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Again, I stated all of that. It's better to just cancel it into gravity ball (you can always get the hit confirm that into the flame). And, even then, this only works at mid-screen; at full screen, Zero's already recovered from the fireball. If Dorm goes the route you're saying, he's already trying to preemptively punish Zero throwing a fireball, which will only really work on someone who's not aware of what's going on (most of the time).
I'm not saying Dorm is hopeless towards Zero (really, he only has to touch Zero twice without meter), but, in all actuality, he has to switch up in accordance to Zero much more than Zero does him (which is to say, Zero only really has to worry about Flame Carpet). In order to be a decent Dorm player, you really have to predict your opponent's movements and react accordingly (which is easy when all you're playing is online people who continually run into your carpets, regardless of you doing them from full screen). And, with him being so open during all of his specials and his normals and movement being subpar, you had better really be on your reads and punishment.
I'm not saying Dorm is hopeless towards Zero (really, he only has to touch Zero twice without meter), but, in all actuality, he has to switch up in accordance to Zero much more than Zero does him (which is to say, Zero only really has to worry about Flame Carpet). In order to be a decent Dorm player, you really have to predict your opponent's movements and react accordingly (which is easy when all you're playing is online people who continually run into your carpets, regardless of you doing them from full screen). And, with him being so open during all of his specials and his normals and movement being subpar, you had better really be on your reads and punishment.