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SALTY 50/50s man

Tweedy

Champion
Liu can't anti-air with armour really (but lol he has d2). Jacqui also can't really anti-air with armour (she ex bf4 but it whiffs more than not against several jump ins). Lao also gets a full combo off his anti-air with armour.

I think it's fair to say that Lao has good anti-airs given how great ex spin is at doing so.

That's kind of like saying special forces Sonya has poor 50/50s because she only really gets them when she has drone or Kano 50/50s aren't good because his need meter.
Drone is way different than needing meter, since drone has such fast start up.

Kano's 50/50s are safe and launch without meter. Give Kung Lao those if they aren't good.

Characters like Liu and Shinnok have amazing D2s that I would take over needing meter to aa.
 

omooba

fear the moobs
As a dvorah main since day 1, I'm sad you even spoke these absurd words lol. Dude she has everything. Even her "slow' bug toss is plus 20 ish. That's really dumb. Sure her gameplan is pressure but she shouldn't have insane plus frames on top of top tier footsies,safe 50/50s,42% 1 bar anywhere,and a meterless launcher that's +22. I'm sorry I love dvorah bae I say it ALL THE TIME. But she's dumb. She is aslo apart of the problem in this game. Don't give me no shit about hard cancels because for 1 they aren't that hard and 2, character execution doesn't mean anything at the highest level. To me, she is top 5 possibly top 3. But I can understand if others have diff opinions
If she's top 5 you're saying she's better than one of these. Acidic demo tarkatan shirai ryu cutthroat piercing alist.
She doesn't do everything. Gets out zoned. Doesn't have dum jump ins. The 40+ combo is soooo not that bad. It's of a mid most people do the same off 50/50's. And her 50/50 is negative or unsafe. She's probably the most fair top tier character. Stupid good yes but fair and not brain dead
 

myri

Time Warrior
It doesn't guarantee a 50/50 it doesn't even guarantee pressure. This is Shitty compared to people doing 40+ into guaranteed 50/50's.plus 22 sounds like a stupid number but considering the start up it's really not as bad as it sounds. You can only get it out on knockdown or gimmicks
How does it not guarantee a 50/50 or pressure? If you block the puddle then D'vorah is at +22, her overhead is 15 frames, her low is 11 frames, her f1 is 12 frames so all of this jails if you block the puddle. I am talking about after being knocked down specifically, I know you can jump out of it from midscreen.
 

omooba

fear the moobs
How does it no guarantee a 50/50 or pressure? If you block the puddle then D'vorah is at +22, her overhead is 15 frames, her low is 11 frames, her f1 is 12 frames so all of this jails if you block the puddle. I am talking about after being kncocked down specifically, I know you can jump out of it from midscreen.
1) most raw armor beats anything she presses.
2) every delay wake up into armor beats everything she presses
3) delay wake up into a poke can beat f1,1 and f2,2 and makes b1 whiff. Again she's stupid but by still fair
It's pretty much as bad as it sounds. It gives D'Vorah a meterless vortex in the corner.
at best it's a pseudo vortex. Explained why above
 

Pan1cMode

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It doesn't guarantee a 50/50 it doesn't even guarantee pressure. This is Shitty compared to people doing 40+ into guaranteed 50/50's.plus 22 sounds like a stupid number but considering the start up it's really not as bad as it sounds. You can only get it out on knockdown or gimmicks
It's pretty much as bad as it sounds. It gives D'Vorah a meterless vortex in the corner.

1) most raw armor beats anything she presses.
2) every delay wake up into armor beats everything she presses
3) delay wake up into a poke can beat f1,1 and f2,2 and makes b1 whiff. Again she's stupid but by still fair
No, you're using her setups wrong.

Drone is way different than needing meter, since drone has such fast start up.

Kano's 50/50s are safe and launch without meter. Give Kung Lao those if they aren't good.

Characters like Liu and Shinnok have amazing D2s that I would take over needing meter to aa.
Shinnok's plus frames aren't good because they require meter.

Goro's armour isn't good because it requires meter.

He gets a full combo off practically any jump in with an anti-air that can readily be done on reaction. To say he has weak anti-airs because "they require meter" is disingenuous.

Mind you, not up playing Lao, just being realistic about this particular aspect of his game.
 

myri

Time Warrior
1) most raw armor beats anything she presses.
2) every delay wake up into armor beats everything she presses
3) delay wake up into a poke can beat f1,1 and f2,2 and makes b1 whiff. Again she's stupid but by still fair
at best it's a pseudo vortex. Explained why above
Once again I'm talking about if you block the puddle. I know there are options around that with delayed wakeup but it's all reads like I've already said in this thread.
 

Tweedy

Champion
It's pretty much as bad as it sounds. It gives D'Vorah a meterless vortex in the corner.


No, you're using her setups wrong.


Shinnok's plus frames aren't good because they require meter.

Goro's armour isn't good because it requires meter.

He gets a full combo off practically any jump in with an anti-air that can readily be done on reaction. To say he has weak anti-airs because "they require meter" is disingenuous.

