That's fine and dandy, but I play my fair share and even ran into quite a few at EVO.
EVO was 4 months ago and quite honestly, most of the top 8 was sub-par and superman zoning was actually considered strong lol.
The Doomsdays in the pools were still quite good, and 4 months ago was much earlier when DDs had the same tools he does now. If anything, its harder because people were still figuring out counter-play to it. Also Bane was a decent amount worse.
In general the lvl of play was MUCH lower than it is now and a lot of new tech had not been found.
Maybe you don't know the matchup that well as bane? That is quite a possibility.
Could be but I've been playing Bane since launch and the same occurs for my offline partners.
I personally find it odd that you say this yet felt you could d.2 venomed Bane out of his MB VU in the gap.
I clearly specified every possible situation to punish Bane's VU.
Yes, after it was revealed that you, indeed, cannot do a d.2 to interrupt it even though you tried to post a video of you doing so to an unvenomed Bane. Like barring the Mb b.3/f.3, every other one of your ideas fell apart.
I know bane's tools and I've been playing him for some time, not as a main or a secondary but I can play him well enough, I've also played vs multiple doomsdays ( Metzos, PL, Noobe ) and we even have a Bane main playing with Metzos other than me. The knowledgeable arguement can also go both ways.
Do you? You still make pretty obvious mistakes when referring to his skill-set, and its more often than not. I've seen you try to inch your way in on a set of arguments that, looking at them, show a very basic understanding of the character as a whole but that's the sum of it. If I had to choose between you or myself as a knowledgeable Bane, removing all personal bias, I still wouldn't consider you on even the same tier. Maybe like on the same tier as the KF forums as far as being Bane-smart.
I don't understand how we went from one matchup into a discussion of credibility when I'm the one playing offline and learning the matchups...
Because you are claiming my process to be flawed and using your experience as backing, which I'm calling into question because on the few issues we do disagree on you decide that you need to prove you are right. Also, your credibility is very questionable and I'd hate for people reading to get the wrong information from someone that is of questionable merit.
I don't doubt he is a good player, but a good Bane player? That I have to question.
Just because you don't know about something or someone's character doesn't mean that automatically means you're right.
If it were just one thing I'd understand, but when you make a video punishing unvenomed MB VUs and claim the results are solid, and then go on to say that going level 3 against DD is worse when he is on low resource than just letting him freely pressure you and gain more meter is the better choice, yes I do have to question his level of Bane skills and knowledge.
5.5-4.5, since its entirely based on your ability to be able to block his shenanigans and react appropriately. You also have to be better at meter management.
Long as it works for you, I guess. Worst come to, just hit him with a continuous stream of b.1s.
Ha, I did try that but I have issues timing them correctly online. I'm still new to playing Bane seriously, though, so it's just a matter of practice. I did managed to take out back-to-back Zatanna counterpick bitches, though! =D
