[C] Walker - 2.08

[STM1993]

Walker has a lot of trouble dealing with Mark. Mark has the highest tendency to kick out of grabs(no D>J), uses his D>A punch when the enemy is near even on the z-axis(screws up timing) and Mark's D>J has priority over almost all of Walker's moves save DJA(Mark's itr is further in front and bdy is further behind).

My thought was that the punch would win against the opponents other attacks, but maybe that's not the case?
You want me to greatly increase the z-movement or just scrap the move as whole?
How do you like it in the air?

Nope, its not as useful as D>J to clearing out groups for melee. However, it might come in handy against projectiles with some refinements. Currently it has some issues: tend to get shot/punched when moving backwards especially by Hunter arrows, tend to get burnt when countering Sorcerer fireballs.

Maybe make his back movement more like a teleport and invincibility until he re-appears behind. If need be, add itr effect 4 to any vulnerable frames. Then he punches forward, I suggest a speed/distance and pushing power more similar to Bat's D>J. Maybe make uppercut able to chain into it. Try z-axis on both his forward and backward movement.

The backward teleport is gone right? The teleport is only going to be the D↓A-move.

Nope, still there. Not too useful in stage mode either.
I think the current DJA should be DvA while the new DvA should be DvJ - the counter-throw is more basic than the upcoming new move.

I think Walker could use better crowd control. Weird that bandits/hunters can survive >>JA, might want to raise the damage to exactly 50. Change his super and >>A to vrest 10 - he tends to hit some other enemy instead of the intended enemy.

Roger that.
Have you tried out Walker 1.03? He had one rather strong crowd control counterattack, would that maybe be interesting again?

Just downloaded and tried, I believe you're referring to his DvA grab where he will hold the opponent and charge with him like a shield? I like it, it can be a new move and should be available on normal grabbing. Should add in A to cancel by throwing though.

Oh, and vrest on jump attack too. It would also be nice to have one move useable on roll, currently feels like he can't do anything to attack out of rolling unlike all the other default hero characters, it will help his ability to deal with crowds and deal with Mark significantly.

By the way, as does Phantom Dash work at all against other characters projectiles as intended?

D>J is so far the most useful move in Walker's arsenal for separating or knocking out a group though it has low damage. Against projectiles, its great if you can grab someone infront before the projectiles reach along with z-axis use, but if there are already a bunch of projectiles coming there's not much you can do. Kind of annoying that you may sometimes grab an enemy from behind and end up throwing behind instead of in front.