Sub's 2 can be ducked, but the next hit can not. So poking him or uppercutting him is extremely harsh. Sektor's 1 and 12 BOTH whiff so Sub can take full advantage of this. Also in the corner it's impossible to do a f2 - you go into the ice clone. If you watch the matches, while I'm in mid screen, I'm destroying him. At some point in time I'll get push to the corner and then it's strait up game over.
If any string whiffs when you crouch block, you will always be given a chance to poke out or even uppercut. One more thing, if you manage to trade with Mileena, you can still hit her with B121 off the freeze, then start 21. The 2 will hit in this case, but if you want to continue pressure, then you must hit her with either a D3, or D4 to get frame advantage otherwise she will just poke away with D4. Also if you manage to block Mileena's D4, you can poke her back with D4 since Mileena's D4 is even on block, and SZ's D4 is 4 frames faster (8 frames vs. 12).
The thing though is your not going to let it whiff lol
Here's the thing B3 is only neutral frames on block, meaning that say if the SZ player reads the crossover attempt he could do 22, D4, NJP, etc. The best option in this case is D4 (speaking as the SZ player) because SZ's hitbox lowers when he does D4, whiffing any JIP (jump-in-punch) attempts; there is also the possibility of D4 knocking Sektor out of the air even before he jumps. Any Sektor players correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't B3 one of the few hit-confirmable teleport strings Sektor has?
Yeah your right, like I said it was just a thought. Sorry.
Nothing to be sorry about, I am just explaining it from a perspective of a SZ player who had one too many people try to cross me up lol. Its always good to conversate on the SZ forums, especially considering there's hardly any discussion anymore
. But to answer your question, you simply have to block the D4, and try to play the footsie game. I am not sure what Sektor has for footsies though, so I can't really comment on that. However, playing footsies with SZ could also lead to another mindgame because he can cancel his pokes into clones (D3~Clone, D4~Clone, etc).
Sektor players have always known about his weakness, particularly about how most of his strings start with true highs. It's just something that people don't tend to poke out of for some reason, I guess it's the evolution of the game.
Lol i play sub too. But i've been crossed over so many times, i always eat the jip after i whiff the d+4. Only cross up defence i got is njp and jump back kick. 2,2 seems too shoddy cuz sub turns around so damn slow. (Off topic, but what wins? A njp or a sharp jump kick. Cuz against smoke i always lose to that dam jump kick teleport even when i read it and try njp him out).Nothing to be sorry about, I am just explaining it from a perspective of a SZ player who had one too many people try to cross me up lol. Its always good to conversate on the SZ forums, especially considering there's hardly any discussion anymore
Ive never realized it because no one in Florida plays sektor, but I guess people overlook this because of his tools. They didnt not test out his strings at all (i used to be one of them haha)
The jump kick will always beat out your D4, so against characters that have air throws, you really have to be careful when you throw D4 out. If I had to choose between a NJP and a jump back kick, it would definitely be jump back kick, because if you whiff your NJP you could potentially get AA comboed. Another thing, according to frame data, flamethrower is -18 on block, so you could potentially full combo punish him if you dash and 22 (since SZ's 2 is 9 frames, meaning you have 9 frames to punish Sektor 18-9=9). However, I don't know if 9 frames is enough time to punish the flamethrower with a full combo when its spaced out like that. But, one thing is for certain, you could always use slide to punish a blocked flamethrower, but if you manage to make a read, you could potentially shoot an ice ball to trade with the flamethrower.
lol no i worded it wrong
