Jason D. Posted July 30, 2010 Posted July 30, 2010 This thread is for discussing the Rachel vs Taokaka match-up. A very popular yuri pairing.
Jason D. Posted August 1, 2010 Author Posted August 1, 2010 I haven't fought a lot of good Taos yet, so I'll do my best here. These are some things I've noticed so far about the match-up. If you use your 6A to counter her dives, it's actually best if she DOESN'T hit the guard point. If she does, she'll just bounce off it before the actual cat punch hits her. At which point I'm pretty sure she can dive back down again and hit you during the recovery. The punch itself is fine to counter her dive. It might trade, but she'll get a counter hit and float up in an untechable state, so you'll wind up with a much better deal. At the right distance Tao can use her 2B to slide under an A Lobelia and hit you. Be careful about ending ground blockstrings with this, especially if she knows how to Instant Block well. I've actually only seen this in Japanese match videos (because America is free), but it does seem like an incredibly useful tool for her in this match-up. As long as she can reach you before the Lobelia comes down, then she'll hit you, the Lobelia will vanish, and she can go into a full combo from there. If she's on top of you and pressuring you, it shouldn't be long before she decides to try her 6B overhead. This is pretty easy to hit with your 2C, and you should take this opportunity for some easy damage and a momentum shift. And there's also Tao's special move wind-up punch for an overhead, which is just begging for a cat chair also.
Jason D. Posted August 22, 2010 Author Posted August 22, 2010 When pressuring you, Tao likes to use 5D~B sooner or later. It's the straight dive, and then canceled so that she stops and lands quickly. It's possibly an ambiguous cross-up, but I actually don't think I've ever seen her NOT land behind you. This move is especially common after a 3C (especially when she's too far for the third hit) and after a 236AAAAAAAA (why should anyone ever do this?) Now, right after this dive cancel, Taos like to get REALLY mashy with 2A. I've been having great success cat chairing her at this moment. Obviously this can be baited, but if you're looking for a hole to get out of pressure, this is a pretty big one. It might also be possible to IB the dive and then 5A her, for a much safer solution. I've had it work before, but it's hard to tell if that was just my opponent messing up their timing or not. And in general, that 5D seems to have some inconsistent recovery going on.
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