Itsuka Kendo

[bold fulcrum]

One of the most miserable matchup I've ever played in a video game

My win condition is that he has to purposefully choose to lose

[dusty summit]

for me its strike afo

not in my life as a yendo player has ever felt so powerless

the ones that knows how to air stall in final circle anyway

its actually insane how he can stay up like that permanently without touching the ground once

and his beta ignores my shield

and an alpha that shoots 3 time with giga hitbox, so hard to roll

[bold fulcrum]

I hate them too

But sometimes they use their Gamma sooo carelessly

[dusty summit]

katsuki mosquito is annoying but atleast i can block his stuff

same goes for the other fliers, nejire nagant and whoever

[bold fulcrum]

This matchup is basically "wait for him to use le funny punch"

and if they don't you just die

[bold fulcrum]

I don't really look at if my character is able to block something

[dusty summit]

i just instantly fill will dread when he aim his gamma up into the sky instead

[bold fulcrum]

but more at my options after that

i really despise those people who don't even play Kendo and keep saying "you're lucky cuz you can block this"

please bro I'm throwing rocks at a bird

[dusty summit]

youre lucky cuz youre using a mechanic the whole char is based around on

😭

mind you, shield is easily breakalbe to chars with any sorta decent beamer alpha

people just loses their patient way too fast and get into melee with you

then blame kendo for her shield

[bold fulcrum]

I can really talk a long time about how I dislike Kendo's shield

saw this video this morning

https://youtu.be/zhpeg2Azpao?is=Wmg1g0aV17Eog62-

[dusty summit]

i hate that kiri's just better in everyway

while having insane mobility

its so stupidly unfair

[bold fulcrum]

TL;DR : 's shield is in 3rd place

[dusty summit]

kendo "shield movement" is dash jump into beta into alpha (for neutral game) and it barely take her faster than normal

while kiri can just hold alpha for a split sec and then use beta for basically free flight

[bold fulcrum]

and it's so funny to me

cuz she clearly doesn't deserve that spot LMAO

[dusty summit]

id still say kendo's better than toko

toko's more of a parry tool

[bold fulcrum]

Fun fact : he's placed 2nd in the video

[dusty summit]

and like save you a few seconds if you heal or revive

[dusty summit]

odd but alr

tokoyami aint even allat of a character, he's an sa merchant

his base kit is kinda dog if you ask me

[bold fulcrum]

ummm

he's in first place in the video

[dusty summit]

.......

this guy's insane

Kiri is better than the both of them

by a MILE

[bold fulcrum]

this whole top 3 is kind of a joke to me

Kendo's shield is soooo overrated

[dusty summit]

guy should just say hes bad at kendo

[bold fulcrum]

maybe the only shield that needs to regenerate every single HP he lost

Breaking it is much faster in a lot of situations

[bold fulcrum]

he doesn't even need it

his Special Action is more than enough

[dusty summit]

honestly if they just remove his alpha beta tech

he'll be alot more honest of a character

but as of now, hes so insanely strong and people downplay the guy for no reason

[bold fulcrum]

I don't want them to do that

it's a cool mechanic

[dusty summit]

its too good though

and his alpha is already a decent traversing tool

[bold fulcrum]

my first problem is

[dusty summit]

the fact that he basically get infinite mobility off it while shielding 60% of his body

[bold fulcrum]

he can cancel his Beta before the impact

[dusty summit]

while having damage resist from his sa is just insane

[bold fulcrum]

this is stupidly strong

[dusty summit]

lets not forget he has combo out the ahh along side insane burst damage with shield slam and boulder

[bold fulcrum]

2nd problem : why 5 rocks

[dusty summit]

right lol

it wouldnt be a problem if the ranges limited or it loses momentum fast

but its like comparable to strike kendo charged alpha 😭

and it also barely has any start up and can be used in combos

[bold fulcrum]

3rd problem : an offensive indestructible shield should NOT last this long

[dusty summit]

this

and WHY is it so big

it doesnt JUST cover his front, it wraps around him and covers his feet

[bold fulcrum]

big equals funny

[dusty summit]

the only thing kendo shield has over his is the fact that she can aim it which barely matters when you consider kiri's shield wrap over his head for no reason

[bold fulcrum]

i'm asking only 2 things to these devs

1. please give Kendo a double Rapid Hero skin

[dusty summit]

you gonna run accel and wallrun?

😭

id rather them buff assault gamma's lunge range

[bold fulcrum]

I'm an accel glazer

But a Wall Runner addict

[dusty summit]

i'm also an accel glazer

[bold fulcrum]

2. 24 frames for her shield is too much

[dusty summit]

true........

she has a whole animation of her bringing her hand up and then the shield comes out

while kiri can insta pop it

byking......

