So as an outlaw player I feel I should learn Marksman aswell as I do quite like Erron. Messing around in the lab and watching Darth Arma play I have a few question.
1. Although rifle swing can be poked/armored through, because it's -2 can it be used to make strings like F13/B33 safe on block? And are there any non meter burned swing follow ups?
2. Is our main gameplan as opposed to rushing up and pressuring on oki setting up caltrops and zoning untill we find an opening?
3. How should my corner combos look? Having my two main combo starters being ex unload and ex/normal swing
1. No. It's something you have to confirm into. People can interrupt into a full combo.
Standard meterless midscreen combo would be Starter xx db2, f+1,2 xx dbf2. You can replace the f+1,2 with a slight run into 211, it's a little harder but you might want to use it for corner carry into Caltrop setups... damage is generally the same otherwise
2. It's more or less the same gameplan, though you now have a decent counter zoning option with Long Shot. A lot of the cast wouldn't take 10% on a projectile trade. There's also the addition of Gun Cancels for potential mind games. And you get much higher damage in the corner over Outlaw
3. Atm I'm doing:
Starter xx db2, b33 xx db2, 21122 xx dbf2
Starter xx EX db2, b33 xx db2, 21122 xx dbf2
Both are easy and high damage.
EX Unload in corner combos seems pointless to me, though maybe someone else has found a reason to use that over EX db2. Keep in mind blockstrings into EX Unload on its own aren't legit. Raw EX Unload is painfully slow. It's safe so I guess it's something you could use on the opponent's wakeup but EX Sand Grenade serves the same purpose.
I at least got some run cancels off. even if I dropped the combo after.
