So how are people’s dealing with Sub-Zero in AA? Granted I’m sure Online has a lot to do with my irritation at times but last night i ran into a sub/Jax who overall wasn’t that great but maybe issue is they just sit there and slide or randomly jump. Usually when I’m trying to poke or dash block. That’s the most annoying part is when I make a read on a slide and hit the block button but still get hit.
People that play Sub Zero that way really just suck at footsies and just want to rely on 50/50s.
Ran into a Sub yesterday who played the way you described.
Here are the strategy patterns I noticed with many players like that:
- Full screen strategy: Ice ball & if that fails, advance to slide
- Midscreen: Jump in or B1 stagger
- Up close: 50/50
- They will stagger with a single low and then go into overhead or low again.
So to deal with the full range strat, arching projectile until they move up. Alternatively, when your dive turns into a slide, it low profiles their ice ball so I sometimes hop into dive. When they move up, if you block low preemptively, the Sub player will realize you are waiting for a slide,so they jump. You can respond with either projectiles or F2 or dive kick
For mid range: If they jump, just AA and if they do B1, they will often times just stagger it once, especially if at full range, so your D4 can stop them.
Up close, it's a guessing game but one good guess and you're golden. Or just poke after their low or high stagger (they really love the low stagger)
When you are in mid range, your auger launch works great against their B1 since it out-ranges it. So keeping that distance and constantly pummeling them with Augers will force them to either turtle (then you can move up and pressure) or they will jump (then you can AA)
That's my general rule of thumb for Sub players who play like this