[bold fulcrum]

His Gamma is faster than rolling btw

[dusty summit]

i mean its a counter so its fair for it to be instant, reaction time plays a big part tho and he get punished hard if he whiffs

if we wanna talk about techirio

what annoys me the most about him is his riddiculously damaging alpha and how fast its off cd

like, if you fight a good one. its wraps

and ofc, he has a panic escape button from sa

they really should make it so it consume 50% whenever he uses it

[bold fulcrum]

hard disagree

a counter is supposed to be on a read

[dusty summit]

oh i meant parry

like darksouls kinda thing

he calls it counter tho ig

[bold fulcrum]

oh ok I get it, but the damage is too high of a reward for a parry

[dusty summit]

true

that and the penalty cooldown

at max level it takes like an actual second

for it to comeback

what penalty

[bold fulcrum]

maybe they talk about this kind of penalty

https://klipy.com/gifs/ishowspeed-cristiano-ronaldo--k01KQ01Y9ASYP2FMV3BKPBF4MY6

[dusty summit]

yeah, his cd is just a joke in general

while chars like rapid toga is beaten to a pulp and become a useless pile of nothing if she dare whiff any of her gamma

and they have the audacity to give techirio 300 hp

https://tenor.com/view/grandma-grandma-sad-grandma-mad-grandma-rage-grandma-yap-gif-3152585952641000705

[bold fulcrum]

rapid toga is one of the most surprising downfalls in the entire game

I remember how I hated her on release

[dusty summit]

giant case of powercrept

[bold fulcrum]

when my friend told me that she's bad, I didn't believe him

but damn

that gamma is a death sentence

[dusty summit]

her red dabi and twice shares a tier together in the bottom ❤️

[bold fulcrum]

funniest thing about her

we're talking about Toga, so she can exploit anything

even for THIS

Tech Toga is better than her 💔

[dusty summit]

yeah, getting blood with techga is league easier

bluega is honestly just more style for transformation combos

she loses to tech in almost every other aspect its so sad

[outer blade]

images you can hear

[dusty summit]

Assault kendo threw hard

[bold fulcrum]

tried to clap but he reacted perfectly

sure that's a mistake, but I wouldn't say she's throwing

[dusty summit]

a shame tho, 6 kills and 1v1 just to die immediately

😭

[summer wolf]

this is why i never open with clap on my offense

but also rendo is very much in favor with this mu so its like

oh well

[whole prawn]

Does red kendo still combos or melee loops?

[loud stream]

Hey buddy, I just wanna say thanks for teaching me this combo :)

[quiet shale]

Heck yeah love to see it! Glad to be of help as well.

[unreal quartz]

Could never be me dying to ts

Also, mega W for the yendo community with this beauty

[unreal quartz]

W @narrow meteor

[hidden charm]

do you need accel to combo with yellow kendo ?

[summer wolf]

accel enables kendo's new routes from GP

but all the newer routes are still doable on HP

so it isn't completely required but highly recommended

[hidden charm]

yeah, been seeing a lot of yellow kendo’s use it lately

well it couldve always been a thing, i just am starting to notice yellow kendo more i guess

[summer wolf]

i take responsibility for pushing the acceleration agenda

[loud stream]

Why is getting melee kills with Kendo so satisfying?

[restive wing]

hello hello

has the kendo guide been updated?

i wanna use it to pick up assault version

[loud stream]

So umm...y'all remember melee loop?

[outer blade]

hard to forget, it's 90% of the character

[dusty summit]

Laggy ahh ochako 😭

[loud stream]

Yeah I miss being able to do this...

[soft osprey]

I need strike kendo

[unreal quartz]

@fossil fox

[fossil fox]

You ate down oh my god

[hot zodiac]

im thinking i can work on my asshaul again soon

[cunning hedge]

Anyone got a build for strike kendo I not good with her

[summer wolf]

a build won't magically make you good with her but i run crushing PU/wall runner

[cunning hedge]

What outfit and what to put on it

[summer wolf]

since i don't main rendo i'm using the secondary outfit for the build, but adventurer villain has better sub tuning slots + perma wall runner with the lvl11 blue

[storm needle]

red kirishima feels awful to fight as yendo

i love how if im not jumping his shield slam goes through my shield

[outer blade]

Oh come on censors....I called him awful to fight because he is just me hit button win game

[pulsar island]

what, you dont like getting beta -> alpha -> gamma combo-ed and being put on death's door by a guy who has way too much movement?

[dusty summit]

you can block it if your shield covers your feet

[storm needle]

buff yendos shield by making it faster to deploy

i wanna be able to shield on reaction

[bold fulcrum]

but your shield gets murdered if you do that

[dusty summit]

i'd rather not take the hit if i cant roll it

[bold fulcrum]

maybe I misunderstood

but a situation where you can put up your shield and not roll is genuinely impossible

[dusty summit]

in a 1v1 yeah rolling him is easy enough, but if theres anybody else present youre better off just holding shield

[pulsar island]

i'd assume it's a situation where there's more than just a red kiri attacking you

[dusty summit]

yeah

[summer wolf]

only thing that bothers me about the red kiri MU is the beta slam doing so much damage to kendo’s shield

[bold fulcrum]

that's what I'm saying

everytime we're both putting up our shields, they don't know that I'm bluffing

I can't do anything against that and I'm so happy that they still didn't notice this

[cunning hedge]

Are u working tomorrow?

