I get together usually once or twice a week to play BB with some of my friends. One of them plays a pretty mean Noel. I didn't know about this till he told me about it, but if you block her optic barrel, she gains a 5 frame advantage.. and to an already slow tager thats devastating. If you sledgeB, you run the risk of getting punished. However, if you use the sledgeA to absorb the optic barrel you can recover fast enough to punish her if she tries to run in. If she doesn't run in, keep sledgeAing her optic barrels.. never.. i repeat.. NEVER get hit by an optic barrel. I've been thrown into a 20+ combo from getting hit by an optic barrel from very far away. Block it if you have to, but always try to sledgeA it.