Jumping over ice balls is also an option as well as dash blocking (not reccommended LOL.)
Yeah you end up even further back than before lol.
The thing about why this my is even is because you do not need to get in to sub zero to win. You are supposed to trade ice with fb, or spit/fb to chip him out. Dash do have its place in this match, ex. Full screen you read sub throw out an ice ball, you can dash jump full combo
Against a new player, dash 100x. Against a good player, it depends on the spacing, depends on punishment, depends on mess up footsie game, mix ups between ex dash and dash, use ex dashes to check, how well a player can punish dash, does my opponent respect my dash, depends on the missing strings, depends what moves can beat people with dash (reptile beats mileena's roll for example), depends on the character that you are fighting, depends on your play style, depends on your dash mixups,and what kind of question is this??... Its like asking how many times you throw out a fb, well... throw out as many as you can if the chance is given.
I get all this stuff from a hypothetical stand point. But any decent sub zero player will not iceball without a clone out against reptile. And trades are 100% in subs favor. Even if he gets hit by a forceball, you are frozen so long that he at worst gets a slide. And once I get meter, sure I can ex slide through clones to get to him. But after the drop kick part of the slide we are back to neutral...advantage sub because of ice clone. I know mileena is supposed to be anti reptile but I fair far better against her than sub.
This is 100% false. From 3/4 to full screen if you trade ice ball with fastball and he tries to slide you recover in time to block slide and full punish.
But if he jumps and slides doesn't he get there in time? I feel like this happens all the time.
I've never had this done to me, I don't see how that would be faster than sliding immediately but I could be wrong.
Are you kidding me? This is not hypothetical. Try it, if sub zero uses ice clone, you can bring out a forceball to win the zoning game to chip him out and gain meter. Besides if you can read that ice clone is coming, a spit can punish it. You are not supposed to dash everywhere in this match, but it is still even because reptile can take sub far range. Like thtb said fast fb vs ice, fb wins and Ive seen reptile players do this
Im not sure if he can do that at 3/4 to full screen, I think he can only do that at jumping distance. But if he can somehow do it at 3/4 of the screen he wont be able to combo it because the freeze doesnt last long in the air. How ever that is a pretty good idea if they are in jump distance
You can't block a slide on reaction if Sub is any closer than 1/2 screen. From 3/4 of the screen I think he can ex slide into the clone on reaction to a forceball.
