Itsuka Kendo

[gloomy dagger]

when in reality, majority of the cast never have to be within 200dmg range

[past cove]

That is true

[gloomy dagger]

"That person can knock me out in 1 punch, nerf them"

meanwhile they have a sniper....

lmao

[past cove]

Lmao

Yeah I completely forgot about how every character does basically over 100 damage in the game

[gloomy dagger]

idk if baku is still doing 90 per shot

[past cove]

He doesn’t

[gloomy dagger]

but even then, take that into consideration

what's his max?

[past cove]

From what I remember

[past cove]

Don’t remember that

I think it’s maybe around the 80s

[gloomy dagger]

alright, so take even that 80

how much more range he has on kendo

[past cove]

A lot

[gloomy dagger]

what does kendo have to do to get in

what does kendo have to do to avoid damage

[past cove]

• if crouch alpha infinite range

[gloomy dagger]

what does baku have to PRESS to fly away.....

ideally, a baku should never be hit with that 200+ dmg

[past cove]

Ibarra hard counter

[gloomy dagger]

and if he does, then it's bc he was caught off guard

or used up all his resources

to which case if he used all his resources

[past cove]

You talking about strike

[gloomy dagger]

why should he be rewarded with kendo getting a damage nerf

[gloomy dagger]

i'm saying ideally baku should never be getting hit with a max dmg alpha from kendo

the only times he can, is if he's caught off guard, or used all his resources

[past cove]

Ah I see

[gloomy dagger]

(not including team play, specifically 1s)

so again, why should baku get further rewarded by kendo getting damage nerfs

that's a deserved punish

kendo is strongest at end game

overall, she shouldn't be chasing kills until after half the match

she can do damage to exhaust their resources

but securing ko's is a lot more risky depending on situations

[past cove]

Yeah I need to find a opening where I can strike and vampiric build really helps with that so I can continue to get downs and KO’s

[quiet shale]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flc6Uz-yTSI

[cursive plume]

gnoblin level clap merchant gameplay

[quiet shale]

😂

[spark atlas]

w

but how did that shiggy butcher his gamma beta so hard lmao

not even near you where was he aiming 😭

[prisma comet]

ngl that buff was too much, good thing she can't use systerly 💀

[sour jetty]

her dmg is very good with tuning but outside of damage she doesn't have much going for her. I do find her fun though

[tacit path]

Is the kendo bug where some things go through her beta still in the game?

[sour jetty]

yup

[tacit path]

Darn

[night fjord]

I'm thinking about making a build for kendo should I use embritilment?

[sick canyon]

100%

[brittle tendon]

either her red casual for embrit or you can run wall runner

[idle gull]

whats her best tuning?

[sour jetty]

casual red outfit with embrittlement

https://medal.tv/games/my-hero-ultra-rumble/clips/jPRHT2wEixngj2Tbq?invite=cr-MSw4UzQsMzAwMjk5NDY3

[main forum]

yeah nerf kendo

[soft osprey]

No

She's getting the good treatment of being cared for by devs

[fluid frost]

Hi

Anyone know a good kendo on yt?

[main forum]

yeah no

[soft osprey]

Umm yeah

[main forum]

nuh uh

[soft osprey]

Stop being in denial

[mellow crown]

Love the kendo buffs

[main forum]

i think i will keep being so

[light quest]

He about to hit you in your chin stop it before it gets sticky out here

😩

Kendo Allat btw

[main forum]

[soft osprey]

It's okay to be in denial but take somewhere else

[main forum]

😡

[hollow mountain]

Hol up
D..does using two strike cards stack..?

[quiet shale]

Yeah they stack

[mellow crown]

Fair and balanced

[gloomy dagger]

I haven’t posted kendo content in a long time, however I was the main source of it for awhile

I believe there are more kendo streamers rather than youtubers

Sonicultima11 is another creator

@brittle tendon does tiktok mostly I believe, but she’s plays other characters as well as kendo

[fluid frost]

That the thing i watched your vids for her match ups and mouvement techs but unfortunatly u not making content anymore so i was lf another youtuber that is still playing the game currently

[fluid frost]

Thx

[gloomy dagger]

np!

[gloomy dagger]

ah okay so you already have seen my stuff haha, yeah I had to stop uploading videos for awhile due to work

[fluid frost]

Oh… hope you’will come back, i love ur vids bro 🫶

[gloomy dagger]

thanks for the support ❤️ I should be back soon

[fluid frost]

❤️

[mellow crown]

Kendo alpha damage is ridiculous now😭

[past cove]

Yeah

Strike character that stuns + Kendo Alpha goes bonkers

[brave flower]

I’ve always been a Kendo hater bc she was rlly bad, now that she’s rlly good I still hate her bc now she’s too good

[bold fulcrum]

why did you hate on a bad character 😭

[pure forum]

I don't see why you'd hate a bad character

[mellow crown]

Was probably hit by one of the kendo combos and has hated her since

[past cove]

:v

[quiet shale]

I mean this is the same Kendo that you said was really bad 😂 This is how shes been since release, she was nerfed for maybe 2 months to make Red Kirishima look good. Just like how people figured out how to fight this exact same Kendo in season 1 and 2 and called her trash all the way up to today, you will do the same too. (tho I still stand by her alpha's slapping a bit too hard. It should be around 110-120 damage at level 9 imo)

[empty magnet]

No young roody this damage is beautiful 😢 I love my 200-210 alphas

Even tho she got this buff I expected to see at least 3-4 kendos per lobby it still feels like season 6

The average 1-2 kendos per lobby

😔

Think it's time for a built in wall runner and the kendo flight glitch back

😩

[quiet shale]

Eh Kendo can still fly without the glitch

[empty magnet]

🤨

Show me duh way roody 😩

[quiet shale]

Honestly the clap isn't even the highest damage one click ability in the game, ALPHAS STILL SLAP TOO HARD 😤🤣 I may be an og kendo main but even back then I realized that her alpha did way too much damage

But the gamma is fine

[quiet shale]

One sec, I'm a little slow rn eating and texting at the same time 😭

[empty magnet]

Take your time

[empty magnet]

I do agree alpha do slap hard i got 1 tapped by it as when I was flesh

😭

But i don't hate it i think she needs that

[quiet shale]

I think just lowering her alpha damage to 110-120 at max level would be perfect

[quiet shale]

https://youtu.be/f74BkSI8z1M?si=hqDBZDNHE_XjneO3

Wall runner makes it to where you can do it anytime you want

But you need a rapid card without wall runner

[empty magnet]

she looks like iida with wall runner holy 🤝

Didn't expect her to go that far with wall runner palm glide

[sour jetty]

imagine if flying kendo bug was still in the game lol

[empty magnet]

😭

[empty magnet]

Can do dragon balm air combos on rapid bakugo 😩

Ball*

[quiet shale]

Speed cards make her go even farther and I have my own little secret team up that makes it even crazier (tho it wouldnt be hard to figure out imo)

[empty magnet]

I notice you have

Hp sucker

What if you swap that out with nejire hado and do the wall runner

For the thrill

With ochaco to float

Not to keep but a fun build to do

[quiet shale]

So what activates this mechanic is wall running up a wall then jumping off and sprinting into the jump pad

https://youtu.be/8PTYDgcDqxY?si=2Hnu52_W89GSvJRf

This is pre rapid card nerf and also pre tuning but it shows the differences well

You just don't go as high off the jump pad after the rapid card nerf, but you still get a decent bit of height and still keep the same speed

[empty magnet]

Roody you're making rapid kendo

Come to life

🥹 🥹 🥹

I'll save this video

[quiet shale]

Well I was originally only a Tsu main until I was introduced to Kendo. I learned about her movement capabilities from Metsu and since then I've been training as her for seasons to try and push the limits of her movement. Funny thing was that I was just doing some combo damage numbers review and just messing around in training mode when I found that jump pad tech 🤣. I did it and was like wait wtf did I just do

So I guess that's what happens when a rapid main becomes a Kendo main too 🤣

[quiet shale]

[empty magnet]

Did you stop playing tsu entirely?

[quiet shale]

No no Tsu is still my first main, Kendo just became my second main. No matter how much they nerf Tsu into the ground Imma still main her she is so much fun to play.

I still play her a decent bit but because of the meta I was technically throwing just by playing her unless I had a good team. Now in solos the meta wasn't as much of a problem I could easily out smart them unless I ran into a hawks that knew their level one beta was still bigger than my level 9 beta 😭

But Kendo started to become my go to for dealing with the meta around season 4

And now I AM the meta

Hehe how the tables have turned

https://tenor.com/view/kappa-turkishedits-twitch-twitch-emote-emote-gif-19815447

[empty magnet]

time to raise the kendo flag for all the kendo mains out there roody

And yea froppy a 50/50 though there are a ton of them even in this meta

[fluid frost]

Wait when u have wall runner tuning it make u go higher when u take a jump pad ?

