I looked at Cyborg in the lab and was pretty quickly sold on how his strings and specials worked. I definitely have to put in some long lab time with him though, but until then I have some general questions:
- How does Cyborg's neutral work? Do you just generally zone and if you find yourself up close go for his + on block strings into a fast mid like B1?
- How should I end my combos? DB2 midscreen for damage and DD3 in the corner to get a setup? If I want to get a setup, what string should I cancel into DD3?
- What are some good hit confirms to use in the neutral? 12B2 seemed alright to me because you can follow it up with DF2 or DB2 to stay safe / get a combo.
- How should I use DD3 setups? The projectile hits mid so do you use it in the corner to mix with B213 or F3 to get a combo? And if my opponent block the mixup and I'm left fairly + from DD3, what should I use those plus frames for?
- Is trait best for midscreen or the corner? How does it relate to DD3 in terms of usefulness?
- Cyborg's MB projectiles have kind of a weird arc to them, is the idea that you use MB projectiles on a read (or in the corner for combo extension)?
I think that most of us Cyborg players do things quite differently (which is okay!), so I will answer your questions (not all of them though because I am still figuring things out) based on how I do things and I hope others can do the same...
In general, I'm shooting fireballs, combination of horizontal and downwards. If I correctly read a jump and hit them with MB air straight fireball, I go for dd3 and then air trait. Essentially, when fullscreen, my goal is always to get dd3 followed by trait, so when I can knock them down with fireballs, I then go for that combo.
In terms of dd3 setups, I still go for my Injustice 1 setup (which unfortunately is no longer a hard-to-blockable but whatever): some opener --> background bounce --> dd3 --> j2 b2
First j2 hits, then b2 hits, then immediately after the dd3 hits and pops them up. Since dd3 is mid now, it's no longer a quick low-to-overhead, but I still find that this setup works sometimes. A less tricky version of this is to do background bounce --> dd3 --> b213, where if the b213 hits then the dd3 hits right after and you again get a pop up.
Edit: When I'm in jump-in distance, my go-to is j2 f22 d1xxSD. When I do grapple, if my landing position is ambiguous (i.e., don't know if I will cross them up or not), I go for j2 3. If it hits, it guarantees f22. If it's blocked, I'm +2 (just like f22 on block) and go for d1xxSD.
Edit #2: In a lot of footage of Cyborg gameplay I have seen, people go for cancel pressure (113 cancel, b123 cancel, etc.) These are gimmicks, right? Like none of these are actually plus or jail or anything like that, right? All can be poked/jumped/backdashed out of?
