Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20141031002615/@comment-11188061-20141203033210

Hah, it's really simple. We know Neo has control over illusion. Since Yang's fighting style has to go up close and personal, there are even more ways of misdirections beyond the ones even normal people can employ.

The simplest problem will be reach. Technically speaking, if Yang if a kick fighter she could just kick Neo, who is much shorter than her all day until she dies. Even with illusion Yang simply outranges her (in that sense, Mercury will give Neo a much harder fight with his rocket boots and natural height), and I don't think Neo's illusion extend to the point of warping one's touch as well.

But because Yang has to get close to use her fists, and that means getting into Neo's fighting range, coupled with Neo's ability to make illusions (just causing Yang to misjudge her strike range so she'll hit nothing every time is enough), Neo becomes an absolute counter to Yang that she cannot fight. It's a one sided slaughter. Even Yang's only long ranged attack can be easily nullified by Neo's umbrella (which is probably something she carried in consideration of the range of her abilities).