AndySocks

Yeah, I just usually do what you do with the firecracker as well as with the lightning ball. I understand that Teddie has a great neutral and I also agree with you that there are multiple ways of playing Teddie effectively. I'm working on implementing items into fatal 2C combos rather than sticking with the ol' 5A-5A-236B fatal during a real battle. I've done it with items only a few times before and it's amazing damage. The only bad thing is that it's extremely difficult to get a fatal with 2C. Yeah, what you said makes sense. That's what I would probably do most of the time. I also take into consideration "when" I can throw items. A good example would be being extra cautious throwing items when fighting Mits. I played Teddie on a friend's account against you a few times before (friend plays Aki). The PSN is zakura. Not sure if you remember that Teddie, but I only beat you 1% of the time. Although I hover around SSS ranking, I don't really consider myself a really great player. I just want to understand how Teddie players play in general. Always room for improvement.

So let's say you are at full health and have a Firecracker or a Lighting Ball as your next item. In the corner, you can set up an easy unblockable combo with the Muscle Drink. If you were midscreen and the full-health opponent was at the corner, would you just throw out the items or would you run in and try to set up the easy unblockable combo for huge damage?

Hmm, I never tried that before. I've never seen you do it though every time we fought in the past. Did you just learn it or do you save the ice for something else? I usually save the ice for a reset AOA after the super in the corner. Or I just simply throw it with the soda.

Corner combo into 5C, then 2C, then ice. You can aim for a reset after that.

It's important that right after you launch them, you want your first j.A to hit them WHILE GOING UP. After all the kicks are done for that first j.A (Teddie should be at his peak height), you will have to wait a few frames so that Teddie will start falling back down. In other words, once Teddie starts descending, you will chain j.B into j.A. Keep doing this until you get it. Once you get that part, you can either do another j.A into corkscrew OR you can simply do Puppeteddie A.