This gap/backdash thing has been around since the first Injustice. That said, I've never really seen anyone actually doing this in tournament at high level. I can't think of a single time in the first game that this happened in a competitive match, though I'm sure someone can post up a video to prove me wrong.
At least for now, I'm not going to worry too much about this until it starts becoming a problem. b+1 comes out
really fast. Not sure if any of you guys tested in practice mode, you need to stop blocking low and do the backdash almost immediately after the move connects to backdash in time. Due to how fast b+1 comes out, and just taking into account standard human reaction time, I'm not going to freak out over this yet.
Yes, it's very easy to backdash this consistently in practice mode. When the computer is just throwing out a set move. And you're specifically waiting for it. In an actual match where you have a hundred different things to consider every second, that mental tax often makes it way more difficult to react to something that happens
this quickly.
I don't have the frame data in front of me, but I think it's 9 startup for the b+1, 13 startup for the 3? That's 22 frames total - roughly 1/3 of a second, which is the general edge of reaction time for most people. In the middle of a match, with a lot of think about, it's definitely difficult to do on reaction (in my opinion).
There was a big discussion I had with Slips years ago about this, and 20 versus 30 frame moves, using Tekken as our measuring stick, since we had both played it for over a decade. 30 frames is very reactable. 20 frames makes it very hard.
