@Dime: Thanks for the great advice. Never thought to use LBE but I can see why it would be strong. Your suggestion of PW / Para (L or H shot) / BB (LBE) is particularly interesting. Those assists work great for PW, but DHC damage / synergy is lacking between PW / Para. And that Filia cr.MK tech is cool, but I'm going to be moving away from Filia most likely. As far as H Pinion assist behind Parasoul, I agree, I think cr.M would be better (btw, are there any benefits to using st.MK as opposed to cr.M for the multi-hit assist?)
With your outlook I was able to think up another possibility in PW / BB (LBE) / Cerebella (HLnL), which combine screen control / distanced elements of LnL with the defensive coverage of LBE that you mentioned. What do you think?
No problemo dude :)
Yeah the LNL team is VERY good. In fact I personally think LNL is one of the unsung great assists for BB to use. I personally would use that team were it not for the fact that I hate bella.
St.mk has various benefits over cr.mp, but I personally don't feel as if they warrant the use of st.mk, the primary uses of st.mk over cr.mp is that st.mk has theory applications for use as an AA, over cr.mp. But I personally don't find that to be much benefit to the assist, when talking real world applications and how things work out. But the thing I really don't like about st.mk is that it puts the opponent in an airborn state on hit, but on block the opponent can be on the ground, this happens much less with cr.mp. Also though I have no evidence for this, cr.mp feels like it locks down for a longer period of time than st.mk. And finally the primary reason why I like cr.mp in the first place.... Unlike many/most lockdown assists in the game, pws doesn't knockdown, which saves otg. The only other character that has long lockdowns that don't change the opponents state or give otg is squigly with her drag and bite and her cr.hp.
Most other assists that lockdown but don't change state, lockdown for much shorter periods of time (or have tiny hitboxes) Assists like Val cr.mk, filia cr.mk are examples.
This doesn't make pws assist great by any means... But I've found it very useful as a pressure assist with BB and parasoul... But then again it's because I looked for the synergy.
Now about Mike and the Australian scene:
In a nutshell he doesn't know what he's talking about. There are probably over 20 players out here in Australia that have come and gone over the years. Some have stuck with it, some haven't. But we don't only have Australia to play against either, we can also play against Korea and Japan. As an example I've run sets against gfarmer and magic man, both of whom are or were top 4 in Korean SG along with mulnim and giant King turtle. I've never beaten either in a set. But I always tend to do well. I got top 32 at evo 2013 for SG, the only tournament for SG I ever entered and having only 2 real sparring partners before that tournament (this was before PC SG really took off which is where basically all of AU plays from) Clarencemage however is the best player in AU, and he does play against some Japanese players consistently. And he wins. He is my primary Sparring partner.
This isn't to toot my own horn... Because there is nothing to toot. Getting top 32 means nothing. Being the ties for second best in Australia along with like 3 other players, means nothing. The fact that I'm born and raised in so cal and have gotten to play streetfighter against basically all of socals oldschool legends, means nothing.
But it certainly doesn't mean that I "have no competition out here" that's just a flat out ignorant statement to make. But I digress.
You do you homie :) if you want h pinion then go ahead and use it, if you want this team or that team then use it. All I can tell you is what my experience has been, and how it has affected my thinking on the game. I'm certainly not telling you to ignore what anyone else says about the game (not that you would anyways) I'm just glad that SG still has new blood coming in :)
There are 3 new players in my city that are picking up SG as I speak and have been practicing for a month or so... So AU SG is still looking fine. CM and myself will be here to beat the new blood into shape, like what I did to cm before he eclipsed me, and like what may happen to him if one of these players does the same to him. It's a cycle of life, and Dime will always go on :)
Happy hunting dude, but of course my presence has brought out some trollish behaviour as always so I'm going out excuse myself from the conversation. If you have any more questions to ask me, feel free to pm me :) I always try to be as helpful as I can.