ex sai can't be used all the time though, and it doesn't hit crouching opponents I believe.I'm not too sure, i play skarlet here and there, but canceling any string into ex sai seems to be really really safe.
LOL didn't even see that.Frame data?
You can beat the red dash after a lot of her strings with 6 and 7 frame attacks, so shows what you know. The only time you get a guaranteed red slide from a blockstring into red dash is on strings with sufficient cancel advantage. Of note, F2 1 2 1+2 has enough advantage for a guaranteed (delayed) red slide, which makes her mixup options considerably more ambiguous.Yeah just check the frame data by Somberness. It is really good. You can make almost all of her strings safe by cancelling them into Red Dash, Red Slide.
Strings that can't be cancelled into Red Dash and aren't safe:
B1, F3
B1, 1, B4
B1, 1, 3
Unsafe Specials:
Up Slash and EX Up Slash
Down Slash and EX Down Slash
Blood Drop and EX Blood Drop
X-Ray (if last hit misses)
Semi-unsafe Specials: (only like -7 or -9 on block so you can be poked afterwards)
Blood Ball (safe on block if used at fullscreen)
Dagger Toss (including dash cancel)
EX Dagger Toss (not dash cancelled)
There are other strings like B2 which are slow and whiff easily so those aren't exactly safe even though you can cancel them into Red Dash, Red Slide.
I admit I'm fairly new to reading frame data, but I'm looking at it now and anything +14 frames or higher on Cancel Advantage (block) gives a guaranteed slide right? Red Dash Red Slide is 20 frame execution and a poke takes 6 frames. If this is true then almost all of her strings can give a safe slide.You can beat the red dash after a lot of her strings with 6 and 7 frame attacks, so shows what you know. The only time you get a guaranteed red slide from a blockstring into red dash is on strings with sufficient cancel advantage. Of note, F2 1 2 1+2 has enough advantage for a guaranteed (delayed) red slide, which makes her mixup options considerably more ambiguous.
That said, this topic IS fairly lazy, because all of this information is in the frame data. Hell, you can determine how safe or unsafe a string is with nothing more than a practice dummy. When I picked up Skarlet in July, there WAS no frame data for her, and that's exactly what I had to do. Now that you have very good frame data at your disposal, there's really no reason you couldn't consult that to answer your own question. Please take this into account in the future.
Of course it isn't going to be perfect every time. Nothing is perfect every time in a real match. What I was asking is if Red Dash Red Slide is guaranteed after any string +14 or higher.Well, I don't know, do you normally play against robots?
Red dash into red slide is 20 frames if your execution is perfect every time. This is just not going to be the case every time. I've played Skarlet long enough to know that characters like Sonya, Sektor and Reptile can wreak havoc on you for abusing red slide to make blockstrings safe, outside of a select few strings with enough cancel advantage to prevent any kind of interruption. Kenshi is also a huge threat to her, because he can punish any red dash out of a string with EX upslash risk-free (unless, again, the string has enough cancel advantage to cover the 20 frame window). Out of a string that jails and doesn't have a whole lot of cancel advantage, such as 1 1 4, you're much better off just ending in a double knife toss (provided your opponent is standing) to be safe. Your opponent has no way to beat it, and you can cancel the first knife to create space or go into potential mixups.
Funny, you don't sound nearly so tough when you're out of your element and/or don't have your GFAQs boys to start a circlejerk with. B1 1 F4 is the same amount of negative frames on block as Kung Lao's low hat was in vanilla, by the way. Something to think about, for those of you that claim it's unsafe as though it's a free combo punish for everyone in the game.
fixed.Well, I'm not certain, dear friend, have you tried against a human opponent? Sometimes that does make a difference.
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May I ask what happened to the delightful crew of GFAQs members who tend to provide insightful information from another point of view? I miss them so.
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Fixed.P. S. My "GFAQs boys" will jack me off in any argument you're willing to start. In fact, they're lubing me up right now.
Do you not see Alerts? The fact that you were willing to go to a separate forum and insult me just because I liked someone's post is hilarious. Please, do us all a favor and leave.walloftext
"Alerts"? Uh, that has nothing to do with it if you've never posted in the threads themselves. What I'm saying is that any time I come into any sort of conflict on this site, you're there to like every derogatory post aimed at me, with absolutely depressing consistency.Do you not see Alerts? The fact that you're willing to go to a separate forum and insult me just because I liked someone's post is hilarious. Please, do us all a favor and leave.
Not going to lie, I laughed.fixed.
"Alerts"? I'm sorry, but alerts only inform me when my name is tagged or a post of mine is quoted/replied. There must be some misunderstanding, my friend. What I'm saying is that any time I come into any sort of conflict on this site, *I* feel personally attacked by you. I would like for us to resolve this conflict privately like adults.
I feel that I am entitled to my views of the character as well and, although I respect your opinions about said character, I feel like I can offer a different perspective. Thank you for your contribution. It was helpful; however, I felt the need to point out a few parts I disagree with.
You said you forgot about that thread. Alerts tell you when someone quoted you, and I quoted you in that thread."Alerts"? Uh, that has nothing to do with it if you've never posted in the threads themselves. What I'm saying is that any time I come into any sort of conflict on this site, you're there to like every derogatory post aimed at me, with absolutely depressing consistency.
And... "Do us all a favor"? Well, I mean... If I did that, you're just going to spread shitty Skarlet advice unchecked. I mean, correct me if I'm wrong, but I don't think that'd be doing this board a favor at all!
Not going to lie, I laughed.
Distancing and spacing is general to the game, but can be huge for Skarlet - you can link a F4 into DF3,DB2 to a 30% reset - keep that in mind.Been messing with this character for a some time now. I really like her. While I have been kind of avoiding the forums and trying to create my own play style, I find a constant mixup of slides, throws, and string pressure keeps them honest. Now, I haven't played extremely high leveled people with my Skarlet yet, as I am still learning her ins and outs (and muscle memory, which you need to learn with this character) If someone is poking after most of your strings, doing something simple as one of her safe strings into a slight backdash F43 should blow that up. If I am completely off base here I appologize. As I said, I am exploring the character on my own.