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Tuesday, September 22, 2015

[Xrd] DotNova gives me some of "The Lore" of Potemkin (Matchups)

So, Dot Nova (the Top 8 Potemkin from CEO2015) randomly made a tweet about Potemkin's matchups. Given the timing of it that day, I didn't know how much seriousness went into it. (I mean, I don't know much about Xrd beyond Elphelt throws grenades at people and May throws dolphins).

The first tweet went like this.

Dot Nova: Potemkin Matchups: Good: Slayer, Leo Even: Another Pot Bad: Everyone else

So I replied

Me: Why are those 2 good? I know nothing of Pot matchups. Or matchups in that game in general .

the rest went like

Dot Nova: Pot can out-footsies slayer whose whole gameplan is around footsies. he has to use links so potbuster is strong option. (c)

and because he has no gatlings outside of P moves, it's hard to stop hammerfall.

For leo, it's hard for him to get in since your normals are MUCH bigger than his. Once you put him in corner, it's easy to (c)

to keep him there. Fireballs in neutral are risky as well bc of slidehead/flick. His gameplan revolves around getting in and (c)

going ham but it's risky against grappler. (like gen vs gief). When Leo knocks down Pot though, it's much easier for leo (c)

since it's RPS in Leo's favor. But still has to guess when to use a throw invul normal or opt for riskier pressure.

Me: *reads all of this and scratches chin* ..... ah.

Dot Nova: really, if you can't get around Pot's footsies you lose. But if your character can deal with it in some way you'll win the MU


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