[dull meadow]

I am a little bias but I think that's too low. Yes she has good damage but it's because she has zero mobility. Ibara, another no mobility charater, has fat alpha damage and range to go with it but I don't hear people wining about her damage constantly? Lol she even has two revives now and a grab that can one shot people with the right set up.. I think kendo is just fine. People just need to learn how to fight her and stop just smacking yourselves up against her shield like a moth to a flame lmao

[quiet shale]

I haven't tested wallrunner too much only rapid cards before the rapid card nerf. I just do the mechanic instinctively since I've practiced it a lot nowadays. So how the mechanic works is that when you use a rapid card to run up a wall then jump off it puts your character into some kind of "float" state for a short amount of time. This float state causes you to get a bit of a bigger boost off from the jump pads. Doing the same exact thing with a wallrunner build also puts you in that float state you just don't have the speed boost from the rapid cards. Every character can do this mechanic, Kendo just gets the most out of it because of the way her air melee works.

[fluid frost]

Oh i understand now thank you

[quiet shale]

Np 😄

[quiet shale]

You really have a point but trust me they will continue to run into our shield like a fly against a window just like the same people have continued to do consistently the past year 🤣🤣. But I still feel that alpha hits too hard especially with tuning and embrittlement really isn't that broken. Heck just only using strike cards can get her alpha to nearly 200 a hit without tuning. With the right builds you can quite literally do 250 damage an alpha if you have strike cards. And that's not the fault of tuning that's the fault that she simply does too much damage at level 9 alpha. I've been a Kendo main since season 2 and even then I knew that alpha was slapping too hard.

Now it shouldn't be reverted to its old damage numbers but somewhere in between 110-120 like I said before

I personally don't think anyone should be doing damage over 150 in one hit unless in PU/PC but I digress, the balancing is definitely heading in a better direction.

[dull meadow]

I just think it's semi fair because of how close you have to be to do that damage. If not close you are hitting for like 70 sometimes at best. And again why are they that close to the kendo lol but I understand what you're saying too

[light quest]

That's what I'm saying 🗣️ 💯

They bring up 3rd party thats any character

Dabi can come outta no where and grab you dead.

Rapid bakugo can come out of no where and gamma you dead

Ibara can boom you with alpha 170+ 🤣

Mic can beta you and get you deleted faster than kendo can

Strike deku still 4 taps

135 per alpha.

Ochaco can hit you with the smooth 500 dmg combo

Denki can break your back and insta kill you with his no knockdown alphas

Aizawa can alpha into you and do 160-200 dmg with 1 alpha

And he has 6 of them

No embrittle ^

🤣

I don't even play kendo

And I'm fine with this.

She has to work for it.

And like you said you got to be point blank to do that.

[spark atlas]

lets see if we can make it to 300 🔥🤑

[empty magnet]

double strike cards + embrittle + Intensified PU in a full strike team

[dull meadow]

My agency members have voted and we are now the Kendo Crusaders 😁

[brave flower]

I feel like I fight a Kendo once a month, I almost never see her 😭

[fading iris]

Lv 9 Gamma the truth

👁️ 👁️

[brazen ember]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdeQCWkp/

[brittle tendon]

alpha >

[fading iris]

All will be revealed soon

[past cove]

The only thing I don't like about Kendo in Ultra Rumble is her special tuning

50% damage reduction is annoying

[dull meadow]

It's way too much

[sour jetty]

its necessary for how much dmg characters do

[pure forum]

Sisterly is way too strong

[rigid pagoda]

gamma not giving knockdown iframes is a problem lol.

[sour jetty]

umh electrify is some bs on kendo LUL

[past cove]

Even though I haven't seen it myself, I'd say yeah

[bold fulcrum]

the risk is not really hard to achieve for the insane reward that comes after

[past cove]

Not to mention there are serval characters in the game that have easy melee to land

[past cove]

[past cove]

All of the characters I can think of that have an easy time with landing their melee (air melee also counts if you didn’t know)

Also it lasts for too long if you fully level it up. I wouldn’t have a problem with it if it lasted for like 10 seconds or less

A ton of the special tuning is just straight up stupidly broken and last for so long when fully leveled up

I hope they do tune down the special tunings next season

I find it dumb that people are now complaining about kendo even though she did this amount of damage during season 1 to when she got nerfed but for how most people play this game, I’m assuming that people are spamming gamma and holding down bata cuz most of the kendo’s I see in ranked mostly do that

Nowadays people play extremely brain dead so I wouldn’t be surprised if that’s the case

[rigid pagoda]

season 1 beta sucked and gamma wiffed way more + less movement speed.
Now we got tuning to make her alpha do 200, gamma no wiff, beta actuallllyyy gooood.
She is queen at melee range with some lvls and very punishing on city map for that reason. she might be the only 1 that can even handle tech shoto as well which just is telling.

[dull meadow]

She has always been amazing. Season 1 beta still had her jump tech which is one of her best qualities so I'm not sure what you mean. In my opinion she is just like most characters where she can be decent when played by average people but played by someone who really utilizes how she works she can excel. Just like iida for example. Iida can be very simple and kinda bad for an average player but for a good player he can be top tier.

[rigid pagoda]

was not amazing when her beta was bugged and literally useless

[past cove]

There were about 3 times that I remember that her bata was bugged

[rigid pagoda]

o true season 1 it wasnt

[past cove]

Season 1, she couldn’t counter Iida’s bata

That’s like the one bugged thing about her bata in season 1

[rigid pagoda]

thought she could roll to parry it

[past cove]

Well what I meant is if you stand there and Iida bata hits you, you still get hit by it

[dull meadow]

True that was annoying. He was my worst enemy back then lol

[bold fulcrum]

imo every rapid character can melee easily

[past cove]

True

[light quest]

Melee warriors

Assault deku if you're cracked at landing gamma whips tho

can also land melee quite easily with his alpha into melee

But they only use it to run away sadly never into a melee 😔

[past cove]

Forgot about assault Deku

[spark atlas]

i only hate sisterly because i cant put it on kendo

[past cove]

Same

Would absolutely run it on kendo

Would be the one redeeming factor

[light quest]

Seen some kendos use revenge assault it's pretty neat

[fading iris]

It has been set on YouTube

Gamms the truth

Ill dm you link if u tryna see gamma

[brittle tendon]

gamma is objectively worse in most cases

[dull meadow]

Would be monstrous on kendo 😂

[spark atlas]

good 🤑

[sour jetty]

yea kendo is overbuffed rn even garbo kendos doing dmg without combos

[light quest]

You got bigger things to worry about let kendo have her freedom

[ebon knot]

My friend's Kendo build 🔥🔥

[sour jetty]

Not running embrittle on her is a crime

[dull meadow]

And running symbol of peace over wall runner for a blue slot is an even bigger crime.

[ebon knot]

He doesn't have Yellow Shiggy. :(

But I do. 😈

[past cove]

Interesting

I mainly ran vampiric though

There probably better tuning sets that you can use for kendo

[empty magnet]

Revenge assault + HP sucker is good

[brittle tendon]

how do you make an easy to build skin terrible

might as well just run wall runner hp sucker with another skin if you don't have embrit

[bold fulcrum]

Kendo's kit is so unreliable sometimes so that's fair

She's exactly how she should be in this game

approaching any character is f*cking painful

but when you do, he basically dies

[quiet shale]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCZDukUWSVc

Another showcase of shield is love, shield is life. Thank God for me playing solos so much

[past cove]

What do you guys think if kendo gets a quirk set?

I’ve been seeing predictions about her getting a quirk set

I hope she isn’t a rapid but a support. We don’t have any support quirk sets

Also I’m tired of rapids

[cursive plume]

This match lowkey had me tilted the whole time

That redku kept running from me to pop shields with high speed

[quiet shale]

That's how it be sometimes, they love to be track stars 🙈

[dull meadow]

I'm ready for it. It's her melee movement that I'm in love with so I'm sure I'll like the quirk set. I hope she can roll around like choji or something lol

[fading iris]

if yalls dont know yet about kendo with denki new tuning

[past cove]

https://tenor.com/view/dokkan-dragon-ball-vegito-kick-counter-gif-1018784275935869512

Kendo punish :v

[sour jetty]

why you spreading the secrets

[fading iris]

the words needs to be spread i want community stronger

no gatekeeping

[past cove]

Do I want more KOs or survivability (which is the vampiric build)?

I already have 2 builds for kendo

One I like to call it the Kaiokendo build which has revenge assult and revenge strike

my other one is just the vampiric build

[past cove]

If I wanted to, I can put on the assault shiggy special tuning instead

[quiet shale]

amen

[spark atlas]

good

buff this tuning specifically for kendo

make her stronger

😈

[supple garnet]

I hope you had your fun with the character

I hope you didn’t spend resources building a tuning set after the buffs

[fading iris]

we got 3 days wit hit

[supple garnet]

The fun is over

[fading iris]

we got time

What are yalls thoughts on how they gonna nerf it

[fading iris]

From seeing it

[ember storm]

I haven’t even seen a kendo in game and she’s already getting nerfed

[dull meadow]

So stupid. They need to nerf characters like present mic that can do just as much damage but with range

[fading iris]

FACTS

[bold fulcrum]

gatekeeping kinda sucks

but i could understand if it's about a top tier

[bold fulcrum]

i don't trust these devs anymore so I believe that it will be the dumbest thing ever

[dull meadow]

Yeah they have no clue what they're doing 😂

[fading iris]

they better nerf sistely with this patch also

[bold fulcrum]

that makes sense so this will never happen

[spark atlas]

dude come on

i hate tuning bro

[fading iris]

tuning is good

[bold fulcrum]

Hawks was broken for an entire season before getting any nerf

Itsuka Kendo died after 8 days

[spark atlas]

i highly disagree

especially with the way it was implemented

[bold fulcrum]

a system that can make a broken character even more broken in a game where half of the cast is broken

i can't really say its good

but there are good ideas

[fading iris]

alot of the chracters are good tho

aside from like a few

andthey nerfed the broke parts

likethis recet one

[spark atlas]

for sure. theres components i love, but theres way more i dislike.

