Gesture Required Ahead
Get on that hook
I think the way 50/50s would be balanced is to have a safe and unsafe option: (See MK9 Skarlet)
Because this way it doesn't end in a YOLO situation for the character who's initiating offense (See MK9 Scorpion) and it also doesn't make it a braindead coinflip(See all Injustice characters).
Having both a safe and unsafe option creates a mind-game where if the offender wants to keep being safe, he can. And if he's a risk-taker, feel free to do so as well and will deserve the reward for doing so. But at least it will be more fair to the defender because he has to learn the opponents way of thinking rather than praying to god he doesn't lose a third of his life from a coinflip.
Because this way it doesn't end in a YOLO situation for the character who's initiating offense (See MK9 Scorpion) and it also doesn't make it a braindead coinflip(See all Injustice characters).
Having both a safe and unsafe option creates a mind-game where if the offender wants to keep being safe, he can. And if he's a risk-taker, feel free to do so as well and will deserve the reward for doing so. But at least it will be more fair to the defender because he has to learn the opponents way of thinking rather than praying to god he doesn't lose a third of his life from a coinflip.