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Well, maybe it'd work on super-heavies such as Bill Nye the Robot Ky.

Well, I mean, it works, but there's no situation you can use it in where a rensen/Benten (S) FRC isn't just plain better.

Blah. I watched the other vid, but I don't think anything I can say is of much use. The same problems persist, but the Jam you're playing against isn't very good (I think MY jam could take him.)

Er... firstly, I still have no idea what you're talking about with the unblockable, and it still doesn't sound plausible. Could you please elaborate, as it would be very cool if it actually worked. Second, yeah, state when knocked down affects your hitbox as you get up. It's pretty cool, but I think it's nothing new...

More hits wouldn't help that. The way rensen works, only one hit can possibly eat CSE. It has enough hits to kill it as is.

Yeah, like I said, it happens like, once in a blue moon, but occasionally if they're super close and it's a frametrap and you're looking for it, you can confirm to FRC if you have your fingers ready to go. Don't try for it, honestly, because I'd consider myself pretty experienced and still can't get it consistently. But even confirming from other moves under normal circumstances would make an FRC useful, since you've buffered the rensen by the time you can react anyway. Point is, I couldn't really see an FB as that useful. However, if the FB had less proration/more damage/less hits/could go the full length of Rensen (As opposed to the FRC, which stops it at about half or less), then it'd be mad useful.

Kyu eff tee. Frankly, Benten FRC combos should only be from a hitconfirmed uppercut to beat something (Obviously you can't hitconfirm before you FRC, but the timing is the same on hit and block, and you want to FRC if it's blocked, too) or as a link from something like 3P-f.S or meaty 6H, and then only in (Well, near. Probably about 1/4 of the screen away or less) the corner.

Both, but mostly the former. I can occasionally hitconfirm up to the rensen, but usually you're confirming into it from a sweep or something. Either way, an even worse problem is that you'd lose the option to get a knockdown from rensen (There are times when benten won't work) when you don't have 25%+ meter. I still say it'd be a nerf/

Muscle memory, man. It's always the same.

Yeah, with a Bloop, you could be getting like... 250-300+Knockdown on some characters, at least 210-220+Knockdown or so on everyone off S Benten FRC.

Heh. That FB thing would actually be a nerf, since it wouldn't allow you to hitconfirm before committing to the FRC.

LOL. Who is this Kiabui guy? Even his basics are questionable.

Hm... anyone have any idea where I can get a replacement top-plate for a HRAP? Mine got uh... bent.

Yeah, largely because that's just too good a solution for the Axl player to ignore. He doesn't NEED Rashou OR 2P in that matchup by any means, so using it when it gets him killed is just retarded.

Lulz. Last time I fought order-sol, I realized something hilarious: A lot of HOS players seem to try to fafnir through gaps in blockstrings. Against Axl, a lot of gaps in blockstrings involve 6H coming out... which goes over fafnir.

Oh, and I missed this earlier, but Axl bomber isn't lv. 5. It's level 6, and has 25F blockstun against standing block.

That's probably not a good thing to build habits around.

Tell him he should use them more. They're the most solid ways to start a match as Axl. If it works for you, go for it! I say block just because it's the easiest and still gets you a nice punish, but if reverse backdash can be done on reaction, do it! Remember all you have to do to beat Axl with dizzy is get a knockdown and keep pressure afterwards. Again, that's risky as hell. Axl COULD do that and get hit, but if he doesn't? You're in the air with no meter. Goodbye 50% life.

What I do is just SJ as soon as the second hit connects and hit H at the same time.

I mean what I said and I said what I mean: There's nothing to that combo but to time it right. Immediate sj.H is practice, practice, and more practice. Any other questions?

