Is Karate Supposed to Suck? - MXO Forum Archive

#36300148165 01/23/2007 13:42 Is Karate Supposed to Suck?

I'm making my first foray into Martial Arts since CR 1, and comparing the styles I noticed something really disturbing.

Ok, so there's Kung Fu. Looks good.

There's Aikido. Bad accuracy, good defense. So far so good.

...What the hell? Karate gets the same damage as the other two, plus the crap accuracy of Aikido, and host of DEBUFFS?!

Somebody please tell me this is some sort of weird UI glitch, because if not, I understand now why you almost never see Karate Grandmasters. I can't imagine Karate was meant to suck like this, somebody please explain.

#36300148712 01/24/2007 05:51 Re:Is Karate Supposed to Suck?

Karate is GOOD if you know how to use it.

#36300150013 01/26/2007 05:53 Re:Is Karate Supposed to Suck?

Roukan wrote:

Wendigo wrote:
Um, you guys kinda missed the point. I know the debuffs aren't there at level 50, but what about people under 50?

Are you honestly telling me that Karate is only an end-game style?

I guess newbies that choose Karate as their main style are just SOL...

R0u is mainly karate. I have no problems.

First off, consider the abilites that are available with early karate. Sky high, sidekick and a state special. When compared to aikido which has two pointless abils and a state special until level 30. Also remember that overhand smash uses karate so you get an acc bonus for using that compared to using aikido or fu with it.

As a second point, the only style that anyone uses in yuki to solo tengu - karate...... that is at level 25

Of the three styles, only karate and fu are usable at low levels much imho (yes aikido gets iron guard on style) so I shouldn't advise complaining about it. And the debuffs shown are hardly game ending.