[quiet shale]

Honestly I'm fine with it I want my multi gamma combos back anyways. What they should've done is put the damage somewhere between what it was and what it is now. So like level 9 clap does 160ish and alpha does like 100-120 an alpha at level 9. Makes way more sense balance wise

[spark atlas]

if they fully revert it ill be so upset. i dont mind if its a semi nerf but please byking dont overdo it 😭

[sick canyon]

Byking making a good balance change? Especially to a f2p character? I'm praying for Kendo atp

[dull meadow]

If they don't ill be upset. They haven't ever nerfed based on tuning before and they aren't even going after someone who really needs it all that much. How they gonna come after her immediately when barely anyone plays her. They took so many seasons to come after characters like strike dabi that was a wayyy worse problem.

[quiet shale]

Eh she was alright anyways then her alpha was definitely too weak not exactly shotgun damage but it was pretty close to perfect

[dull meadow]

I agree but it needs fine tuned and they need to not nerf a character based on tuning. Thats just goofy. That essentially means if you don't use whatever tuning they are talking about, I'm assuming embrittlement, then you are weaker than you should be. So stupid.

[quiet shale]

What's funny is there's already a lot less Kendo's around because they realized kendo is still a lot harder to play than other characters

[sick canyon]

That's pretty much how it works. Kendo was only "insane" with the tuning, but that's a tuning issue. In classic Byking fashion, they nerf whatever isn't the problem and hope the main issue goes away

[dull meadow]

Right!? Like I feel like I'm sweating playing her. I have to hit so many buttons to play her at a top level while other characters I'm barely doing anything with the same result. And she is such a low mobility close range damage character. Like just why...

[spark atlas]

oh god she felt awful for me during her nerf. i fully dropped the game for the time being even with her recent revert. i was planning on waiting it out until next season

[dull meadow]

I was still playing her but mostly because I kept seeing people say she was the worst character and I took that personally 😂

[quiet shale]

Ehhh her alpha still slaps too hard by herself and embrittlement is one of the more balanced tunings anyways especially when compared to sisterly

[spark atlas]

they nerf what doesnt make them money, you mean.

[dull meadow]

Too hard but you have to be point blank for that. While other people can almost do just as much or equal (present mic) with wayyyyyyyy more range

[sick canyon]

Mhm, and when they do nerf their money makers, it's a light slap on the wrist

[spark atlas]

yeah, im not the most mechanically skilled so it was rough for me. it just wasnt fun with everything the game had going on at the time.

[dull meadow]

Then they should be nerfing sisterly. No money to be made there lol

[spark atlas]

the tuning system as a whole makes them decent money tho. you need good skins, the actual items to upgrade etc.

especially with the battle pass now, $25 for all of that is a good way to make money

[quiet shale]

Honestly I loved her nerf, made it to where I just beat on people for longer which made the more gamma combos fun. Man I was already missing those 4 clap combos because people just wake up like crazy

I felt bad for the alpha but the gamma damage was reasonable

[dull meadow]

I've never paid money and have a ton of stuff and almost every character. I'm just smart with my rolls. Even with the new pass I already had the crystals and it pays for itself every season.

[bold fulcrum]

post-nerf Kendo was so weird bcs I felt that nobody feared me

[quiet shale]

I think she will be a near top tier character in the right hands like she has always been

[spark atlas]

yeah, especially with everyone running sisterly you would just be tickling people

allow me to run sisterly on kendo and i wont complain all im saying

[quiet shale]

If I run into people being annoying with sisterly I just run embrittlement 🤣🤣

[dull meadow]

That's so many characters tho...

[bold fulcrum]

she would be so busted lol i want that

[dull meadow]

Doesn't cancel it out tho which just shows how broken sisterly is. Embrittlement is like 20% increase i believe while sisterly is 50%

[quiet shale]

Nah her beta and movement tech takes her farther than most characters do

[spark atlas]

even then they still get a 30% damage reduction which is insane.

they should really have it just be 20% so embrit flat out cancels it

[quiet shale]

Yes but then I run into some with sisterly they find out getting close to me is a bad idea with sisterly

[bold fulcrum]

sisterly being stronger than Kendo's shield is so funny

[dull meadow]

Alot of characters have similar things but can actually have real mobility or range so you can't really say that. And this is coming from a kendo main

[fading iris]

sisterly should be the counterpart to embrittle that makes sense

[spark atlas]

yes, even playing field then

cant hide behind that 50% damage reduction, come take these gammas boy

[fading iris]

the combo be killing like bad lol

[dull meadow]

I'm talking about good players tho. Sure I can wipe anyone average and below with kendo but I can do that with anyone. Against a skilled player with even a little bit of movement you have to fight tooth and nail to win. If they have sisterly is severely worse.

[quiet shale]

Base kendo no tuning is still one of the fastest characters in the game unless compared to the rapids although it takes way more effort ofc. Except twice, twice is slower if you wanna dedicate a chase (like if it was solos or you have a team that can keep up.) on the old USJ map she suffers a little more movement wise due to 99% of it being open terrain but I avoid that map with crappy loot anyways.

[dull meadow]

You do realize that many many characters that aren't rapids still out move her right? Even with her tech lol. It's only the ground characters and bad players you are catching easily when they run 🤣

[fading iris]

she already had it when tech denki realeased just no one used the build unitlrecently

[fading iris]

she not even the worst . she was known for cooking pple when she close.well at least to me that is

[dull meadow]

Definitely. But I kept seeing it so I had to do something about that lmao

[quiet shale]

Nahhh I've been escaping high ranked/skilled gamers since day 1 on her. Especially now that wall runner exists no one has really been able to chase me if I play it right. Just from a height you can easily out maneuver even assault deku

[dull meadow]

Ah we got a brick wall in the chat 🙂 I'm out lol

[quiet shale]

Now if I choke I get cooked for sure

[quiet shale]

I mean Wman I'm sure has seen me run on Kendo before. If I want out of a situation as Kendo she really does have the tech to at least take a rapid too far from their team and one on one them. At least get the rapid to back off, yes it requires far more effort and map knowledge but it's still something that can be done.

https://tenor.com/view/running-away-scooby-doo-what's-new-scooby-doo-escaping-fleeing-gif-3829988797338902679

I don't really think a Kendo should be chasing anyways without a team to back her up

[dull meadow]

I'm a top tier kendo and will be an advocate for her all day but I'm not going to lie and say she has mobility like rapids. Yes she is fast with her techs. Sure you can use wall runner on her. But you can use that on anyone else too on top of their already good movement. I chase people all day with her but if they have more movement then that's that. Unranked games are easy for her. if I am in an ace rank lobby I quickly find i am unable to chase like half the roster if they get away from my combos. Again I'm not arguing that she isn't good. I'm arguing her movement. She has some of the best short range movement in the game in my opinion. But she can't keep up with alot of people if they know what they are doing. If you want to continue arguing about it you will be talking to no one 🤣

[stable oyster]

So weird seeing you in here, Wman.

[quiet shale]

As someone who has made the mistake of chasing too far every now and then... I tend to find myself half way across the map real quick fighting them. They may receive these hands but most of the time we run into a third party and nowadays I just usually say screw it and let them go. But wall runner just makes it easier to prevent them from even getting far enough for that to happen so that's been nice. The only time I find myself over extending is when I'm chasing a rapid like tsu or hawks etc.

But ofc the only reason I can chase a rapid is when I have wall runner or rapid cards

So that part is kinda irrelevant because wall runner isn't base kendo.

It's interesting to see others' view on Kendo because I've also been playing her since season 2 at a pretty high level too. Now I don't care for ranked too much to really go for Ace since it doesn't really mean much in this game anyways tho I have kinda been missing out on them tickets. I've played with plenty of Ace ranks and against really good players all around the world (I like to switch servers a lot in general even with ping problems) and never had a problem escaping a team if I didn't mess it up ofc. Now a full rapid team that's a different story. Wallrunner is the only way with a bit of praying if you don't have jump pads to use Kendo's tech on it

[fading iris]

I play kendo atm 👁️ 👁️

[past cove]

Well it was fun while it lasted

Also I was proven right

Everyone who picked up kendo only hold down beta and spam gamma

For the buffs

So yeah in short people started to play brain dead as her

I’m mad that she’s getting nerfed this early while you have top tiers pressing one button

They refuse to nerf top tiers cuz you have to get them in rolls

Even with the nerfs on some of them, people still play them the same, nothing different about their play style

And they still get rewarded for only pressing one button while Kendo mains have to play dark souls in order to kill top tiers characters

I feel like if tuning wasn’t a thing this buff would be fine and she wouldn’t have gone nerfed

I just hope they don’t nerf her to the ground

I’m fine with doing 160 damage with gamma and 120 with alpha

[pure forum]

Yep

That's how I've encountered all of them since the buffs

[fluid frost]

Just got os by kendo with tech denki tuning bro 😭🙏 tf im supposed to do ?

