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i think it would beat it out since it is almost meaty but tsubaki players might know all you can really do is get up early/late so its a 50/50

currently tsubaki UB lets you set up an almost vortex haku can get up late but she can vary the timing wake up shippu...... does that really work

ah, i'm talking about on wakeup, not just any blockstring

invul starts frame 5 if it even applies

The UB is better. Can't Hotaru or jump out, it's far enough to be totally safe.

Tsubaki has the unblockable, Ragna doesn't.

You have to pay a general entrance fee, and a fee for any specific tournies you want to enter. Usually you can do both online beforehand. Then they slap a tag on your wrist or whatever and you can come and go.

Don't show up without showering. Have cash. Don't leave your stuff alone unless you want someone to steal it. Show up early for any matches you are going to be playing in, and be sure to scout out where you need to show up ahead of time.

Well, I can usually tell based on how good their hit confirm is and how hard they were mashing. For instance, sometimes you will have Lambda on wakeup and they'll just get up and go 2AAAAA when you are not even in range. Or 4B over and over. Other times you'll see someone hit the right move to beat something once and go right into a combo. If they do the former over and over then it's a pretty good tell.

Nooooo I can't find that video of me against Tectal where I whiff 5D into 6D and punish his punish

I dunno, I can usually tell if somebody is just hitting anything every chance they get or calling out something I was doing.

Okay, so you're just talking about mashing then. Mindlessly hitting buttons. Not "good mash." This is why I just use mashing for just hitting anything and hoping it works rather than poking out deliberately. The mixup happens a lot because I see people using it as a shorthand for it, and lots of commentators use it in a joking way when someone gets out of pressure. Yeah, those are just what you should use when you've conditioned them to block.

It's a tool, just like a DP. You wouldn't say to block and never DP. By that I mean poking to get out of pressure, or using a counter or DP. Not just flailing desperately. I feel like there is an evolving mindset when it comes to this. Beginner ~> Mash desperately, get blown up by frame traps. Mid level ~> Blocking good, pressing buttons bad. High level ~> It's a tool like anything else, use it when appropriate. This is actually a logical progression, because when most people start the game they have no idea what they're doing, so they will get bodied. To compensate, other players will tell them to just focus on blocking so they can learn how to play defense, so they gain control over their buttons. But eventually that player will learn that it's not all bad and that there are times when it's appropriate and even necessary to try and get out. For a lot of people they act like just DPing out of pressure, or pressing buttons is somehow bad form and against the rules of the game. But it's only frowned on because the OTHER PLAYER is what causes the negative. You do it too much and you get punished. It's not inherently bad by itself. If the opponent can't enforce that drawback then it is all upside. It's like playing Starcraft, and going for an early expansion. If the other player is never rushing or scouting you then it's a great move. Plus there are some moves where you are put into a disadvantage just by blocking them, because it lets the opponent restart their pressure or go into some mixup.

Yes. Today.

A few months, but I should be able to play soon. I just have to move into my new apartment next week and get set up.

2D

"Block." "Make me."

i dont have to take this

ffffffffffff

What do you mean by mashing. Trying to poke out of pressure or just face rolling and praying for the best. People always use it wrong to mean the former.

isnt that haz

> mu > blocking

MIND GAMES

dont make me call bibi

Why would any Haku player sub Bang. That's like oil and water. Same with Hazama. a BETRAYAL of all we hold dear Tager, on the other hand...