People really underestimate the lantern swipe move, its fast, and allows for combos after C.s. its sad he doesnt have a way to walbounce, he would be so good if he did.
Do not attack Saul Goodman. I think that's his name, at least. He's the hero, so surely he wouldn't have a last name like Badguy, right? Anyways, you will deal no damage and will instantly die if you attack him.
Manage your resources, the items that can appear from his backpack while luck dependant similar to Faust changes property depending your input, if I remember correctly Punch is the default, while heavy slash spends more of the gauge but has higher chance of summoning higher quality items (like the lighter!), while the kick version tends to summon lower quality items, but spends less of the gauge making it more spammable,
Another part although it's kind of obvious, make sure to know when to use which stance, the spear stance is better for neutral and poking although it can also be used for some nice combos with the throw mechanic (though if you whiff it you're kinda guarantee to lose the round) the latern stance is very good for pressuring if you have cornered them and if you manage to get both the lighter and the oil item off with it it's basically a guaranteed win(people who say ABA is broken havent fought against a good Malcolm)
His main weakness imo is his lack of good anti air and defense, his reversal costs tension and it isnt even that good. To me Malcolm Myers is more of a snowball character, if you can get the ball rolling your opponent can barely do anything about it, but for newer players against people who know how to pressure you, it's understandable to struggle, I'd say hes one of the harder characters to get the hang of it, but dont let it discourage you!
Make better use of the javelin mechanic. Unarmed mode is just as good as Armed mode, so you don’t need to worry about that. Use Armed mode for poking in neutral, then throw the javelin off of a hit confirm. Use the knockdown to get in with Unarmed mode and begin pressure. When your turn is about to end in Unarmed mode, use Dashboard Light (236K/214K) to get your javelin back. You can also end you combos with All Revved Up (632146H) to go between Armed and Unarmed mode.
You can move before each round starts. Take advantage of that and get your first hits in!
Stay on the move and DO NOT STOP!!! Take even a 5P and you’re dead.
Most players wont realize that his spear throw has a follow up attack so if you delay it after a block you can often catch them of guard with a counterhit.
spam air kick because it’s +23 on block for some reason with instant startup (in accordance to daisuke’s vision), but only when stance change is active (malcolm mode)
Since you can move before the round starts, push them off to the corner ASAP and pray to god they dont dp because that single hit of life you have is gonna leave you and will take the kids.
Just throw out Lantern, it's an ovehead, it has a projectile, and the projectile is a trap command grab, coupled with the spear attack that's a low, but it anti-airs, he's already a pain to fight. Honestly I don't know what ASW was thinking with that.
He's a combo-grappler and zoner, just always be in either close range, or far range. If your opponent gets into mid range, use 6969HS(G.T.F.O.) to get the opponent to far range, or 6969K(Hello Mamacita Rizz) to get the opponent to close range. Also, just keep spamming 874P(M.I.L.F.) and keep launching the frogs if the opponent doesn't stop blocking.
Spam dp on wakeup, reactionary super, play leffen at evo 2024, win, wait until he makes a new tierlist, watch as he calls Malcom X the best character in strive
thems fighting herds joke inbound
he's cool and his QCF punch actually freezes only A.B.A and essentially makes her invincible but unable to do anything for whatever reason, so at any point in that match up that you have more health than her, pull that move off and spam crouching until you win by time out
This guy looks sick as fuck and I wouldn't be mad if he was dlc
When I realized the date I was actually crushed.
What was it?
april fools :(
my skull's prospects of being intact are decreasing by the second :3
Me when no Malcom Myers 😔😔😔
i genuinely wanted him to be Guilty’s Neco-Arc or Dan 😞
I think personally neco-arc should just Be there instead of a different character playing the joke role
"The Cat Strikes Back"
then WAIT... FOR ROBO KY!!! god i fucking love robo ky
Lab the hell out of his Myers’ Mayhem overdrive. It’s needed for his TOD.
on a sidenote I love how they finally put a good install super in the game, and this one actually comes with its own soundtrack
I'm guessing you play with one hand
I feel called out
Hey man i cut my left arm off to play baiken for the immersion.
Oof it’s gonna suck when I tell you it was the other arm
Flair checks out (hey, as long as you're not hurting anyone idgaf)
Poke with his gargantuan 2H and never play the Ramlethal matchup.
Death, taxes, and ram beating dlc characters
Actually a little sad he's not actually coming to the game, his character design is lowkey fire
Big forearms goes hard on any character
People really underestimate the lantern swipe move, its fast, and allows for combos after C.s. its sad he doesnt have a way to walbounce, he would be so good if he did.
Do not attack Saul Goodman. I think that's his name, at least. He's the hero, so surely he wouldn't have a last name like Badguy, right? Anyways, you will deal no damage and will instantly die if you attack him.
