a 50/50 isn't a hard read a hard read is anti airing sub zero's dive kick with raiden's db2. a hard read is a read with very small odds of being right. this is slightly pointless we just disagree fundamentally and i don't wanna argue but if you can honeslty consistently react to f4 or b3 hitting you have godlike reactions
I sere what you mean I just think its a terminology thing lol. I was talking about reacting to make the read. I was messing about this morning before I left the house and was managing to do it (relatively consistently as I was trying to wake up lol.)
B3, SA into the 3 the hardest to react to so instead if the B3 connects, you can just SA into EXDB4 to continue the combo instead of risking the timing on the SA, 3. Apart from that, the rest is just practice imo.
At the heart of it all, he is a really fun character to play! It's how you play him that makes him solid.
As long as you are enjoying the game is all that counts really lol.