Can someone clue me in on the game plan for Atrocitus? Which block strings to use for pressure, punishing (I believe f22 is good for whiff punishing), etc.
Standing 2,2~Bloodnado can combo meterlessy into D1/D2 Rage charge.
F123 is a good pressure string that's -1 on block.
111 is +1/+2 on block, but first hit is a high and last hit has a lot of push back so it's hard to continue pressure.
B23 is great for whiff punishing. But has 16 startup I believe. If you hit someone with the B2 while they're in the air, 3 will whiff. So if you expect someone to jump during B23 prepared to cancel the B2 into bloodnado.
1123 has good range and sometimes can mix up the opponent aince the last two hits are low. But IIRC the last hit is easily punishable in block.
With F22, a lot of people expect the you to cancel into bloodnado eventually. If you want to keep pressure, cancelling into blood vomit can leave you safe enough to continue your pressure. Especially if you meterburn it.
General gameplan is to stay close as possible while spacing yourself properly to whiff punish. Mixing grabs and pokes here and there helps. For example, doing F22 then grabing will catch a lot of people off guard because they expect the overhead or low.
Whenever you do open someone up (if you don't already have trait out) ending your combo with either B23/D2/F3 into trait is the way to go. From there you can go into starter~bloodnado~trait, B23~Bloodnado~trait, D1~Rage charge for meterless damage.
