Here's a good question for our tourney players: Do you absolutely have to know Neo Max combos in order to be competitive? Just curious if there's anyone that's done well in tournies (like Top 8) without using the extended Neo Max combos for select characters.
Knowing Neo Max combos, it depends on your character. Hell, in Arcade, almost no one used them because finishing with your EX DM was almost always the better choice because it was one meter less, the damage was still similar, and you weren't on the HD bar's time limit to use it.
But like I said, now it depends on your characters.
In your case, you won't need it with Maxima when you have him on point. With Billy, it wouldn't hurt.
Ralf...uh, no, I don't think so, I've never seen a Ralf actually use it before out of combo videos.
Clark, yeah, I would learn that to put someone down really quick if you're loaded on meter.