Kabal SZ isnt that bad, they cant just spam fireballs, untechable knockdown on slides is useful.
Don't try to time trades. You put the iceball on the screen as a way to check Kabal. If he does anything other than iagb's (which you can dash and then crouch block beneath), he will get caught by the iceball but you don't throw out lots of iceballs per round in this matchup, anyway.
well, damn... I try to trade iceball with everyone! lmao
Establish the ground rules in your mind before playing him. When you're at fullscreen, your only concern is getting closer to him, do not throw iceballs from this distance as Kabal can easily react to an iceball with ex nomad dash and even if he doesn't, you're giving him free damage and meter off his projectiles because you'll never land a naked freeze in this way. The way you will win against Kabal is by methodically cutting the screen size down by dashing and low blocking potential saws which also means you avoid gas blasts and random nomad dashes. When you're at around half screen distance you have the option of throwing an iceball (which is difficult to react to with the ex nomad dash at this range), cloning, sliding, or jumping a buzzsaw, it depends entirely on the player you're against. Kabal will corner himself eventually if he opts to keep fireball spamming. Stalk him down like the cold ninja Sub is.
That I'd pay to see. I player leaving Mileena for Sub-Zero.
It is retarded and its a get out of the jail card, but its not a free get out of the jail, she will eat a slide.
I mostly made it as a way to experiment since I kept hearing about everyone saying he's so bottom tier, but if you believe the thread isn't productive then go ahead. I kinda figured it'd be something fun to do.
stfu. I want your lower (small) hit box.
LOOL what are you talking about, I think sub zero should have twice the hit box he has right now for that ice clone to be useful
I was having a hard time against Smoke the other day. Just literally smoking away constantly, but I think i'm being and idiot and not considering life lead...rather, i'm just trying to chase him.
haha, welcome to the club man!
Always remember that Smoke Away = approaching the corner a lot more quickly. That's exactly where Sub-Zero wants him. Also, NEVER EVER throw an ice ball from mid or full screen. Like, ever.
Yeah, I usually slide to catch up but he's always too far away. When I do finally get there I don't know if he's going to smoke, jump, wiff teleport. Kinda hard to keep cornered. More practice I think.
That isn't actually true, you can throw the iceball at Smoke occassionally, albeit very occassionally.
Only slide if he jumps backward, or if he uses Smoke Away while close to you. Don't become impatient. Teleport whiffs can easily be punished with 22 or 2 1 4. If he jumps, ice clone. And if he Smoke Towards, you can punish this too. You just have to anticipate it.
If you throw an iceball from a long distance, you're f'd. They're slow, and Shake isn't the issue. Telepunch is--Sub-Zero's recovery after throwing an ice ball is awful. One telepunch, and Smoke is in. I dunno about other Smokes, but when I play Sub-Zero, that projectile is the #1 thing I look out for because it makes my life easier (next to slides, which a good Sub-Zero will only do on reaction).