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He really does. I don't play the character, but he seems to have very significant gaps in his game. For one, based on his character design, it doesn't make sense that he should get outcamped by so many people. I know Nariko, the Coles, probably Ratchet, probably Jak, etc. can outcamp him hard.
The problem is that this forces him to approach, but he has trouble doing that too due to significant blind spots. Attacking something just outside of flamethrower range forces you to use punishable moves, and Radec can't stop anyone who gets directly below him. On top of that he seems to have significant trouble stopping people who walk and block toward him. The chip for hitting a block is not high enough to warrant the punishment that can come your way for doing so.
He has some really decent CQC tools as well and an amazing grab, but the above problems make him lose to a lot of melee characters as well as soon as they learn the matchup.
His disappear grenade is also one of the worst escape mechanisms ever. He has to severely commit to a move that's supposed to get him out of trouble. The grenade is also timed (I believe?) and has very little hit or block stun. A lot of characters can actually super on reaction to a Radec air-grenade-vanish, and that's pretty much his only decent option when attempting to land against someone chasing your landing.
All this mixed with his sub-par wake-up game makes him not so great as a character. He seems like he could maybe have a decent tech chase game as well, but it doesn't really matter since I think his only hard knockdown move is the down throw, and honestly the up throw is just straight up better.
Now like I said, I don't play the character, but I have played some extremely good Radec mains and it feels that once you realize where his blind spots are, he's more or less worthless. Maybe there's hidden potential that hasn't been found yet, but he is starting to look more and more like Brawl Ganon every day.
The problem is that this forces him to approach, but he has trouble doing that too due to significant blind spots. Attacking something just outside of flamethrower range forces you to use punishable moves, and Radec can't stop anyone who gets directly below him. On top of that he seems to have significant trouble stopping people who walk and block toward him. The chip for hitting a block is not high enough to warrant the punishment that can come your way for doing so.
He has some really decent CQC tools as well and an amazing grab, but the above problems make him lose to a lot of melee characters as well as soon as they learn the matchup.
His disappear grenade is also one of the worst escape mechanisms ever. He has to severely commit to a move that's supposed to get him out of trouble. The grenade is also timed (I believe?) and has very little hit or block stun. A lot of characters can actually super on reaction to a Radec air-grenade-vanish, and that's pretty much his only decent option when attempting to land against someone chasing your landing.
All this mixed with his sub-par wake-up game makes him not so great as a character. He seems like he could maybe have a decent tech chase game as well, but it doesn't really matter since I think his only hard knockdown move is the down throw, and honestly the up throw is just straight up better.
Now like I said, I don't play the character, but I have played some extremely good Radec mains and it feels that once you realize where his blind spots are, he's more or less worthless. Maybe there's hidden potential that hasn't been found yet, but he is starting to look more and more like Brawl Ganon every day.
His invisi-grenade is surprisingly useful. It can be used to occasionally confirm his level 1. Against certain characters, if you time and direct it right, you can disappear behind them, leaving a grenade in your place, and ravage them with whatever attack you want. As well, like Sackboy's electric trap, it can be dropped immediately upon waking up, giving you a chance to recover.
