Is Omega Rugal balanced? An investigation.

[@michel0dy]

I remeber here when I was a kid in the game cafés here in Brazil, if anyone picked Rugal literally everyone around would pause their own games to cheer against the Rugal player. There was no real "ban", but the social pressure was always there.

[@lachryphagous]

I knew a little bar with a janky magic plus arcade and a sign "if you pick rugal you gonna get stabbed". And you know by the smell of cachaça in the air that sign has a story behind it.

[@zantetsuken-zero]

@@lachryphagous there was also that guy who got stabbed over kof 97

[@lachryphagous]

@@zantetsuken-zero lmao never heard of that one but stabbings are clearly KOF player behavior

[@bradjeffords4451]

Man, y'all take KOF serious...

[@raywing00]

Well when people resort to using a cheap character to win…

[@kingdomcomesuperman3669]

Loving the KoF content with and the love the pronunciation of "Prohibido jugar con Rugal". Personally, finding Rugal pretty fun and just happy to see him return.

[@brunop.8745]

as a brazilian, i can safely say that "Proibido jogar com Rugal" is also a phrase that was definitely said down here as well

[@doodoo2065]

Portugues: "proibido jogar com Rugal" Español: "el que usa a rugal es puto"

[@NintenNessLucas64]

Ah yes, my favorite character Hugão

[@elcheshireilustracion9396]

I still remeber back in the maquinitas days here in México, I accidentaly chose Rugal (I still can´t remember how, since my team, Clark, Ramon and Angel are nowhere his selection spot), and was pretty much 2v3 since I knew I had to give my opponen the dub against Rugal.

[@dirtkills]

You have the stab wound to prove it???

[@reynauldwhistles2338]

Más te vale jajaj a mi solo me toco ver dos peleas en las máquinitas y en las dos rugal fue la razón de ellas.

[@reynauldwhistles2338]

6:20 as a mexican hearing that made me feel weird, i know this is a new gen fighting game and the devs are better at balancing their games but hearing rugal and the word fair is ehhhhhh strange.

[@deliciadeconta2596]

For now, the only reason i could see him getting banned is for his climax glitch where the opponent gets stuck and even the Rugal player can't hit him. That and of course, playing with his boss version through mods, but for everything else, he seems good to go

[@personpersonson7958]

It isn't that good because of how expensive it is. But they could ban just that glitch like what they do in MVC2. Things like Ruby Hearts glitch.

[@GlaZim]

Patched

[@GlaZim]

0:33 I loved that you actually said it in Spanish!!! Let me fix 1 thing for you: when you say "Prohibido" you use the accent on the first i, use it in the second and that's it. Keep the good vids Krillin!

[@TrashBag55]

It is so weird to suddenly hear jmcrofts saying a sentence in your mother tongue after being so used to always hearing him speaking English. I had to literally pause the video so I could change my brain to Spanish again lmao. And yes, only putos play Rugal

[@mauriciollado8423]

Greetings from a mexican fellow!!! And yes, he is banned down here 🤣

[@fuddyduddie1205]

Lmao

[@danielrecommends]

Rugal seems like a really good character to play as. I see what you mean about some of his struggles though. I'm not as familiar with KOF characters but seeing you play as some of them like Clark is pretty eye opening. I hope to build up enough skills to do some ranked matches.

[@annat3l453]

I figured he'd maybe be banned for the god press into climax glitch, though maybe just doing that glitch itself would be the thing that's banned

[@BknMoonStudios]

As someone who just started playing KoF 2002 Magic Plus on Fightcade, the differences between that game's version of Rugal and this one are night and day. He can literally ToD combo you from mid-screen with just 2 bars. Reppuken and Kaiser Wave are insanely fast. The light version of Genocide Cuter is completely safe. And the heavy version of Genocide Cutter can transition into his ToD combo.

[@thellamalover4real]

Put rugal in the thumnail to get the crowds to view the real show: Clark

[@RainStorm148]

with the high and ground fireballs, he reminds me of Sagat.

[@matthewa63]

I love watching KOF XV; I will always come back for more.

[@Wolfie1262]

Funny how even after almost 30 years, Rugal is still the boss added to the roster over nearly every other.

[@michaelsteiner5203]

Rugal is very low tier in KOF 98. The meme that he's banned I think comes from the original KOF 2002.

[@BknMoonStudios]

He was not playable in vanilla 2002. The one he's in is the Magic Plus version. And like the memes say, he is absurdly strong. Has a super easy mid-screen ToD combo with only 2 bars.

[@r.e.d.docena5957]

Prolly Omega Rugal? But he wasnt available in the Arcade KOF98.

