The smexiness that is Blazblue

[Xiaounlimited]

You know, the more I play Blazblue and watch match videos the more it dawns on me how stretched apart tiers and matchups really are. I can't disprove the above post, because it's right. In the past 7 days I've seen some really retarded matchups and it's really just doing nothing but proving Infernova's point.

The appearance of balance is a facade that really starts to fade once you start to get serious about the game (sadly), but I don't retract my statement about this game being fun as hell and it being one of the better fighters out there (because it is). With all that said, I'm still going to be playing this game seriously. Regardless of how frustrating and how blatantly biased some matchups are, it's extremely addictive and fun nonetheless.

Also,

The problem BB has is that it lacks a proper defensive mechanic like the EX shield of MB or the parry system of 3rd Strike.

Instant blocking. AFAIK you have a frame advantage, don't move the Guard Libra and take no damage, chip or otherwise. Tell me if I'm wrong though

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Taking the zoning characters out of consideration - unrealistic but humour me here - the game isn't that bad in terms of balance. The rest of the cast is generally even. I mean, including the zoning characters, the WORST matchups are like Tager vs. Nu (see above) and maybe something like Rachel vs. Carl (because he has nothing going for him, since his clap loop doesn't work on her). The clap loop infinite is another story that I won't touch on.

The developers have acknowledged that Nu is extremely powerful in comparison to the rest of the cast and while that makes sense in relation to the story it's pretty horrid gameplay wise. Apparently it was also acknowledged that Arakune and Rachel were overpowered as well from the devs, though I haven't seen that mentioned. The Nu comments are all over Dustloop so I'm taking it that that statement is true.

With the magic of the internet though, maybe a patch will come through. Maybe. I wouldn't mind Rachel getting nerfed if it meant Nu wasn't such a beast anymore. Especially not with one button.