Alright, guys. Someone online pointed out that I turtle a lot with Dick. I never realized this until now. I used to rushdown a lot, but I guess after watching some videos I decided to turtle. Fights used to go a lot better when I rushed down, but it's almost as if I forgot how to. Now I always wait until I can blow my opponent up with a b2xxEscrima Fury, ji3, Wing Dings. I feel like I spam this too often. I find myself more rushdown with staff, but I want to change my playstyle so I turtle/rushdown with both. Any advice?
Against most of the cast he can simply turtle, they have to come to him and you are better off in your Staff Stance then.
You can constantly change between stances and utilize Ground Sparks, Wing Dings and Ground Blast.
Only through experience you'll find what works against who, if you feel like you're losing way too much try changing stances and see how the matches work out then. I was getting my ass handed to me by a Grundy player because I was in Escrima stance, I thought I would be better off in this stance. Once I changed to Staff, I was the one doing the pounding.
The biggest issue you'll have with NW is to decide against what MU you're better off in what stance in certain situations, if you find yourself in the other stance you'll probably have a hard time switching. For example against Aquaman you only need to be in Staff Stance, however the match starts in his Escrima stance. Aquaman now has better spacing, better zoning, ... You cannot just change stance because he can punish that from anywhere on the screen and he'll get that first hit bonus.
Try to figure out when you safely change stance.
If you only depend on B2 you need to mix it up more by canceling that into Flipkick or Ground Spark. Start using his 33 more as well, allows him to safely change into Staff Spin.
Basically, once you are close to your opponent you need to find ways to change to Staff. Whether it's through blockstrings or combos.
