The New Rick Is CRAZY | MultiVersus Patch 1.2.2 

@@dbzmagus It feels like 100ms input delay lmao

@@Hexanthine I’m glad someone else is seeing the issues with Rick in this update bro omg. I didn’t wanna jump the gun but it’s not looking very good for us tbh. Might start actually moving on from Rick or just the game as a whole if I don’t enjoy anyone else. I definitely will give it a fair shot though since a couple of other characters look fun to me (Agent Smith, Superman, Batman)

⁠@@Achromics Yeah, that’s just it, it’s a playstyle versatility/combo nerf dressed up as a buff. It’s not like rocket being able to kill is new either, they just removed that from beta to live (as well as jetpack spike sweet spot and a number of other things), where his jab string was much faster back then so rocket could actually be used as an edge guard or offensively/as a distance projectile. Right now it’s just too slow of a string to be used like that effectively. I haven’t really seen anyone talk about it either before this video because most people who don’t actually play him just take patch notes at face value and say he got buffed and so few people played Rick as it was so it’s hard to tell Rick players perceptions of it and the new best ways to adapt? It might even just be that he needs his hitboxes fixed (so whip and portal combos don’t randomly drop) but even so the jab speed nerf would still be overboard when compared to the jab/whiff of other characters who can get way more value off of a single jab. I’m kind of the same tbh, I’m taking a break from the game because of the weird balance decisions, if the jab was the problem, why not just nerf the hitbox size, not the speed and whiff? Meanwhile Joker jab and Jack jab are still crazy and much faster/have lower whiff recovery. Not to mention Rick has always had problems with lazer not connecting due to short character height (gizmo and arya got changed but some characters like finn can still run under it when he has a projectile block move) so approaching is even worse now. He was the most fun character for me and now his approach options and combos have been kinda limited, combined with attacks randomly dropping and jab being too slow to actually punish others whiffed attacks it’s more frustrating than fun even when winning a match. The balance of the game finally got to me when Rick got nerfed due to a jab/sair combo that required dodge (self limiting resource) or a portal cancel loop bug/exploit (which could have been fixed tbh) when Velma just got buffed to have an easy combo game and a zero to death. 💀 I really hope they revisit him in future, but I don’t know how much hope I have left for their balance decisions tbh. Thanks for addressing the concerns with changes though. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one seeing these issues All the best 🩵 it’s kinda rough right now. Do whatever is best for you and fingers crossed they fix him at some point🥲

@@Hexanthine I appreciate all the love bro. I definitely do hope they come to their senses with how they’re handling balance. I’m a smaller channel but I’ll definitely keep speaking about it from a grounded perspective

The fart bomb buff is really a nerf to edge guarding, the bomb detonates earlier and can't fall much further anymore. It's now a bit faster to use on the ground, but doesn't make up for the lost edge guard potential for me. The triple nerf on the jab was insane, from the best jab in the game to the worst one, it's too unpleasant and risky to use now. You can't whiff punish by reaction with jab anymore, only by prediction. I hope they revert at least the startup, it gives a terrible feel to the move, in the best case they revert the endlag too and maintain only the shorter range. At the same time, realistically, I think they'll probably keep Rick in this state, to promove a camping fighting style with lasers, meseeks and portal.

@@MuriloRiFO "At the same time, realistically, I think they'll probably keep Rick in this state, to promove a camping fighting style with lasers, meseeks and portal." this is the scariest part tbh. I feel you

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@@Achromics he's still usable, but nowhere near what he used to be. Definitely benefits from skill, unpredictability and good hard reads. My main issue at this point is that some character matchups just completely shut him down even when I'm at my best. Harleys that spam side air and dash attack, Wonder Womans that spam side special/grounded down/air up special, and Tom and Jerry's. Tom and Jerry surprised me with how easily they can completely shut Rick down. Shooting Jerry followed by a dash attack or up attack (the paddleball) pretty much completely locks him out of any approaches or projectile attacks. Jerry kills any meseeks attempts, Tom low profiles the laser beams while dash attacking. And Rick has a wind up on everything so the TnJ player knows to paddleball if you try to jump over the Jerry shot. And if you dodge the dash attack from Tom, he's already scooped Jerry back up and is launching him at you again. Just a pure game of keep away and then batting you with a 10' pole more or less. There is a solution to all of these, but I hate to say I'm terrible at it. Parrying. Gonna have to map neutral dodge to my left bumper and practice up XD

@@amekgomo5250 I feel the same way bro omg

I’m not liking it but I don’t want to judge too soon

@@Yuuki_65 Cooked😭

@@araissmart3864 I appreciate the love! It’s brutal playing Rick right now I’m not gonna lie