NM's Stepping game

[hteng]

ok, the NM board is pretty deserted recently, thought i'll make something. Basically, we know by now that NM has a good stepping game, and certain characters will always be weak to one side, so i thought we can make a list of where to step against which characters.

Mitsu - step his right, 2KB needs to step to his left
Setsuka - step to her right
NM - step to his right
Cass - seems to have shitty anti-step, both sides feasible
Amy - step to her left
Sieg - has very good anti-step, very hard to step imo

 

[eltoshan]

Raph - to his right, step to you left when he is in Prep (both sides work most of the time, but right is more reliable).
Voldo - step to his right.
Sieg - step to his right is pretty effective IMO.
Hilde - step G to her right.

 

[Tiamat]

from my messy anti character guide

11K blocked step G info sheet
step right: yoshi (BB, 2A), mitsu (BB, 2A, 2kB, 66BB, 3A in this situation)
step left: sets (BB, 4A), algol (BB), cass (BB, 3AK, 236AB (blocked), 66A, 4AB (blocked))
BB that second hit will track both sides if you step G (but not full step): amy, soph, lizard

others (not BB type chars)
right: asta, nm, raph (3 prep A), maxi (thanks JB)
left: sieg (3A, SRSH mixup), mina (thanks JB), cervy (1K, 2A+B)

 

[microgamer]

How much of a frame disadvantage is usually just enough for you to step and evade things in a reliant way?

 

[Tiamat]

depends what you wanna step...if you wanna be able to reliably step i15 BB, you should be able to just barely do it at -8. you'll get hit by fast linear Ks like nightmare 6K(i14), other characters standard K (i13), and amy 6BB (i11)

at -4 you can step amy 6BB one side. she's an exception though, generally I'd suggest stepping at -6 or safer. however, it's based a lot on what kinda moves you expect them to do. for example, even if you are -10 you should be able to step a i19 3B type launcher

there's generally a 7 frame difference between your neg frames and the speed of their move that is allowed

hope that makes some sense

 

[MAILBOXARSON99]

So if I'm fighting Mitsu, which way should I mostly step? My left (8*G)? And should I step Amy to my right (2*G)?

 

[eltoshan]

step to your right against both Mitsu and Amy. Amy is harder to step, 6BB is gay.

 

[Tiamat]

at a certain range her 33B will track you for stepping right vs amy so it's not without it's cons, though I'd agree it's generally better to step that way...if you're doing step G anyway