In my never ending quest to find an HD starter I like more than the one I'm using, I ran into one that's pretty good.
c.B, s.B, (late HD) first hit of close C, qcb.BD
This one seems pretty good since I don't have to worry about holding charge before the HD activation and it seems to work from pretty much every range s.B can hit as long as you cancel into ex earring at the first hit of close C. That said the combo I came up with to make it corner carry is extremely picky and inconsistent.
From about 2/3 away from the corner it works pretty well at:
above starter, bf.B xx du.C xx bf.D, bf.B, then a regular HD ender from there.
Any further and you have to start jumping through hoops or burning a second bar on du.AC. So, anyone got any thoughts? I love the idea of a one bar carry that doesn't require me to be sitting on charge in advance, but so far the actually carry part of my combo is pretty bad.