Part 17 of the Rebalancing HD Remix articles by David Sirlin has been posted.Machine Gun Upper
In ST, this move requires a very precise timing of mashing punches for it to get all the hits: fast, but too fast and it won’t work! Two or possibly three people in the United States can actually do this, so I figured it was time to bring Machine Gun Uppers to the people. Now it’s very easy to mash out all the hits on this.
To compensate, the Machine Gun Upper does much less dizzy and damage overall. Crossup medium kick, low jab x 2, MGU is an easy, good combo though. It does a bit less damage than the slightly harder crossup medium kick, low jab x 2, stand strong, Dread Kicks combo.
The Machine Gun Upper has a new property, too: it can destroy fireballs! Dee Jay’s best matches are against characters without fireballs, so this is a clever way to help him in matches where he needs help, but not affect matches where he’s already good. Some things you should know about this are that startup of the move cannot destroy fireballs (only the parts that can actually hit) and that every single hit of the move can destroy fireballs.