[dusty summit]

no, tmrs sunday

whats up

[cunning hedge]

Ok. Perfect cus Iam off that day to and I trying to better with strike kendo

Cus she seem so fun

[elfin walrus]

Gotta love strike Kendo pulls at random 🔥🔥

[unreal quartz]

I will never get her

[burnt wing]

Can SOMEBODY report this bug PLEASE! I'm so tired of using my main only to be disappointed in the fact tht on SWITCH she has this stupid floating melee bug its sooo annoying

[somber nymph]

Man.
I really wish I had her Casual Wear.

[summer wolf]

casual is nice

nothing beats adventurer villain in terms of good builds but casual has far more options

[unreal quartz]

I love it

[unreal quartz]

Look down to block it

[vale lark]

[elfin walrus]

[unreal quartz]

#submitted-feedback message

[warped quiver]

How should you level up red kendo

[elfin walrus]

I personally max out gamma first, get alpha to 4 and then max out beta

[dusty summit]

I get all to 4
Max alpha > gamma > beta in that order

[elfin walrus]

I don't do her no life combos

[dusty summit]

That's half the fun

[elfin walrus]

I'm not toxic

[tacit path]

I couldn’t imagine playing red kendo without doing the combos ngl

[warped quiver]

Her combos r fun

[elfin walrus]

I just play her for fun, I'm not an insane sweat doing no life combos

[summer wolf]

nothing wrong with being optimal

i miss her old routes tho

[bold fulcrum]

Tried using Space Hop with cuz I was bored

it's weirdly fun, but not that great

[summer wolf]

it's strong defensively

but thats about it

[warped quiver]

I love acceleration

[split night]

give red kendo please

and outfit

[elfin walrus]

You only did well because of acceleration
You would do bad without it

[unreal quartz]

Youre funny

[elfin walrus]

The 2 clips say otherwise

[summer wolf]

https://tenor.com/view/basketball-dunk-gif-11259109

[unreal quartz]

And if you actually watched the clips you would see very differently how accell doesnt make the player able to predict what others are gonna do

[latent comet]

does anyone have some good yellow kendo combos please

or yendo as the cool kids say

mayb ill just scroll through the channel

[summer wolf]

melee BNB is always full melee > alpha, works on GP and HP

make sure you’re holding forward while doing the combo so you can actually chain the alpha

air melee > melee 1-3 > clap is a standard extension on HP

the newer routes are truer with acceleration but they are doable on HP without it

the main guard break/hp route is full melee (guard breaks) > melee 1 > alpha > clap

leaves them about 1 tap

i have a kendo document i’ve been working on for a while but i should be done with it when i feel like it

[unreal quartz]

WAIT THIS IS WHAT GUARANTEES IT??

I DIDN'T KNOW 😭

Genuinely dying

[tacit path]

Don’t worry a Froppy is hiding in a nearby alley waiting to special Rez you with reinforced revive

[unreal quartz]

I wish

Cant get a single halfway decent froppy on my team

[tacit path]

If they’re on my team they’re the rattiest player I genuine NEVER seen them fight even in a team setting for support. Honestly better then the wanna be rapidku’s

[unreal quartz]

312 damage kendo alpha

[quiet shale]

Movement canceling makes a lot of things legit, its really nice to just practice it in general as it makes you a little bit quicker all around than those who don't. I'm always using it 24/7 on all my attacks with Kendo and my other main Tsu. Minimal end lag is a combo enjoyers best friend

[outer blade]

I played strike kendo and I am only now remembering why my combos wouldn't work because they make us do m123 > whiff alpha now...

See combos are dumb, thats why

[latent comet]

Appreciate it

[latent comet]

ill be patiently waiting on that🙏

[loud stream]

To those who say Yendo has no movement

proceeds to outrun an OFA and a frog

[summer wolf]

i think those guys might just be bots

[bold fulcrum]

not trying to judge your gameplay

but the fact you're never looking behind you in a situation where people are chasing you

this is really stressful to look at

[loud stream]

I need to see where I'm going

If I go into a wall, I'm done for

[hot zodiac]

and you dont know when to hold your shield to block them or when to roll

its better to remember the layout and move around an obstacle when you come across it rather than die because you didnt look at your opponent

[past cove]

I’m putting Kendo in tomodachi life

No face paint for the hair sorry but this is the most accurate I can make her without face paint

[warped quiver]

We should revert all red kendo nerfs fr

Mainly the alpha ones

[summer wolf]

don't be rash now

[outer blade]

Yeah lets uhhhhh calm down there

[hot zodiac]

I agree fully let’s buff her beta to do 260 raw

I think it’d be funny

[loud stream]

The only thing I want back is the air melee movement

[elfin walrus]

I saw she's in a good spot right now and doesn't need any nerfs

[bold fulcrum]

only reason I agree is because still didn't got nerfed

this is a sign of protest

[warped quiver]

Yeah, red kendo and red kiri are basically the same character. Combo heavy close range strikes with good movement, a shield, and one insta knock ranged option.

