Can Red Deku Surpass Base Deku!? 

hey! i was the kendo, ggs!

As someone who always thought assault Deku was a bit of a one trick phony that essentially just relies on alphas to do damage, strike Deku was a very welcome skillset. His moveset is really well put together and has, IMO, more depth than assault Deku, which just makes him way more fun for me. Considering he's what I'd consider one of my mains, I feel like I should share some tidbits about him so he's understood a little better 1. The way the knock down on his alpha works is that it counts the total amount of pellets hit. Once you hit all pellets (one full shot's worth) twice in a short amount of time (don't have an exact number, but I'd estimate roughly 1 or 2 seconds) they will be knocked down. This means that you can have scenarios where they go down after three hits instead of two, because you didn't land all the pellets in the first two shots. This happening doesn't really mean you're missing out on damage though. Since the full damage of the two shots was spread out over three instead of two, the total damage remains the same. 2. It goes without saying, but learning when and when not to scope in is really important. I personally reccomend to only really use the spreadshot in close range scramble scenarios or when there are multiple people in close vicinity that are grouped together, since you will rarely hit all the pellets unless youre very close range, it's usually just better to use the scope in version to do more consistent damage. Of course, the amount of pellets you hit even while scoped in still depends on your aim, so if you notice that you're not hitting full damage even while scoped in, it means you only clipped them with some pellets, and your aim was slightly off. 3. Most people see the fact his alpha knocks down as a weakness- i see it as a strength. Strike Deku isn't supposed to gun people down with his alpha like assault deku is; you use the time while your opponent is knocked to get into your prefered range where you can hit them with your other moves. His beta for example is really good at catching wake ups, wich means that if you manage to knock someone with the alpha, you can deal even more damage if you manage to catch their wake up by positioning yourself right and timing it properly. You want to make sure you don't try to hit them when they still have invincibility frames, but right when they are about to run out to ensure you land the hit and don't leave yourself open. 4. For his Beta, you generally only really want to use it after jumping when you specifically don't want it to track. The tracking and horizontal distance travelled on his Beta is way better if used while standing on the ground, which makes it way more viable and a lot easier to hit moving targets. When high in the air, or after a gamma jump though, you should still always use it if there are multiple enemies below, since the AOE increase is always worth it. 5. The beta consists of two hits, one of which takes place while Deku is falling through the air after kicking down, and when he actually hits the ground. As far as i know the, aerial kick always does 50 damage, and while that doesn't seem like a lot, it stacks with the stomp damage and deals true damage. This means that, just like with Ibara and Shiggys grabs, you can kill someone who just popped PU if they had less than 50 health remaining if you manage to land the aerial hit, something which is pretty easy if you use the grounded betas tracking. 6. After landing the gamma and jumping afterwards, you should always pay attention to where your enemy is knocked away, since if you manuever correctly you can hit them with the aerial hit of the beta which will drag them down to the ground. The opponent usually can do nothing about this, since they can't dodge in the air, making it a true combo. 7. Dont forget to use the gamma as more than just a damage dealer or a get off me tool. It serves as decent cover in a pinch and can allow you to block off doorways and entrances if placed correctly. Last but not least, my reccomended leveling order ever since the last buff they gave him, is: beta 4 -> alpha 4 -> gamma 4 -> alpha 9 -> beta 9 -> gamma 9. The reasoning is pretty simple; you want the extra beta as quickly as possible, after that making sure the alpha has one more bullet and more damage is important to keep strike Deku dangerous at a longer range, and then finally the extra tile you get at gamma 4 makes it so you can actually use it as cover. You can choose to level beta to 9 after that instead of alpha so you get the third beta, but I personally think maxing alpha is a bit more important.

that is the most cracked kendo ive ever seen holy smokes

When it comes to Red Deku's Alpha, the inconsistent damage comes from how many of the pellets hit. Once they get hit by two full shots worth of pellets, regardless of the number of shots used, they will fall over. Playing with other characters that also have knockdown inducing abilities can make your shots feel very weak since you'll be knocking them over with little damage done from your perspective.

As red deku, i get beta to 4 first for 2 ammo, and when u do it while grounded it has good tracking on who the camera is facing and covers good distance, its good for catching people on wakeup

Genuinely I felt like red Deku was always better in my opinion because he fit my style more. Yellow Deku seemed allot more complex, the snipe shot is that complexity I didn’t mess with. It’s probably a skill issue on my end tho but I don’t play base that often

18:55 I got baited and recorded. What a day to play momo 💀

Love your videos!❤

Yooo another awesome video , keep it up bro

The audacity of that shiggy man 😭

I need more vids of you and that Kendo

Congrats on finishing you finals man. I'm not from the us but i assume a 4.0's pretty good! Keep the vids coming

"End it once and for all" whilst fighting All for One and playing Deku, that was a bar.

It’s a struggle seeing you level up your alpha first because I do beta first to get 2😭😭the urges in me😂

Congrats on the good finals scores. GG.

