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which are the best lows in the game?
against which char should i consider blocking low sometimes?
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Mitsurugi 2kb (BE) is probably the best low in the game, Cervy 3A gets an honorable mention.
The traditional m/l mixup is less applicable in SC due to guard damage and CH catching of horizontals vs sidestep. The function of blocking low is generally to avoid throw mixups from powerful characters (Astaroth) or to guess under highs and punish rather than to block-lows-and-punish.
SC5 specifically punishes passivity on defense by it's very design. The "wait and punish" style doesn't work very well in this game as punishes don't do a ton of damage unless they are launch punishes (which tend to come out of Guard Bursting). Moves recover very well on whiff, too.
There are characters that punish well, but they have to induce mistakes to punish rather than wait or the opponent to kill themselves. Pyrrha (236B), Alpha Patroklos (2143a:B) and Natsu (a:6) all have very strong punishment moves. Maxi super is also very fast and a strong punish.