Except it doesn’t block every mix-up and cross up. And it does nothing against frame traps. To get caught in a frame trap means you are pushing a button. The auto block does not work if you are pushing a button. The biggest disadvantage is that you can’t equip a power gem or damage reduction/replenish gem so you are doing less damage than the other player and/or effectively have a smaller life bar. It is a fair trade. Who this gem works really well for is the non-rushdown player. With damage boosting/meter building gems to get a benefit you need to be hitting your opponent. If you are more patient type of a player most of the gems are not as useful. In the end it is a non-issue. If I play someone who is much better than me at the game, such as Antwan Ortiz (who whopped on Arturo) I could have Autoblock and he could equip no gems and I would still lose because the much better player always wins. Just by the title of this thread, the guy is beating people who equip Auto-Block so it isn’t a game breaker.
AutoBlock is bullshit GTFO! It does block every mixup as long as you aren’t mashing. Why do you need damage reduction if you are almost never getting hit?
We’ll see how it goes. I don’t play SFXT everyday so I can’t run into autoblockers that much. I’d like to get some more footage of it.