Except red kiri can land his ranged move twice

[elfin walrus]

Strike Kendo got nerfed a little to much ngl

2 nerfs on gamma and reload speed is crazy on top of the regular alpha

[elfin walrus]

Strike Kirishima needs some serious nerfs that would actually affect his gameplay

[warped quiver]

He should be nerfed but how can they nerf him in a way that won't make all his players stop playing him

Maybe make gamma a hard knock and reduce its dmg, ive seen people hit for 150 with it

[elfin walrus]

I wanna bet if they removed the alpha beta flying tech and lower his damage on every move, no one would play him

Also give him 4 gammas at level 7

[bold fulcrum]

-1 Gamma at all levels is a good start

[quiet shale]

I think red kendo is in a solid enough spot, just other characters need to be nerfed

[elfin walrus]

I absolutely agree with this

[outer blade]

It really is that, need more nerfs than buffs right now to chacters to reign in the unga bunga me big damage mobility

[quiet shale]

honestly I could careless about anyone with mobility I can deal with that, braindead easy damage is the real problem

[outer blade]

so everyone with mobility

[outer blade]

make melee kendo great again

[zealous roost]

a lemming has jumped lovingly into my arms

[summer wolf]

nice

[elfin walrus]

That fps dropping is crazy

[zealous roost]

The clip is being weird my fps was stable during gameplay

Playing the clip on PC was stuttery, on mobile it's fine for me

[elfin walrus]

It was glitching on my end

[summer wolf]

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

[hot zodiac]

its the same one again but consistency is key

[cunning hedge]

I’ve been trying to do that, but it’s so hard it’s because of my fps it’s too low or something I play on switch

[summer wolf]

john kendo returns

[latent comet]

foul

[bold fulcrum]

crazy flex right there

wish I could say smth like that someday

[summer wolf]

i mean

it really is more of a statement

can’t farm damage as effectively when you’re killing too fast

just the way this character works

[quiet shale]

which kendo?

[outer blade]

Strike when melee was mindless and my enemies few

[hot zodiac]

melee kendo doesnt really narrow it tbh

[hot zodiac]

ngl

nah

[outer blade]

[hot zodiac]

melee cancels would be nice to have back but stuff like old alpha and gamma damage should stay gone

[outer blade]

Deku and iron might and young for one get dumb fast tracking melee from super far, just lemme have old routes back

[unreal quartz]

@tidal nest fake dudz is wild

Anywho, our goat dudz whom i cant ping bc he dont exist here, made this banger

[tiny whale]

that combo on endeavor was absurd

what was that

full melee string > melee 1 > alpha > gamma

is that consistent i gotta write that down

[unreal quartz]

Yes on hp or with accel

[unreal quartz]

Also can full melee string mel1 mel2 gamma if you know their low and dont wanna waste your alpha

[summer wolf]

you can do melee 3 on that route for an extra 20dmg

but also i don’t think wasting an alpha is a real thing because kendo has insane uptime

[restive wing]

hey iv got a question

how do you fight strike kendo?

been seeing her and i feel like she is a do it all kind of hero with her alpha being able to hit you from far range with insane width

and she is still good close range with beta / her super armour stance she can tap to armour cacth you

or hold it to get even more damage

just struggling fighting her and idk what weakness she has

[elfin walrus]

I think I cooked on the costume that would blend in with her hair

[restive wing]

Yeah no . iv got no respect for the character

im sure the combos look cool but im rly annoyed looking at characters with no clear weaknesses

and are lowkey S teir characters in their ownright compared to the other more balanced side of herous

[elfin walrus]

I don't do her combos

[restive wing]

meant stuff like this

[elfin walrus]

I know, but I don't do any of the combos whatsoever

[restive wing]

but even though idk how to even deal with her . she can run , she has decent ranged option thats wide asf and insane close range damage

[restive wing]

yeah cause she is just insanely strong base kit

[elfin walrus]

She's not that bad compared to when she first came out

[restive wing]

doesnt stop her from being strong asf in general

[elfin walrus]

I think you just hate Kendo as a character

[restive wing]

how tf did you come to that conclusion

I asked for advice facing her , trying to ask what weakness she has from her mains who play her and you showed me a clip of you killing someone as her .