[past cove]

:v

[past cove]

You can’t

It sucks

[fluid frost]

Fr 😔

[sour jetty]

proc sisterly and pray 🙏

[fringe wave]

Kendo one of the least played characters now is getting nerfed due to tuning 😦

sadge

[grizzled crescent]

The devs overtuned the character, realized the mistake and may now go heavy-handed with nerfs to make sure you cannot have fun again... It may take them a few seasons to realize their mistakes once the nerfs go through, but they might give a buff back... Hm. Why do I feel like this isn't the first time this has happened?

[fringe wave]

They literally nerfed right before tuning too

A couple of week ago i asked in general why do you guys think they nerfed kendo right before tuning,because she would became a monst3r,i guess i was right.

[bold fulcrum]

this is EXACTLY how I feel when I'm fighting Strike Dabi
wdym I'm supposed to kill him before he activates his gamma

Phase 2 Strike Dabi is so unfair for Kendo

[past cove]

This is what makes me want to leave the game

Less skilled players get rewarded

Playing the most brain dead character

The game becomes less and less skilled

[bold fulcrum]

i will never forget that guy complaining because I was playing a "bad character"

we're blaming devs but players aren't better than them

[past cove]

“Kendo needs a nerf, she’s so broken” probably from a hawks main

[past cove]

3rd party and storm hugging is still a massive issue

I can’t 1v1 someone which the whole lobby showing just for cheap KOs

I was getting my hopes up when I saw the buffs and nerfs this season but yet again my hope went down again

I’m not sure how long it’ll be until I actually leave the game

[fading iris]

I am one of them

[fading iris]

That's how this battle Royale is tho with multiple teams on a board. Expect it and play around it accordingly

You know the answer already so you can easily find a situation around it.

[night fjord]

Is kendo getting a nerf or are the tunnings?

[dull meadow]

Its insane that people can complain about that lol. Its literal strategy. Just as holding people as the storm is closing is also a strategy lol

[fading iris]

Storm is strong lol. Can be used as a weapon. 400 hp amazing 😈

Can stall till map get small enough so they have to take clap or storm damage.

[past cove]

My issue with it is that everyone does it, most of my matches have been 8-7 teams that are still alive until last circle and everyone just 3rd party’s until no one’s left

You can’t really do anything unless if you have the right character to deal with it but even still there’s literally nothing you can do because everyone is where you would hide to heal up

Idk how your matches go but these are my matches

[fading iris]

Yeah that's the game

[fading iris]

Heal up in the storm. It's always open end game.

[past cove]

I’ve been doing that more

[fading iris]

Your not locked to the open zone

Just have green

And remember it's good to PU even if you lose your blue green health is super important

Well plus to get blue bar back to not lose green bar

[fading iris]

I chill in storm for 90 percent of my games

[past cove]

Bruh

[fading iris]

I'm the founder

Been in it since season 1

They probably learned it from me

[spark atlas]

idm if people do it in ranked, anything to win ofc. people who camp in storm and do heal offs to win in pubs tho are wild

pubs are not that serious ❌

[fading iris]

What is pubs?

Don't know the word my bad

[spark atlas]

like regular match

unranked

[fading iris]

Ahh ty

[spark atlas]

i forgot what its called in this game lmao

[fading iris]

They want that win lol

[past cove]

That badly :/

[fading iris]

Yes especially when they use meta in unranked

[past cove]

Goodness

[light quest]

What if that's just the characters they like

[fading iris]

Facts thats 90 percent of the players

[vagrant stone]

Kendo mains are different I have so much pride but ik u are all better than me. Kendo is the only character who takes skill TBH

[stable oyster]

Just her.

I've been maining Kendo since day 1.

Haven't got any of that skill though.

[fading iris]

The devs really don't want kendo eating good

That's crazy

[past cove]

Quirk set maybe next season idk

[mellow crown]

Kendo damage is fine they really just needed to touch the tunning

[mellow crown]

Kendo the most fun for me tbh

[mellow crown]

Last game of the day

[spark atlas]

kendo feels very unique, she feels so brawly which is way more fun than the pokey playstyle a lot of characters have

[past cove]

Yeah

[vagrant stone]

Kendo throws down fr

[past cove]

@vagrant stone I would do a kendo 1v1 against you but unfortunately we’re on different console

Just saying this cuz of the 1v1 in the username

[vagrant stone]

Well thank you! Tbh I'd lose against u real kendo players! (If it was kendo vs kendo maybe I'd do better on someone else) and Idk if I'd want to fight u cool mfs anyway. Kendo might be the only character/players I don't want to fight in this game 😂

[quiet shale]

@vagrant stone ooo someone who also likes 1v1 on PC

https://tenor.com/view/evil-smile-evil-evil-laugh-gif-10865501938883882879

[sour matrix]

Is there anyone who could teach me Kendo? I have a entire account dedicated to her.

https://tenor.com/view/shy-dog-dog-shy-dog-shoes-martian-shy-gif-1847379792495616229

[spark atlas]

im not super good at the game but i will say utilize your melee as much as possible! she combos super easily with it

also im sure you know by now but in the small chance you dont, run embrittlement on her.

[sour matrix]

Ok

[past cove]

https://tenor.com/view/goku-bowing-respect-peace-dragon-ball-super-gif-16723914

[past cove]

Here you go
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR5PXW2iIjY8mKl_hjljWNwiGna8SdOyP&si=6BW3k4V3TSLOnvVz

[sour matrix]

@past cove I have seen those but I'm not the best at combat

[past cove]

Hmmm

I can try to help maybe

[spark atlas]

well that certainly wasnt the change i was expecting

[past cove]

?

[spark atlas]

youll see

[past cove]

Like her nerf?

[fringe wave]

noooo kendo 😦

[spark atlas]

yes

very minor

[round folio]

My tips for kendo would first be level up priority.

Personally I go, Gamma lvl 4, alpha lvl 4, Gamma lvl 9, alpha lvl 9, I don't use my level up cards on the beta since I personally don't use it as much as the lvl 1 shield will get you through most encounters and especially characters that rely on getting close.

These are kinda basic so you probably know most of these.

When someone like kirishima hits your shield they get stunned for 1 second, i usually use the gamma after but doing the m1 combo is a viable option as well. Kendo after the end of the M1 springs them up in the air, if already guard broken they can be hit with a alpha for the most damage. Or you can stop the last hit of the string and use the alpha twice, if they aren't expecting it.

When a physical attack from somebody like kirishima hits your shield they get stunned for 1 second, i usually use the gamma after but doing the m1 combo is a viable option as well. Kendo after the end of the M1 springs them up in the air, if already guard broken they can be hit with a alpha for the most damage. Or you can stop the last hit of the string and use the alpha twice, if they aren't expecting it.

When kendo jumps in the air and does a M1 it jumps her back up a little and auto tracks to the closet enemy (if there is one near her), I don't use it as much as it leaves me very vulnerable but it has some good uses as well.

Once a aerial melee connects, If already guard broken you can combo with a regular M1 string, however the last hit will always whiff so it's probably best to hit them twice with the M1 and then use Your alpha unless they attack back with a move with super armor (Example. Kirishima's entire kit.)

From what I remember Kendo's shield will block anything besides: Shiozakis Alpha, pretty much mirios entire kit and AFO Gamma.

Last thing to note Kendo's M1 has the longest reach and auto track, if they're running to your shield to get around it you can use The M1 to counter it

Hope this helps! And if you or anyone would like a short video on combos/Tech with kendo I would be more than happy to make one!

[round folio]

Not really important but some miscellaneous things I found while doing research and stuff on Kendo's shield

Dabi's Melee VS Kendo's Shield

While I was doing some testing on the specifics of Kendo's shield I noticed that at times Dabi will actually go through her shield and either force a stagger animation or complety give Dabi a free melee combo

Here's what I think could be happening...

From what I found out in close range scenarios If it is a couple of steps away Dabi's melee will move through the shield since the attack counts as a hit after that little boost of forward movement (Which would be after he phases through the shield and right up to kendo) from the hit but it does register as a hit and a block simultaneously. They both take a hit of damage and make the stagger happen. seems like Dabi and hawks aerial melee is the only thing that can make it happen so far. it will usually either just give you the block or give them the hit. I think with recent patches as of now it should be fixed because I noticed they gave way less with melee attacks on Kendo's shield than they did before.

[jovial pike]

You guys now have more knockback on clap

How do you feel

[round folio]

I was told it was to prevent the double gamma clap with denkis special tuning. I doubt it will change anything much, but I should probably check out HOW far it actually knocks back.

