Apply pressure, chip damage, build meter on block. Pretty much the same concept of run jabs in UMK3.
Apply pressure, chip damage, build meter on block. Pretty much the same concept of run jabs in UMK3.
D1 d1 is not pressure, has next to no chip on block, is -13 and punishable, if u block d1 just straight into mid hitting string, if he tries d1 more than once then full combo boom. Just curious
Conditioning to block low or counter poke.
he wants you to jump, if you jump he can combo you even if he is at negative, you cant jump out of d1 machinegun. basically taking advantage of bad counterpoke games, but there are also a lot of characters who dont have that good of a poing game to start whiff. also smoke has one of the best d1's in the game. I dont bother using d1 for poking at all but kitana and smoke are a bit different.
Who downplays smoke besides Frothy if that is what he does. I swear it's like some top bitches and it becomes "the trend."
Soooooo with your logic it's easier to rob a bank than it is to kick over a children's lemonade stand because the reward is higher?
I really don't like any argument that refers to execution. I'm not saying you're wrong, but at the highest possible level, it's assumed that you've put enough time in your character to nail his combos consistently (with the occasional drop of course), regardless of the level of difficulty. There are a few exceptions maybe (hell people still mess up Kabal's IAGB or Skarlet's IAD) but as far as combos go, the difficulty argument is thrown out the window once you've practiced long enough (provided we're talking about BNB's and not Tony T/McFly levels of swag). It's not like Wafflez picked up the character last week. Tommy's execution and conversions are godlike, don't get me wrong, but turning this into "Smokes resets are not easy to land" is a bit disingeneous. With a bit of practice, nailing them with consistency is hardly miraculous.
And then banned?
I'm sure as hell not doing that lol
Because players in this community are still lost on counter poking. Pokes still arent being punished by full combos
Its to catch people trying to jump out of the impending d4/b2 mixup thats incoming...and it works well unless you're ready to counterpoke the d1, which I think I saw Tyrant doing.
hahaha this is so correct
Alright, thanks for clearing it up, my knowledge on Smoke isn't very good lol.
probably because I have the worst analogies haha.
I like how he cries about one character when there are at least a handful of characters that can barely touch Freddy.
Because with many characters, like Liu or Shang, there is only a 2 frame gap for D1 smoke bomb (3rd frame trades) when trying to counter poke with their mid.. Checking the opponent to see if they can deal with it is important.
Tyrant was counter poking d1s with F4 like crazy and that didn't save him from a one way ticket to reset hell.
lmao, Yeah I used to use the MLG Cbus Smoke argument too even though it is laughable since that was an absolute counter-pick fest.
you get away with multiple d1's when you make your opponent respect d1 smoke bomb and your ability to do damage with resets. There is only a 2 frame gap to interupt if you are going to try to blow up a blocked d1 and Smoke decides to cancel into a bomb with the first try. Jump outs get stuffed by d1 so it can lead to another conversion opportunity.
