[SF: Duel] - Is Dante Skippable? Not Bzang replacement! They changed few KEY skills up! Full Review

[@itsnox7638]

The exact minute you said he might be skippable I decided to use my special summons on akuma instead and actually pulled 3 akumas in 1 multi 😮

[@prashantdhungel345]

HOWWWW???? All i have is A+ after all those pulls man. I even used the tickets that I got from recent dante prior

[@itsnox7638]

@prashantdhungel345 mines finally s+, not gonna lie my luck has been bad until today.. a 3 akuma 1 pull and next pull I had 1 more akuma pull

[@PayneBlade]

Wow!!! Grats!!

[@itsnox7638]

@PayneBlade I consider your video the push and luck I needed 😁, of course took a screen shot of the pull

[@PayneBlade]

Haha happy to help

[@SkrillieFahReal]

And I can’t front bro you can get that interrupt your timing was just a bit off, have to start your combo AFTER she starts hers

[@PayneBlade]

Ya I know I added a pin comment explaining that and a video. I messed up at the start of it with timing

[@chuevang4091]

I like that you explain what freeze was. Great review.

[@PayneBlade]

Thanks Chue!

[@TeamLagZa]

Thanks for the breakdown dude, going to go back to summoning and not getting any akumas

[@PayneBlade]

LOL np and gl! Hope that last part isn't true for you

[@ryanshaw7716]

I actually used the tix I got for akuma( only had 1 copy) and ended up getting 3 akumas off just a couple pulls, nowwwww he’s an S tier sooo almost usable lol can’t wait till I can actually run him, but I’m past 23-30 and my 4 star mad ryu ain’t even doin dmg sooo akuma def won’t lol

[@PayneBlade]

Nah at that point u need ss at least

[@MightyJoYung]

He would've been so good as a legendary man lol Thanks for the breakdown Payne!

[@PayneBlade]

Np Joe! I agree. Stop messing with the legendary units devs!

[@foomp]

I'm still unclear as to why freeze wouldn't interrupt a combo and why only stun and (I think) charm does. Are characters immune to freeze mid-combo animation or something? Like if you timed it the same way you would BZang or S.Poison. Edit: So I just tested it, you can interrupt with it, but it's very RNG like BZang. You either time it right (which is hard to do cuz its a slow wind-up) or hope the following combo user gets frozen. Ultimately though, pretty shit to try to replace BZang with for this purpose.

[@PayneBlade]

It does interrupt (see my pinned comment, there is a video link)

[@foomp]

@@PayneBlade Didn't see you had a pinned comment. Doesn't show as pinned for me, so had to scroll down to find it. I tested it myself after my comment and yeah, same thing as you saw and that person did. I did manage to get it to stop the first combo user to kill the chain but it really seems like it'll be far more frustrating to do than BZang's all-in-one approach. This is obviously ignoring the fact that SSS Dante and 3 SSS cars are needed lol.

[@PayneBlade]

Ya lol way to costly

[@PayneBlade]

Hey guys! So Colyrne, who is a youtuber himself showed me that if timed correctly, he got freeze to stop combos. More testing to see if that works in all cases but it does work. With that being said tho, you need Dante as sss, 3 cars and his special always to 50% proc. Hefty investment but he can at least stop combos. Thanks again to Colyrne for the video. Here is the link to it kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoLaiKOOhLSrfq8

[@colyrne]

It ain't cheap, but at least you won't be disappointed if you put in all the work to get there...maybe 😆

[@PayneBlade]

I noticed you gotta take a special to the face sadly so without able protecting or someone with immune shield, in high end pve he would get eaten up with a special

[@lawchj150]

i cant believe hes this bad honestly, trying him in tw version being a legendary was much better than on global side of things.... over there hes 99$ legendary with just pretty much same dante but better whereas over here we have to pull 24 copies to max him and his kit is awk af and sucks ngl... I was so excited to pull for him had so many resources saved up to insta max him but oh well i guess time to max my other units

[@colyrne]

@@PayneBlade I think if perfectly timed you can avoid the major damage. In the very first vid I tested and showed you it stopped Poison's super as well

[@PayneBlade]

True I watched the 2nd again. So has to be timed perfectly

[@shadowmekar]

Should I Skip on Dante then Payne? Maybe try to get one copy of him?

