In this one I hopped into Duels and immediately got hit with that “first game of the day” pain—messy reads, annoying pressure, and me literally saying I gotta lock in. I ran into a salty Twitch streamer vibe mid-set and the matches turned into straight sweaty mind games: baiting dodge attacks, watching for lights, and trying not to throw when I had the win in my hands. You’ll see me talk through the little decisions that matter—when to stop auto-lighting in neutral, when to take the regular punish, and when I’m overthinking because I’m hunting for one specific option. I also break down some matchup stuff in real time, like how beautiful it is when you’re out of stamina and you hold that GB to get all that stamina back—people do it on purpose, so you gotta be ready to interrupt or counter GB. Later I get into the Jiren nerf too: I actually like it. He’s still strong, he’s just more fair now because the indicators aren’t coming out super late like before, which made everything feel like it was “speed of light” unblockables. Overall, it’s reads, adjustments, and me trying to stop losing focus in clutch rounds.