Yes but first you need to earn the respect not to poke/D2 you out of throw. I am fan of throw mixup.
You pointed out the levels of the game. However the game is out for a week so probably nobody plays it in full depth yet.
I wonder how many players will practice that much instead of dropping 50/50 and/or plus string pressures.
Nice. As the wake up attacks are universal it needs to be learnt once / your character oki moves. Looks threatening though.
Yeah this seems to be the case for multiple characters. Kano's 11 string just whiffs on the first swing after a d1 on hit so i'd rather walk back to see what their tendencies are or go for a throw
Not every move is launch punishable by flawless block now, many moves do have the exact same recovery on block or flawless block, except very few, such as wakeups, fatal blows, and long active frames moves, mostly special moves.
Well I could punish all Skarlet's gaps.
I actually use blood drive for cell restand shenanigans and better zoning.
You can still use the teleport to run away specially when you are getting cornered.
short hop against d3 or d4, or better yet, if you are plus, walk back and whiff punish with F2~db4
You can't hit confirm a poke. They are -3 on block and around +10 on hit and on average 7f startup.I do not agree with this. I am just a casual but hitconfirming D1 every time with every character (for me it is a fundamental of the game - without this I can not control the game properly).
I even try to hitconfirm and still hit S1 on hit.
My friend is a big masher I have to learn everything on "pro level" to make him stop doing it lol. Learning Skarlet's D1 into S1 was my first practice session and it was not that hard.
With Kabal I can be more lazy as 9F mid is "easy".
I found hitconfirming pokes a bit easier in MK11 it seems a bit slower on everything (probably more time on animation and recovery). But maybe I just pick "slower" characters.
Hitconfirming and inputting S1/2 with scorpion in MKX was more difficult to me lol.
I do not say it is easy but not impossible. Just need to focus when poking.
Sadly when you play with better players on LAN they just let go of block and duck the grab and uppercut you for it. I hate this high system.
If they duck the throw you can make the read and try something else, like poking them again or using a mid starting string, if they always block and duck succesfully you can stagger, see what leaves you with advantage
Yes it opens up other options but Johnny's fast punishes are all high, so even if you guess right they are already ducking them. You could try to B2 but it's incredibly risky and if they read it and react by blocking at the last second you will get massively punished. Most of his stuff isn't very safe. They have given good advantage on some of his moves but those are all high and his mids are slow and are really bad on block. You constantly have to take risks with Johnny and if you are playing someone that knows Johnny well they will blow you up for it constantly. Just because ducking opens them up doesn't mean that it's that much of an advantage with the character because of how he is designed in my opinion. The mid starting strings aren't that fast so you can literally tell when he is starting to use them and block again.
Its a 1f link, if they keep ducking with d1 and d2 under it means your timming its way late, its not a hit confirmable string it requires commitment.
I'll try this. I'm not a fan of mashing after a poke whether it hits or not. I like to see it hit so I know it's actually my turn. Probably why I get tilted a lot in this game.
