Metzos
You will BOW to me!
Agreed, i m just pointing out on how Ermac should be played. He is based on reads and good reactions, thats the point. Even if you dont do anything i can just do another d3 or d4, or as i have said before, do nothing as well. Doing d1 to catch a cross-up does not limit my options if it is successful though. And even if it doesnt work i m still safe and cannot be punished. Thats the core design of this character imo. And this is the reason he is almost unique in MK9. He is not "brain-dead" like the other zoners. You have to count every move you make and act accordingly to what your opponent does. On the highest lvl, Ermac can pretty much check the entire cast from almost full screen, with some exceptions ofc (see Freddy, Raiden, Reptile, Baraka and Kenshi, when he has bars), and punish heavily every mistake his opponent does, whiffed or blocked attacks. You do something stupid and half of your life is gone. You have to respect that man. Also he is not on Scorpions risk level, in his normals and his specials as well.agreed.
but what if you attempt to do anything else? i'll already be on the other side. That's my point... there really isn't a HUGE negative. I see it offline ALL the time. There is more upside to landing the cross up than for you to "guess" if i'm going to jump or not.
Plus.. you have to pretty much commit to once again... doing a d1 to catch the cross up, which in turn limits your own options. Obviously if I jump everytime i'm taking guess work out. Yes I get that.
But just as you can condition me to not jump... I can condition you to feel safe and do something other than an AA followup... and there lies the problem with d3.