[@sheesh9937]

His eye laser is always plus no matter what and that opens a lot of potential for linking as well as keeping him safe cause if you hit the opponent and cancel into eye laser it will hit them so it's good for ending block strings

[@jy-li1jq]

But it doesnt hit crouching

[@LAK2049]

Can believe I'm saying this but, SNK buff Rugal plz

[@skeyeblight]

Damn I’m earlyyyyy One of my favorite characters in kof tho! Rugal so cool lol

[@theunderback]

I love the kof content

[@jaku9730]

His inconsistency is my main issue with him, I've almost stopped using his command normal just cuz it whiffs alot. his 2A and 2C have terrible range so they also whiff alot, like i'll get 2B and try to link it to 2A and it'll whiff unless I'm in their ass, also his crumple move 236BD whiffs from further ranges as well. Just a frustrating character to get good with as he's got so much that'll take getting used to.

[@Viciousotk1]

You have to have in mind that 2002 rugal(the one who inspired the meme), could juggle with his (safe)light lp. And that can be chained into anything, even another light dp. So if you jumped like a idiot, he will light dp, and then a full combo.

[@ericmikesell5252]

I want to see his son make an appearance

[@vapersmith7859]

I hate to say it but Rugal HAS been balanced he only WAS unbalanced in the past but that signature trait is what made him so endearing back then!

[@faceheadman]

a balanced rugal is not truly a rugal

[@christianlamoureux981]

great video jm. it does seem that his jump b is comboing only on hop not full jump, is that what you find?

[@IceChrist]

I would love to see you do the same style of video for Gargos in Killer Instinct. I still hear people ask for him to be banned even to this day.

[@zhaoyun255]

His Gaia Rush is absurdly safe even on block.

[@DoomsayerStudios]

The real question I have: does "prohibido jugar con Rugal" apply to '95?

[@D-OveRMinD]

Yo that guy's patience was next tier.

[@djdre6535]

OCD stands for One Character Death?

[@nakofan]

Well... the only reason it can be banned is if people do his glitch which leaves the enemy suspended on air. But they can just ban that glitch and keep rugal

[@GigaGom]

id love to see you do some more mod videoos especially since KOF has been gettin a bunch

[@absoul112]

I sort of wish he wasn't "Omega" Rugal and it was saved for the boss fight. It's a personal aesthetic thing.

[@fissilewhistle]

But then we couldn’t have cool eye lasers.

[@blvk3]

to me, the biggest problems are Beth and Vanessa both of their combo pieces move them forward, so one touch, and even without the need of burn meters, they can carry you to the corner

[@gustavonunez5959]

I've seen few stream tournaments where half of the players pick Vanessa and Elisabeth. While others pick Ralf, Terry, Dolores...

[@gustavonunez5959]

I don't remember if my home state (Coahuila) of Mexico banned Rugal, only in Nuevo Leon by a former governor...

[@kamuidrome]

The only truly OP version of Rugal was in 2k2, he was pretty weak in 98 when he became playable and this version is more in line with the 98 version with a few things he got from 2k2

[@bdfic]

Is there a safe-jump easy mode? Like in DBFZ, iad H is often a safe jump, is there anything similar to that in kof?

[@darkmadnessyeayuuh6932]

He’s definitely not better than team VRT and if he wasn’t free I’d say he’d be better lol 😂

[@sigriston]

Holllld up… no Ash?!?!?!?

[@satsuinotanden]

He's banned because of his Climax super early cancel glitch in the corner, it basically softlocks the game

[@uandresbrito5685]

Not the first time he is fair. Regular Rugal in 98 was pretty weak, but this is the first time Omega Rugal is fine.

[@JoeRyuKen]

Sad you didnt get to take the opponent from the windows to the walls with rugal.

[@cashordeals3672]

If rugal isn't a problem then what kof are you playing 🤣

[@Thamenos]

Ban Hammer Rugal! Prohibido jugar con Rugal :D!

[@58648798]

Bug fixed now

[@MarceloOmegaAGDM]

Omega Rugal with Regular rugal normals.

[@TheHelpful2]

Ban him until SNK fixes that odd game breaking bug, I think.

[@emeraldmann1329]

could also just ban the glitch. It's a bit hard to do on accident.

[@balecpt7189]

its just not a kof game without rugal

[@orlanzo2621]

Yea he's definitely not OP, he seems OK, nothing really too crazy. I do wish they would have let him keep his Kaiser Wave. I'm not too fond of the new Violent Ray fireball.

[@Sarcopagusmonster]

That Dio inspiration is real

[@tomselleck6912]

This is the reason why Rugal was banned kzbin.info/www/bejne/sJ-yo2hudteiitk

[@grandmasterrodimus1480]

He appears A tier

[@MysterySmell]

I looks just like sf5.... Is this not a playmore game?

[@willianditaquera]

This version of rugal is the saddest version i have ever seem. Too nerfed

[@Free-JackWolff]

He kind of needs to be though.

[@mercraus]

I accidentally hit dislike right at the start of the video. I changed it, but for a brief moment it felt "right" to immediately hit dislike at the sight of Rugal. 😆

[@lordxrz6588]

No, he has 3 different long ranged attacks and invincible dp . Plus a reflection