Yeah it genuinely doesn't change much for me, but someone who has denkis tuning should test it and let us know if its anything worth true concern

[sour matrix]

@past cove thanks

I play on switch I'm not sure what you play on

[ebon knot]

Y'all was tweaking upon hearing that Kendo would get an emergency nerf.

In the end, you just got a slap on the wrist. You can relax now people. 😭🙏

[slim lake]

Hello chat, what is Kendo's best build now? Now that her cheese build got nerfed. Would Electrification still be useful for Alpha or smth or is it useless now?

I have tech denki but i need to know before i use my resources for her.

[sour jetty]

embrittle casual red outfit

[slim lake]

Im broke so i'll do fast combos with embrittle maskless skin

https://tenor.com/view/buzz-lightyear-little-caesars-cup-of-water-broke-mf-kookee-gif-15548577303591196276

Thank you for the answer

[vagrant stone]

Aye homie no need to call me out

[bold fulcrum]

i'm not able to play for the next 8 hours

is the nerf really impactful

[supple garnet]

I think it only removes the Tech Denki SP Tuning combo?

[slim lake]

It makes her gamma have guaranteed knockback

so no more double clap

her damage is same thankfully

[prisma comet]

kendo vs kendo is much better with this hard knockdown, clap fight was a mess

[past cove]

It does seem very minor

Got to see how many hits it’ll take until hard knock

[mellow crown]

So did the kendo nerf change anything else besides the clap knockdown?

Like the melee combo into alpha still works right?

[fading iris]

👀

[pure forum]

Yep

I'm surprised they didn't nerf her damage

[dull meadow]

Its a good thing. She is way too close range with zero mobility to not have damage to make up for it

[mellow crown]

I guess the nerf was because of the tech Denki tunning?

[dull meadow]

Yeah

Im fine with it honestly. I thought it was going to be alot worse

It might take alot of team combos out tho. I haven't tested yet but before someone could catch the enemy before they hit the ground after a clap and continue the combo but idk if that's still the case

[mellow crown]

Alphas should still work for team combos.

[dull meadow]

Im talking about clap. And just tested and all those combos are gone. Clap is instant knockdown. Before you could combo then clap and someone could stop.the knockdown by hitting them. Like say momo throws and alpha. Then you continue the combo for another clap all before the knockdown

[spark atlas]

thank god dude now i actually get to have fun when next season drops

[dull meadow]

They do but the most deadly ones started with a clap and then the alpha spam into another clap to finish. Now that's not possible

[sour jetty]

She has decent mobility with shield cancels to be fair dabi and ibara have none lol

[dull meadow]

Only short range mobility tho. I do agree its amazing short range mobility not but its not true mobility. I can't say much for dabi lmao but ibara does have awesome range, a double revive, very high damage, and a grab that can one shot many people with proper tuning. So I think she is made up for as well for not having mobility lol

[past cove]

You can do a double gamma with a team combo?

Also land a gamma is now a hard knock?

[dull meadow]

Use to be able to. Many people could catch them before they hit the ground after a clap and continue the combo and you could end it with another clap for massive damage but that's gone now

[past cove]

Ah I see

[past cove]

So is this true or no?

[dull meadow]

Yes always hard knock nothing can stop it

[past cove]

Ok, I don’t mind the hard knock change since I mainly use gamma as a combo ender

Unfortunately I won’t be able to do stuff like this anymore

I’m glad they didn’t nerf Kendo that much. I hope they know it’s tuning that’s the main issue in the game right now

[mellow crown]

Don’t know what was going on with my brain when I sent those iida clips here

[past cove]

I’m gonna be real with you, tuning has made the game worse

[mellow crown]

Don’t get me wrong I’m sure the go sucker is great on kendo but I think wall runner would also be great. Especially if you’re on a team with rapids that could use the blue cards

[past cove]

Wait that was air melee after someone recovered, I stupid

https://tenor.com/view/kaminari-kaminari-denki-denki-bnha-boku-no-hero-academia-gif-12137799

[mellow crown]

Also just checked a air melee into alpha works

[spark atlas]

i thought you were trying to flex on us since you were using a kendo target lolol

[mellow crown]

No I thought I sent that to my friend on a different server😭

Timing is weird but this works

[dull meadow]

You can do an air melee into a one two clap for added damage

[mellow crown]

Yea I’ve been doing that. Just didn’t know you could go air melee straight into clap

Same way I didn’t know you could go air melee into alpha before they hit the ground

Still more effective to do the ground melee after an air melee but it’s cool nonetheless

[quiet shale]

I was about to say I don't think that combo is affected 🤔

[solid jolt]

As a solo player this "nerf" doesnt even do anything to me. No one does this to me and ive never done that to anyone else

[past cove]

Air melee, 1-2, Gamma is more consistent

[mellow crown]

It’s also better I just posted that cause I thought it looked cool🤷‍♂️

[past cove]

Sorry I didn’t want to be negative if it did come off like that

[mellow crown]

Nah you’re fine

[spark atlas]

https://tenor.com/view/hatsune-miku-monitoring-miku-monitoring-gif-13905183550057076900

im so mid but regardless i love playing as kendo

[gloomy dagger]

good snipeeeee

[gloomy dagger]

we accept all passionate kendos 💖

[past cove]

Doing good : )
I love predicting combos, you catch people off guard

[past cove]

He was caught off guard after the Alpha

[spark atlas]

ty!!!!

[spark atlas]

had to mess him up since he was harassing our level 3 strike shigaraki lmao

[gloomy dagger]

[quiet shale]

Are you sticking to YouTube for now or are you thinking about returning to streaming to?

[gloomy dagger]

i’ll be returning to streaming as well, but currently taking things fairly slow in order to properly produce what I have been wanting to, the way i’ve envisioned things yk

I’ll probably end up streaming this week if not this weekend though 🙂

the support on my return has really blown me back tbh 🥹 and so I really don’t want to return to that state of mind of trying to pump out content just to pump out content. I would stream to get footage and then just chop up the vod, but I don’t want to do that anymore

[quiet shale]

W take your time, just glad to see you back

[gloomy dagger]

preciate you 🙏🏾

[quiet shale]

Maybe soon I'll be able to get that 1v1 I been wanting

https://tenor.com/view/evil-smile-evil-evil-laugh-gif-10865501938883882879

[gloomy dagger]

pc or ps?

[quiet shale]

PC

[gloomy dagger]

were you not around during the kendojo sessions???

[quiet shale]

I did talk about it a while ago but then balancing for the game went ballistic and a lot of people stopped playing

[gloomy dagger]

I could’ve sworn you were around when I was hosting kendojo customs for everyone

[quiet shale]

I was also a newcomer to you back then so I wasn't always around

[gloomy dagger]

ah

[quiet shale]

Yeah I had just found ya from a recommendation from Kutoux who was another og Kendo main

[gloomy dagger]

I remember them 😮 shout out to him for the recommendation 🥹

[quiet shale]

Yeye I met them during the ps beta. He got me into Kendo and I learned a lot of her defensive capabilities from him. Then he raided you one day and you were doing a Kendo run through all of her mechanics during maintenance. That's when I started to learn about her combat mechanics and movement capabilities from you. Especially them melee capabilities 🤤, that's when I started practicing becoming a more melee centered Kendo

[gloomy dagger]

that was awhile ago then 😮 bc I recall him raiding me I think only once but I remember reacting to realizing who he was bc I came across his shorts before haha

[quiet shale]

But still....

[gloomy dagger]

this is the first time i’ve seen that picture 😂

[quiet shale]

Yeah it was probably late season 2 maybe early season 3

He doesn't really play anymore, though I have been trying to get him to start again after the meta nerf and kendo buff. I think he has had enough of mhur for now😭

[quiet shale]

I believe this is @sudden minnow artwork. Right Salti?

