Why you keep bringing that again? I already said a million times that Nightwolf can own Lao...all ground chars can give Lao hard times, but there are not that much.
"Too much char disvantages." - and what that means?
I dont see how gjabs can own lao, unless its with Kabal...you have the teleport, the div kick crossover, the sweep (probably the longes sweep in the game that cannot be punished from long distance if blocked). Nightwolf owns Lao not because gjabs...
Its just
my opinion bro, dot take it bad. As I said, no one will ever convince me of Lao = top.
Char disadvantages:
* Can be relaunched EASILY
* Accidental Hat Throw when lp rushing
* Teleport SUCKS
* Miss ANY punch starter against female ninjas, and thats a free combo in the whiffed elbow/knee animation.
* Ultra bad matchups: NW, Kabal, H Smoke, all female ninjas, SONYA, R. Smoke.
Why Lao sucks vs GJabbers? Well again dont take it bad but have you played against a TOP GJabber?
What can Lao do against a Gjabber? Even if its not kabal:
* Low dive kick "semi safe" = puts him at disvantage
* Hat Spin? Its your ass, free combo.
* VERY FARhat throw? So so but bad against a teleporter.
* Sweep? All sweepsCAN be punished, not only after (Kabal dash, Mileena roll, Sub/Rept/Sub Slides, etc) but before the attack is blocked by a SMALL run in Lk. Female ninjas have LONG legs and can do that easily, same as male ninjas. Or if you have the skill then any special like:
NW SS
USub/Rept/Sub slide
Mileena Roll
Sindel Scream
* Try and crossup? LOL.
TRUE IS that one spin = bye bye but, against a high level player + GJwhat are his options to land a Spin?
Just my 2 cents again.
And yes the tier and matchup is very well done Shock.
EDIT: Just notation I dont know if that would affect the matchup:
Sonya vs jade, after whiffed/blocked green kick, Sonya fail punch/kick starter and sometimes even a Uppercutt. Best I do there is a single Leg Grab.
EDIT2: this stuff should be taken in account: landing combos on shang are hard, also on sheeva, female ninjas small hitboxes make tlp male ninjas combos whiff sometimes etc. Those are "char disadvantages" IMO or could be called atributes IDK.