Why not just go into c.lk - Rekka? It’s very easy and it hits in manners and situations when it wouldn’t normally hit? I love it because It some reason always links.
I think confirms into s.MK are what everyone should be using, I’m trying to break the habbit of just confirming with 3 jabs. As easy as it is, I want to be getting optimal damage from every confirm. cr.LK, cr.LP, cr.LK is still hella good, though. Not sure if it’s lag but I get some funky CH’s after the cr.LP if blocked.
It’s fine as a punish, but not as a confirm. If you do c.lk c.lp on an opponent waking up, you can react to if it hits and link s.mk xx rekka. If the c.lk was blocked, you don’t have to commit to the punishable first hit of the rekka, and you can cancel into something safer like AE or just end on a s.lk
The thing about far mp is that only 2/3 active frames are the anti airing frames (the last 2). So it’s essentially a 9-10 frame start up anti air that has a select spot to use and you have to be precise with. Around that same area that it works well on, taking a step forward and doing a cr.hp will do a better job. And yea like others have mentioned, hk dp isn’t that bad because if you know the timing, poison gets so low during the start up that it low profiles so much shit. If it was throw invincible it wouldn’t be as bad of a move.
I find far MP to be the perfect anti air for aggressive dive kicks. They jump, and dive kick at the point where it could either whiff, or hit you in the leg, depending on the angle they choose. Since they pause in the air for a moment to start the kick, you don’t need many active frames.
don’t get me wrong, i use it, and yea it works well against dive kicks, its just a move you have to be very precise with because you only have 2 frames to land it, and it starts up slow. and if you are off your timing or they dive kick at a different angle/ timing, your eating a combo and being pushed into the corner, getting put in a set up on wake up. it needs precision just like her st.hk, cr.hp, dp etc etc. i really wish she had a bit more active frames and a little less recovery overall tho. like her mk dp has 3 frames of recovery in between the 2 hits, and the total active frames is only 4… the average invincible uppercut anti air type move has like 11-15 active frames with no gaps in between, and is airborn once the invincibility wears off so you can’t throw it or out right stuff it and continue a full combo.
That’s nice and all, but a character shouldn’t have a million anti-airs.
Poison just needs one reliable anti-air, and then a few other buttons for situational stuff like dive-kicks etc.
Off-topic, I know, but that was the first day, and a few troll voters went in and voted 10-0 for all his matchups. It’s cleared up a lot since then. The same thing happened in SSBB - Ike was top-tier for a while there too. o_O
Yes, the Eventhubs tier list is not reliable. Poison has an unfavorable matchup against Blanka and Dhalsim, but the site has them listed as favorable/even.
Im still looking into the dhalsim match up. I just think we just have to wait and deal decent damage to dhalsim when we can. Hopefully that match and blanka will become a 6-4 match up against her in the future instead of 7-3.
Her hk dp and her cr.hp are her most reliable AA for jump ins. Cl. St. Hk is good for AAing cross up jump ins. Outside of those three everything is situational. Her far st.hk is good too but I’ve caught myself trading here and there. Her hk dp is probably the best. Slow start up but I don’t think I’ve ever had it trade. Idk why more people aren’t using it/talking about it…
I think the risk of hk dp is a bit too much. Its probably not possible but if it clips on the 1st hit and you’re opponent falls out. I think they have a chance to punish on hit.