[sudden minnow]

yes!! 👍

[gloomy dagger]

great job 😂

[gloomy dagger]

reasonably so

while I was going heavy on kendo, both her lack of popularity (content wise) & the meta being so against her, it became very hard to continue playing

on top of constantly running into bots

but now after having to be gone for so long, it’s much easier for me to come back and have casual fun no matter what’s going on as my only concern is to hop on, have a good time, & entertain

[quiet shale]

People sleep on how capable she really is still nowadays. Tho they complain about her alpha and gamma a little at least nowadays

[dull meadow]

That's always been my favorite part. Other than recently Everyone saying she was bad to me just made it more fun to play with her lol

[gloomy dagger]

being the “top kendo” used to hold a lot of weight as well and became a mental weight when I started playing less & others started trying to overtake that title, but now it’s overall healthier at least for me & more fun to just be the kendo focal point for ppl and just enjoy my time now

[quiet shale]

Literally me lmao, I always laughed when people called her bottom tier. Sure continue to receive these bottom tier hands

[gloomy dagger]

yeah it’s a really cool thing when you’re able to perform with niche things for sure, also a reason why I loved playing her to go against all the nay sayers, but in regards of growth for content, it’s not a good thing in the long run

as i’ve stated multiple times, I wouldn’t trade the kendojo for anything, imo, we got the most supportive community evolving around this character

and I love everyone’s passion towards her

[quiet shale]

Yeah most people just wanna see meta go brrrr

[gloomy dagger]

but I had to understand that I can still be the “kendo guy” while also still being able to appeal to the masses yk?

before, it was play kendo and only kendo xD

but everyone wants to see their fav creators also play their fav characters

[quiet shale]

Honestly as much as I really like my 2 mains Tsu and Kendo, I couldn't just stick with them anyways a lot of the other characters are so much fun

[gloomy dagger]

yeah nah, I was a hard head and was pure kendo

granted I loved me some ibara and momo

but that was very few and far in between lol

[quiet shale]

I mean at the height of the strike deku, hawks, etc. I was definitely forced to play kendo way more than anyone else. Tsu was okay for everyone but Hawks, Tech Toga gamma couldn't steal blood. But Kendo still held strong against every meta and kept me sane against them 🤣

[gloomy dagger]

hawks is wild

that man’s mobility is crazy

and that’s something that urks me so much lmao

[quiet shale]

Honestly his mobility was fine to me, he's supposed to be able to outrun the entire roster. His damage was the big problem with me

[gloomy dagger]

for sure

he hurts

[spark atlas]

she instantly clicked for me, i was grinding new characters and my first day playing her i managed to secure her 10 ko badge. instantly knew she was gonna be my main from there on out

[quiet shale]

But now after his nerfs all I need is a singular rapid card to catch him on Kendo so I guess I'm just eating him even more 🤣

[gloomy dagger]

🗣️💖

[quiet shale]

When my wallrunner build for Kendo is overkill for catching a rapid 🙈

[gloomy dagger]

really?? bro, I saw someone doing some slash mess and dude zoomed all the way to the other side of the map

[quiet shale]

Have you seen the jump pad tech I figured out a bit ago. It works for all characters but Kendo gets the most out of it

Kendo can fly again

Well

Glide*

[gloomy dagger]

you’d have to show me again

[quiet shale]

Let me find it real quick

[quiet shale]

You can just use rapid cards but I prefer to just have my wallrunner build so I can do it at any time. Rapid cards do make you go farther and faster tho

https://youtu.be/f74BkSI8z1M

I've cleaned up my routes and improved with it to make it even faster since that video but that's pretty much the tech

[gloomy dagger]

ah okay, yeah I came across something similar from labbing after I uploaded my video

and that’s actually the intro to my next video 😂 but i’m going to put as a pinned comment to not roast me since after recording, I realized it’s already been a thing but I wouldn’t have known 🤣

Now i’m wondering if the reason as to why you can do that off of bounce pads is bc you have wall runner on and it’s inherently giving you the speed card boost

or if bc you’re coming off the wall with the fast fall from wall running, if that lingers so that you get the same effect after using the bounce pad

[quiet shale]

So how it works is when you run up a wall and jump off it with a rapid card or wallrunner it puts you in a temporary float state similar to the mechanic of ochaco's float just at a much smaller scale. Running up a wall then jumping off is the temporary "activation" of the tech which alters the jump pads boost giving you more speed off of the jump pad. This shows the difference between with the tech and without it although this is pre rapid card nerf so its not as strong as in this video nowadays.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PTYDgcDqxY

[gloomy dagger]

that’s so interesting

yeah, so it is the lingering effects from wall running

[quiet shale]

iirc its similar to her og flying capabilities before that was fixed

[gloomy dagger]

that’s so specific too

[quiet shale]

yeah other characters can do it but it definitely varies on how good it is for a character depending on their abilities. Like tsu can use it pretty well with her air melee but Kendo just has that air melee that can propel her infinitely basically 😂 . She definitely gets the most out of it compared to the rest of the roster. I was just messin about in the lab and came across it by accident. It took about 4 hours growing gray hairs before I figured out how it was done.

[gloomy dagger]

once I was told that they took away the wall tech, I went to go lab it myself from the 2 methods I showed here

https://youtu.be/zh_8M3vBJr4?si=vpMTZ2vAfBQUxCM6

the original jump and 360 got nerfed to where you fast fall now not gaining any height

but they didn’t nerf neutral jumping, allowing you to still float

then from there, you can use the fast falling momentum

once you press a direction

but what you found out is so intriguing bc again, it’s so specific in order to trigger that effect onto a bounce pad

which now has me thinking that you could trigger this from running off the side of the truck and landing on the pads

[quiet shale]

Nowadays you drop really fast as soon as you move out of the neutral jumping, but honestly I like it for combat opportunities. You drop in so fast that a lot of the time they dont see it coming.

[gloomy dagger]

exactly

I think the fast fall is mad cool

[past cove]

Lmao you the one who made : D

[ember storm]

What’s a good build for non pur kendo?

[mellow crown]

One that would allow for embrittlement or wall run

[spark atlas]

bro your pfp is so cute oml

[mellow crown]

Thank you thank you

[stable oyster]

What did the Kendo nerf even do? Did they only adjust Gamma knockdown? I thought it was always a guaranteed knockdown anyway.

[mellow crown]

Don’t think you can team combo off clap anymore or something

[dull meadow]

Use to be a near knockdown state where someone could interrupt it (not kendo) to continue the combo. But that is just a byproduct of the nerf. The nerf was so that people using electrification on kendo couldn't double clap people.

[stable oyster]

Thanks.

[ember storm]

Is her jump melee faster then her sprint?

Or is it better to just stick to floating

[past cove]

Not sure

I use air melee for movement like ledges and when to get on top of stuff

[dull meadow]

Its faster for going up hill or over obstacles. And her air alpha tech is slightly faster than running if you do it consistently.

@ember storm

[ember storm]

Alr

[mellow crown]

And kendo takes game 1

[alpine mountain]

not people saying nerf kendo 💔

[mellow crown]

lol

[spark atlas]

kms

[past cove]

I made this :v https://youtu.be/hw3CpwAE9wE?si=nJ2qGcWGhcILnXge

[alpine mountain]

this was so interesting to watch lol

i wish i had her costume

[summer wolf]

full kill speedrun (world record)

[pure forum]

That was horrific

[spark atlas]

the first frame of this is frying me

[spark atlas]

normally i dont bag but i felt i earned this one LOL

also shinso clones are crazy

[bold fulcrum]

Toga players trying to fight a Kendo main by stealing their blood is the funniest thing ever

anyways

Someone discovered this with Kendo and Shinso
https://x.com/clchww/status/1904832793223602608?t=ri-8xj0NMJS0Echy_l3BRw&s=19

浅海住在のシーラカンス (@clchww) on X

X · Mar 26, 2025, 9:48 AM

i said as a joke that the devs will see this in less than 2 hours

and they fkin did

[gritty hatch]

Any tips for Kendo?

[past cove]

Like what type of tips?

Combos, overall gameplay or teamwork?

[gritty hatch]

Genuine combat and or team work. Basically a good and effective way to play

[past cove]

For movement Hold beta for a split second then alpha afterwards when you during fights

You can use this for head towards or running away from the enemy

[spark atlas]

oh!

[past cove]

For teamwork, not really sure how to explain it

[spark atlas]

gross!

i need a shinso duo now

😭

[past cove]

I’m not the best with explaining tips when texting but there are other Kendo players who can tell you tips : )

I’m kind of more of a watch and learn type of guy

[dull meadow]

Don't worry about it. They are fixing what is allowing that to happen tonight.

[spark atlas]

dang, i still think kendo and shinso will be a fun duo tho. they will combo nicely

[dull meadow]

For sure. But yeah that combo is gone lol

[pure forum]

Her gamma knockdown Kirishima out of hardening

Compress can't get away from her with his gamma

[past cove]

It’s such a nice change, more of a buff than a nerf for me

What is this lmao https://tenor.com/view/kendo-mha-my-hero-ultra-rumble-nejire-hawks-gif-4076222297759929638

I just found this

[spark atlas]

epic aizawa kill (i got mauled by a pc team afterwards)

[pure forum]

Lol

[past cove]

Nice

[vagrant stone]

Kendo a baddie whether she a ginger or a brunette fr

time skip skin when

[solid jolt]

So anyone else noticing momos shield now goes through kendos?

[summer wolf]

there are a few things that seem to just go through it now

i've had it happen with hawks melee and red kiri beta

and a few other things

[smoky cave]

Hawks beta too mid flight

[sour jetty]

I want to make the broken embrittle build but at the same time I want to make a broken iida damage build im at a cross roads e.e

[bold fulcrum]

Ooooooh that makes so much sense

I was fighting a Momo yesterday and she was so confident about winning the clash

[quiet shale]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYbB4hLTEYs

[wise pier]

Hey hey kendo players! Finally got kendo permanently (still no PuR though ;-;)! Anyone got any advice on playing kendo? I'm looking to get better with all assault characters, which includes her. If possible, I need rather detailed advice because I'm also in the process of writing a guide for assault characters
Any input would be appreciated!

