So I've noticed that Death will knock someone out of your grab, and the grab will cease to do any damage while whatever throw you were doing still carries out the animation.

So my original thought was to have death not knock people out of your throws.
But then I tested something out with multiple characters at once, and I realized.
All those fancy throw animations? They dont have hitboxes.

So here's an idea, stuff like fthrow and bthrow, why not make them connect with characters not caught in a throw, with actual hitboxes? It wont be game breaking, but will give him some real good potential in teams and free-for-alls and combo potential with Death, along with not leaving you a sitting duck when someone gets knocked out of a throw. This gives BM a unique twist on his throw game, a situational yet fun buff. (BM caught someone in a throw? The rest of you better back the hell away or youll end up flying the same way that unlucky soul will)

This screams "Crowd Control" which was one of the main things Black Mage was used for in FF. Collateral damage and black magic go hand and hand so why not?

The main thing with nair is that it has poor range, so it really can't be spammed. I would support reducing the priority and shield damage, but I like the landing lag the way it is because you can do fun pillar combos which is a unique aspect of BM.

So I've noticed that Death will knock someone out of your grab, and the grab will cease to do any damage while whatever throw you were doing still carries out the animation.

So my original thought was to have death not knock people out of your throws.
But then I tested something out with multiple characters at once, and I realized.
All those fancy throw animations? They dont have hitboxes.

So here's an idea, stuff like fthrow and bthrow, why not make them connect with characters not caught in a throw, with actual hitboxes? It wont be game breaking, but will give him some real good potential in teams and free-for-alls and combo potential with Death, along with not leaving you a sitting duck when someone gets knocked out of a throw. This gives BM a unique twist on his throw game, a situational yet fun buff. (BM caught someone in a throw? The rest of you better back the hell away or youll end up flying the same way that unlucky soul will)

This screams "Crowd Control" which was one of the main things Black Mage was used for in FF. Collateral damage and black magic go hand and hand so why not?

I know the players themselves aren't hitboxes. I just thought that would be a pretty awesome, and pretty darn original mechanic to implement. It would probably be too much work to do, but it would be hella creative.

I know the players themselves aren't hitboxes. I just thought that would be a pretty awesome, and pretty darn original mechanic to implement. It would probably be too much work to do, but it would be hella creative.