Anti-Delayed Getup Option Select

When going for an attack on knockdown with Sub-Zero, it can be risky because of Delayed Getup. Sub-Zero relies on hitting the opponent with his 50/50 mixup, however if the opponent does a Delayed Getup then both +
,
and
+
will whiff leaving Sub-Zero vulnerable.
In order to prevent from being punished by Delayed Getup, you must complete the entire string. When meatying with +
,
, react to whether the opponent did a Delayed Getup or not. If the opponent does a Delayed Getup, quickly input
to complete the
+
,
,
string. This will stop your opponent from attacking after a Delayed Getup because the last hit of
+
,
,
will come out as they are getting up from the ground.
When meatying with +
, you must option select the string so that on whiff you will get Sub-Zero’s
+
,
string to come out. To do this, you must input it as:
+
AMP
In Sub-Zero’s Dead of Winter variation, input it as:
+
AMP
What will happen is if the opponent does not do a Delayed Getup, then you will get +
AMP or
AMP. If the opponent does do a Delayed Getup, then Sub-Zero will do his
+
,
string. What makes this even better is that
+
,
becomes a Krushing Blow if it is a Kounter or Punish. Opponents trying to whiff punish
+
will be hit by the 2nd hit of
+
,
which will become a Krushing Blow.
The last one is great except if the opponent blocks (which in both situations you, the sub player, would get punished). I would only do this if playing against an impatient player who hates blocking and has been trying to punish on delay wake-ups/normal wake-ups.
I happened to stumble across this, very interesting and thanks. A bit off topic, but how do you get Subs J3 to cross up into 2 B13 BF3.
Will the F2 option select work if you DON’T amplify the ice ball? I ask this because a meaty F2 will still combo with a regular iceball if the F2 is meaty enough.
Good question 🤔
Yes it will still work. You would input as F2 DF1 4
Thanks for the response! I’m not near my console to test this out for myself, so I thought that I would try asking on here. 🙂