[smoky cave]

huh

[wise pier]

wdym "huh" ;-;

[smoky cave]

You are asking Kendo Players advice on assault deku

[wise pier]

WAIT

[smoky cave]

When you could asking assault deku players advice on assault deku

LMAO

[wise pier]

THERE

[smoky cave]

Gottem

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1314363575011119166/1327684435583307877/yuseongbyeolbi1_-_1877698021988995385.gif

[wise pier]

I ASKED IN EVERY CHANNEL FOR ASSAULT CHARACTERS ;-;

[smoky cave]

thats very funny

[wise pier]

https://tenor.com/view/kendo-itsuka-kendoitsuka-gif-13062118

any advice you could share for kendo?

[smoky cave]

I could share some yes

Albeit not really a main

[wise pier]

👀

nws! anything is fine, I'm trying to learn as much as possible and seeing how different people play her is a part of that

[smoky cave]

What I've gathered so far is that you can pretty combo combo melee combo when someone gets in range which is roughly 2 or 4 meters from you shield, essentially as soon as you block someone trying to use a grab move or yknow hawks beta for example your melee combos will reach just gotta make sure to cancel dash into melee to gap close.

Kendo has high dash speed so she can kind of stick and get close to a target pretty quickly. But if they are flying then u kinda just have to block with your shield until they get close to the ground for you to finish them or on wake up you Gamma them. You'll be using Gamma most of the time for confirmed kills and oneshots on those pesky rapids

A combo I love to do is simply melee combo full - wait for wakeup in the air into a Gamma

if they decide to wake up in the air again thats a kill

You can also Full Melee Combo into alpha

if they dont wake up

[wise pier]

ooh 👀

[smoky cave]

my upgrade order typically is G4-A4-G9-A9-B9

But honestly just max out your gamma for one shots and downs after another

[spark atlas]

embrittlement is very strong on her too!! gives her absurd damage on her combos

[smoky cave]

^

Sadly what could have been her best tuning thats on her SIsterly

[spark atlas]

dont need a pur for it either, works just fine on low level outfits since her melee combos are fast

[smoky cave]

is not available

But you could get R Assault

[wise pier]

exactly why I wish I had assault shigaraki, other than the fact that I want to main ALL assaults

[smoky cave]

Personally I use Hp sucker and R assault since I dont have PUR costume

[spark atlas]

based, assault is my favorite role

[wise pier]

I have her mask off default outfit rn with aizawa tuning and space for embrittlement

[smoky cave]

dam..

i have all quirksets lmao

[spark atlas]

yeah thats perfect, you have the aizawa tuning slot set to level 1 too right?

[smoky cave]

except red deku

cuz fk red deku in particular

[wise pier]

indeed

it would be a waste to level it

[spark atlas]

baller (i upgraded mine like an idiot so i cant abuse the glitch)

[smoky cave]

However something you can do without needing assault shiggy is to get assault shiggy cards from playing the game with ur teammates with assault shiggy

i found out if you have the cards and you dont have the character

u can use the character cdata

otherwise you cannot offset

using the gray data thingy

forgot the name

[spark atlas]

yup, having the character is only needed if you want to substitute data

[smoky cave]

^

so eventually youll get embrittlement

[wise pier]

hypothetically, would perception be even remotely useful as a tuning for kendo?

[spark atlas]

start grinding for that assault shiggy boy

[smoky cave]

If you thirsty for a target and you wanna chase them tf down yes

[wise pier]

I just got enough data from hawks to put it on someone and I have no idea

[smoky cave]

i use it on kurogiri and not kendo because i could use gp sucker instead

[spark atlas]

is that the hawks tuning? idk i feel it works bests on rapids. you'd have to really be aggro on people to get value with it + a lot of targets can easily escape kendo

[smoky cave]

on that slot

I say use PU Turbo

cuz kendo PU is scary asf

[wise pier]

22/100 so far ;-;

[spark atlas]

that or wall runner could be good

[smoky cave]

if she claps you once that gp and a part of that hp is gone

[smoky cave]

well pu turbo does come with wall running

[spark atlas]

thats if your guard breaks no?

[wise pier]

wallrunner is my favourite tuning

[smoky cave]

no thats if u down

[spark atlas]

ahhh

[smoky cave]

PU turbo is if you down you get access to some wall running and it boosts PU gauge

[spark atlas]

i guess personal preference. i would enjoy wall runner 24/7 but the extra PU is nice too

[smoky cave]

so basically two things

[spark atlas]

yeah really great on grounded characters like ibara, momo, kendo and strike shigaraki

[wise pier]

I have it on tech dabi, who I used to main before I went on my assault training arc

[spark atlas]

ooo yeah good for tech dabi too

[cloud patio]

looking for a kendo teammate :3

[summer wolf]

hmu next time ur on

[cloud patio]

rad

[dull meadow]

My brothers and sisters! My agency, Kendo Crusaders, is representing the kendo pride in the top ten agencies for playstation 💛 much love for all kendos 🫡

[burnt wing]

were still gonna win regardless doesn't matter wht they say

[quiet shale]

They can nerf her all they want, they won't save anyone from the hands of us Kendo's

[burnt wing]

ON HOOD! LET EM KNOW🗣️

[burnt wing]

These hands rated E for EVERYONE

[pure forum]

Is anyone else experiencing lag and frame skipping this season on console?

It's pretty bad for me

[dull meadow]

Only on chaos city for me

[past cove]

It really doesn't matter how many nerf she gets, I'll still destroy players

[mellow crown]

Wow played against a hacking kendo in ranked🫠

[dull meadow]

What were they doing?? 🫣

[mellow crown]

Infinite claps.

Got hit by like 4 claps at the same time in less than a second😭

[dull meadow]

That happened to me earlier but in ps only lobby so I was Hella confused. Happened to me and a teamate where they were spamming claps and killed us. But not like what youre saying where it was 4 simultaneously lol sounds wild

[mellow crown]

Didn’t notice it at first cause the dude was just spamming claps and always had more so it didn’t click. But then he finally landed one then land 4 more in that second

[dull meadow]

So crazy lol. I hate crossplay. It sucks because it basically is forcing people who don't want to play with pc players to play with bots.

[pure forum]

Also you're playing at a disadvantage

Can't even play with 120hz in this game on console

[dull meadow]

For sure. And other advantages too lol. Idk why anyone would want that. Im all down for console crossplay

[alpine mountain]

have any of you guys tried shinso’s special tuning?

i think it’s awesome

lowkey similar to tech denki tuning before they nerfed it

[dull meadow]

Yes i really enjoy it as well. Its just so hard to choose between brainwash, electrification, and embrittlement for me lol. I would use wall runner if I had pur

[alpine mountain]

that’s so real i don’t have her pur costume either

i’m honestly really enjoying brainwash

i think i’ll keep it on until i get her costume

[dull meadow]

I will say tho. Even tho I don't have wall runner some non pur outfits are the only ones that can run embrittle and electrification at the same time. A couple alphas after you stun them is deadly.

Or could even do embrittle and brainwash too

[alpine mountain]

mhmm she’s so goated with those tunings

[dull meadow]

But pur has that one

[sour jetty]

does twice gamma go through kendos shield?

I swear i get hit through it lol

[pure forum]

Wouldn't be surprised

Almost every season something goes wrong with her shield

[deft lava]

Can we buff Kendo

[sour jetty]

no

220 per alpha is already ridiculous

[past cove]

Do you want her to do 300 damage

[deft lava]

No idc about the damage

I want her to have 500 HP

[sour jetty]

give mt lady 800 hp at that point

[deft lava]

She already does with Sisterly

[spark atlas]

she dont need that

she got her shield as essentially an extra health pool

[summer wolf]

[summer wolf]

any kendos i'm not familiar with wanna run tuneless 1v1s today

[summer wolf]

we can go higher

[past cove]

Further beyond

https://tenor.com/view/goku-ssj-trasformazione-ssj3-gif-19246102

[hot osprey]

So this is where the kendo mains are huh

[summer wolf]

sumn like that

[quiet shale]

We be hangin in here 😄

[hot osprey]

I just wanted to see where you all reside

I'm not a kendo main I play kirishima

I was just passing by

[vale lark]

https://tenor.com/view/itsuka-kendo-kendo-mha-my-hero-academia-my-hero-gif-17810218390820922918

i love kendo man

i need that skin for her so bad

[past cove]

When will this happen in game

[spark atlas]

this is so cute lmao

[hot osprey]

https://discord.com/channels/1143456120636198954/1359397021491925085

[summer wolf]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-crunch-cranch-meow-cute-gif-17368992236901678436

prolly would have to do these in customs cuz shield is bugged in training

[dull meadow]

Shield is just bugged unfortunately. Attacks have been slipping through more and more lately I hate it.

[summer wolf]

it is

but her training mode shield has always been BUG bugged

probably has something to do with team attack

rocks'll just straight up go through the 2nd player's shield

its funny

i was sparring with someone yesterday and it took like 4 rounds for them to realize they were getting hit through the shield

strike kiri does not share the same issue interestingly enough

[dull meadow]

That's just training shields in general. There has always been a problem in training where they dont work right unfortunately. Even like compress beta wont reflect in training with a friend. Its pretty silly lol

[brazen ember]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNdNHUJb1/

[quiet shale]

Yeah strike kiri's shield just seems to be better coded from the ground up. Has a pretty accurate hitbox, blocks somewhat more reliably but recently I can tell they have been really trying to make Kendo's shield more reliable. I still get weird things happening which usually ties to either me or the person I'm fighting lagging or the server taking a dump. But other than that I've been pretty happy with how my shield has been performing this season.

