Just played a 50 game set with a decent Sub-Zero. He used mostly Cryomancer but also some Grand Master.
How do you guys think Cutthroat Kano does against Subby?
I felt like Kano had the advantage in full screen. Knives were stuffing iceballs and breaking clones all day, and many times I had time to block iceball when he got hit. Perfectly timed EX iceball and slide got me eventually, but it looked like a serious struggle. This tells me if Kano has the life lead, Subby has to chase Kano which is good. If I wanted to get close I could air Kanoball over iceballs no problem. Sometimes I messed up the input and just neutral jumped like an idiot to iceball, so yeah make sure you get that air Kanoball every time lol.
Mid screen fight felt ok against Cryomancer, and tricky against Grand Master. I feel Cutthroat Kano has really nice footsie tools because of his normals that move him forward like f4 and f3 (and backwards too with b1). Ice clone is a pain for sure, but it can be stuffed if Sub player gets predictable. Can't really say how bad the ice clone ends up being, because my opponent started to panic everytime I got near to him and his clone. Remember, a blocked slide equals a dead Subby so practice that punish so you can hit that even online.
Fighting close seemed ok. My opponent clearly wasn't comfortable fighting up close, so he tried to back away any chance he got. f2, 1,2 full combo punishes backdash if you read it. Can't really say anything more about how the match up feels up close. Armor moves are great all around of course.
Matches were fun, need to play some expert Subbys to get better feel how this match-up goes. Especially need to experience a really lame Sub-Zero who has really good space control with ice clone.
