I can already see haters screaming for nerfs if Poison were to climb the tier list. I currently receive a ton of hate mail with messages like “You’re a F@GG-IT for using Poison” or “Stop using your fireballs you noob”. Sighs Anyone with similar experiences?
I don’t get those messages… I dizzy them before they get the chance to get salty.
but lol “Stop using your fireballs you noob” reminds me of the time I was told to stop anti airing.
I think the more stuff we find the further poison will climb the tier list. Not too much higher…possibly just under uppermid. I feel that for her anti airs that her j.mp and cr.hp keeps her ok.
The dirt comes in the form of the Ex.WoL resets and her fireball game. I do think she isn’t that honest, because of the standing reset and the corner pressure. I think the problem is she isn’t that dirty so that you can ride her tricks to success like Yun but at the same time isn’t fundamentally solid as say Guile to an extent or Fei long who is a perfect example of this.
That i feel is the reason a lot of people feel like she is missing something but a lot of the cast have the same feel IMO.
Just wait until Edition Select comes out in August. Our worst nightmares will be Vanilla Sagat and AE Yang/Yun.
It’s too bad Poison only has one version to choose from. Imagine we could choose her SFxT iteration…
People can jump out of it, because it is a 0+x ultra, not an x+0 ultra, so there are frames after the freeze frame that allow people to enter prejump frames, rendering them unthrowable. You have to use it as a punish, or in some situations as a frame trap. I don’t really see this ultra being useful as it’s 3 frame startup (from my not 100% trustable source, I will update this comment if i experience a different value in testing)
And I disagree, she has great fireball recovery and if you can get good at her DP timing she can be a very strong character. Even Daigo boldly said that he thinks all Guile players would be better off switching to Poison.
Just play ranked or don’t join edition select rooms. 
I’m up for the challenge. Besides, where is the fun in playing overpowered characters like Vanilla Sagat and Seth?
I will say that winning is fun. I personally play characters that I like. If they happen to be top tiers like Superman or SFxT Cody (pre-patch) then awesome, if they did turn out to be low tier or mid like SF4 Poison and Cody then it is what it is and i stick with them. I generally don’t like the idea of low tier heroism, I mean i can understand tier whoring but not being a low tier hero is something i just don’t understand.
Just wondering, what does low tier heroism mean? Are you talking about people who play as Dan or Hugo just to show the community that these characters are viable?
I’ll be honest. I like playing as Poison because I like the character especially since she’s getting a sexy China dress costume in August.
eventhubs.com/news/2014/jul/25/summer-vacation-ultra-street-fighter-4-costume-dlc-announced-new-costumes-poison-elena-decapre-dudley-and-more/
Apparently poison made top 8 at a major… are we doing something wrong?
How the hell did that happen and who accomplished that trial?
I think Genistar is just kidding around, lol. Poison never made Top 8 at EVO.
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Not to nitpick, but it was “a major”, not Evo. Genistar which major were you talking about?
I’ve been trying to search online for the info, but nothing has come up. sighs
Thanks for sharing. However, it looks like he only used Sakura during the finals, and she can be quite deadly in the right hands. Poison was probably used once or twice earlier on.
Here’s Humanbomb during the finals:
youtu.be/gGcRU4h7Iic
youtu.be/nkuQdto3CX4
Poison missed op 32 at evo. I think whoever used her came in 33rd place or something.
I think he did pretty well. He really drives home the fact that Poison is pretty amazing at corner pressure. He didn’t use fwd+mp a lot, and more so relied on LMT. I loved when he used KBG and canceled into FA with a dash under and ended with HP. It kinda seemed as though the Sakura player didn’t really know how to deal with her and they started getting too frantic at the end and allowed Poison to control the match, maybe it’s just me. Those air tastu’s destroy her though…
Honestly I don’t use flashy combos with her either. When it comes to damage scaling, it doesn’t work in her favor, so you might as well keep it short and simple and just focus on setting the opponent up on wake up when its done.
One thing I do take away from this, utilize the hell out of her fireballs. And I still need to learn how to properly cancel attacks into FA + dash on a 360 controller quick enough.