As an Axl player, I see no reason to try 2H at match start v. Dizzy. It's mainly for characters that will try to backdash at the start. Correct, however, to get Axl to start countering at match start, you'll have to do some counterable stuff that's faster than 8 frames to condition him to do it (Don't get me wrong, it happens a TON). The reason I say faster than 8F is because f.S will hit you out of anything slower, and frankly, if you do anything slower, an Axl who decides to just wait and see can counter you on reaction. Axl should not throw 5P at match start unless he expects you to jump (If he has good reaction time, he should see you jump before hitting the button) Just block it. It's your advantage, especially if you IB it. To airthrow it, you'll often be guessing and jumping right away, which will get you hit if Axl throws a 6K instead. In fact, this is a very common conditioning trap that Axls try to use against basically every character, since it nets him a good 35-50% (character-dependant) damage for nothing and is completely unavoidable if he guesses right (you have no meter to faultless at round start). Also, two match start options you're not taking into account are f.S and 3P, which I'd say are actually the two best and most common moves for Axl to throw out.

If you had godly execution, you could buffer 236P into nearly every move you do.

Yeah, but his point is that you get tenhou if you're crossed up, and nothing if you aren't.

Also, LOL Jun is a spaz. A spaz with a few awesome combos and very aggressive offense, but a spaz nonetheless.

