What exactly gives Tempest the advantage over GM? Imo he struggles vs the Klone more than any other top tier, besides maybe Cassie Cage.
I disagree, his J2 is really nice for going through the Clone, and he gets a free Teleport mix-up whenever he sees him use it. The Clone beats his D4, but isn't very consistent against his D1, which beats out everything Sub has.
Regardless, even if he did get absolutely fraped by the clone, it's not enough to draw an idea of the match up. Where some characters might have the strength of not worrying much about clone as something that helps them in this match up, Lao has different advantages here, such as converting for some of the highest damage in the game of p much everything, against one of the lowest damage characters in the game, and his chip damage is awesome as well. Practically every single one of Lao's buttons are better than Sub's, Sub has a 50/50 and a Clone however, but that 50/50 is punishable, and the Clone doesnt make up for the fact that Lao does like double his damage on absolutely everything plus with faster start ups and usually safer, including his block strings, pressure, armour, and openers.
The Clone just doesn't do enough vs Lao specifically to make one of the absolute strongest characters in the game trade evenly let alone poorly with one of the bottom half of the cast characters, and the only logic I've seen that says otherwise is people pointing at the ONE Madzin set where he destroyed absolutely everyone that tournament. In my opinion, he simply outplayed F0xy just like he did everyone else, and to anyone actually watching that match familiar with the match-up should be able to recognise that. Nah, even as Hat Trick this match is mine all day, and as Tempest it's definitely slanted even further in my favour.
Btw, you bothering with ESL S2 or retired from online tourneys aswell?
