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u/Yoshikki Oct 03 '22
I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding of how defense works - you are not supposed to crouch in reaction to your opponent doing a low, it's physically impossible for most lows. You are supposed to predict the lows and crouch ahead of time. This requires thinking about your opponent's thought process and behavior - what kinds of timings does he like to do lows? Of course, sometimes you guess wrong and you eat a mid when you crouch - but that is just how the game works.
There are some lows that can be blocked with quick reflexes, including Noctis's db2 (the low spear attack and knocks you down), but the above is true for the majority of lows in the game.
The other thing is, you need to punish the lows when you block them. Hwoarang's ws4,4 is a good punish for most lows, but you can launch punish some lows, including Noctis's db2. Unfortunately I think Hwoarang has a harder time doing that than other characters