You're only minus 3. Most characters cannot get a guaranteed mid string out because their mid string can still get interrupted by your d4. Which means they often have to go for a poke after hat spin on block, and if you just block that poke its your turn again.
The armor stuff youre talking about makes no sense. Yes you can armor, you can armor all stagger strings and that isnt even a kung lao thing. Just because it isn't guaranteed doesn't mean its not useful, it means its not broken. Im sorry you have to mix it up and not be predictable. Are you really telling people to armor everytime after blocking a move that is -1.
Also you need to mixup 112124 ex hat spin as well, you cant just go for the guaranteed d4 everytime... The other options besides d4 arent guaranteed, does that mean those arent viable options as well?
staggering a legit blockstring wich cant be armored through and mix it up with b2, d4, throw and why not f2, it's another matter. if you try to armor on 11 and the KL goes for 112124 you're gonna get full combo'd, so this pretty much makes it scarier to press a button.
if i know the KL player WILL go for anything besides blocking after a f2 on block, ill sure armor, cause everything he will do after will get blown up by it. there are plenty of characters with relatively safe armor, so making a KL block or back up after a f2 it's a win in my book.
If you keep leeting KLs get away with stagger f2 then it's on you.
and btw, i dont often see mids being low profiled by d4, so im quite ignorant here, i know that Raiden has bad whiff issues with his mids, but im 100% sure Kotals b1 doesnt, or even takeda f1, cassie b1 and so on...
anyways, Kotals b1 shits on Lao f2, that's for sure.
