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6-4 Sonya IMO, she can hurt him from more spaces on the screen and doesnt have that hard of a time chasing him, and since they both have to be near each other to hurt eachother she's at advantage.
Lol i just posted something like this in the Smoke forum. i agree i have no idea how its in Smokes favor. He can definitely win but as far as match up it has to be in sonyas favor or atleast 5-5. However I am not a top level player at all so its just my opinion. Its close but i just feel like sonya can chase and get in easy. Plus divekick beats his standing 2 AA.
This is exactly how i feel.
online. . . i think that matchup most be like 6-4 sonya lol sonya is much better online than she is offline
it is in smoke's favour because sonya has a harder time using her tools against smoke than smoke using his tools against sonya.
The problem is that everytime Sonya gets to attack, it will ultimately end in a knockdown and make it easier for the opponent to escape, and letting Noob Saibot free is just a pain, you can whiff punish upknees with D4s as the very least, if you're close enough a divekick.
What do you think about a strategy where you try to finish your resets with Kartwheels instead of MSF1 or MSThrow because one of two things will happen: 1) Noob won't block and you can start a new combo, 2) he'll block, but you're up in his face anyway so you can start your pressure over.
Blocked cartwheel is disadvantage so she cant just press buttons for free, it'd be a guessing game since noob is so slow.
No doubt, I was also thinking finishing the resets with her projectile is good, a lot of times I'm able to keep real good pressure with Dive Kicks and JIPs after they block it.
What is the best way for Sonya to deal with a full zoning Kenshi? Up close I know he is the least of her problems but going through his obstacle course with those overhead slashes, telekinetic fury slapping, that sword lift pop up and that kinetic push (safe on block?) It seems when I find an opening that kinetic push, I can't seem to punish it and if I read wrong and tried to jump in, he does that sword lift pop up juggle. Typically I use her Ex Cartwheel for the armor and at times, Kenshi would use his armored move so it becomes armor versus armor. I do know once Kenshi runs out of meter and Sonya has full meter, she can take him on but Kenshi builds meter so fast when she dash, block, dash block his spamming. I assume an online Kenshi is different from an offline Kenshi? Any insight, strategies, opinions would be helpful for this terrible MU. Thanks F0xy
If you learn the spacing to make his shoulder charge miss you can start zoing him, it will be too close for him to reflect, and its only a couple of steps away to D4 him. Gotta make him respect her projectile
Sonya beats Jax 6-4. Even with Cage. She also kills KL 6-4. Probably KLs Worst MU. She also beats Mileena and Liu Kang 6-4. She goes even with noob. No way its that bad vs Noob. She also beats raiden and Scorpion. Raiden and scorpion both lose that MU vs Sonya. She also beats Reptile 6-4. I also think she goes even with Skarlet and possibly goes 6-4 over Shang.
From reading this I can tell most of this is from online. Reptile elbow dash isnt close to being safe. Offline Reptile is eating a 40% dive kick combo. Noob is even. Sonya can get in a lot better than Noob keeping her out. EX Cartwheel also blows up anything noob does from 1/4-1/2 screen away. Its a solid 5-5 MU imo. Reptile does not beat Raiden. Raiden does lose to Sonya. Raiden doesn't have many bad MUs but Sonya is one of them. Kabal is a 4-6 MU but i dont think its her worst. At least Sonya can trap Kabal in the corner if Kabal is doing IAGB. Sonya can also ex cartwheel through his zoning. Yes its a bad MU but freddy and kenshi is much worse.
Obviously you have a lot more offline experience than I do (because I have zero offline experience) so would you please tell me your inputs in the Freddy, Kenshi, Kabal and Mileena matchups? These are the ones I have the hardest time understanding your oppinions. I really don't understand how Freddy and Kenshi are harder than Kabal, and how Sonya is the hardest for Mileena (especially when there are chars with much better counter zoning options than Sonya).
For Mileenas roll i use the combo in foxys guide. MS B+2, NJP, slight dash kiss divekick 21~cartwheel, B+21F+2 112~MS. Its around 40%. Big punish for roll. For EX telekick its D+1 cartwheel combo. For regular telekick. Sometimes NJ Punch works. Im still trying to find a consistent combo for regular telekick. Standing Jabs is a safe bet ending in MS mixups.
The reason why I think Kabal isnt as bad is because Kabal will corner himself if he does IAGB and Sonya corner game is insane. Can make the matchup winnable. Sonya can also punish Kabals Nomad dash on block for 50-55%. She can also Armor through his projectiles from 1/4-1/2 screen away. Its still a tough MU though just not her worse imo.
Sindel is interesting, I think. Like Mileena, she has no armor, but her zoning is just too good. I played a very good Sindel online yesterday (connection was very nice. I could anti air jab, so it was almost as good as online). I played two matches using Sonya. Lost the first one, won the second. But in the second I just got up close and stayed there ultil she was finished. I think it could be a 5-5, just not sure. What annoyes me about Sindel is her throw. It puts Sonya back at full screen.
