As a smoke main , he’s very predictable. Even if you random And wild. Especially High level. Reason why no smoke mains never won a major. Wishing for daddy G and just nasty in evo.
I agree I think the second you get to high level he’s one of the worst characters I’ve played you have to work so hard to get anything going because of all the upblock opportunities
For smoke mains, when doing 32 in your combos you don’t gotta dash to get the second one off. I think it’s actually easier (atleast it is for me) to do it without dashing on the 2nd and you can still get off the rest of the string.
The thing is, it gets a lil finicky if you hit both kicks off the second 32. Bc the most common next combo is f12 grab and the second kick of the second 32 could make the gravity heavier and the timing a lil weirder
@@combosensei I laughed a little when you were invisible and teabagging me lol but I'm not upset about it. I stream this game from time to time on Twitch. I have trouble against Smoke at times, my reaction time is a bit slow lol I'm female btw :3
I now see how Goku feels whenever he uses ultra instinct. It drains his stamina, just as my stamina is drained by doing back to back vapor cancels with Smoke...
I agree let's be honest the higher up in Kombat league you go the harder it gets to use smoke he gets punished for almost everything he tries to do and I think the smoke bomb should have a mid and far teleport so it's not so easily punished
@@TheRebelMerchant exactly. He’s fun low levels. But struggles so badly at high level. Smoke is my favorite ninja and the fact that it’s Yuri Lowenthal makes it even better. They need to show him some love
I have a decent smoke, nothing like JustNasty or Daddy G but I sometimes confused ppl with invisibility/pressure… Smoke is not bad but at the same time not good… the problem with smoke is that he has way too many gaps and easily punished… he definitely needs a buff.. very good fighters in Kombat League fucks up my smoke because they know his every move and they not dumb lol
@@combosenseiThis gives me an idea: maybe a special were you set up a KOTH to see who can dethrone you first? If your videos told me anything is that you seem hard to beat.👑
Whoever told you he was bad and shouldn’t be playing this game or giving advice smoke is very good he has decent strings he is good with different Kameos and he can go invisible basically making mix useless since they can’t hit what they can’t see
Smoke is far from broken, rush down character with no mid, gaps in all his main strings, slow armour and gets mashed on, pros are putting him bottom 5 for a reason.
I'm a Smoke main. I love the character and love playing him. However, he is definitely a weak character if you're playing anyone beyond beginner level. All of his strings have armorable gaps. His frames are terrible, considering he's designed to be a rush-down mixup character. He and Li Mei should have frames comparable to Johnny Cage imo. Also remove the gaps from his fwd 3 2, and fwd 1 2 strings.
I agree at high level he made me work to get wins they also should give him an option to spend meter on the cancels for plus frames that would add a mind game
@@combosensei I could see that having potential for creative mixups that aren't currently possible. I know that it's unlikely to be added. However, I think it would be cool if they added a grenade special move for combo extensions. He has a grenade that he uses in one of his fatalities. It would fit the character and add depth to his moveset.
@@combosensei Yeah, a kameo version of smoke like cyber-smoke would probably have something like that. It just kind annoys me that I don't get to use the grenade that he uses in his fatality lol. Every time I see it, I just think of it being a missed opportunity.
Then you just suck with him. It doesn’t matter if you’re a “main” or not. He is FAR from “weak”. Yea. He’s got a couple gaps, but they’re easy to work around. Mix it up. He’s got a ton of shit he can do.
Smoke is the Noob killer. Against anyone high tier level he's one of the worst in the game Imo the worst, with all the upblocks/gaps. Ninjakilla said it himself.