Dusty Report post Posted September 8, 2011 Added for discussion and questions, will add info/edit later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Shazam Report post Posted September 8, 2011 Wow. Not even a thread was made. Looks like nobody had a lot of trouble vs Platinum when she first came out. I don't play this a whole lot but I have a decent understanding of Platinum, and I can tell you that we are here to make her life hell. Missiles? Bombs? No big deal. Just jump and use your chains to get to her if you want. d~B follow ups are your friend in this match. Her zoning is "WEAK SAUCE" compared to what we have at our disposal. Yes, zoning is your friend in this match. I prefer to try to keep them out with j5d and 5d because her hitbox is so small. When they have 50 meter they're likely to use mami circular, the heart car, a lot more sparingly because if you safely block it -which you should always safely be blocking when at heart car distance against Platinum, respect it, don't whiff your moves- then it will be safe. A lot of Platinum's like to use mixup or try to hit you after a RC'd Mami Circular but I have a feeling our old pal 5c will cut right through them. When she has bat, respect that. Most Plat's will use only this as a reversal (many will even throw it away at you in an attempt to stay offensive) but she does also have a reversal super. Respect the cat..hammer...thing... too. It's almost like a zoning tool. You can pop bubbles in any way you want to as long as you have a decent grasp of spacing. Chains will work, the tip of certain normals (i.e 5a, 5c) will also pop them. Watch her throw away a normal item once. Respect that angle and don't get hit by this extremely slow projectile. Platinum also has a stupid ass command grab. Her command grab makes her slide forward and it goes about the distance of an entire Hazama from head to toe, if not a little longer. Guess who has an even stupider command grab? is right! You can usually just 2c if she tries to swallow moon. I prefer to follow this up with 5c 4d~, but that's just me. Only other things I can think of mentioning are be careful of her quick lows (2a and 3c) and her super drive items. When she has super missiles or a giant cathammer you need watch out for those and block a lot more. Luckily they don't last very long and are numbered. It's worth noting that if you get command grabbed it will fill up her item number and if it was a super item it will stay super, but we've already gone over why that's not important. For the incredibly slow or otherwise challenged who are wondering what i'm saying, you can use your command grab whenever Platinum goes for a command grab and it will make her think twice about going for another command grab. Time to go beat up some lolis :] Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
