Game 2: 3:50, So I started the last match with sbo so I figured taluda would respect me again and I could get some space and a free charge, but he charges in and I get slightly scared so I don't go for charge. I also don't go for an easy sbo either which I could have got since taluda was charging nails. My mind was running a bit slow there.
3:55 again tried to block the overhead on reaction and failed.
4:05, Finally find some footing as taluda drops his combo. now my confidence builds up.
4:10, I tried to go for a crossup mix up here, but I goof and end up staying on the same side. Luckily though I end up picking it back up and get a tic throw. Sadly I have a brain fart here and instead of getting a combo off the throw, I get a charge. Btw for those who don't know, on some characters including pw, squigly can get a charge and a combo off throw. So yeah big mistake I made there. Luckily though I read the jump and get a combo on pw anyway.
4:19, Go for a super bait here. I wanted to insure I had more meter than taluda as well as keep him out of 3bars for awhile so as to not have to deal with a dhc into rocks. So he takes the bait and I get a combo to finish off pw. Things are looking up.
4:33, the mix up was call pillar in case he supers and throw in case he does nothing, but i jumped back. I have no idea how that happened. So that messed up so now I'm a little panicy inside. i just go for alittle something to see if I confirm. I don't get the confirm so I back off and see what he does. Then I jump back in to counter him trying to jump out and I get the right read but again I didn't buffer the j.mk. This was more of because I lost confidence and wasn't 100% sure he'd get hit by the j.lk but I should have buffered anyway. he mashes and I get hit but he drops it.
4:40, I wanted to do dp here but I botch the whole input and get f.hp. It worked out anyway but I'm not proud.
4:47, I wanted jab into center stage than daisy, but I botched the input and die.
4:55, I saw taluda back off a bit so I came in swinging, but no confirm.
5:00, again I knew where the gap was and tried to pillar but no dice.
5:06, Finally get a pillar and momentum is back on my side.
5:09, read a jump so I tried to air grab but it was a bad read. Didn't matter though because taluda fibered at a bad time.
5:14, That air grab was intentional but the follow up combo had another brain fart. I did the wrong combo so it dropped. I go for a low reset thinking te overhead was obvious but apparently it would have been the good call. So then I transition to some parasoul corner lockdown I've been working on but he alphas for some reason. He misses though and I get the confirm, but that tear I tossed early gave me conflict. Part of me was like do a ground string combo because the tear will ruin a launcher. The other part of me said don't mind it your good. I chose wrong.
5:23, he is clearly in the air but that didn't register to me for a good while.
5:29, here I was expecting low or pillar bait but he threw.
5:41, I thought I was high enough to hit bella with a dead cross.
5:53, I haven't played with taluda since sde so I forgot all about that s.hp from fortune. I lost again but now I feel more driven or like just ready because I did a lot better this game.