Lulu
Well-Known Member
In a general sense, he's one of the harder characters to play with via the online play. Most of his setups can be dropped by a simple delay. You could practice the timing in the lab but then immediately drop it online due to the connectivity and the console running slower online to at least be playable. It may feel as if it's still perfect compared to the Lab, but that alone is deceptive and can really shape the way the matches go. You could perform a comeback, but you could also be in a scenario to where your Flash Sword Kick didn't come out or you performed the Kick Cancel instead because you've gotten use to the offline lab version.
This may be one of the causes as to why there isn't much Jacky players to begin with, most of his important approaches have to be well timed and not as lenient as Phase 4 or Kasumi, simply because they have the buttons for offensive ideas, Jacky's approach is a little less then that but more theory in mind. There are those that hit the lab and without realizing that the online delay can literally drop combos and they blame themselves for that. This is understandable and reasonable because it's part of the unknown and they are likely not informed of the online game. This could be true or likely to be not true since it depends on players, but it is without a doubt true that most setups can be really dropped from a simple delay for Jacky. Jacky on a 1-2 bar or random spikes is likely to be a nightmare for him unless he's dealing with a not so intelligent opponent.
LoL.... I don't play online..... 3 Second Lag on a good day and A crapton of disconnects on a bad one.
I as actually comparing his Slide Shuffle Input from the one he has in Virtual Fighter. Its a fast move ergo they gave it a fast way of imputing it.... Team Ninja decided to ignore that and turned what was originally a one step process into a two step one.... which I think is lame since the slide on parryies one single type of attack.... I'm surprised they didn't do the same thing with his Pak Sao.
Its the same story with Sarah.
The Flash Sword Kick I don't have a problem with..... its a quick move with a quick input.... and it doesn't hurt (other than my head aches) when I try to perform it. His Slide Shuffle should have been like that.