Big Hec

I look at the character and use peripheral vision to see the resources.

Do y'all think in an alternate universe Testament would have been sin's babysitter when he was an infant/toddler?

I'm not from socal, I refuse to play FFXIV

Do you know how inconsistent 2P > 6K > tatami is? That shit works like 50% of the time?

Have you never considered mental stack to be a factor in any of this? They both have a lot of mental stack. Also baiken really only gets a safe jump then 1 50/50 without meter, aside from that it’s strike throw, or tether reset.

Half the time when baiken lands a hit it doesn't confirm, you need a big hit to get anything started, like a CH, a crouching hit, or meter. Its a matter of consistency

White boy

Maybe I'm wrong, but from what you're tellin me and the prior knowledge I have I still don't agree

I don't agree wit that. Millia has not nearly as good as she was prepatch, but baiken has more issues in general compared to millia.

Lose in neutral, the better ofd you are.

This. Baiken has slightly better defense and more damage, millia has better neutral, not as good defense, and slightly better conversionability. Imo neutral is way more important than better damage and defense especially in a game where it's so you die in 2-3 interactions. The less interactions

Aside from parry, doesn't baiken have the same issue? Your 2P is bigger than her 5P? And parry is strong but is risking your life for a potential reversal, you eat shit against delay meaty. Again, not sayin parry is ass, but they both have to work on defense. In my head you can compare them like

You have to get in and LAND the throw, and GET a knockdown to actually set up for tether, and against a lot of characters is extremely hard to do that. A lot character don't have to approach baiken. Making baiken approach is how you beat her.

Than baiken

Baiken is at her strongest wit tether, her up close is meh cuz she can't convert without resources. Baiken has to work more for meaningful hits, while Millia's better neutral makes it easier to land those hits or whiff punish. I'm not sayin millia is top tier and shi, but she has better tools rn

Rest is strike throw and resets

Can you not use WA for better oki? Cuz you're talkin bout baiken like she has Godlike meterless mix? She needs WA, tether, or meter to do more than 1 50/50

And contest the tatami (sin can do that well) so sometimes baiken had to force their way in wit IAD j.S or using hkad (which are both commitments and rps after)

Most people are moving themselves to the corner against Baiken, quite the opposite as baiken is during shi like IADB tatami to set up a small no no square and gain a bit of meter, but what happens if you dash block into it? Baiken moves into the corner slowly, or if you have a good 6P you can try

Or since I'm sin I can just elk or contest with beak. When Baiken uses Hkad, it's still a commitment as you can also IAD button into it too.

Hkab is not that strong to make people wanna move away from it or be scared of it in neutral, unless you're like pot or some shi. Hkab is pretty good, but consider what characters can do against it, for example, as sin I'm literally never scared of it cuz on block I rps wit mash, dp, or IB Throw

Baiken needs meter, a CH, or a hit on crouch to convert into 2H.

Wait, are you sayin Baiken is converting more wit her f.S than millia wit hers?

And j.S is very good, but it's still a commitment she has to IAD wit it.

Hkab is -3 and leaves you at a distance or -7 in your face, wit FD forces baiken to rps more where unless she has meter, WA, or get a CH has to rps for a similar situation, unless you can't 6P Skab against resets.

What tools are you talking bout?

A good millia on the ground is much scarier than a millia in the air. Her ground speed is very very good, and your buttons are fast. Whiff punishing is much easier for millia in that aspect

Millia's neutral is better imo than Baiken's, which is super important since when they both get in they get pretty good pressure and mix.

But she isn't, also correct me if I'm wrong but can't millia convert into s disc for a soft kd, it's not a crazy one, but often times baiken can't even get a skd off f.S witout meter or CH.