Im just speaking for the matches Ive watched played, since I dont play her to any degree.. but she can do so much. st.mp is an amazing AA, or her AA grab when possible. If she gets a little room and can get a fireball out she can advance behind it, jump, sweep, crossup jump, catch YOU jumping with her AA grab.. She has a great low confirm into elbow thats negative on block but safe and puts her point blank, good range on the cr.mk too. ex shoulder has armor to get her in range of her normals and when she is. st.mk is disgusting 5f startup deceptive range, combos into jab into light elbow which starts her silliness (+2), Its -2ob according to my phone app but I see her spam the shit out of it and no one ever seems to challenge. st.lk is +3 ob, so is st.mp. St.hk has great range and is an excellent, straightforward CC button.. She has one of the highest damage, practical whiff punish normals in the game in F.HP, you can react with it to punish whiffed normals from a pretty crazy distance, hit confirm it into itself for the TC and end with her AA grab for like either 265 or 285 damage. Its a lot for the range and utility. Her OH is slow as christmas, but in trigger its like .. +1? and has great range and will CC. Her command dashes are amazing for baiting and couple that with her f.hp and its super dangerous, couple it with the fact she gets meaty pressure off of literally everything she has that can knock you down.. and you have a character who doesnt *want* to play neutral but still has a tool for almost any range or situation and numerous ways in to her kill zone.
So thats why I think she has good neutral. She doesnt really want to play neutral, but she can handle herself from most reasonable ranges and has ways in through fireballs and zoning, long range normals and the like.
Just my opinion, but when I see laura's in the neutral I dont feel like I see them struggling to hold up and bleeding a ton of life just to get her point blank offense going. I think as the season progresses the REALLY dangerous lauras are going to be the ones who use and abuse her tools in neutral and dont always go straight in for the guessing games.