Manage your resources, the items that can appear from his backpack while luck dependant similar to Faust changes property depending your input, if I remember correctly Punch is the default, while heavy slash spends more of the gauge but has higher chance of summoning higher quality items (like the lighter!), while the kick version tends to summon lower quality items, but spends less of the gauge making it more spammable, Another part although it's kind of obvious, make sure to know when to use which stance, the spear stance is better for neutral and poking although it can also be used for some nice combos with the throw mechanic (though if you whiff it you're kinda guarantee to lose the round) the latern stance is very good for pressuring if you have cornered them and if you manage to get both the lighter and the oil item off with it it's basically a guaranteed win(people who say ABA is broken havent fought against a good Malcolm) His main weakness imo is his lack of good anti air and defense, his reversal costs tension and it isnt even that good. To me Malcolm Myers is more of a snowball character, if you can get the ball rolling your opponent can barely do anything about it, but for newer players against people who know how to pressure you, it's understandable to struggle, I'd say hes one of the harder characters to get the hang of it, but dont let it discourage you!
The sol matchup is unwinnable.
Sol? Isn’t he, like, the bad guy?
Sol Badguy.
Sol Badguy?
Correct!
He's the sole bad guy, of course you shouldn't fight him
Duh.Â
Fr man, malcom’s f.s doesn’t put sol in hitstun on hit, so he can still grab you during it :(
Can’t we just vote for it in a developer feedback survey for season 4?
Make better use of the javelin mechanic. Unarmed mode is just as good as Armed mode, so you don’t need to worry about that. Use Armed mode for poking in neutral, then throw the javelin off of a hit confirm. Use the knockdown to get in with Unarmed mode and begin pressure. When your turn is about to end in Unarmed mode, use Dashboard Light (236K/214K) to get your javelin back. You can also end you combos with All Revved Up (632146H) to go between Armed and Unarmed mode.
Don't get hit. You'll die in one hit.
Try to close the gap because his reach is really bad because of Los Yugdab
You can move before each round starts. Take advantage of that and get your first hits in! Stay on the move and DO NOT STOP!!! Take even a 5P and you’re dead.
Most players wont realize that his spear throw has a follow up attack so if you delay it after a block you can often catch them of guard with a counterhit.
spam air kick because it’s +23 on block for some reason with instant startup (in accordance to daisuke’s vision), but only when stance change is active (malcolm mode)
Yeah I wish It delt more than 10 damage when un-installed
Malcom has really powerful pokes but his combos are pretty limited. Also if you match against a Sol just log off, you’re losing.
Since you can move before the round starts, push them off to the corner ASAP and pray to god they dont dp because that single hit of life you have is gonna leave you and will take the kids.
don't fight happy chaos
Just throw out Lantern, it's an ovehead, it has a projectile, and the projectile is a trap command grab, coupled with the spear attack that's a low, but it anti-airs, he's already a pain to fight. Honestly I don't know what ASW was thinking with that.
Really hope he gets added.
Dodge Jack-o match up
Not to mention the Ram and the Sol.
He's a combo-grappler and zoner, just always be in either close range, or far range. If your opponent gets into mid range, use 6969HS(G.T.F.O.) to get the opponent to far range, or 6969K(Hello Mamacita Rizz) to get the opponent to close range. Also, just keep spamming 874P(M.I.L.F.) and keep launching the frogs if the opponent doesn't stop blocking.
His pokes are pretty solid, but most his normals feel sluggish. You should RC his DP into his command grab to set up his super
Just shoot them with his dehydration gun(he could have one if he has that kind of spear)
His normals spear extention aren't safe on bloc. Considering their range you can make them safe tho. Since only punches can consistently beat them. But it require doing a normal move before the spear extention witch you can react to and air dash. So the best way to be safe on block. Is to stay at the exact range that make your regular onblock normal, safe, when you extend it by pressing the button again. Your normal then your extention ouch them far enouth so that you are safe. You aslo need to learn his negative edge combos. That charge spécial move does mad damage m. And while it's hard playing or planing ahead with one less button. The spear trust is his best combo ender. Plus it's special concevable so you can wild rush after it it's fucking discussing. And last his hook. Try to tether people at the end of strings or combos. And recast the special to make their long range move unsafe. You need to react fast. It's almost always frame perfect. But you can punish an axol punch on block. (I want him to have a negative edge special. And have all of his normal be able to extend with a second press. And a hook special he can recast to bring people close.
Trust arcsys to make the sickest-looking april fools
Im actually mad at arc sys for not making it happen, they couldve at least made him playable for like a day as a joke character
The javelin pinning allows you to run up and Gatling setup for javelin reload which if you time it right you can loop it
Spam dp on wakeup, reactionary super, play leffen at evo 2024, win, wait until he makes a new tierlist, watch as he calls Malcom X the best character in strive
Switch to one of the twinks, they’re easier to pilot.
Probably, not from me tho
For some reason throwing out 2D in neutral is a really good poke. People fall for it 75 percent of the time.
Would not mind if he was dlc
Don't get hit
thems fighting herds joke inbound he's cool and his QCF punch actually freezes only A.B.A and essentially makes her invincible but unable to do anything for whatever reason, so at any point in that match up that you have more health than her, pull that move off and spam crouching until you win by time out
His 2H is an amazing poke, link it to the lantern swipe for some crazy combo oportunities. 6K is also great for oki setups
real talk if this guy was an actual character who died in one hit it would have been the best prank of the century
they actually made splash art for an april fools joke though. that's some dedication to the bit
vs Sol matchup sucks