[elfin walrus]

I showed a clip when you were talking about her beta

[elfin walrus]

I know a weakness she has if this helps

[restive wing]

What?

hold on holy why tf does she have 350 hp as a strike with mobility

[elfin walrus]

She can be grabbed out of her beta by Shinso alpha, Aizawa alpha, tech Might beta, Present Mic beta, and Ochaco gamma (rapid and assault)

[elfin walrus]

Same could be said about strike AFO

[restive wing]

yeah quirksets sharing hp changed sucks horrible for balance

assault version sure , she has no mobility and rly slow moves she needs it but strike can do anything and get to live

[restive wing]

i sadly dont play any of those herous

or have purs on them

[elfin walrus]

Strike AFOs kit is a threat

The only real threat with strike Kendo is her beta when it's at 1% since it can instant guardbreak most of the time

[restive wing]

nooooo

no no no no

[restive wing]

only damage move he has is beta which is easy to roll out of the way . His stun is annoying yeah i wont deny

[restive wing]

still no

she is a cancer charcter

[summer wolf]

who do you play

let's start with that

[restive wing]

mostly grounded herous

[summer wolf]

but who

[restive wing]

dabi , shigi( strike/ assault) overhaul

[summer wolf]

victim characters

[restive wing]

tech shoto

[summer wolf]

but your best bet is probably with assault shiggy

[restive wing]

lovely

[summer wolf]

ever since the first nerf they did, strike kendo's gamma no longer has armor which means you can sometimes trade or hit her out of if she uses it recklessly

previously getting around her gamma was a little troublesome because she could cancel into melee at any time but now all she can do is either jump into beta or alpha

[restive wing]

no one shoud ever trade into that thing with how much damage it can do back

[summer wolf]

gamma itself doesn't hurt that much

[elfin walrus]

I can confirm that's true because I've grabbed her out of it as strike Dabi

[summer wolf]

if she combos off of it then yeah

but that's why i'm mentioning trades

if you have an armored attack, use that and deny her

or a grab, or even just take height and shoot her from above

[restive wing]

she has movement to press you off high though

[summer wolf]

then you do something else

i'm trying to give you answers my guy

but the characters you play aren't helping very much lol

[restive wing]

thats why im asking

[summer wolf]

kendo can easily snipe people out of the sky yes

[restive wing]

sry i started a few months ago . and i dont have meta herous?

[summer wolf]

but you play grounded characters so that shouldn't be too big of a factor

[summer wolf]

rapid ochaco and cementoss are free

yellow deku also doesn't play that bad against red kendo but you need to make sure you have beta up at all times against her

similar to fighting OFA deku you kinda need that armor to make safe guesses on her offense

her melee is nowhere near as oppressive as it was before

[restive wing]

so you kite her and hope to out damage her or have armour to beat her moves

[summer wolf]

basically, yeah

fighting her from a range is basically just watching for when she fires the charge shot

because at least that's a little bit telegraphed

just be careful when playing around corners because her alpha is wide enough to hit around them

[restive wing]

yes but also i never liked their playstyle or character . im not rly into chasing the meta herous every part anyway

[summer wolf]

that's okay

just know that losing matchups do exist

and that's just the way it is

[restive wing]

wish i knew that then lmao

[summer wolf]

but yeah prime strike kendo was a whole different beast; i'd say she's way more watered down now

[restive wing]

still stong though

[summer wolf]

yea cuz her charge alpha/beta are basically the same

if you don't have armor or range to fight her you'll probably struggle

it usually isn't worth chasing her but it's important to keep an eye on her beta/gamma cooldowns as she uses them

because without revenge tech/quirk factor release her downtime is pretty bad now

so if she doesn't use those to run away when needed, you can get some solid damage in

don't focus too much on actually chasing her

[restive wing]

tried to run away when i tried out todoroko strike verision

she hard chased me down with alphas lmao

[summer wolf]

you were prolly moving in a straight line then

[restive wing]

also can her alpha go over his sheild?

[summer wolf]

who?

[restive wing]

stirike todo

his beta wall

[summer wolf]

his wall isn't a shield so i wouldn't treat it like one

[restive wing]

tried using that multiple times

[summer wolf]

it isn't the most reliable cover

she can shoot above it and occasionally projectiles can travel through it

[restive wing]

amazing relaible hero hitboxes

[summer wolf]

https://tenor.com/view/fridge-meme-good-ending-black-man-opening-gif-17099877077400562986

[elfin walrus]

Tech Mirio is a good counter against her

[summer wolf]

this guy is mostly f2p and is looking for options with his current characters

so that's probably all the general advice i can give considering the circumstances

next time you get pummelled by a red kendo feel free to record it and send here for me to look at @restive wing

[restive wing]

yeah thx , though i have no idea how to record stuff ingame though

[summer wolf]

you'll figure it out

[elfin walrus]

I know, but I'm just giving characters that can counter her

[restive wing]

dont insult me with using that trash human being

pls

[elfin walrus]

Damn bro

[restive wing]

jk but seriously that man can counter anyone

i dislike fighting kendo but a good tech mirio

you cant win or even hit him back if he cycles cooldowns well

[restive wing]

it is that serious

[restive wing]

see that was a dumb one in final circle no where else to go

not even dumb , dude couldnt go anywhere

if he had space he would alpha spam you down then when you engage use beta or counter to counter attack or deny you then go back to alpha spam

