Match Footage The Neutral Series: Noble | Dragon

NOBLE I DRAGON IN NEUTRAL

After a long hiatus, the neutral series has finally returned.

It can be said without question that Dragon has been a consistent placer in the MKX tournament scene. Acquiring multiple top 8s in tournaments such as KIT 2017, NEC 2016, Summer Jam X, and Evo 2016 there was always one primary issue: Sonic Fox. His rival had time and time again gatekept and defeated him in tournament, proving to be his demon until recently. With Dragon clinching Final Round 20 and achieving a critical victory in his fighting game career, we now take a look at his neutral game, as well as punishment and pressure. All the best to Dragon, and hoping he continues his strong showing in the NRS scene.

Source:
http://rank.shoryuken.com/rankings/player/byname/Dragon

Dragon blocking one of Scar's common trip guard setups followed by d4-throw

d4 into delayed spark + neutral duck punish on teleport

Chip to close out the round

Wakeup d1 + walk up low to combo starter*

Run up throw/read on jump in/run up throw bait???

d4 into d4 shoulder to close the match

Throwback???
Including the poll shown above, I plan to do an injustice throwback neutral series thread. Not exactly sure when, but expect it in the near future.

Shoutouts
I want to say special shoutouts to the Mortal Kombat ATX (Austin, Texas) crew. They have been some of the coolest guys I've met, and it was great to hang out with everyone over the weekend.

Thread continually being updated*

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Well timed backdash to whiff punish

Meaty teleport

Round opener: Teleport and hell sparks to punish dive kick + d1 into (???)

Delayed wakeup/Punish???

Round opener: Hellsparks conversion followed by a d2 antiair

Efficient Delayed wakeup

Another great delayed wakeup, and jump to avoid gernade pressure

Patience in neutral followed by beautiful reaction to grenade toss

(???)

Use of shoulder to punish drone

Jump normal into air fan to bait anti air, followed by good space control

Delayed armor uppercut, combo into corner position and hard knockdown

Great mobility and wakeup under pressure

Bait on anti-air + pressure

Utilizing plus frames (don't press buttons)

Space control, good break out of pressure

(Reserved for GIFS)

Jump back fan to bait a response followed by zoning

Checkmate

(KIT) Good movement to avoid missiles, jump in conversion to hard knockdown

Catching the air dash by Sector, corner position combo in HKD

A well timed jump by Dragon or a mistimed anti-air by Sonic (???)

EX lift in neutral

Advancing string to avoid air missiles + d1*DP (the "Dragon special")

Full screen conversion into float grab setup (Atai tech)

(Reserved for GIFS)

Insane punish on (???) into teleport. Sonic had used this to blow up Dragon neutral ducking the string

The Opening Game (Delayed hell spark)

D4 checks in neutral + beautiful teleport to avoid missile

Anti-air hell sparks (up close done at a risky position)

Footsies with hell sparks (whiff punish galore)

Opening d4 hellspark

Walk forward into hell sparks in neutral (caught Sonic sleeping)

d1 into delayed overhead to bait a button press (or bait of teching a throw)

(Reserved for gifs)

Someone has putting in some work, glad this series has returned.
We've already seen Sonic fox, and maybe scar, but i'm eager to see Semij, there is something about the way he plays, that needs to be captured in details.

You're back! Yaaaay. These threads are always welcome, @Protagonist_1. Good job, as always.

I'd like to see Semiij or Tweedy next.

Thanks guys, thread has been updated. Trying to acquire gifs from the Sonicfox vs. Dragon match

do immortal angel please

I vote for myself lol. Btw good to see these back. I love seeing a breakdown of solid play and the things people do in a heated set.

Glad to see you back

you increased the gif quality! great work

I'm not sure what happened, but non of the gifs I added are showing up for me. I was almost complete too. Is this happening for anyone else, or is it just my end?

Also, based on the poll, Semiij will be the next player in the neutral series. I just need to figure out what the hell is going on so that this doesn't happen again.

Great stuff as always.

I voted for semij but the threads shine regardless

Lots of good stuff here! And it's awesome the Austin scene has such analytic mind!

ATP2014 said:

Lots of good stuff here! And it's awesome the Austin scene has such analytic mind!

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Thanks @ATP2014 ! I've started making threads again to level up. Been watching a lot of match footage haha

A New Neutral thread will be released in the next hour or even sooner