[@PayneBlade]

I would get one and decide from there

[@gnaix9623]

is akuma permanent? i feel like it might be better to just wait for future limited characters? since akuma isnt so important and if its permanent, new player here

[@PayneBlade]

Ya he is permanent so you can wait

[@KillAWhale666]

They changed the car system so you can now upgrade them duplicate sss copies.. you need an extra 30 sss cars per character on top of the 6 to unlock their skills.. pvp dmg buff plus red, all battles dmg red, all battles dmg buff

[@PayneBlade]

Ya not something that's gonna come quick or people will try to whale for. I'm happy to see if for pve progression mostly tbh

[@LesserDragonYT]

so...i finally akuma SS, need 1 more copy for SS+. not sure how this is going to work once dante is up if they use the same currancy coz im skipping him Dante regarldless

[@PayneBlade]

Just wishlist akuma and u should be good

[@LesserDragonYT]

@@PayneBlade thanks as always 🙏

[@blargh559]

I hate how dominant Bison is just because he keeps reviving. Once is fine, but as long as there are others alive too is too much. I mean without Gief 6 vehicles or unit displacement, heaps of single target units are simply not viable because Bison always goes in front unless you have a tank in which case he goes middle until they die

[@PayneBlade]

Ya bison made things way more difficult for everyone and takes away a lot of team comps

[@Sylva1983]

Don't understand why you go boohoo cry cry about it, it does way more good for you then it does harm as for f2p you will 100% have an insanely op frontliner after 15-40 as whale or spender you just don't care. If you can't kill Bison teams then you need to get better, viper, Bzan+Guile, a strong chun li going combo and C2 in the same chain, there's tons of options. Now is this Bison overpowered, ow hell yes, but it does more good then harm.

[@blargh559]

​​@@Sylva1983 can kill Bison teams and I use him too, i'm saying he kills diversity because he is so metadefining. What i also think is stupid is because Bison is available to everyone and on every team, the whales are the ones who can max out new counters to Bison like Dante's Ex Move to invalidate his passive more effectively. They could just nerf him but it's more lucrative to nourish the anti-Bison arms race

[@KatoSento]

Sounds like someone who doesn’t have bison would say 😆🤣

[@blargh559]

@@KatoSento mine is S. What I dislike is that his immortality makes a bunch of units pointless. And because he is so oppressive you basically have only 3 units to choose from because you need him too, and out of those 3 you need atleast one who can hit the backline or do big AoE or you will lose 100%, just because of Bison existing

[@earlbanks6924]

Lol I just tested him and if you let them start the combo then use your super the freeze 100% stops them mid combo they don't finish because 3 seconds is long enough to stop their combo

[@PayneBlade]

Yea I added a video on here in comments to show it. Heavy investment tho

[@earlbanks6924]

Yeah for sure rates in this game suck and I rarely spend so I'm contemplating if he is worth it mostly cuz the freeze is on the vehicles

[@PayneBlade]

Ya that's the biggest problem and Abel protected him the few hits with his shield but in other scenarios in end game a super going off is going to get him killed

[@earlbanks6924]

@@PayneBlade eww say no more he can stay where he is I'll stick to viper

[@CHAOS-FF7EC]

Big skip. Get one for collection and focus on akuma or Gouken soon

[@PayneBlade]

yea 1 copy and that's it for me too

[@mynameisurl1073]

Looks like Capcom/crunchyroll are depending on the popularity of the character to get people to pull instead of giving him a decent kit.

