Red Hood's overall gameplan is braindead but to actually pull it off requires ton of practice.
It's not Doctor Fate level of practice but Red Hood requires some very strong reads to play optimally.
Your entire agenda is to score a knockdown, make a read to bully your opponents on knockdown AND make them stop waking up once you showed them they can't do so.
Against characters with zoning you have to counterzone. If you're establishing your mines such that the opponent is forced to move, its in your favor because 1) the opponent doesn't want to have to deal with getting knocked down from the trade 2) if they're moving they aren't throwing stuff at you. Exploiting that behavior is where Red Hood shines.
It's also not a bad idea to use far mb lunge to convert off a raw mine also once you have the resources.
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