I don't want to take anything away from REO, because he played well, but I don't necessarily think people should be rushing in here with torches screaming "he's a fraud, he's a liar!"
The fact is, REO was pretty fortunate. Barely anyone he played on stream knew anything about fighting Mileena. There were a lot of extremely punishable things used frequently throughout his matches that hardly anyone was capitalizing on. Granted, I never believed Mileena couldn't win a major, she's a fantastic character; she's just different in that she relies so much on risks and reading. It isn't typically seen as ideal considering several characters can attack more consistently and more safely.
So, while I disagree with REO's initial stance (which I outlined in my first post), I doubt REO was trying to troll or psyche someone out because when you're playing against people who know Mileena, it can feel a little lopsided if your guesses are off. The thing is, he just wasn't playing against people that seemed to know Mileena. As a result, Mileena seemed far more dominant than she normally is. I repeat though, I'm not by any means saying she's a mediocre character. She is still great and more than able to win majors. I'm just trying to clarify and explain the unusual difference between his initial post and REO's performance.
Dark Rob, being a Mileena player myself, I understand how others can view your fighting and say "wow, how did that work?"; however, there's a difference between something like using a roll successfully to stop OTG pressure (good read, despite how punishable it is) and having people consistently fail to punish things that net full combo. There was a lot of divekick abuse and more missed punishes all around than I've ever seen. It just genuinely seemed like many players simply did not understand the proper punish for her moves. Kudos to REO for picking out what his opponents are and aren't punishing, because that's what you need to do with Mileena, and that's what you abuse.
So, all in all, I'm not trying to take anything away from REO, he played one hell of a game, as strange as it sounds I'm actually trying to defend him against people who would come in and call him a liar. Mileena still has some issues (although I don't feel they're grave enough to exclude her from viability), it's just that a lot of them weren't necessarily showcased on stream.
Mileena is just so high risk high reward that sometimes she can appear awful and other times she just appears godlike. I mean, sometimes you flip a coin and it lands heads 10 times in a row. An oversimplification, yes, but it's something Mileena players probably understand quite well.
