Thanks, Vulpes, that’s good info. Both frame traps and “untrue” block strings lose to invincible reversals, right, so it’s never safe to do this kind of stuff on a character like, Ryu? Although I guess you could pretend like you don’t know their SRK beats your frame trap, then block during the gap instead of continuing and punish their whiffed SRK.
Yes. But then again, rarely do high level players constantly mash reversals when they’re caught in a block string. They might do it once or twice to scare you from attempting any frame traps or tick throws, but it’s not a reliable strategy to use time after time. They’re more likely to do reversals when they’re caught in a combo, preferably at a point where there’s a difficult link, in order to punish you if you mess up the combo.
And yes, you could intentionally just leave gaps in your attack and simply block to bait out the reversal. But if they don’t do a reversal, they can simply push you out with cr.lks. Now we playing some street fighter.
Blockstrings > mashing.
Frame traps/stagger strings > crouch techs (if timed properly)
Mashing > frame traps and stagger strings
Leaving a gap in your attack string > reversal moves.