I have another question after spending 3-4 hours in practice last night with Ares. 3d2 into meter burn godsmack was originally really difficult, but now i seem to be able to do it 98% of the time offline. how exactly can i get this out online? i tried a couple of matches, and with lag, have an actual moving and fighting opponent, i am having a hard time finding a good window of opportunity to get it out. it is awesome to do a 45%+ combo, but i want to make people freak out online when they go flying across the screen. what is the best place in a match to safely do 3d2? directly after a teleport behind? when they are on the ground? i have been looking for other ways to get into the mb godsmack (like off of different strings) and i cant seem to find any? any help? i really want to level up and have people respect Ares' game!
db or df?4 is a really great way of using it.. Didn't think of that.
Using that same principles I actually found that you kan do the overhead Axe by doing
Use it off a jump in and after knockdowns. 22 on hit also guarantees a 3d2. Randomly do it during 22 pressure to throw your opponent off guard.
My bad. I was playing on the right side.. lol. Down Back Up....
any reason not to do 22 d4 dark energy for 6% more damage? btw I've been doing 3d2 godsmack this whole time but now that I know it's unsafe I think I might start doing the trait cancel combo. I just hate losing out on so much damage :/
I personally don't like using Sword at the the end of midscreen combos. It just feels like a waste to me.
ok you are probably right since it is only 6% more and it's probably better used for starting combos rather than ending them.
Sorry, I am really new with Ares, but can you point me in the right direction to what the trait cancel looks like? I don't understand why you would cancel trait, or what the advantages are. Thanks for being patient with my learning!
No problem, we were all new at one point.
How are you getting 5% more? I'm getting 2% more than starter~d4, j2, f23~axe. Are you comparing to a different combo, or am I doing something wrong.
I'm comparing with the b23, 3d2 ender. Might be less than 5% depending on the starter you use(I used b1).
Outside of sweep range? Which enders are you using? The best option is probably 22 pressure afterwards, d2u4 leaves them in range for it with enough advantage but overall you're losing about 8% of damage. In the wall ending with f23u4 leaves you at about +13 if you hit at the lowest point, so you can try going for a 50/50 with 3d2/3dd4 and if they jump you can still convert into into a combo.This is awesome on so many levels because I just started playing Ares two weeks ago and I've been wondering about his standing resets. I have a question for you. What are his best options after standing resets because some combos its good to be +15 but I noticed that some characters are just outside of sweep range. Maybe I'm doing the wrong starters to end with the standing reset but maybe that's where you can help me out
SIDE NOTE: I saw your online set with CompBros... Your Ares is awesome mannn!!
Midscreen:
Well, for the midscreen you have this format (assuming i'm optimizing max damage):
) into D4-JI2-F2,3-F2,3-1,1,2
dont know if that might be you problem 
