sinder Posted June 26, 2012 Posted June 26, 2012 Their game plan: Get a life lead and run away Strategy: Beat them at their own game OR sandwich as quickly as possible Match up summary This match up can be really easy, or really annoying. If you have played this match online or off, you probably experienced the same thing or noticed some similarities. for one, a Hazama player will troll you because they have that "king of trolls" ideology so you need to be careful (by that I mean you can't respect them too much, but you can't go full on derp because they like to troll.... more on this later) The hazama matchup as many already know is a game of cat and mouse, where Carl will be the one to chase Hazama first. Your primary goal is to get Hazama in C-O-N state as quickly as possible and dish out as much damage as you can. This is where the match can become funny, if you get a life lead (a drastic one like 90% hp vs 15%) you can switch the roles of the runner and the chaser because ADA is really good at stopping people from getting directly to Carl with tools like Brio and 8D, which will ALWAYS lead to a CH (Counter hit) state which just makes trolling for you more fun. Hazama's blockstrings/ Neutral game When Carl is alone, the Hazama player will try to combo and open you up. Hazama has 2 moves where you have to guess whether or not to block high or low. ( Ressenga or Zaneiga) These moves usually appear after a block string. but you do have some time to either vivace out of them or block and punish. remember to use vivace A the shorter one, otherwise you will zoom right past him and you allowed him to go punish free [RESSENGA ONLY!!!] Zaneiga is the low hitting move which can be punished on block with your 2B. If Zaneiga hits Carl while doing vivace, it would be best to burst because apparently Zaneiga is one, if not the best meterless move Hazama has, and with counter hit you are looking at 3.5~4k worth of damage, which would suck for you since you want to have a life lead as much as you can. Jayoku Houtenjin (his Distortion kick) can take a huge amount of health on ADA if she is it. This will also be mashed online if you get your opponent in CON state, which is not pretty. I had different experiences with this move where it will usually kill ada, but I don't get hit so I can punish, but not so well since Carl is alone. His 2A is +1 on block, and can be mashed 3 times in a row so don't rely on vivace on wakeup What to do when Hazama is in C-O-N Go for the usual high low mix up, since he really can't do much in this state besides burst and mash Super Jayoku. IF Hazama has 50 heat, you need to be extremely careful since he can turn the match around with Jayoku Houtenjin alone, especially in CH state. How would you rate this match up? Even 5-5, since you can both troll each other to death. Carl has very poor mobility after glide throw was taken out, so you need ADA's help. Like I said before, you can troll him just as hard as he trolls you Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Csxw626JIb4#t=9m0s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6ci3YH3iwE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBNRPgHmzeA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6510IkD6WOE (first match) Discuss
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