[@PayneBlade]

His kit is based on dodge and tbh only other dodge unit we have is dudley. Curious to see how he does when someone maxes him

[@Daniyoyo]

Overall as a gold fish spender ( $20/month ) , F2P with a slight boost , I think Dante is great for whales without pushing back people who spend very little or don’t spend at all. Guile + C viper is still a killer free comp and Dante fully loaded can make some moves. Dante is balanced and for whales they get a very nice fighter and for Free to play we miss out on nothing

[@PayneBlade]

Ya exactly not much to miss and not much to gain

[@rickcrain5473]

Yeah now go look at his EX…LOL game breaking

[@PayneBlade]

@@rickcrain5473 haha it's why they have ex bundles this time

[@vido4eva]

I'm waiting for Sagat.

[@PayneBlade]

Hopefully soon!

[@savagefiend6878]

cant wait

[@PayneBlade]

😘

[@firechickenreviews]

OH....didn't realize the Guild was named after you haha. bad jokes aside...for some reasons I thought Dante was out today like they messed up with Akuma ...but oh well spent the tickets on Akuma I guess hehe as I am too lazy to wait

[@PayneBlade]

lol would have been honored if it was after me but someone else is definitely a baldie who started it

[@firechickenreviews]

Yeah I am tracking but in a sense its baldies so I mean you fit the bill perfectly...me with the current never cutting my hair until i retire now....hmmm opposite end...for the moment

[@leo-gf3mt]

The game cant stop taking L if dante is going away at least make him good in A+ sad he wount replace beast

[@PayneBlade]

Ya it's very unfortunate u need quite the investment to make him viable

[@iwabadyahbanyasharahla]

How much is 1 24 hour mound of break stones?

[@PayneBlade]

It all depends on your story progress. It differs for everyone

[@iwabadyahbanyasharahla]

@@PayneBlade o ok thanks

[@lestonclark2398]

Still would advise to get at least 1 copy incase they bring out an item to upgrade units or buff dante u never know.... but he was indeed a skip for me if he wasnt a collab unit.....

[@PayneBlade]

Ya 1 copy is always worth having

[@lestonclark2398]

​@@PayneBlade but I feel ya kinda underwhelming especially pve wise....

[@ji0savage]

Fully agree 1 copy of every unit if possible

[@laidbacksage2574]

I guess ill be going for akuma 😂

[@PayneBlade]

lol regular schedule

[@laidbacksage2574]

@@PayneBladeI don't know how much longer I'll end up playing this game but I'ma stay subbed and support you in your endeavors shout at to you homie keep up the hard work

[@imjustacoolboy]

Did you forgot about his fighting spirit or is it another video

[@PayneBlade]

Ah ya sorry I covered it yesterday haha

[@KatoSento]

Another disappointment imo They need another Bison OP unit, if they really tryna make $$$

[@PayneBlade]

He isn't that bad but also to really utilize him you HAVE to have sss + 3 cars min

[@KatoSento]

@@PayneBlade if they changed the cancellation for comb1 and 2 then it would be better

[@PayneBlade]

Ya I agree. So silly u can't really even auto with him lol

[@BubblesBLEACH]

no pity system is such a joke man, 60 fresh pulls and nothing.

[@laidbacksage2574]

I totally agree

[@iwabadyahbanyasharahla]

Damn I better get something for that many

[@PayneBlade]

yea man no pity makes it a crap shoot sadly. can swing either way but the odds are against ya

[@rickcrain5473]

Pvp is over for anyone other than whales. Now a P2W ex that brings the back line to the front line? Do whales really need that? At least at this point dolphins had bison to buy some time so we could maneuver in the back a bit strategically but this just takes any and all strategies out the window. I really don’t like the direction of this game and introducing game breaking abilities like this I think puts the cherry on top. It was already all but impossible to beat whales with MH Ken but it was possible. I just don’t see how you can PVP without this EX.

[@PayneBlade]

Agreed on these points

[@firecheetah4156]

Love 37

[@AliAbbas-pu7tl]

It a big skip for me

[@jessieo5757]

What an absolutely stupid character function.

[@PayneBlade]

yea dodge unit with a trigger aoe dps and ramp up speed and a transform that cancels combos for his own team. sigh

[@NoryTOA]

easy skip for me

[@PayneBlade]

yea I feel like many will do the same