Will it stuff some wake ups attacks? (I don't have a full understanding of what meaty means...)
via my guide:
Meaty Herculean Might On Wakeup
This is Shazam's main and most powerful mixup. The core of his knockdown game is based around this.
Normally HM will whiff when the opponent is crouching, however the moment an opponent is getting up from a hard knockdown, they are considered standing for just a split second before they can crouch again. This means that if you time a HM to hit an opponent the moment they get up, it can't be ducked, jumped, backdashed, or armored through. The ONLY way to escape this command grab is for an opponent to do an invincible wakeup attack. This lets you mix your opponent up in a 50/50:
If they don't wake up and you HM, you get 40% that leads back into the same mixup.
If they do wake up and you bait it, you get anywhere from 35%-52% that leads back into the same mixup.
Considering almost every wakeup attack in the game will get the opponent less damage than that, the risk/reward is almost always in your favor.
The catch is that
not every knockdown gets you this setup. There are 3 practical ways and 2 situational ways to set this up:
- Achilles Clutch: This is the highest damaging combo ender anyway, so end ALL of your combos in this.
- Sweep: Does less damage than AC as a combo ender, but you will get this mixup off of a raw sweep.
- MB Atlas Torpedo: This gives you a long enough knockdown to dash up, wait slightly, then hit a meaty HM.
- B3 > F3: You can do this to keep a combo unclashable and still have time to get the mixup, however the timing is much harder.
- SOME Interactables: Some interactables have a long hard knockdown timing, however each has a different timing, making setting up the mixup off of them very difficult.
Baiting wakeups will be different for each character. The main ways to bait wakeups are:
- MB F3: Great at baiting single hit wakeups such as Black Adam's Lightning Cage or Lightning Hands.
- Advancing Mercury Storm: Teleporting through the opponent will often make a wakeup attack whiff, allowing you to whiff punish for massive damage. Good for multi hitting long wakeups like Nightwing Staff Spin.
- Crossup Jumping Attack: Good for Wakeups such as Aquamans that only hit below and in front of him. Can lead to over 50% easily.
- Jump Back 2: Catches forward moving wakeups and teleports behind you such as Killer Frost's Slide or Ares' Forward Teleport.
- Just Block!: Never underestimate the power of just blocking! Works great on unsafe wakeups such as Doomsday's Upwards Venom.
Often times just one option will beat all of a character's wakeup options, for example MB F3 beats everything Joker has, Advancing Mercury Storm beats everything Deathstroke has, and just blocking beats everything that Wonder Woman has. Learn which anti-wakeups are good for each character!
. But for real his grappling hook is annoying, recovery seems nonexistent to him. I thank the online matchmaking most batmen i face just use trait for combos. That said I still need to learn gaps in strings.
After you hit an opponent with AT, you can dash once and land HM. However, this (obviously) doesn't work when the opponent tech rolls or uses a wakeup attack.