Well yeah there is no guaranteed way to completely avoid damage since every character could just do a 2k or something. But 2k is certainly alot less damage than something like asta 66b which you can avoid with mst2.
Still I wouldn't use normal 2kb for anything but finishing the round.
I think Alisas d/f+3,3 was NC (can't remember about Drags 3,1) but even so they're obvious strings that you can't hitconfirm and will only get you low parried/ducked and launched against someone who has any idea what they're doing. And if you know you can get a free hit you could always go for...
I just came here to say that that you can pretty much play anyone with anyone. It's not marvel where you absolutely have to play char X if you already have char Y on your team. And even if you play characters that hate each other it's not that much of a handicap in the end.
Also @drake
-Alisas...
I love it.
And why the hell does 8wr have this weird misconception that everything that doesn't go by some design is automatically either broken or just retarded?
It's not gonna completely destroy the game or anything. Jeez...