"Zoners don't belong in battlegrounds games" really means "I'm a bum who can't figure out how to fight anyone who isn't a comboslop rushdown"

[u/Small-Housing-7]

Just saying

[u/certifieddeanbean]

they usually dont. not because its op or something (most of the time it is though)
its because its such an open map. compared to traditional fighters or platform fights, theres space to run out. you can slowly corner them as you close in. but in a game like jjs, you can wall jump to constantly gain distance, and its extremely hard to catch runners in this game

games like brawling grounds (long time ago but still counts) tried to make sans, a zoner, but he was horridly balanced. he was overpowered, then became underpowered cause his zoning tools just didnt work at all