xenogorgeous
.... they mostly come at night. Mostly.
good find !
I almost don't want to post it because I already know I'll be greeted by twenty no-name scrubs screaming "I CAME UP WITH THIS BEFORE YOU DID I JUST NEVER TOLD ANYONE", but meh, it has to come out sometime. I gave this setup to Shujinkydink at Canada Cup, and with the way he tears shit up with Quan's runetrap, I can only imagine what he'll do with this. I've created a monster.
Damn F tier character in MK are pretty godlike. En Daggers are plus +22 on block btw and certain strings like b1,1,4 allow en dagger to jail on crouch block(it wont jail if they aren't guarding). Just adding on
Yeah, but they can just crouch and it'll whiff every time. I do use EX knife jails off standing strings and off 1 1 2 resets, but only in situations where it's guaranteed. Occasionally I'll throw out an EX knife cancel just because it's almost impossible to crouch block on reaction before you move in, so I can do something like EX knife cancel, 1 1 4 EX knife cancel, F2 1 2 1+2 red slide. They'll usually duck after the second EX knife, but again, it's tough to duck on reaction after a random EX knife and the 1 1 4 followup jails them standing for another one. That'll give me 19% for two bars and build one bar in the process, so it's effectively spending one meter for 19% worth of chip. I don't do this often, but occasionally I'll throw it out if I feel like I can get away with it, or if I really need the damage. This is the kind of setup that stops being effective if you start overusing it.Damn F tier character in MK are pretty godlike. En Daggers are plus +22 on block btw and certain strings like b1,1,4 allow en dagger to jail on crouch block(it wont jail if they aren't guarding). Just adding on
Opponents will definitely catch on after a few En Dagger traps and start crouching them. However, I think this would be a great buffer for Red dash into down-slash. Once they start predict when you are going to knife trap you can down-slash into full combo, then reset into more mix-up. Not sure how good this would work against high level opponents though.
I do red dash downslash very sparingly, because it's full combo punishable on block and it IS possible to fuzzy it, as there's still a noticeable delay between red slide and downslash. I'll use a standard knife (no cancel; I let both knives hit) in some blockstrings to bait a punish attempt sometimes, as it builds more meter than a red slide and once they start to respect this, you can blow them up if you red slide instead. Occasionally I'll even red dash upslash, because while that's technically full combo punishable on block, that's easier said than done. I think it's only around -10 or -15, so really, your opponent has to be expecting it to stop it. It's kind of like Scorpion's B2 in that if it's used sparingly enough, it's difficult to punish. People say you can punish it on reaction, but then, people say you can punish a lot of shit on reaction and it never happens in a real match. It's easy enough to say you can do it in theory, but when you take into account the time it takes you to go "oh shit, he did a move I can punish", THEN the time it takes to actually input your punish, it isn't easy. I tend not to risk it against characters with fast combo starters (Sonya, Kung Lao, Cyrax), but I'll throw it out every once in awhile if I think I can get away with it. I don't mind red dash upslash for this reason, because the window is tighter. The punish window for a downslash is much more generous, so I VERY rarely use this. About the only time I'll downslash outside of a combo is after my opponent expects me to red slide in my blockstring, every time, and I just downslash instead. After so long, most people won't be looking for anything else, they'll just get used to blocking low whenever you go into that blockstring setup.
Um.........wrong topic?
Personally, I think that string is kick ass, for all the right reasons.
Wouldn't 2 1 2, Ex Dagger Cancel, F2 1 2 1+2 red dash slide work as a block string? If the opponent lets go of block after 2 1 2, Ex Dagger Cancel you could finish it with 2 1 Normal Dagger Cancel, 2 1 red dash slide.
Damn that sounds dirty. Is blood ball safe? In theory you could tack an extra 6% onto that block string making it even better.
Blood ball is safe (slightly negative on block with a bit of pushback), but I can't find any sort of practical use for it. Believe me, I've been trying to make blood ball work since I first picked her up, because it seems like there should be some way to utilize it in a blockstring setup. The underlying problem is that there's no real way to link into it. It's kind of like Sektor's up missile in that you CAN potentially link it into a combo, but you're basically banking on your opponent not to expect it, since you could just eat a full combo every time. It is special cancelable, so you could probably throw it in sparingly in place of the red slide, but I wouldn't really risk it.
2 1 2 doesn't jail your opponent standing. They can crouch block after the second hit, which will make the EX dagger whiff. Skarlet's EX knife cancel links absolutely require your opponent to be jailed in the stand block animation, or they won't work. The only strings that will do this are 2 1, 1 1 4, F2 1 2 and F2 1 2 1+2, unless I've overlooked one. I tested it pretty thoroughly, and I couldn't find another string that was more practical than 1 1 4 or 2 1 for this link.
