(Nov. 07, 2011 11:00 PM)Hazel Wrote: I got my DQ today, and I... am genuinely underwhelmed. It performs better than Earth as a Defense part when on BD145CS, but I couldn't tell if it was doing much better than Basalt, since I'm not super fantastic with Attackers.
Using it as Attack, I did score a few KOs here and there(mostly in Defense on 100R2F), but not as reliably as I can with Blitz and Beat. I tried GB145RF and it was a massive flop, H145RF was also no good. I don't have R145 or CH120, so I could not test those. I may test D125 later, though. In general, I will be heavily testing it some more, but I'm just not well today.
As an attack custom, LT is preferred... and it's not a KO machine, more of a "Traditional attack type" as compared to say blitz, which doesn't really require proficiency with the 'class' to do well, it will KO with a weak launch etc... Death needs the old tricks of a perfect slide and/or a hella strong launch... It is pretty decent, and not as niche/temperamental as say Beat Lynx is, but its not the same as using VariAres or Blitz... It does a different job in the attack category then they do, Death has much longer legs, and tends to win via OS or nudging as opposed to a proper KO, so in many ways it could be considered preferred by some, because even if you do not score a power hit immediately, like you generally need with MFH Vari R145RF for instance, you still have a decent mid-game, where Vari is pretty much screwed(not always, but many times), also Death has an actual 'upper' attack and will lift the opposing bey off the floor repeatedly... I'm not insinuating Death is on the level of VariAres or Blitz as an attack wheel, certainly not in terms of KO prowess anyway, but there is a spot for it as an attack combo... It's kinda like a supped-up Hell, does the job, but there really isn't an advantage to using it over the other options...
As Defense, its money... I just haven't decided which mode I like better, RDF is great, for some reason I've been using MFH DQ BD145RDF pretty much exclusively over the past couple days, CS is probably more consistent, but RDF does some cool things when the plastic surround takes over, granted it doesn't last very long, and is more for evasion than offense, but its something new I guess..
At first I was underwhelmed as well, I expected so much more, considering how much the last 2-3 releases changed the meta so much, Blitz and VariAres reliably kick carp out of Basalt Variants, and Phantom within a month has all but replaced Basalt as the go to tournament staple... So I guess we were getting spoiled lately... but looking back over the entire 4D system, I'd say its better than everything except Vari, Phantom, and Blitz, probably about equal to Scythe, though they do different jobs with some degree of cross-over... So in retrospect, I would say I've been re-whelmed lol
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