I dabble with Bone Shaper and actually really enjoy it so I wanna improve myself. Figured this is a good place to ask this...
As far as strings go for pressure and neutral play, I basically only use f41d2. It's also my go-to punish. I seriously can't think of any other string I use in any situation. Is there anything else I should be working into my play? He doesn't have a lot of strings in the first place and there just doesn't seem to be any reason not to only use the good one.
One thing that I know I should be doing but I'm not is, except when really needed, try to punish with 112 xx EX Scoop instead of F41D2 Hell Sparks. Does about 5% more damage.
F41D2 is too tempting because it's fast and it won't whiff on weird low hitboxes (1 is a high), but I think those 5% really make a difference.
112 ~ EX Scoop, NJP, JI1, F22Throw xx Hell Sparks does (I think) 35%.
Another thing that's beginning to annoy me, is when you do F41D2 on oki, if you don't time it right and the F4 whiffs, the follow up takes a long time to come out and the opponent might get up and jump out of your pressure, so 112 might also come in handy there.