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Bane and Luthor - Dealing with Pushblock

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RYX has been banned for being dumb so he asked me to post this information on here. Keep in mind I don't play any of these characters, I'm just posting it for a friend.

"Okay, so Bane can basically eliminate pushblock while Venom is active. Since he has armor on all of his specials, the opponent is forced to guess when you're going to cancel in order to not get armored and bodied. This fear helps his tick throws immensely since you now have to try and wait for the double punch on the end of a mix-up string which opens you up to body press in certain segments of it.

Raging Charge, Double Punch, and Venom Uppercut will all successfully beat pushblock. Body Press and Ring Toss both whiff. I'll go on right below to say WHY Raging Charge is the best choice instead of Double Punch in the right situation.

Assuming that you have used Venom, after a f.2.down has been blocked or hit, Raging Charge is your best option. This not only eliminates push-block, but this along with a few other strings (11, b.1, and so forth) can NOT be escaped by any jump or back-dash. At level 3 Venom, this becomes even more dangerous as you now stuff ALL reversal supers barring Superman's and on the hard knockdown, you get a guaranteed meaty body press after for 47%. This cannot be clashed and the Body Press can meter burn for an extra 8%, bringing you up to 56% with just one bar.

The only characters you should be wary of this against are Joker, Batman, Killer Frost, and Superman(if he is at full meter.) The former three can all parry you, Joker and Batman for roughly 11% and 12%, and Killer Frost can MB for a full combo. However, the solution to them is simple as you don't need to worry about the parry OR pushblock with double punch, merely sacrificing your damage and the hard knockdown to continue your offense.

Lex Luthor can do the same thing, more or less, with his trait. At ANY level that it is activated, if he is pushblocked, he can full combo punish the opponent with 112~MB Gravity Pull. This is because he is not moved by the pushblock, his armor absorbing the hit instead. The only time I've noticed that you can't are in situations where you have to recovery, such as his d.3(sweep). However, you get a free Corps Charge which allows you to set mines or his probes to continue pressuring."