NB Semi Evil Ryu
Former Sub-Zero of the Midwest (2011 - 2015)
Sgt Reed 24
Lately, I've come to accept the fact that Sub Zero is all about just laming your opponent out if you have the life lead and your opponent is dangerous when they're in your face.
This was firmly decided, last night, when I was playing a few casual matches against Pig of the Hut and his Jax. I've never really encountered that MU very often, so he gave me some pointers. One of which was to be patient and lame my life lead. Once he told me that, the following exchange occurred:
Me: But I don't know if I can be patient and lame out like that.
Pig: You don't know if you can be patient?
Me: Yeah...
Pig: Then you are playing the WRONG character.
After that, I sat there for a second and basically had a House Moment.
If we want the absolute best chance of succeeding with this character, then we're going to just have to accept that there may be moments where we have to turtle for extensive periods of time to get that W.
Anyway, back to the video. I only had time to watch the first round. Two things: One - You throw out an en Ice Beam near the beginning. I'm assuming that you did this because you were trying to make a read (was going to jump towards you, maybe try a sudden shadow kick, etc.) Ten seconds into the very first round probably is not the best time to be making reads like this. Just stick with your normal gameplan for a bit, really pay attention to what your opponent is doing. Then, if he IS doing stuff where a counter with something like Ice Beam will catch him, totally throw it out there.
Two - (And this is kind of minor) At the end of that first round, you had him frozen in mid-air and you decided to finish him off with a NJP. I've found that Cage's options of how to open up the start of the round become much more limited the farther he is away from you when that round starts. That being said, an uppercut would have finished him off AND would have pushed him outside of jump distance from you. Again, kind of minor but just a little food for thought.
I will watch the rest of the video within the next day or two. Right now, I have to get cleaned up and get me some casuals here at this final day of UFGT.
Later guys!
Lately, I've come to accept the fact that Sub Zero is all about just laming your opponent out if you have the life lead and your opponent is dangerous when they're in your face.
This was firmly decided, last night, when I was playing a few casual matches against Pig of the Hut and his Jax. I've never really encountered that MU very often, so he gave me some pointers. One of which was to be patient and lame my life lead. Once he told me that, the following exchange occurred:
Me: But I don't know if I can be patient and lame out like that.
Pig: You don't know if you can be patient?
Me: Yeah...
Pig: Then you are playing the WRONG character.
After that, I sat there for a second and basically had a House Moment.
If we want the absolute best chance of succeeding with this character, then we're going to just have to accept that there may be moments where we have to turtle for extensive periods of time to get that W.
Anyway, back to the video. I only had time to watch the first round. Two things: One - You throw out an en Ice Beam near the beginning. I'm assuming that you did this because you were trying to make a read (was going to jump towards you, maybe try a sudden shadow kick, etc.) Ten seconds into the very first round probably is not the best time to be making reads like this. Just stick with your normal gameplan for a bit, really pay attention to what your opponent is doing. Then, if he IS doing stuff where a counter with something like Ice Beam will catch him, totally throw it out there.
Two - (And this is kind of minor) At the end of that first round, you had him frozen in mid-air and you decided to finish him off with a NJP. I've found that Cage's options of how to open up the start of the round become much more limited the farther he is away from you when that round starts. That being said, an uppercut would have finished him off AND would have pushed him outside of jump distance from you. Again, kind of minor but just a little food for thought.
I will watch the rest of the video within the next day or two. Right now, I have to get cleaned up and get me some casuals here at this final day of UFGT.
Later guys!