Instant Air Projectiles?

[Legion Quest]

I'm just wondering why many people say if you want to master Mileena or Kitana then you have to master instant air projectiles? I tested the difference between throwing her fans from the ground or in the air, there is no change in effect. So what do I gain by instant air projectiles? I assumed that it would cause something different like cause the opponent to fall or bounce, but it has the exact same effect as the ground projectile.

 

[Zwooosh]

You recover quicker.

 

[Enigma642]

Kitana's ground fans are slower so u can apply more long distance pressure if you iAF. That is the only use really. Before one of the patches you could throw iAFs all day but I think they made it to where every 3rd one flies upwards away from the opponent.

 

[redeyes]

with mileena you recover quicker and if you catch someone whos jumping with in IAS hit confirm into a roll for like 25%

 

[eskuAdradit0]

true iagb and iasb are positive on block. There's the magic.

 

[mine is broken]

And from what I've seen the iawhatever puts it at a nice height where it's harder or impossible to jump over but low enough that they have to duck and/or block, another good reason to get it down to muscle memory