Marduk

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Marduk
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Archetype

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Strengths

• Very high damage off of combos, lows, mids, punish options, and so on
• Amazing mids and lows capable of locking down opponents and keeping them guessing
• Ignorant 50/50's capable of stealing rounds within seconds
• A hard to break tackle that leads to a 33/33/33 mix up
• Db+2 being a safe mid counter hit launcher with great range that leads to a knockdown with good oki on normal hit
• A launching command grab that leads to almost 50% health easily if not broken
• Amazing range on his i15 launcher leading to horrifying whiff punishes
• Many knees and elbows giving him safe ways to pressure parry happy opponents
• Rage Drive can lead to him winning the round with one correct guess
• A generic parry that leads to a free mount when successful
• Absurd wall damage and amazing oki at the wall with a 50/50 wall throw that can lead to a launch off the wall or insanely high damage
• Several of his throws cannot be beaten by low crush options due to them doubling as air throws
• Unique get-up option when face-down head-towards that can lead to a mount if the opponent is not careful

Weaknesses

• Weak on defense. Marduk needs to either stop his opponent from getting close or smother them so he does not need to rely on his sub-par defense options.
• Needs to pick between wall carry and damage in mid-screen combos
• Some characters have Marduk-specific damage options against him such as Julia
• Evasive characters can give him a hard time
• Very bad jab hitbox can lead to his jab getting evaded easily by smaller characters
• Marduk's left arm makes his side-step right weaker
• Fastest reliable single hit counter hit launcher is i16
• Higher on average execution on some routes can make bread and butter wall carry combos tricky

External links

• Basics guide by Xiang Part 1, Part 2, Part 3