Karate, Kung Fu, Aikido. What's the diffrence?

**GypsyJuggler**

I'm not entirely clear what your question is. But I will say that there are a lot of factors which can influence how much accuracy, damage and defense a martial artist can have in this game. Once you have a little more experience with our combat system you may understand some of it a bit better. And remember, not only is this a game but it's MxO. You can't expect it to be exactly like your own personal experiences. That being said, welcome to The Matrix Online! If you need any help, check out the Definitive Helpers Guide for a list of people who can help you out while you play.

Kiji

thankz and question was basicly why is karate such a joke when it comes to the stats i think it should be raised a little more and lower power to 45 if that is the lvl 50 karate style stil only 31 SMILEY

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and i do have a question is toma naga a throw i mean like a pure throw not like grabing them and hiting them because if was like just grabing them in some way and looks tite as hell i think i am going with aikdo SMILEY

though the ki charged punch looks tite just wish it would throw them back instead of making them stop in mid air like he grabed him with ki and knocked him down as soon as he punch,i know it should cause i done it once and seen it from lvl 50s

The Leo

Karate aint a joke. It's my main load and I have no trouble with it. I beat aikido and kung fu loads. Whichever laod u chose you have to balance it out with clothes.

Kiji

i understand you leo but thats not what i mean and karate is mine too but stil not the point i meam is in stats,

they made karate look like a joke having every stat on him lower then the others sept power im calling that a joke cause its just not right why is it so weak in every stat looks like it dont even stand a chance in those catagorys

**GypsyJuggler**

Just looking at the stats on the Karate Ability itself doesn't give you the whole picture. Don't forget the passive buffs and the Title Upgrade. And then there's the statistics of the moves themselves. Karate might appear to be at a disadvantage in some ways, but it makes up for it elsewhere. Get some experience under your belt, try a few things out, experience the differences for yourself. You'll find that in practice each martial art has it's good points and not-so-good points but in the end, they balance pretty well.

Acquinas

From what I've seen Aikido sacrifices melee damage for defense, whereas karate sacrifices defense for melee damage. My question is - what does Kung Fu sacrifice? I might be mistaken, feel free to correct me.

Skill · 04/03/2007 20:50:15

Acquinas wrote:

From what I've seen Aikido sacrifices melee damage for defense, whereas karate sacrifices defense for melee damage. My question is - what does Kung Fu sacrifice? I might be mistaken, feel free to correct me.

well, no area-effect ability(not like anyone uses them)
they don't have any abilities that breaks their opponent's resistance.
they get no self-buffs in the trees (like berserker buff etc)
they actually don't have any of the strongest state-specials of the three if you think about it, even though they have the most.
I am aware that dim-mak and wdd can be used one after the other, but so can ki-punch and foot-sweep. And Tomo-Nage has the potential to out-damage the two abilities put together.

It's all in your load man, if you and two friends go at it each using one style, one set of moves, they will seem to pan out a lot better. It's only when you can combine sky-high sidekick with EFK (and several other cross-ma combinations) that it begins to become deadly. If you see a kung-fu grandmaster, don't automatically assume that that's all they're using, because that would be a serious error, it only uses like 70 memory max SMILEY

Kiji

ya thankz i just remember the other load outs from karate forgot it makes them stronger though if no one minds could anyone tell what resitance do lol ,kinda off subject but stil,

i cant find the diffrence fighting 1 guy he does 90 then using a skill that raises by 50 what changes my melee from 90 to 140 i stil take 90.............. is this right or is it for you dont get hit as much.............

The Leo

The more resistance you have the less damage you take. And trust me if you fight a good karate master you need high resistance.

**Pylat**

The Leo wrote:

The more resistance you have the less damage you take. And trust me if you fight a good karate master you need high resistance.

*CENSORED* right, I've seen highly skilled Karate Masters dealing 1000+ with EFK, the best defense vs Karate is to not get hit at all.

**Darkhorse**

karate has the most power, kung fu rolls the highest, akido best defense

You should try mixing trees i like using akido and kung fu, but everyone is different

**Endomorph**

Basically....

Kungfu - Accuracy + High DPS

Karate - Resistance Downgrades + High Damage

Aikido - Defence (Good all Rounder)

CptSilverScam

Yeah Kung Fu is my personal choice, using speed attacks I can usually pull off two specials one after the other if im quick

**GypsyJuggler**

Using Kung Fu and Karate I can chain about 5 moves and repeat until my IS runs out.
Usually someone will beat my rolls before this happens though :s

**Bayamos** · 06/17/2007 12:02:57

Annnnnnnd.. MA rolls completely different now thanks to CR2.suck. Most 'old' CR2 MA builds/strats aren't as effective against MA now. Ftw.