Well holy shit... Thanks for that!
I was given to understand with the correct delay timing tonfas were safe + uninterruptable.
From what I understand you can't delay at all without getting blown up by decently fast armored moves.
FT was a weird one since each variation as you said generally has a MU utility more than a all around character. Especially with the projectile invincibility versus pain and gain cancels etc.
I know this isn't a popular opinion, but I fully agree. She's very versatile however and checks a lot of good boxes... her chip damage is dope and she's got some nice block strings, and she can convert any touch into a Rekka... In theory. Against anyone who knows the match up every time she tries to do a full Rekka she gives an opportunity somewhere there for armour, and a huge amount of time the risk reward is against her... Except, Kung Lao guesses wrong, ok last hit of the Rekka goes through instead of being blocked, and you get to jail into another B12 blockstring. Kung Lao guess right? 35% of your health gone. People tout her meter building as one of her best things, but don't address the fact that 1 bar of meter goes a lot further or shorter depending on the character - just to combo she needs a bar, and being that her best way to get in is use of meter is spamming her safe armour, seeing as she has no other real way, she can't even condition with her lows, that's 2 bars for that +30%, that's really meter dependant and means her EX-Tonfa block strings are very situational compared to someone like Lau who can spam the meter on his happily.
I did actually see something along the lines of that. However the frame window for success and unpunishability on both secondary tonfa hits is ridiculously small possibly less than a couple of frames, twice in a row, with no real audio visual cues to go off just a flat, long pause and a perfectly timed buttons. However if there is a player out there that can do it consistently I might change my opinion on this character, seems like such a small thing but it would really make the character much higher on any list if it could be played like that. However I just doubt that will ever be done so I'm gunna talk in the realm of all likelihood.
Her jip is very good as is her teleport, she has f2 and b1 3+4. She has those overhead and low specials, punishable but both fast with great range, one of which starts a combo.
It's not hat it's not in her favour or else she'd never do it, it's just that it's less in her favour than not having gaps and her pressure is always punishable unlike other characters
I'm sure someone has beat me to it, but this isn't safe.
Explain.
Its not a weakness really its just different. It doesn't cost any resources like other pressure. Personally i think its beautifully balanced, not guaranteed like other pressure but more deadly in some respects
I still main the guy. I admit I'm not a top level player, but so far it seems that his weaknesses outweigh his strengths. He's free to anybody with good air game, Punchwalk isn't as scary as it was the first two months (people just jump now and punish you - or, if you're playing Buzzsaw KL, ex spin actually destroys EX Punchwalk, lol), his backdash sucks, his run sucks, his jump punches are mediocre (though his jump kicks are alright) he's super meter dependent...