[outer blade]

We love alpha spam in which you have the smallest window of vulnerability and the second it's down you still have another move to be

While you wait for the cooldown to end and go right by to blissful ignorance

[hot zodiac]

I mean technically erm akshually 🤓 and all that she does have armor on the startup and the final slap so timing the slap she can still turn things around

[hot zodiac]

She still can and with the new air melee change she can cancel it I it a grounded air melee and keep most of her momentum form her gamma

[pulsar island]

i need this character gutted more than froppy

[summer wolf]

but we don't use that offensively which is what i was referring to

[hot zodiac]

Idk how Dabi and shiggy should fight her but for overhaul (because I’m assuming support at least) you wanna trade from range with all your stuff alphas betas (if you can aim them that helps a lot but if not try to place them on kendo herself as that places them below her anyway) and gammas if she gets close just spam your stuff at your feet and try to dismantle her combos and just try to get indoors or to a teammate her beta isnt exactly counterable outside and even when you’re indoors the most you can really do is just spam beta and try to stack up damage with the reduced knockdown

Also a neat interaction Rotana and I found is when she uses her beta you can dismantle it and attack her before she can act again (she also keeps her armor so I still wanna see if there are any new combos out of it)

[hot zodiac]

For grounded melee yeah it’s just not good you’re fight but grounded air melee out of gamma is really good idk what else to say about that

You can do it in any direction and keep all your momentum its stupid

It makes grounded gamma a lot better for mobility

[summer wolf]

okay

[restive wing]

I fought her as overhaul

They did something Like that to me to close the distance

Rly weird

[quiet shale]

So uhhh I kinda forgot about this but you can chain jump pads with this flying tech that characters can do. Thoooo I don't think it works as well on any other character other than Yellow Kendo (probably strike kendo as well but its probably gonna be a little harder with how her melee works.)

[elfin walrus]

Only possible with 2 level 9 rapid cards

[quiet shale]

nah level 4-5 works, I almost did 2 laps with level 9. I can probably do it with a better path with just wallrunner, it will be much harder but thats only a skill issue on my end

[tiny whale]

which build do you guys think is better for assault kendo

[unreal quartz]

@quiet shale

Kendo 1v1 me this game

[quiet shale]

bet

if possible 😭

[unreal quartz]

We will be last two teams

[quiet shale]

if things dont work out because mhur I'll follow you up on it

[unreal quartz]

My game crashed

At 16 kos.

Gonna jump.

[quiet shale]

don't worry we ran into a wall hacking nagant 😭

[unreal quartz]

Killed her

Twice

She tried to melee me and got destroyed

[quiet shale]

I saw idk why she decided to chase so hard LMAO

[unreal quartz]

Genuinely POd my game just crashed.

Would have been the absolute BEST screenshot

I had like 4 or 5 already when yall got RIPd right

[tidal nest]

Thanks

[loud stream]

Left

[warped quiver]

First game back in like 2 weeks, game so boring rn im just waiting for next season

[high onyx]

https://discord.com/channels/1143456120636198954/1507508577001275504

[fair echo]

Just got strike kendo, any tips?

[elfin walrus]

I would personally recommend maxing out gamma first, get alpha to 4 for the extra alpha and reload, then max out beta

[summer wolf]

for a split second i thought you were talking about yellow kendo

https://tenor.com/view/aot-attack-on-titan-attackontitan-gif-9099325

[elfin walrus]

I'm talking about strike

[fair echo]

Kendo has immediately rose to my second favorite character to play

[elfin walrus]

Your welcome for the advice

Now you see why I level up in that order

[fair echo]

100%

[elfin walrus]

https://tenor.com/view/bornskywalker-dap-me-up-woody-woody-handshake-woody-toy-story-gif-26021440

[bold fulcrum]

was hoping for a real melee character and a new Kendo skin

can't have everything I guess

still hoping for a double rapid skin

[outer blade]

she's like 90% melee based, you want real melee check on your local assault kirishima player

Just glad mt lady finally got more skins after 2 years...

[cunning hedge]

Ong I can’t wait to get the mt lady skin

[unreal quartz]

Kendo Lover on ^

[heady shadow]

Bro i can’t get any kendo costumes help I can’t tune

[bold fulcrum]

Casual Wear might be back wtf

Now I gotta chose between rolling for a QSS or a skin 😭

[outer blade]

Assault gamma goes heckin far now

[sacred prism]

Kendo buffs

https://tenor.com/view/jujutsu-kaisen-choso-crying-sob-its-so-peak-gif-12752239780262209446

[elfin walrus]

It's deserved since she has little to no movement

[sacred prism]

Ik

[summer wolf]

https://tenor.com/view/sukuna-evil-gif-13555338817028109368

[elfin walrus]