[spark atlas]

ik its unranked but i had a pretty good game last night on kendo hehe

the other kendo was an actual feral animal, she wouldnt emote with me in the pre game and just sprinted at me regardless of how low hp i got her

[quiet shale]

https://tenor.com/view/dog-angry-rabid-gif-20257620

[ruby marsh]

Lol

[vivid sluice]

Teach me the art of tai-kendo plzzz

[ember storm]

Hello again

[vivid sluice]

#ultra-rumble-discussion message

[ember storm]

lol I only play 4 character but you have been in those 4 slots

Come back to the compress one I’ll teach you the new techs

[spark atlas]

i enjoyed this

[past cove]

The insane Kendo prediction

[dull meadow]

New compress techs? Im interested 👀

[ember storm]

It’s mostly a melee extender to make sure you can keep attacking after the final melee hit

[dull meadow]

Ah okay

[ember storm]

But it’s not a simple melee, it’s a melee cancel you can do with a decant movement after all particles disappear

[quiet shale]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPO2Y87JcvI

[lethal lagoon]

I love Kendo

The only thing I dislike about her is her Finishing Move when an opponent is down, after the animation it takes a while for you to gain control again

[past cove]

I destroyed

[spark atlas]

10k is insane nice job

[quiet shale]

You can instantly roll out of the finishing move after the ko is confirmed to cancel the end lag

[quiet shale]

W

[bold fulcrum]

i saw someone use a melee attack to cancel the animation

is it faster ?

[quiet shale]

it is faster than just letting the finish animation end as long as you use movement to cancel melee animation but in a situation where you need to actually dodge an attack it would be faster/better to just roll.

but melee also looks cool + added aura so up to you 😄

[spark atlas]

need a rank point system that gives extra points for aura

slow walking at the final team gives +100 points

[quiet shale]

https://tenor.com/view/dragon-ball-dragon-ball-super-goku-goku-ultra-instinct-ui-gif-10017138207648182009

[ruby marsh]

Buff kendo shield

Or should I say fix it so many things get through when they shouldn't

[past cove]

How good would sisterly and GP sucker be together?

[ruby marsh]

Is parrying still a thing kendo can do ?

[past cove]

Oh shot I posted this on the wrong chat, this was ment to be in the Momo chat

[round folio]

from my knowledge yeah lmao

[vivid sluice]

People say to abuse her melee and jump melee but i can’t seem to hit them

Tips?

[vale bobcat]

new kendo main here, any general tips for the character 🤔

[pure forum]

Has anyone tested Trance Blow on Kendo?

Could be pretty nasty if you ask me

[spark atlas]

she combos super well with her melee. embrittlement is super strong on her

[vale bobcat]

https://tenor.com/view/boredom-nerd-deku-midoriya-anime-gif-17256802

I see

I dont have yellow shigi 😭 😂

[ruby marsh]

How do u pull it off ?

[pure forum]

Is there any costume that can use Trance Blow and Embrittlement?

I don't have her PUR costume sadly

[alpine mountain]

these two can run both

[pure forum]

I'm going to cook

[brazen ember]

Poor rapid bakugo 😭

[mellow crown]

Is it just me or does kendo’s jump feel higher?

[pure forum]

No she always had an above average jump

[vivid sluice]

I know I suck but can anyone explain the last gamma?

[pure forum]

Kendo currently has a bug with her shield

Sometimes attacks go through it

[quiet shale]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPCSXEUUxMQ

[summer wolf]

he knew it was over the second he commited to shield in that corner

then turned into a zombie

[lethal lagoon]

I love Kendo Rocks

I've never used them too much until today, and it's pretty good

[vivid sluice]

That bug has gotten me killed three times already in a ranked match

How do I stop it from happening?

[pure forum]

You can't

Devil need to fix it

Devs

Autocorrect

[left pulsar]

I ran into a Wall Runner Kendo twice so far on PS y'all are scary

[vivid sluice]

No no the first one works too

[bold fulcrum]

you don't

I try to use the side part of the shield to counter Twice's Gamma

bcs it will not touch your character behind the shield

[ruby marsh]

I am that

[summer wolf]

i’ve come to the conclusion that embrittlement makes things a little too easy and more boring for me rn

boutta go on a wall runner rampage

[bold fulcrum]

i'm literally too poor to do that

why kendo's skin is harder to obtain than skill sets

[pure forum]

She only has 1 PUR outfit

Same with Overhaul, Ibara and Cementoss

[summer wolf]

my gamble next season is monoma + strike kendo, with her school outfit being a PUR and not a battle pass outfit

and if i’m right then i pray that there’s a blue and yellow tuning for it

wall runner embrittlement would go so brazy

really hoping kendo gets an original skin for once though

[bold fulcrum]

https://youtu.be/n6K0E0Z0kPY?si=gIVe-EZC8ztjl2Ai

funniest game of my life

[deft lava]

Wsg Kendo Nation

[quiet shale]

Bro wallrunner goes so hard on Kendo 😄 I'm prayin for a wallrunner and embrittlement build with like 4 normal rapid tuning slots for her new fit.

[quiet shale]

Wassup Drybuddy 😄

[summer wolf]

got a three-peat of 15+ko games

most definitely a refreshing way to play her if you have the movement down

embrittlement kinda feels like overkill

its like putting afo special tuning on rapidgo

ledge cancels are fun

[pure forum]

It's overkill on Kendo

But with all the other bs in this game rn, I'll use it

[quiet shale]

It really is overkill for Kendo, I kinda put my embrittlement build on the back burner because she really doesn't need it with the recent meta nerf. Not related to Kendo but when I play Tech Toga it's hilarious to melee them once and watch them run terrified asf as I spray them down with alphas close range. Tho it's not too smart to do that unless they already are guard broken and trying to run

[past cove]

For me, Embrittlement makes the game too easy for me so I just use vampiric build

I’d like to 1v1 you at some point @quiet shale

Kendo 1v1 :)

Also

https://tenor.com/view/hot-dog-taco-hamburger-dedede-king-dedede-gif-10142955001422659841

Sisterly, New Characters, Quirk sets. you only use 3 things buddy (Current Ultra Rumble)

Wanted to post this lol

[summer wolf]

schmovement clip ft. 2 applications i haven't seen anyone else using for kendo

[quiet shale]

That's what Imma turn my current wallrunner build into if I find a good wallrunner build I like with her new fit coming out alongside her upcoming skill set.

[quiet shale]

Bet I'm down to 1v1 at some point 😄

[quiet shale]

Lmaooooo I really like to use sisterly on Mt Lady since it makes her gigantication much more useful. But other than that I don't really use it much. I have a fun little budget sisterly build for Tsu I use every now and then but I like my wallrunner build for her much more.

[past cove]

I feel like I’m forced to use sisterly since everyone loves to use it, I use it on Tsu and Shinso

This is my tuning set for Tsu: +

[quiet shale]

One on one I can handle sisterly users especially with my mains Tsu/Kendo. They kinda just turn themselves into a punching bag at that point. I've been wanting to make a special action reload boost and reinforced revive but from what I remember that doesn't exist for Tsu. If I actually get fits for her I was also looking at a wallrunner and trance blow build tho I might do Kota Finder instead

A whole stack of sisterly users is annoying asf tho

[past cove]

I can’t play ranked anymore unfortunately

Too much going on, bad teammate in solo queue and over all extremely annoying characters

And 3rd party with the most toxic teams set ups

I’ve been have less fun on the game but I’ll stop playing ranked at this pond

[cloud patio]

would u like to join me?

[summer wolf]

uhhhhhhh

not tonight

but if you're on tomorrow we can do unranked

i'm free before 2PM est and after like 4-5pm est tomorrow

[quiet shale]

Yeah solo queue in ranked is just an absolute struggle a lot of the time in this game 😭

[past cove]

It’s fine until you reach to elite rank

Idk I’ve been less fun on the game cuz of ranked so yeah

I’ll just stick to solos and unranked so I don’t start thinking of leaving the game but it’s gone to that point several time

I’m also not in my prime anymore and can’t really keep up with the other Ace ranks

[quiet shale]

I highly doubt it's that you aren't playin well, this game is just absolute pain without a stack at times. You could have decent tm8s but there's a lot of stacks out there in ace and expert with comms that is really hard to win against when your solo queue without comms. But honestly playing solos and casuals is perfectly fine, I love playing solos a lot and I tend to chill in there for a while until it turns USJ.

So keep on throwin hands however way you choose too 😄

[past cove]

Probably just going to grind ranked until I get to elite rank and stop there unless if my friends want to 3 stack on ranked

I know that they said something about solo queuing so I hope that happens next season then so I can actually grind in solo queue

[stable oyster]

Anyone else having Momo's Beta go through their shield? Happened to me twice yesterday.