I would suggest being aggressive, don't try to zone. Once you get a knock down on him keep the pressure up with f13 combo. If he wakes up with the teleport, check this out.. instead of going f13 db2etc. Just do f132. He won't hit you on the initial side because you'll be advancing and when he comes back in front of you the bullet from 2 will immediately hit him, knocking him down. Figured this out a few days ago when playing a takeda, give it a shot.
How do you get them to the corner when you're at midscreen to further? Do you just wait for them to make a mistake or slowly inch your way in? Not clear on what his range game should be.My strategy with Erron is to take my opponent to a one way trip to the corner and keep them there for as long as I can.
Uh is Ex-sand toss puts him in an advantageous spot, free combo. Ex-Sword is decent as well.
I dunno, if you aren't comfortable with outlaw I doubt marksman will be more comfortable for you as he is much harder to learn than outlaw and has even worse armoured specials.
use 11 and 21122 as pressure tools.
21122 is his best string
Ending your combos with Sand Tackle will push your opponent into the corner.
It depends on when she's doing it. If its as a wakeup, then duck without blocking. After the kick whiffs, then punish. Kitana has really nothing when it comes to overheads (her B2, which combos into nothing), so you should be safe doing that for the most part.
I don't play outlaw, but I think that variation may be the best option with armored sand toss to interrupt his pressure.
Nah because DB4 whiffs on crouch block so you can get whiff-punished pretty easily
I'm usually just patient with zoners and try to get a hard knockdown with sand grenade or slide. Also for gunslinger you can use coin toss to give you a bit of advantage to run in. since mournful will do the overhead glaives try catching them as they come down with slide.
The coin get matched by the trade. Is the slide garanteed if he'is jumping for projectile ?
Personally, I never go for sand trap in combos - I hate how it stops the momentum. I either go for the slide (marksman&gunslinger) or the stab (outlaw), sometimes it's adventageous to simply do 21122~caltrops. Against shinnok it's a good idea to check him with regular sand grenade after the slide, so he learns to stay down or block low on a wake up. Also, If he doesnt MB hellsparks, you can run in and combo punish with 21122 or just slide his ass. If you blocked the first spark at point blank range, and he wants to MB the 3rd spark, ex slide will reach.is sand trap almost useless in the BS shinnok matchup? After the command grab you pretty much give shinnok his turn as he can do regular hellsparks on wakeup and you can't really do anything other than block. If you run in and block there's huge pushback so you can't punish if he doesn't have meter
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