Senovit

I have started to just go into j.CB dj.BC j.236C after the 6C rather than try to 5D. I drop it way too much to consider it worthwhile.

Mashing is never a good idea. IB anything into 5A 6A combo sounds fine.

Watch out for 28D if you're going to poke.

There's always j.D.

http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showpost.php?p=403040&postcount=27

5D goes straight through the fork for a free CH. No need to worry about startup for 3C or how unsafe it is :>

If by special you mean the distortion drive, it gives a few invulnerability frames, so yes... if they give you a bit of breathing space during a blockstring like that, you can throw it out and pass through the next attack. Also, the problem is that you said you used a special while he was "comboing" into 5D - meaning he must have already been hitting you. If you're blocking, the proper term for what he's doing is a blockstring or just a string.

That staff dp gives me so much trouble... what do you all usually do to counter it if you see it coming? I don't have much experience with this matchup, and I'm used to baiting DP's by dashing up and barrier blocking as soon as they wakeup, and then punishing. But the few times I tried that, I got pushed too far back by the staff and ended up whiffing something silly while she jumped away. I guess in this case the proper thing to do would be to stop the barrier and just block it normally and then punish, but I dunno, it seems like she recovers from that dp really fast.