Out of curiosity do most folks dash by using the stick or using the buttons? Which is more efficient and why.
Thanks in advance.
I always use the buttons, exept for:
a) Spiral in general, so that I don’t waste knives
b) When I’m doing Sentinels s.hp xx RP xx HSF, if I want to gain ground at the same time. Theres probably a few other situations like this one, but I can’t think of any.
I dunno about efficiency, but it is way easier to wave dash using the buttons rather than double tapping;
for buttons its just: tap down -> PP (repeat)
but with the stick you have to keep going down -> forward -> forward (repeat). Tekken players do this shizzle all day, but I’m not one of em so I find this hard 
Also for airdashing using the buttons is clearly superior, as it is just much easier to choose which direction to dash in (Infact, I don’t think you can dash anyway but forwards or backwards unless you are flying? dunno)
each has its place.
If you’re standing on the ground, the punch dash is much faster. fwd, fwd is 2 inputs, 2p’s is a single input. No contest here
from a jumping to landing state, both are equally effective due to the first fwd being able to be inputted in the air. falling from jump, fwd, land, fwd, 1 input upon landing. falling from jump, land, punches, again 1 input upon landing.
dashing backwards is pretty unique in mvc2. If there is ANYTHING on the screen to block, your dash back with bck+2p’s is now a just frame dash back. To dash back, its like a 1-3 frame input window. If there is something on the screen to block, tapping bck, bck will yield a block animation only and NEVER allow a back dash with that input. Since there is something on the screen to block, bck bck results in blocking twice. Its one of the downsides to mvc2.
you should really be careful with dashing backwards in mvc2 with punches. When the block animation is forced, bck+2p’s to dash back turns into a wiffed s.fp.
Thanks for your replies I’m pretty much a Row, MSS and Santhrax player and I was just wondering which would be better. I find myself using the stick more than anything and I only use the PP when I’m on the ground dashing really fast or ADing.
I find myself doing:
F+PP and then D+PP when doing the constant dash, just a habit of mines.
Thanks for the info though.