I'm not gonna say lag wasn't a factor but it's absolutely not why he got hit by those bionic arms. He wasn't flying for the first one and even if he somehow thought he was, he did a super which is the complete opposite motion of unfly. The second time he was still in fly startup during the super flash. Probably could've avoided it if he input the unfly afterwards but I'd bet money that he did it during the flash without realizing it. He didn't seem to have any problem flying and unflying when he was on the offensive so I'm pretty sure it's just salt.
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