Does he at least have good pressure in the corner? Haha. Maybe I am playing him wrong
. Tbf I play him more as a bait character. Run up b31, dack dash. D4 back dash. That kind of shennanies. With of course zoning
He does better in the corner than you might first think. I don't know if I'd call it "pressure" but this is where he has to come up with his own "mixups" because he doesn't have an overhead. Any competent player will just block low at all time and this is where these "mixups" come in.
B31 is +1 so it's good, you can mix it up between B31 and B31 throw and B312 and B31~DB1(or EX) for shenanigans and making the opponent have to deal with what option you choose.
112 is -2 now but is still good. I use 1 or 11 then stop and throw but I mix it up with 112~DB1 (although it does have a gap in it but I've yet to encounter a single person interrupting it). That way when people think you're going to throw them you sometimes get a full combo
DF2EX is your friend. EX Knives SHRED through armour and are +5 on block so if your stuff is getting blocked (and/or you think someone's going to armour through something) BAM EX KNIVES OUTTA NOWHERE. But because it's only +5 any of your followups can be armoured through so be careful against knowledgeable players, just keep the pressure going as long as you can and bait out armoured moves if necessary.
B13 is -1 and starts mid. B1 itself is -2 but had more recovery on block so it might not be the best thing to throw out too often. If B13 lands you can hit confirm into 2+4MB into full combo. B1 is good for anti-airs so if they're trying to jump out you can B1 B1 B1 into whatever you want.
B131+3 and B231+3 restands them and you're +13 on hit so you get a free (unduckable, unarmourable, unbackdashable etc) 1, B1, D3, D4, 2, anything faster than 14 frames basically. You COULD do B31 for the +1 block advantage but it's armourable if the person knows what they're doing.
2 is a high that's +2 on block that I haven't incorporated into my game yet however...
Basically mix all of these options up with LOTS of throws because if your opponent is sitting blocking you low all day like any knowledgeable player will this is the only way you're guaranteed to open them up.
It looks like knives are safe on block if you do them from the max range of your d4. Sub Zero's slide didn't punish from that range, neither did Kung Lao EX spin, and that's all I tested, but if those things don't punish I bet nothing does. So I think d4 xx knives is safe on block if you do it from max range, which is neato cause it gives people a reason to not immediately counterpoke after blocking d4. d4 xx knives is not a true blockstring though so watch out for armor.
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