I have almost no experience in this MU in tournament.
pichuthedk
can you clarify what you mean by no DI after the rat's dthrow? It seems like if you don't DI somewhere he would combo you anyway; why not mix up which way you DI throughout the game?
Again, I honestly have pretty much zero experience in this MU so forgive me if the question is stupid.
In all honesty you can but the way I see it, I would rather get faired or feel aerial pressure then potentially just get thunder struck by placing myself above him. Zss is sort of the same as in brawl where she loves having people above her but when its about coming down it's not always the smoothest ride.
Pikachu can use all of his throws for different reason unlike other characters imo.
back throw can be used for those annoying walk off stages and kill you stupid early.
f-throw at low %s for tech chases IIRC.
Now his down throw is his combo starter which as mentioned by
Otterz
can if you DI incorrectly give him the ability to combo you longer then usual, I assume the typical get faired like x2 -> up air x2 or something dumb.
When you Di his move in ( as in you are holding your analog stick towards the pikachu) you won't move as far away from him being probably directly above him at which point it's easier for him to combo you.
http://www.gfycat.com/FlatHelplessAlligatorsnappingturtle
^^^
half way through that assault Esam grabbed zero and down threw him which he did not DI placing him just above pikachu to get combo'd more. Trying to create distance from throws gives your opponents less time to get to you and continue to wail on you.
His up throw is basically the same thing except you need to play the MU enough to know when to expect his grab -> up throw.
if you
fail to DI it properly OR react when you've DI'd out of it this is what happens to you.
Please correct me if I have posted wrong I don't want to be "that guy" who willfully spreads misinformation xD.
Also Nick is probably right So long as daddy Sakurai doesn't take a bat to WEEEGIIIS kneecaps.
Diddy Kong is really good on ZSS. I played one very comparable to ZeRo yesterday.
I seriously need me one of those I hate that MU so much, One of my regions PR's mained him and I used to not be able to really do much to him but since the nerfs it feels like I might be able to take a set but I just don't feel like I actually am earning it....