Mind you, not up playing Lao, just being realistic about this particular aspect of his game.
I didn't say anything isn't good.

I'm just saying that Lao's EX spin as an anti cannot be deemed one of the best in the game, because most of the cast can do the same thing with their armor.

Even timing Jax's overhead dash punch on a jump in and converting it, is super easy. The characters who lack a move like that, like Shinnok, Kang, D'vorah, also have a great anti airing normal to cope. Lao does not. Even meterless spin is awful.
 

Meep8345

Apprentice
If she's top 5 you're saying she's better than one of these. Acidic demo tarkatan shirai ryu cutthroat piercing alist.
She doesn't do everything. Gets out zoned. Doesn't have dum jump ins. The 40+ combo is soooo not that bad. It's of a mid most people do the same off 50/50's. And her 50/50 is negative or unsafe. She's probably the most fair top tier character. Stupid good yes but fair and not brain dead
Her jip1 is actually dumb tho and one whiff or mistake leads to 41% and almost full screen corner carry which is almost GG. Really tho I think she's actually ok kinda maybe make b1 -20 on block. But on topic 50/50's in this game are so disgusting because it's hard to sit there and think that you really got outplayed by a demo Sonya doing a free af jip1 into a jailing 50/50 and having to guess after guessing right.
 

CompleteMadness

Apprentice
1) most raw armor beats anything she presses.
2) every--------- delay wake up--------- into armor beats everything she presses
3)----------- delay wake up--------into a poke can beat f1,1 and f2,2 and makes b1 whiff. Again she's stupid but by still fair
at best it's a pseudo vortex. Explained why above
You delay wakeup...... take this mixup.
 
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myri

Time Warrior
You delay wakeup...... take this mixup.
Exactly, if you delay wakeup then you have to hold her mixup anyway, if you try to jump you'll most likely get hit anyway. If you try to armour wake up or armour after standing from a delayed wakeup she can just bait it and punish it and straight back into the blender we go. She can choose to do her armour break if she thinks you're going to wakeup with armour. You have make all the right reads, it is definitely not easy.
 

Pan1cMode

AUS FGC represent!
I didn't say anything isn't good.
"People need to stop saying Lao has the best anti airs btw. He has low tier anti airs." - Tweedy

Tweedy said:
I'm just saying that Lao's EX spin as an anti cannot be deemed one of the best in the game, because most of the cast can do the same thing with their armor.

Even timing Jax's overhead dash punch on a jump in and converting it, is super easy. The characters who lack a move like that, like Shinnok, Kang, D'vorah, also have a great anti airing normal to cope. Lao does not. Even meterless spin is awful.
Lao's ex spin is THE BEST armoured anti-air. There is no other move in the game that will catch dive kicks, altered jump arcs, jump kicks, cross overs (essentially every single aerial situation in the game bar Takeda ex flip) and convert to full combo. Sure, Jax and Johnny can time dash punch and nutpunch (also note time; there really is no timing with Lao's) but these fail with moves that alter jump arc, jump ins like sub zeros and several cross up situations.

This is not up playing, it's truth. Lao has several problems but to say he has low tier anti-airs because ex spin requires meter is not truthful.
 

omooba

fear the moobs
You delay wakeup...... take this mixup.
Exactly, if you delay wakeup then you have to hold her mixup anyway, if you try to jump you'll most likely get hit anyway. If you try to armour wake up or armour after standing from a delayed wakeup she can just bait it and punish it and straight back into the blender we go. She can choose to do her armour break if she thinks you're going to wakeup with armour. You have make all the right reads, it is definitely not easy.
This isn't free. She can't cover the option of delay wake up and instant get up with a mix up. Watch destroyer vs honey bee. When bee blocks to cover delay wake up and armor destroyer straight up just pokes. My point is this is not a free vortex it's a set up that rapes people who don't know the match up but leaves you a lot more options than just hold this 50/50
 

omooba

fear the moobs
Either you forgot the :DOGE or this is downplaying to a whole other level smh. It doesn't even need to be explained why this character isn't "fair"
Umm who died and made her 50/50 plus and the second part is just my opinion but what top tier is more fair. Considering that they're saying she's top 5 who else is in that category and is more fair
 

CompleteMadness

Apprentice
This isn't free. She can't cover the option of delay wake up and instant get up with a mix up. Watch destroyer vs honey bee. When bee blocks to cover delay wake up and armor destroyer straight up just pokes. My point is this is not a free vortex it's a set up that rapes people who don't know the match up but leaves you a lot more options than just hold this 50/50
You delay wake up your taking mix up.i wont argue this with you its litterally basic mkx knowledge.
 

Dankster Morgan

It is better this way
I don't understand why if Kano spends a bar on a 50/50, you lose 40% if you guess wrong, and you get literally no reward if you guess right. It's still his turn even. At least if Alien, Ermac(kinda), Sub-Zero, Kenjutsu Kenshi, Kotal, Mileena, etc want to launch you they are unsafe.