He makes multiple great reads on Liu Kang's projectiles and punishes, making him scared to throw out anything, but they both never punish the teleports and give the opponent a lot of free pressure on what should -ve frames
Probably staggering and baiting FB attempts, though B3 is like -9 or -7
You can but I don't find it worth the offensive bar because if they mash pokes they can punish you on the second teleport and if they are late on the punish they just punish your second teleport when you could have blocked by not amping.
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Dalphanate likes to press a lot lol. His game plan revolves mostly or even solely around B12. He hardly uses F32 outside of corner combos and he only uses F2 to close distance, and doesn’t really use F4. I haven’t watched all of it, though the MU is definitely stacked against Raiden. He loses at both close and long range, only really getting mileage off whiff punishing. TW covers the zoning but Raijin is more effective in getting Sonya off pressure and getting more safety. What do you think of the MU?
Seems like a pretty rough one. Sonya gets to set the tempo of the match. It feels like Raiden spends most of his time needing to adjust and react to Sonya. Maybe it was just because Dalphanate was playing better with Raijin, but it seems like Raijin is the better variation to go with in this matchup. Easier to stay safe, and easier to avoid getting chipped to death. As was said in the video, he wasn't getting anything from teleport or Storm Cell, so if one set of tools isn't working might as well switch to the other. I really need to put in the time to better learn both TW and Raijin, this video is a good glimpse of why knowing both is key.
No character in this game is trash tier. It's just the amount of work you have to put in. I'm happy with Raiden being just solid with the few tweaks I've suggested. Other stuff we should be able to work out through discussion and grinding, not whining and complaining
Your analogy does apply I think. What is troublesome in the MU is that Raijin loses to good zoning, but TW loses when in close pressure situations. Those 2 complement each other well but the problem comes when Sonya has both. Though I would agree with you that Raijin is probably the way to go. However, there is absolutely nothing stopping the Sonya from sitting fullscreen and chucking rings, since we can only at best trade and get the knockdown and use up meter, but she has a KB and better projectile overall. We always have to advance on her, and when we do get in she still out-damages us. Raijin's safety might still be a game-changer though, allowing us to maintain offensive pressure with Raiden's superior mid-range game and whiff-punishing ability
Thanks for the offer. Unfortunately I play on Xbox, but I've checked out your videos before, those are pretty nice.
It's good to use here and there for playing some serious head games with your opponent and/or confusing the hell out of them. Though I personally rarely do it I like to just cancel one teleport into another then cancel that second one with the amped one, so he's literally bouncing all over the place but I wouldn't recommend this against a very aggressive player as his teleport close can get punished on reaction.
Spamming the ever living crap out of DF2 when buffed does wonders. It’s nice chunky damage that adds up especially when people keep trying to poke out of your buttons and you cancel into DF2 for the nice knockdown. DF2 on hit allows for free quick charge set up or one dash gets you into F4 range.
