If you can't block Yoshi's lows on reaction, that's a player problem not char problem. Any top player can block his lows on reaction. If he gets in Dragonfly, duck until you see the B. This is common knowledge. FC 3k you can see on reaction. Reflection A, you can see on reaction also. Am I missing another superior low?
I've posted over and over why Cervantes is good. It gets boring when every week I have to explain it to yet somebody else. Cervantes is not the best. I think he's top 5. I've listed reasons many MANY times. I'll list them one more time, for you:
-aB still punishes a lot of things. Takes off a good chunk too
-The fact you can do the command throw while standing is awesome. It's 69 damage and leaves you AT HIS FEET, while he recovers first. It's the worst possible place to be in
-iGDR. Enough said
-2A+B leads to WS A greatness. WS A, aK gives him one of the best mixups in the game. BT B+K if they move/duck, 3B launch to gun, 3A+B is retarded damage. And that's EASY damage, now try BT B+K, 3B, gun, iGDR. If you duck, BT 2K, 33B guaranteed for 47. That's very good damage and trains you to duck for BT B+K.
-iTP makes him the one true char who can control the match and control space. Nobody else has this.
-aK puts him in BT and is a very useable high.
-1k leads to 6K (only some chars trade, and that's ok cause 6K is more damage). If they block, 1K to command throw or regular throw
-B throw, DC K is 48 damage. However, he's now in BT.
-Covers step beautifully. 3A+B is safe (not as great as it used to be but hey, still works) and 66A is great also. Also, his 2A is better
-WS A, 4KK to Wall is fairly common. The A throw ROs pretty far now too, so it opens up the B throw setups.
-bK is one of the most underrated moves in the game. Puts you at neutral and 3k beats out a LOT of moves. If they try to 2A, I've gotten LOTS of wall splats/ROs w/another bK. Also, if you roll back, 3B Launch is free. So you have to roll to the side or just stand there, either way, I'm recovering first so heads up
Like Setsuka, Cervantes is hard to use. It's a fact, dispute it all you want but it IS a fact, he's not easy. Tiers aren't about ease of use. Cervantes is not popular (unless you are an online scrub, which I'm sure you're not, or at least hope you're not) so again, MOST PEOPLE have not seen a really good Cervantes.
Perfect example to my thinking is Kilik. When the game came out, people tried to say he was good (after the patch) and nobody listened. All this sudden, Kilik/Voldo/Hilde are rocking tournaments and there are your answers. This game hasn't been out a year, lots of people don't have exposure yet, and that's fine. I have almost zero Kilik exposure. I have a good understanding of Setsuka/Hilde/Kilik but since no top players around me use her, how can I comment on them? That would make me a hypocrite, and overall, you have to be open minded, which this community as a whole, let's be honest, isn't.