Strike Kendo will escape Mirko easily with wall runner

Plus I'm not gonna play Mirko since I only got her for the tunning

[outer blade]

mirko doesn't have much horizontal

her vertical is nuts though

[zealous python]

SHE GOT BUFFED

[dusty summit]

Mirko is confirmed yendo victim

[dusty summit]

No wonder, I thought I was going crazy

Straight up scaled a small building with it today, thought I was tweakin

[latent comet]

kendo buffs now just give me her outfit for the love of god

[latent comet]

actual pain

[dusty summit]

Alpha too? Ouuughhh

Time to spam yendo this season

[zealous python]

Almost every new character kinda sucks against yellow kendo

Except nagant

But yellow kendo used to be able to block her bullet shower fully

[dusty summit]

Nejire too

Fighting nagants is infinitely easier than nejires

Nagants get mad cocky and would try to go into melee vs u

Whereas nejire will never touch the ground

[sacred prism]

Can't kendo just look up to avoid nagant beta or but then again she'd be left open for alpha

[zealous python]

She used to be able to

Not anymore tho

[spark atlas]

strike kendo cant be stunned out of beta by grapplers anymore

kinda funny

[sacred prism]

Kinda wish they never changed that

[zealous python]

Oh wow that removes her main weakness

😭

[spark atlas]

yeah weird change

they have no idea how to balance strike kendo, theyve done everything but nerf her beta

[sacred prism]

I hate that stun alpha

[zealous python]

Kendo can probably beat nejire thanks to gamma buffs

Most of the time the nejire is just gonna run from a kendo 😭

[elfin walrus]

The real question is does strike Present Mics beta stun you out of it 🤔

It's not a grab so like

[spark atlas]

i think that still does

[zealous python]

Cause kendo dosent protect her ears

Duhh

[spark atlas]

im gonna test it all later tonight

[elfin walrus]

So doesn't the rest of the roster

[sacred prism]

Whenever I see p mic

[summer wolf]

hello my kendolings

after a calm ranked sesh i think my overall thoughts are this

alpha range buff is ultimately gonna be a whatever change since our alpha is still RNG-based, far shots are still only gonna tickle if they land and you will still rarely land more than 1-2 of the 4 rocks at a time

nejire still annoying to try and shoot

the gamma buff however is pretty good, lunge is super far which makes closing the gap a bit easier

pretty good for chasing roll spam as well when closing out a kill

since if they do roll the clap it leaves you right next to them, accel makes it easier to capitalize off of tho

scaling walls that matter is also a pretty damn good change

you can burst right above fire/aquatic zone walls to reach the roof without having to walljump

same for the ledge around UA high school on the island map

decent changes overall but i still think a startup buff to her shield is the most necessary

[tiny whale]

i looove catching people with gamma on wake up

[zealous python]

Especially when they do the faster Air wake up

[summer wolf]

https://www.twitch.tv/rottysc/clip/SneakyManlyGerbilRiPepperonis-OHaA4AuyFD-INGcb

https://tenor.com/view/miwa-miwa-kasumi-kasumi-spin-jjk-gif-4583633725302008991

[spark atlas]

omg the fit

https://tenor.com/view/uma-musume-clapping-ゴールドシップ-gold-ship-ウマ娘-gif-4383783875449894257

[past cove]

Hay is Mirko’s beta unblockable or do I need to aim my shield in a certain way to block it?

I’ve been trying to block it only for the move to completely ignore my shield

[heady shadow]

Any kendo tunning tips

[outer blade]

maybe have to aim at the ground?

[zealous python]

We just wearing anything ig

Take that off 😭

Also where did you get that 👀

[past cove]

which one?

[past cove]

I probably have to test it out than

[bold fulcrum]

her gamma change is crazy

Sometimes I don't even need to jump to reach a building

[bold fulcrum]

one of the funniest things i've seen in this community is how people talk about characters

Especially

When you hear their arguments to say she's broken, they always ignore the biggest problem like it's nothing

She's the perfect example of why just looking at raw damage output doesn't make you top tier automatically

Potential Top Tier

[fair echo]

Is their any movement with assault kendo I could learn?

[novel basalt]

use space hop and u can do anything

[warped quiver]

Don't listen use the best tuning in the game spiraling leap 🥹

[outer blade]

Need movement? I got you

All ya gotta do is land that melee

[dusty summit]

pretty sure the most movement thiing about kendo now is just her

dash jump beta > alpha

her beta into alpha give like like slightly better air control for the few moments youre in the air

you can quickly swirve into corners and what not with it

its also just good in neutral

[summer wolf]

^alpha gliding

[novel basalt]

since when apha give movment she just throw rocks

[dusty summit]

Just go and try it

[pulsar island]

when doing the beta alpha dash thing
do you have to look towards the left/right for the movement boost?

