know how to deal with dodge attacks you really ought to be ashamed of yourself to be honest. There's just no excuse outside of a mental or physical disability for not learning how to deal with a dodge attack by now.

[Sneakly20]

I’ve noticed that half the people here are getting the wrong idea if I’m reading this right. The post wasn’t about baiting or parrying the attack he’s talking about how wonky the dodge attack is. like attacks that should hit him no matter what phase through him. Again I’m not talking about waiting for a parry I’m talking the move itself is causing a bug for his body or similar. The side step is easy to parry sure. But the move itself is bugged.

[RenegadeTX2000]

Yeah, the dodge itself is brain dead... if you dodge you actually have all time to analyze whether or not to actually follow through with the dodge attack. If they try and bait you with a GB you can on reaction go for last minute dodge attack and beat out the GB.

My issue is how late he can delay the move after he dodges.

[HazelrahFirefly]

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But you guys go ahead and keep and saying everyone is ****. That's all this forum is, a bunch of wannabe pros circle-jerking and calling every one names.

I've beaten plenty of Kensei, Aramusha, Shaman, Glads, PKs and so on... that doesn't mean that they dont have **** wrong with them. If a ln attack should interrupt the Kensei's dodge attack, but doesn't, the solution isnt "git gud noob."

The game is flawed all over the place!

[XJadeDragoonX]

I think kensei mains are on here saying it's slows because when you actually play kensei, the animations is sluggish. But when you're on the receiving end, it's very different. It feels slow when you do it, but to the other person, it's lightning fast

[BTTrinity]

As someone who quit playing this season (For the time being), I find Kensei to be the least problematic out of all the reworks, his is the only one I feel they got right (Sorry Zerk, but throwing hyper armor on lights, and UB's on finisher isnt a rework) Aside from the way he can delay it, his dodge attack is fine. His superior block is needed, because with pouncing grasp he can deflect and without superior block, pouncing grasp would be useless..

The only thing on Kensei that NEEDS to be touched up, is the range of his Zone Attack.

Delaying the dodge attack I dont see as a huge game-changer but I can see it being kind of annoying and unnecessary.

[Devils-_-legacy]

I think zerk had hyper armour before the rework he just had a harder time to activate it now they have also give ha to his side heavys