That's crazy I literally said " let's try red deku today again" and played him and now you made a video. So nice. Also ultra sad I'm only on console and can't join your guild

That kendo was so great, love to see it

Good job on the exams stray still going through mine rn

Congratulations on finishing so well with finals bro. I know how stressful they can be. Take your time deciding what you will do bro. We will always be here to support you. Also Stray what would your Quirk be if you were a character in MHA

Love it when u play 4 games in a vid U should play yellow deku next

Bro you goated as hell on Deku, what you talking about

42:50 Kaminari: *shuffles around* Stray: *And I took that personally*

The alpha knocks the opponent into s after a certain amount of pellets, it's not actually after 3 full shots, that's why it does less dmg on the 3rd hit

Congratulations on the finals 🎉

I just thought about something: Assuming they add more than two skillsets per character, it's possible they'd make the current anime version of Tomura (with AFO and the radio waves attack) and this form would most likely be a technical by nature. This would complete the holy shigitrinity: a yellow shiggy with red attacks, a red shiggy with purple attacks, and a purple shiggy with yellow attacks.

@stray im a deku main assaukt and strike and normally you would not aim close range say someone is next to you or a mix between close and middle if that makes sense but if they r clos-long range you would aim in but also you would aim in if you intend to knock them down EG.iida is on the ground and is about to get up you zoom in and shoot so they get knocked down again so they dont escape hope this helped lovenur vids :)

I was going for rapid Bakugo the other day, but I pulled red Deku instead, and to say the least, I'm really glad I did. He is definitely my favorite character to play right now.

I got a game with that emoting shigaraki before, he was actually pretty good at the game. We just lost to a team of 3 cheaters with an invisible iida and a momo with infinite rapid fire alphas.

Full Bullet is my main Skill Set ever since I got it back in Season 3. I always max out Beta cause the damage is beautiful,plus you can catch people slipping when the go Plus Ultra with a sliver of health left

Yo srtay. I'm not much of a stream enjoyer but if you put out an extra video every couple days I'd definitely watch it

Congrats on the grades 🍾

Happy to hear finals went good man. What's your major if I may ask?

@StraySteam Out of curiosity, are these high school or college finals? And if it's college, what's your major? Regardless, love your content man!

hey men just wondering whats ur in game sen and ur mouse dip? or could u also make a settings video

how did you buy the hero souls costume for vigilante? It won’t let me buy him and how do you get an aura on it because you can’t buy it twice

Idk if it’s just me but I get alpha to 4 then beta max it’s just really fun

7:31 i think it did only 48, damage because of the knock down. Only a couple of the projectiles hit before the knockdown came into effect and the rest just ignored him. The knockdown from Alpha can be inconsistent because of the fact some shots hit more or less.

No. Also this has nothing to do with the video itself☠️ but ur ochaco video was very fun to watch. As an ochaco main, u were doing good👍. Anyway continue making goated content and have a great day!

Do you recommend mouse and keyboard or controller? Cause I'm getting my ass handed to me using my Xbox controller on pc.

Yo my man has a 4.0 while being a RU-vidr? Mad respect! I also have a 4.0 and just got done with finals. What degree are you going for?

How would you go about somebody who is unable to play for reasons like vacation,being grounded ETC.

CROSSPLAY PLSSS COME SO I CAN JOIN YOUR AGENCY. Also congrats for doing well on finals

Ayo I think this man dodged me last night lol

Congratulations on your finals

Honestly think you should stream more if your looking for this being a career. Remember you get donations from us and we support you.

Honestly i’ve seen more red deku’s than i did when he first came out, so whether better or not people def like him more.

W VID🎉🎉🎉🎉

Where's the breakers ranked progress to Z5?

How you get license exp boost

i wish it had blackwip special attack

rotty was a fun co-host

kendo was playing in hardcore, LOL

I am apart of a agency that is rank 116.

Tbh this charater is insanely buggy, I've beta'd people in the ground so they get stuck. If it kills them it makes the revive coin uncollectable effectively removing someone out the match people cab just get stuck in his gamma. I've had his A just not shoot sometimes idk why he's so buggy

4.0 :0 bros a genius

i always thought red deku was just kirishima, and should be played like him but idk

Chanel Oberlin (scream queens reference), and it was a pink coat Shig... a gay if I ever seen one, truly feel seen.

The top guy on the list with over a billion points being a cheater with the name "DEVS FIX D GAME" is almost poetic.

Yellow Deku does75 damage now at level 9 He use to do 85 feore the nerf

Deku needs a buff again smh

Yesnt

Wish I had Red Deku. Instead I got yellow Shigaraki.

Yellow deku is so nerfed now,i think red need more mastery than yellow,but the damage is much more

I was the rapid bakugo

Red deku imo is better. You can knock over an entire team at range with no cooldown. AFO using gamma? Nope. Teammate grabbed by vines or shiggy? Nuh uh. Hyperarmor coming in hot? Not anymore. Two shots is all you need. I also chained a beta into another beta once which was absolutely disgusting and I didn't know it was possible. 380 damage combowith just 2 betas.

Yo whats up

As a Red deku player I see that you play him like yellow deku which why he feels inconsistent. Play him like Kirishima and you’ll see a big difference.

EARLY GANG 🤝🏽

Idk, I always felt strike Deku was better than assault.

...bro play iida ...pls

Rotty is so peak

are you sponsored by the solo leveling game or sum?

Tbh they made all the other characters more interesting than Deku in this game. To me they failed him.

sadly this game takes way too long to get crossplay ngl

They didnt fix ieda bug 🫠🥲