Punk's resume speaks for itself, he is a great player, Infexious is simply a machine. I think Poison was a reasonable pick, not for the matchup but as a character that would be difficult to prepare for given how new she is and how rare she is at a high level. Infexious even said in the interview that his preparation involved him deconstructing Poison, NOT him playing 100 sets against a UK Poison player. Someone broke Infexious plan (based on analysis) down on Twitter, basically Poison wins if she gets you cornered and Infexious only lost rounds where she got that OR when she had super (as seen in final sets) as it reduces his options (out of respect) and I think that was an adaptation by Punk but it came much too late. There's a lot more to unpack but those have more to do with Infexious skill and intelligence rather than something to learn about the matchup.
@Asterra24 жыл бұрын
Poison is a bad matchup against fast characters, full stop. And Zeku is, well, you know. It's just like bringing Karin to a Gief/Birdie match. It doesn't matter how good you are. Punk made a bad choice (or just didn't care one way or the other), Kemonomichi locked him into that choice, and Daigo probably should have insisted that he bring Karin so his whole idea of offense vs. defense would have actually happened rather than the sandbagging we got.
@cannottrust37104 жыл бұрын
Punk started learning the matchup toward the end but the deficit was too big to come back.
I thought that Infexious could win and I was cheering for him but that was too much! Jesus, sometimes it looks like that Punk turns off his "give a fuck" switch too hard...
I hope Punk never gets invited to Kemonomichi again. He disrespected the event and his opponent by using an under-prepared side character. Kemonomichi is supposed to be a very serious affair where you use your strongest character. The match being one-sided is not the issue.
@carlosaugusto98214 жыл бұрын
Yes, he used the event selfishly to his data-getting interests. Which is not forbidden in principle, sure, but it shouldnt happen in this event in particular. It's meant to be more special, even more than the average "invitationals".
@kaonashi-ys8yu2 жыл бұрын
だから、パンクは是空を評価しているのか…
@KuroTruesdale4 жыл бұрын
15:27 That face make me laugh for some reason. Right after that win.