Like am I just missing something here? Why is the best strategy to actively avoid getting in the fight?

For future reference i am the kevin here, this gato lost to walking back.

explain to me why the Gato is landing sweeps and then back dashing to fullscreen and I’ll get back to you with a good answer lol like im trying to figure out what this man is trying to accomplish by not pressing his advantage nor identifying his opponent’s tendency to make space

may i suggest granblue fantasy versus rising maybe thats more your speed

You have to beat their ass. Go open them up

I am the kevin here

Because two chars don't have fireballs or any threatening full screen attacks. One with the lifelead has no reason to engage and can just sit and poke, unless his opponent shows him that being passive will lose him the round. That's on you, I'm not getting the issue

Sounds like you never played a traditional fighter in your life

The real answer? People don’t have any footsies lol If that gato would engage the RPS of dash vs hop vs whiff punish against you, they can force you to do things that enable them to have openings, good players create openings they don’t just wait around for one.

If movement was halfway decent it would be slightly better, that is until I remember offense sucks because some chars would kill you for even trying to meaty or stagger something

Literally the only person in this comment section who gets the point.