Swiftmaster is a Problem

How to win vs Swift - “Just skill gap” - Fame96

00:00 Intro
01:32 Strengths
04:58 Weaknesses and counterplay
12:16 Outro

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[Eggrolls]

"the mountain you can't climb, the river you can't cross" LMAO I love it

[neozai]

My confidence against the Swiftmaster Match-Up before watching this video: extremely low
My confidence against the Swiftmaster Match-Up after: somehow lower

[apertureb]

Swiftmaster is the only character where I can know exactly what he is going to do and still lose. He has the best everything in the game bar health which isnt a downside if he doesnt make major mistakes. Absolutely needs toning down. Low health does not excuse a character for being broken because it relies on the player making mistakes rather then the character having a downside that you have to contantly work around.

[effoheefohee]

I think one of his obvious but understated neutral tools that you left out is that he is FAST and when he is in awakening he gets FASTER

[Shomomomo]

Ranger players wondering why a rat and the big boy have better full screen presence than them

[ndai]

Diaphone out here solving problems instead of malding hard. Good video

[SolomonCornish]

If wind orb is the spinning tornadoes, wall does not beat that. Every wall takes 2 of the tornadoes away, but he gets to move forwards for free. You have to spend 100 meter AND they just have to sit at fullscreen just to cancel the install.

Additionally, crusader’s only low is 18 frames, and his 5A is 10 frames. He can’t really preempt swiftmaster to stop him from getting in at mid range. Dash up 5B is just a jumpscare that will counterhit you for free. You could try whiffing moves from farther, but SM also has plenty of tools to whiff punish you for that.

The only reason crusader does well-ish into the MU is because you have some tools that work well on read, and you can 2 touch SM real easily. 5MS beating projectiles and 4S beating physical hits and both taking like 30+% is really good, if you’re in the other guy’s head and can make the read without dying. That combined with high damage means you get really good reward off of their mistakes and your good reads, but that’s about it.

[Bimbes_McFly]

I don’t know why some people can say swift master has bad mix when half of the cast’s high-low mix is pretty lackluster in comparison. Some characters have zero overheads or just rely more on hard-to-guard-cancel pressure, but I feel like both swift and berserker have access to both decent mixes (high/low and strike/throw) and strong pressure. Swift just doesn’t need to sacrifice his own health constantly for it.

[Xan_Ch]

Didn’t know he had an airtight Guard Crush blockstring until now. Yeah, no, fuck this character lol.

It’s vanilla BB all over again with the top 3 but this character is a few tiers above the other top tier. I play Kunoichi and she basically feels like a budget Swift Master lol.

[randmlyhere]

Swift master is like taking Taeger’s magnets and sticking them on Taokaka. You can not run, only pray.

[Jaxvex]

As launcher this MU is nearly impossible. Wind Twist invalidates 90% of her moveset, he can outzone her with Storm Strike and get much more damage than she does full screen, and the threat of 5B against her slow buttons makes him hard to challenge in neutral/roundstart. It also doesn't help that her health is only slightly above his so make one mistake and you're losing at least 40% from an unoptimized route.

[OseiTheWarriors]

You know this character is busted when the only counterplay is 1 gap in a blockstring, a character dependent 50/50 on round start or the player messing up. It's so crazy

[Ventraeus]

I knew I wanted to play Swift Master as soon as he was announced. Love his character design and who doesn't want to play an air bender?

That being said I'm dog water at this game and can't do combos for shit xD

[randoman]

My friend plays Swift Master and destroys our whole friend group when I tell him that Swift the best character in the game he goes and rants about why he isn't that good of a character and it just gets annoying (especially since I play Inquisitor).

[shamthereallyawesome]

woah nice video, id love to hear your thoughts on other character strengths/ weaknesses too

[ManOfLegs]

It's interesting.
Roll'd Striker for my DNF endeavours.
3 sessions to Diamond IV.
Hardest matchup?
Vanguard.
I can see where SM would be a problem for many characters. Though, not once have I thought: "Oh no, a Swift'mun!".
The HP really is enough for me to not be bothered by the blatant strengths.
Slow or rapid rounds. I really enjoy fighting everyone.

[Iyokuu]

"Nah, that's not going in the video!"
Leaves it in on purpose. LOL

[jpVari]

I was already probably not gonna play this game, it's just not for me personally, but when I first saw go1 stream wiftboy I knew for sure I was out lmao. It's fun to watch tho, mostly.

[dimex]

For me the most broken things about swifty are his tap, his 5B and his speed. Seriously tap destroys fireballs, goes full screen, gives a hard knockdown, is plus on block and requires NO MANA? Wtf. The only way they could balance him in his current form would be to give him 350-500 health so that even glancing blows can delete him.

[Unholyhunter]

looove your videos so much brother i learn alot from you! definetly got that noti bell on for sure!! keep on being awsome