xHolmesyx
Noob
Earlier you said you highly disagreed about pecka saying 7-3 now you're saying you think it's 8-2 hmm. Kang can not punish spirit charge even if its -10 because of the pushback.A lot of things can be talked about regarding the 'highest' level, doesn't mean they're always systematically correct when two humans are playing the game.
Besides, I've already stressed that it's not based on my experience, if it was up to me, it'd be like 8-2 Kenshi lol, I'm only pointing out the stuff that I feel Liu players don't take into account in the matchup.
There's way too much pre-emptive jumps over charge on wake-up after a knockdown in this set. If you have an inkling that it's coming, you may as well just wait and punish, Liu being one of the very few characters that can full combo punish spirit charge on block up close with 213. Admittedly it doesn't look like it reaches (and it probably doesn't at neutral frames, part of the shoulder hitbox must still be extended forward during recovery lol) but it can be done. There's virtually zero benefit to trying to jump over Kenshi that close to the corner.
Also, again, about the zoning meta of that matchup, you have to use Liu's projectiles for more than just faking-out your jump in. Pig wasn't really fishing for any reflects (granted, this might be because his Kenshi was still coming through the ranks back then, IDK) and there were several unnecessarily blocked flurries IMO.
The short answer is that because Kabal was essentially a Super Liu Kang. There are a couple of things that Liu is better at mind you, but in the grand scheme of things, if you were gravitating towards the high tiers for the sake of it, Kabal just made more sense.
Also, it's damn hard to get a close knockdown with kang against Kenshi. If you know a spirit charge is coming there's no point in waiting to try and punish it with 213 which is pretty much impossible you may as well just jump lol. Yes Kenshi can wait for the crossover and punish it but that's when you can start pressure as he'll be standing there.