navi fair enough. yes phoenix can die to that, but the only semi-reliable strat is magneto gravity squeeze. but even then, its really really all about random luck to even get that if she decides to rush you(which she will do if she sees you have level 3) cuz if you xfactor at the wrong time during her pokes, you are dead in a fraction of a second. she can kill you faster than you can press 4 buttons, then do dp+2buttons lol. she can just teleport behind you and fuck your inputs up. or when you try to xfactor into it in the middle of a blocked poke, one of the random projectiles from her normals fucks up your timing. its still incredibly hard. and even then, hes dead most of the time before d.phx even comes into play since he is normally the point character. the whole weekend, i dont think i seen a high profile match where gravity squeeze was used on her. while the strat can work. the success rate is still low. and since you spend so much meter anyway throughout the match trying to snap her in or whatever, the odds of having level3 is low too.
jam session infinite. ok thats cool. but you have to fucking hit her first. thats the entire problem of phoenix. if anyone could “hit” her, then she would lose to everyone. but thats almost the entire problem, hitting her is the hardest thing to do(blocking is the other hardest thing to do).
dorm chip. yes this works everytime. but it requires setting it up, which is NOT easy. and wont always happen, the advantage is still phoenix. the method requires you to either have a ton of meter and already have floating bombs out before she comes in(and she doesnt have 5 meters), or it requires her to already be in d.phx mode and she was on the bench coming in. those are very tight requirements. yes, she dies 100% guaranteed in these 2 situations, but the problem is, you wont always have this position. you’ll have this position less than 50% of the time you play the matchup. and if dorm doesnt have this all setup, hes fucking dead unless he has the corner and xfactored after d.phx.
bottom line, unless you have these specific setups. its still a matter of random luck to beat her, which was shown 8346583746587345 times this weekend. i lost count of how many hail marys were used to try and stop her. normally horrible strategies any other time, and bad in any other game, but your only winning shot to beat her.
and because of all these problems, her meta game is through the roof. her mere presence on the team causes stress to players. even if the player is average. i also lost count to how many times d.phx reversed ocv’d cuz their first 2 characters kept getting fucked up. shes not messed up at all… /sarcasm =)
jon: i think wesker + sentinel assist is insanely potent. i think its just as potent as wolvie+sent. the teleport makes it a very dangerous trap. and he can start the mixup from a much further distance, and mix in a command grab if done right. other than sentinel and a very select few assists, you are right, wolvie does benefit off assists better. his threat level goes down a lot when he doesnt have backup.
