How Do We Feel About Shiki Tohno Overall Strength?

Shiki might be one of the best characters in the game but he is not a waifu, and that is one of the most important factors when choosing a character.

Why Shiki is strong: Nanaya

This dude Shiki hits me from half screen with some bullshit that's NOT a projectile. Top tier for sure.

shiki with the nanaya install is definitely top 1 in my opinion. i play him and abuse this stuff like crazy.

i swear this dude Shiki converts off of everything 😂 any stray hit he gets on accident puts me into a full combo

I agree Shiki has better neutrals. But I think Arcueid truly shines best on corner pressure. Arcueid has more oppression once she gets you to the corner. The thing with 214B is that, I actually use that as a mixup sometimes. Since it's nearly indistinguishable from the light version, shielding the 2nd hit isn't always guaranteed, so you get a free fatal grab if you read their shield. And if they don't shield, you get plus frames. Mashing will get them hit by the 2nd hit into an easy convert.

I feel the reason why characters can have very good tools and not feel super busted in MBTL has to do with just how strong the defensive options in this game are. If the defensive options weren't strong a lot of characters would feel busted.

Petition for lore accurate shiki: decaying health, basic stab/slash attack, constant headaches but unblockable attacks (due to mystic eyes of death perception)

Very insightful, I didn't understand when people said it was strong, now I know.

If he super you once you're as good as dead. His mix up is so good, I don't know why in this game it's a good idea for character to have fast, good range, safe, and godlike 50/50.

I actually took interest in playing shiki because of nanaya install and spam banana hands.

The ex followup to Arc's dp is 66c

Shikis 2c is as fast as Vlov's 5A bro 😳

shiki cute as well tho

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This video made me a shiki main

The Ryu of a game is designed to have every basic tool for the meta of their specific game

Arc traditionally has good mix ups and strong corner carry. They really nerfed her from prev versions imo.