i dash, jump look to the left of where im moving then do beta alpha

i dont know if that's necessary though which is why im asking

for yellow kendo ^

[summer wolf]

not necessary, you can look in any direction

there was a time where people thought it was faster when moving diagonally but that isn't the case

alpha glide whenever you want in whichever direction you wanna go

[novel basalt]

wait what is the beta alpha dash is this yellow or red kendo

[bold fulcrum]

[novel basalt]

wait what is that i only know that gamma give some movment alpha is projectile and beta is sheild

[bold fulcrum]

Jump > Beta > Alpha makes you glide a little bit

You gotta learn to do it consistently

[novel basalt]

jump in place or while moving

[bold fulcrum]

While moving

[novel basalt]

dont see a diffrence

[bold fulcrum]

your timing on the second one was good

if you don't see a difference

Try it without Alpha

[novel basalt]

oh i see its like a swift glide not game chaging but its good to surprise with sheild]

overall jumping and using sheild is good way to reach opponents

[dusty summit]

yeah

very safe option to approach

or just trade

[spiral sonnet]

Do note the glide works better if you do the jump beta into alpha sideways

Still not the most game changing thing but it does give slightly better momentum

[pulsar island]

fun little yendo game

last opponent was a rapid bakugo which was annoying since our team was mostly grounded

i was literally waiting for him to come die

[pulsar island]

another one

[dusty summit]

We need to kill red kiri

Genuinely the most terrible match up ever

More so than nagant and nejire

Why does he have everything I have but better

And he can easily break my shield with like 3 buttons

GRRRRR

OOOOOH IMMA ACT A DAMN FOOL

[outer blade]

GOOSE GOT ME LOOSE

[lofty kernel]

Need a good strike kendo guide

[zealous python]

I HATE STRIKE KENDO

[warped quiver]

All you bro

[tiny whale]

doesnt this character have like

super combos

basically just mirko beta

[vital willow]

Saving for tech kendo 😭💔

[soft osprey]

Tech kendo????

Bro Mt Lady just got more PURs the buffs she needed that was way overdo we ain't another kendo set

[left pulsar]

Unranked is even WORSE than ranked. Tell me why I gotta fight twitch streamers and getting hard targeted by another strikendo with acceleration as me when I was just trying to test it out with her and I wasn't even fighting seriously that's why I kept moving around in circles while holding beta I hope you know that whoever OGURI is -_-

Seriously why ya'll acting like you're participating in the preliminaries for the world tournament in unranked of all places

[outer blade]

what the heck oguri cap do?

[spark atlas]

ogurin stray

[dusty summit]

it was a miracle for strike kendo to even exist

now you want a 3rd kendo qss?

😔

[left pulsar]

Nothing bad. No hate to guy btw, just shocked at how intense unranked is, considering I rarely play it and just wanted to try out a tuning on Kendo but this Mickey Mouse ahh game be having folks taking it too seriously 😂

[left pulsar]

I'm saving up for Momo's QSS

[soft osprey]

Momo???

[vital willow]

Hopefully season 19

[zealous python]

Strike kendo is the most nothing burger qss

We need a new one

Tech Kendo 👀

[dusty summit]

larp larp sahur

strike kendo pre nerf was one of the most saucy character

[zealous python]

Exactly

Pre nerf

[dusty summit]

she got reduced to alpha spammer 💔

[zealous python]

Now shes worse then yellow kendo 😭

[vital willow]

Hey, yellow kendo is my comfort character, leave her alone😔

[outer blade]

What is this strikendo slander

Shield can't even block mirio with the power of a thousand suns

[left pulsar]

https://klipy.com/gifs/correct-plankton-1

[left pulsar]

I hope so

[left pulsar]

https://klipy.com/gifs/one-piece-one-piece-film-6

[spark atlas]

strike kendo is still good tho shes just boring as hell now

her not being able to be stunned out of beta by grapples is a huge change, shes the ultimate beta merchant now

[dusty summit]

shes an alpha merchant now

lowkey just worst blueku

[spark atlas]

i miss her melee loop 😔

[dusty summit]

its so dumb that they got rid of it tbh

just reducing her other numbers should be enough

gutting fun combo should never be a thing

looking at yiggy lmao

poor guy

[spark atlas]

assault shiggy combos got taken out back and shot

like actually insane change from the devs, didnt think theyd go that far

especially when its as simple as just tweaking damage numbers, no reason to suck out all the fun by gutting combos

[dusty summit]

i got a friend who plays nothing but yiggy

[spark atlas]

endless cycle with these devs not knowing what to do

[dusty summit]

for like 2 years straight

bro is on suicide watch

[soft osprey]

We ain't seeing it no time soon

[left pulsar]

You don't have to remind me I'm well aware 😔

[zealous python]

anyone else use kendos shield like this https://medal.tv/games/my-hero-ultra-rumble/clips/mPCQhqgGeyMeeLvyX?invite=cr-MSxuNHYsNTAyMzU2MTg4

[left pulsar]

I do but rarely happens

[soft osprey]

I'm sorry I'm praying with you