But if your throwing out d4 in anticipation of a low profile you put the read in the favor of the aggressor. You open yourself up to whiff punishes, and against b1 especially, that's dangerous.
Thats probably not too smart. Many characters don't have fast attacks that have the range of her B1. This means that you are in her range while she is not in yours. So for you to counter hit her out of it means getting in YOUR range, not hers. She can do B1 from a range where your attacks only hit the sai, which has no hurt box. Saying "counter hit it, problem solved" is not really problem solved.
I'm a newer player but wouldn't that be apart of the mind game in a way? As the Mileena player I see you're looking to stuff the b1 so now I'm cautious when throwing it out? Now I'd be looking possibly into throwing my slow ass f3 - again I'm a newer player with bad habits - out to crush your d4 attempt to stuff the b1?
Yea, thats pretty much the only REALLY dumb thing about it.
Its a powerful move which is fine, many characters have great pokes for footsies that are fast with range and are also pressure tools as well. I don't think anyone should have any issue with B1 being a strong footsie tool that can also be used for pressure. It's being able to aa jump ins while stopping ppl from approach while protecting yourself from a cross over jump attack in case you mistime the attack(giving you a guaranteed combo in the process) is what makes it even better.
I've seen this said a few times. I just started taking fighting games half serious with mkx so excuse my ignorance. What difference would making it a high make ?
It would whiff on crouching opponents.
It would mean that when people are crouch blocking, the b1 would whiff because it hits high. Currently it's a mid which means it hits blocking opponents whether they're standing or crouching.
Its just to inform. I doubt anyone knew how well B1 protects Mileena from cross overs while still allowing her to full combo punish even when B1 whiffs. It's an all purpose move. Wouldn't be the first time anyone had one and won't be the last. I think it's important for people to know all the ways they think will get around it but wont such as a cross over jump in.
Crouch blocking would result in it hitting, even as a high. You neutral duck to make highs whiff.
You don't need the range of B1 to beat it. Jacqui can even counterhit B1. Mileena's hurtbox actually moves forward during the startup of B1, but not at the beginning of her startup - a few frames before it becomes active. Here's a video of Jacqui counterhitting it.
