I was derping around with Nightwolf last night and I have some things on my mind so I will think out loud here.
Is there a reason why nw players never end their block strings with charge or choke instead of axe swing? Charge is only -3 and has good push back. Choke is only -2, but doesn't have much push back, and then theirs his axe swing that leaves you at -6.
What sort of mix-ups does he have, if any? There's no reason at all to block low against him during his strings so you don't have to worry about getting hit by his overhead. Does he only have throw mix-ups or am I missing something?
B2 has great range and it looks like it hits mid. Does it hit mid on everyone? I can see it being useful against people trying to neutral duck all the time expecting to punish those shoulder charges.
Lightning traps? Lightnings execution frames - 31f. Hit advantage on his F+3,1,2 - +57, +33. Worth going for? I guess not cause why not just finish his bnb combo after the F+3, 1 connects right?
Utilizing his Ex choke to interrupt strings and such.
Is Ex axe swing a complete waste of meter unless used in a combo?
Great questions...
Shoulder hits high so unless they are blocking high, ending in shoulder charge will get you full combo punished. After the overhead in b22 (M, O) and 122 (H, M, O) you can use shoulder on block (and I do this often) to maintain pressure instead of pushing them out to jump distance. The pushback makes it impossible to punish and is the same as ending in skarlets slide IMO. Ending in choke has no pushback and IMO is a bad idea but the frame data says its safe...its just not my preferance
His mixups are not 50/50 misups. They are kind of like raiden misxups...making them block for chip and throws or catch them neutral blocking for a combo or arrow trap (more viable than people realize). I can go into this more if you like.
B2 is mid on everyone but it isnt an overhead. the second hit is an overhead though. which forces people to stand block which opens up shoulder charge. It is great for catching people neutral crouching.
He has no guaranteed Lightning traps. Essentially this means that he isnt broken...lol. He has no BS but that doesnt make eh lightning useless. Any knockdown can give you eh lightning traps. Its the knockdowns that are quick and hard to techroll that give you more eh lightnings. Some characters can get out of lightning every time on reaction and full combo punish. Its something you need to know in certain MU.
Eh choke is great to use to interrupt strings and jip.
Eh axe is his best wakeup and when people try to pressure you on wakeup without jumping over with d4 and such, this will grant you a combo every time. other than that I use it for chip damage and to create space and bait something. It is neutral on block and should be used when you have lots of meter...some MU you would'nt use this (cyrax) but others is fine (Quan chi).
