BA will not stay stationary, black magic wont be used at all vs doomsday and ex lightning will always prevent you getting in. when DD dashes BA can react to that dash with B2 trait to throw and youre out again because youre not only send away to jump distance, BA also gets a free long as my dick backdash thats puts DD almost fullscreen again. consider the ridiculous chip from the zoning and BAs ability to instantly get you back out anywhere on the screen and its very difficult, mb venom is not even an option on block because BA literally always has meter, pushblock will trade bars while Adam only needs half a bar for ex lightning and builds almost half a bar form 1 lightning alone.
ex lightning = 2 options, jump or dash, ex lightning beats dashing in
jumping can be baited and punished while ex lightning can only be punished if you jump the damn thing or prematurely venom because if done at the same time ex lightning beats mb venom
its a hell to get in, BA has a GTFO me move every 8 seconds which is a free recharge everytime he hits you with it, excelent zoning that chips you so bad, ways to bait every damn thing DD can do, an excelent backdash and on top of that frametraps that will always make DD end up in jump distance even if he makes the right read.
and DD is designed as a cumulative damage character who in turn is given excelent tools that mean all are in his pressure when he enters 3/4 screen, it just doesnt work against BA when he is so safe and has ways to keep you away for days with a so broken design that can rushdown, zone and counterzone at the same time.
divekick and ex divekick dont even matter in his game, theyre whiff punishing tools for those who have the tools to partialy or totally avoid his zoning/counterzoning, they are no longer tools to get in for free or divekick 24/7 for a chip out win vs character who were unable to punish even his backdash after it prepatch.
divekick will always be EX and there will never be a downside to throwing it out unless youre one of 2-3 chars in this game.
you also have to think that BA is never stationary, his backdash is better than your forward dash and he will be moving as well, his mobility is a huge problem.
Keepaway, mobility, GTFO me moves, trait, frametraps, fullscreen frametraps and check, lightning bombs. I have been playing this matchup since launch, I know it inside out, buffs will not fix this matchup because when BA can zone, he does it better than anyone depending on the matchup, he is not a character that uses projectiles to check you, hes a character that uses projectiles because of the fuck you factor, building meter insanely fast and VS doomsday there is almost no way to check him for it, let alone punish him. I play and know this matchup too damn well to lose anytime i dont get majorly outplayed
you can make a case for 6-4, but does it really look like "slight advantage"? slight advantage is not a loss, its small difficulties that anyone can overcome, now tell me this is not doomsday losing to black adam but a slight advantage against him. even
Joker8417 who is against my 7 3 thinks this would be 6.5-3.5 if i interpreted his post correctly
doomsday is a machine that NEEDS to be able to get in for free and was designed on this principle, he faces major problems when counters to his venom arise along with the ability to outdamage, outzone and keep him away just from a simple d1 trait along with the best mobility ingame.
