i honestly dont know if anyone gives a shit about this character anymore but me but im just going to leave this here
okay so after defend the north i have a lot more faith in this character. my out of practice ass did pretty well but since im a choke artist i didnt make top 8 :/. i feel that DS is a really hard character to play online however because he is really dependent on reactions and reads. i feel that its so much harder to get a read on some jerry seinfeld who is sitting naked in their bedroom on xbl than it is to read an actual player sitting next to you. and of course, online makes a lot of things not reactable to.
also, all you bozos need to use d2 more, that shit is criminally underrated and is pretty cheap honestly. mid launcher that is super fast and advantage on block AND lowers your hitbox, think of it like flash's d2 from a few versions ago. also a really good anti air, which a good portion of the cast severely lacks. it is also a very good tool to just use as a yolo button because there is barely any risk using it.
another thing is people need to grow a pair and not be afraid to wake up with sword flip. sword flip is really the only legit DP in the entire game. think of if a ryu player never woke up with DP, how little respect people have to show him. of course, its really risky but it covers a lot of defensive options, most importantly backdashing or neutral jumping to make spin whiff.
DS isn't really a traditional zoner, hes more of a character that is (in my opinion) does best when he is sitting there doing nothing and waiting for their opponent to hang themselves. even though low guns gives every character good distance on block, you are still chipping them and buying time to make a read on how he will approach you, which at that point, you have a ton of options to try to catch them come in, such as jb3, d2, MB F3 and high guns. as far as his vortex goes, the only one i really see as being mega abusable is the F3 crossup bullshit, which im not going to lie is mad cheap. even if they block that shit, you are at +10 to do whatever the fuck you want, and you dont even have to dash in for a mixup.
just remember kids, don't recklessly shoot guns, use them conservatively. show them that you'll use them when you either see them do something or try to make them do something (like take chip from low guns and chip them on their approach in). shooting mad low guns is pretty good in some matchups but everybody is inevitably going to get in unless you're hawkgirl so think of it more of a buying time sort of thing rather than keeping them out.
