About that Mileena matchup Vs Cage. I would say its in Cages favour, hes never got to jump so throwing sai around all day doesnt mean much, even with meter Mileena cant get him off of her, her D4 gets beat by his F3 and her blocked specials (Ball,Tele) are full combo punishable, which most characters cant do against her.
6-4 Cage
I havent looked that in depth about the Sektor Vs Mileena matchup but it seems like Mileena should win, she can roll on reaction to a straight missle, that seems pretty big in that matchup to me.
I've gotta respectfully disagree about Cage. D4 is very impactful in this matchup because it accomplishes 2 things. First, it counters shadow kick attempts at that range, and second, it allows her enough space to force Cage to chase her. (Generally, anytime Mileena makes you chase her she wins. On the flipside, whenever
she has to chase her
opponents she has a much harder time... but i digress)
D4 might lose to F3, but that sequence seems mostly theoretical and situational. Example: If Mileena tries to D4 out of his pressure, Cage will win that 100% of the time. But D4 will almost always be thrown out at max distance in this particular matchup. This will stuff his attempts to come forward. D3 is actually her tool to get out of his pressure. I also don't see how he plans to get in on her and stay there without jumping at all.
The idea is that she can poke at him outside of his own poke range (
iAS is kind of used as a poke in this scenario as well) until he uses bar to armor through, or tries to maneuver around it. The reason I have it as 5.5/4.5 instead of 6/4 is that I don't think Mileena controls pace against Cage like she would a NW or a Kano. As for the punishment, yeah Cage does a little bit better than most given the nutpunch ender, but all in all, her risk/reward for specials is the same in every matchup.
That'd be like saying Mileena beats Cage since she can punish shadow kick and nut punch with roll combos. It's just a given that these moves are unsafe if blocked and it doesn't really change the overall matchup much.
Edit: As much as i want to believe Sektor loses, I just can't see it. Yes, roll/telekick beats straight missile, but I don't see good Sektors recklessly shooting those things out at her at the range where she can reaction roll/telekick. (Mileena can
not telekick most projectiles on reaction inside of 3/4 screen distance.) I'm pretty sure Sektor can Teleport on reaction to any sai, except maybe iAS, at that same distance, so it's even in that regard. Sektor does a lot more damage, has better keepout tools, and a safe counter-zone EX teleport. When I look at Sektor he seems like a slightly better Mileena in terms of tools. I don't think Mileena's helpless against him but it's just hard for me to see this as her favor.
