[Xrd] I-No vs. Potemkin

[Hollysmoke]

• Use this thread to discuss the Potemkin matchup.
• If the matchup is giving you trouble, check to see if this post already contains info which will help you. If not, be as specific as possible when asking for help and others will be glad to give advice.
• Please focus more heavily on discussing how to play the matchup properly than who is at advantage/disadvantage.
• This post will be updated to collect useful info over time.

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[choysauce]

This matchup can be either really easy or difficult, depending on how skillful the pot player is

 

you mainly want to zone pot, but the flick is the trick that makes this matchup more interesting.

HCL is probably your best tool, if pot hammerfalls you can follow up to get through his armor. it's also tough to flick if it's done unpredictably

 

note can be useful if you mix it up with where you place it. pot can't flick it if you try to make it land on top of his head.

 

mixup's on pot can feel easy on pot since he is such a big character, but you do want to watch out for 5P / 6P / heavenly pot buster

 

most oki setups that aren't close to the ground can be grabbed by heavenly pot buster. so utilize the safe jumps more often than not.

 

pot backdash is a huge tool against I-no since alot of her meaty mixups can be cleanly backdashed and if you're not ready, you're getting pot bustered. It's always good to vary the oki you do to check how backdash happy a pot player will be. 

[PacStrife]

You kind of hinted at this, but just to state it directly: you can make pot's flick Wiff with smart note movement then punish the Wiff with HCL.

You can also blitz shield heat knuckle, which is hilarious :-D

[felirx]

Seems like you can get jump forward j.H->c.S>6P on wiffed Potemkin buster from most spacing.