I'mna do a play-by-play on at least the first one: Starting from the beginning, ROUND ONE: 0:09 or so: 5P was a bad idea. It's good that you waited to see what I-No would do, but then you did the wrong thing! 2S next time when she tries to get on top of you like that. 0:11: No 5P on the ground! There are a few characters that you can stuff by doing this, but I-No isn't one of them. Actually, in this matchup, I'd have even advised against trying to pressure her like that at all, as all you really need to do is watch her and react. 0:15: When you get a long, hitconfirmable string like that, go for a rensen, not a 6H. Knockdown is your friend. 0:18: Good prediction! You could have JIed and used your meter for a combo here, but that's advanced stuff you don't need to worry about right now. What I will say though is that you really should have a more solid oki plan when you get a knockdown like this. Running up and doing 6H or trying another raei as a meaty would have been better than just 5King from too far away to hit. As you can see, you gave I-No the opportunity to move freely again. 0:21: Stop backdashing! The best option would just be to block, but if you're really afraid you can't read her high-low, then chickenblock or do something like a 2/5K or a housou to get out, but backdashing is just letting her stay in on you, and actually got her a free hit at least once. 0:25: That's a really unfortunate situation to drop a combo in. Make sure you get that superjump! 0:33: The airdash into the 2nd FB was stylish, but it could have cost you the game, and a regular bomber would have gotten you a kill, or at least an airthrow setup. Wasting meter for a better combo is good, but wasting meter and losing your combo is doubly bad. But good instincts catching her tech with the 2S. Your opponent wasn't particularly seasoned, so it seems they had already given up on that round. ROUND 2: 0:42: Again, style points, but practically speaking, the 214K was suboptimal. A 3P works just as well, and nets you more damage, as it will CH STBT. If you predicted it, you could have also gone with 6H. Still, you got the job done, so no big complaints here. Just a bad habit. The rest of this round is good. You laid on the pressure well, kept it on, and took damage where you could get it. I have a feeling your opponent may have fared better if they were stronger on defense, but you didn't do anything wrong here, so I have no further comments. ROUND 3: 1:05: Don't backdash on round start. There are some characters you want to do that against, but I-No definitely isn't one of them. If you had stood still, you could have sniped her and possibly snagged a combo before she got the chance to get that distance on you. 1:07: Trying to catch her was admirable, but 2H just isn't the tool you want. Either 2K to go under it, jump, or better yet, just block, because she can curve it to catch you anyway. 1:12: Since notes tend to do more than 1 hit, Housou isn't very strong against them. Also, be more careful in your blocking. If that I-No were hitconfirming better, you might be taking a lot of damage, or at least getting knocked down. 1:17: First off, go for easier throw combos. Frankly, if you can't get a knockdown easily, just do throw-->Rensen and continue your oki from there. It's not like I-No has a DP or anything. 1:18: When you have the meter, FRC that rensen and stay on the offensive. I can't stress enough that you don't want to give her room to breathe if you have a choice, and you just sort of backed off here. 1:20: You reacted a little slow with those pokes. I'd say the 5P should have either been sooner or should have been a 6K. 1:23: Yet another un-FRC'd Rensen when you should have pressed forward, and another housou against note. Try to break these habits. 1:26: I know it's just a dropped combo, but that was too good a mixup to waste like that. If you can't do an ID (Which is j.D, j.D, TK Bomber,) at least go for a normal dust combo (j.D, j.D, j.K, j.S, j.H, j.D, Kokuu) 1:29: Good crossup, though. 1:31-34: You gave up pressure twice here. Once again you could have rensen FRC'd, and then after that, you walk away and block a chemical love (You can 2K under those to get in, or at least to hold your ground). Stop running away from I-No! 1:36: CH 5K--->Nothing. That could have been a comeback for I-No. 1:43: Tips on Raei (H): 1. Almost never do it in the corner. 2. Be a little more ambiguous, or be punishing something. 3. If you can't FRC it (I usually can't either) at least try to push yourself out of range of the opponent's attacks when they block it. 1:47: When I-No isn't throwing an attack out is a bad time to burst. 1:50: Actually, come to think of it, I think you just want to 5P to combo I-No from a throw, I'm not sure, but 6K may also work. At the end of this round, you got killed because you weren't blocking I-No's mixup well. However, you could have prevented her from getting the chance to come back in the first place if you had been more aggressive on Oki and kept up pressure when you had the chance, rather than running away. ROUND 4: Again, don't backdash at the start. I-No's approach was so slow and readable that you could have punished her for a good chunk of life if you had just sat tight and waited. 2:19: Rensen when she jumps is just bad form. I know you probably threw it before she jumped, but it's just not a good neutral poke, especially from so close. Be patient and watch what she's doing, as stuff like that gets you punished. 2:21: Again, work on blocking. You may just be unfamiliar with this matchup: Against I-No, the rule is assume overhead, watch for lows. 2:23: I'm guilty of this a lot too, but teching too aggressively/predictably can get you hit by stuff for no good reason. That note shouldn't have gotten you for sure. The airthrow was a bit more solid on the I-No's part, but it probably still could have been avoided. 2:36: Work on that sj.H! Once again, your timid playstyle gave I-no opportunities, but better blocking could have gotten you out of these situations. Block better, but also work on your offense, and be less afraid to rush her down. ROUND 5: Again with the backdashing! 2:51: You had a great opportunity to get some pressure/mixup from on top of I-No, and you just double-jumped to run away. You could have gone for a Kokuu, Bomber, j.D, j.K, j.H, empty jump-->throw, Air backdash-->Anything. When you have the chance, stay offensive! 2:53: Rensen again. Don't poke with Rensen from that close. 2:59: As a general rule of thumb: Don't super. It can be flashy sometimes, but if that I-No were more knowledgeable, you would have gotten punished hard after she blocked that, and either way you're down 50 meter for nothing. 3:00: Why the Tenhou? 3:01: I think considering the circumstances, you probably should have done Shiranami after that housou (Granted, I always forget, too). It could have been a big corner combo into knockdown. 3:07: Trying to Raei that CL was ballsy, but not that smart, since it's a slow move and you seemed to do it on reaction, which won't work. If you see CL coming, just 2K. 3:11: When you get a sweep, I'd usually say go for rensen, as it not only gives you more time to oki, but just plain does more damage. 3:13: Just one more situation where JI Raei FRC could have netted you a ton of damage. Again, you don't HAVE to learn it... but all the cool kids are. Come on, don't you want to be cool? 3:21: Rensen FRC is NOT a false gap! You may have as much as +33 frames up (more if they FD), so don't sit there and wait for them to try something. Run in and keep your pressure up! 3:23: 5K-->D is an okay blockstring, but don't do it when you're punishing a super! That could have been a bomber loop. Okay, overall, you have some blocking problems and some dropped combos, but your main problem is that you don't seem to know when you're on the offense, and how to stay there. Don't run away so much (Especially against I-No,) and when you have pressure, keep it! You've definitely got a lot of potential, but you won't win matches by being timid and hoping damage will just happen. EDIT: Oh, and everything Stark said is right. EDIT 2: Maybe I'll watch the other vid later. I've got some work to do at the moment.