Overheat
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=P There was lag remember. That wasn't even me at my best for melee Lambda. Any time you TK feint, it is a mind game. Actually wait. Which vid are you talking about? EDIT: There's 16 new videos in my channel. No need to analyze them, it's just there for your entertainment.
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On a brighter note, I've uploaded 2 vids of you kicking my ass. To counteract that, I have one vid of me kicking your ass lol
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Yeah I know. Don't worry. Kickumen is actually... nvm XD
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No. It's been agreed that one should learn close and far combat. Too much melee is not viable for Japan play. It is for everything else. Zone until there's an opening, as I said. Anyways, you guys won't change your mind, I won't change mine. Let's just drop it.
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I know. There are some online players who are as good as offline American pros. They just lack experience. Disagree. Your opponent isn't the CPU. Mind games actually work. Our matches were specifically for the BBVlog, hence the senseless rush-down. It was lagging a bit, so I was forced to do relatively basic TK stuff. Sometimes it's their job to do that. Not to mention they get the game earlier, and have a competitive scene. Shouldn't be a huge surprise IMO
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That was Rin asking me to rush-down Ragna, as I said before. Copperdabbit, MikeZ, some people who play offline at tourneys (not as well-known as Copper or Mike, but good in their own right). No disrespect to Mike, actually, it's a compliment to LostSoul, but I think they're both pretty good. MikeZ has the edge in experience, having fought offline competitively. I've forgotten some, but I'm basically comparing LostSoul to MikeZ. What about Pulsr?
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That's LostSoul. He literally plays better than some American pros I've fought. And Tager is a personal bad match-up for me, especially one as talented as LostSoul. By the way, I know Lambda is supposed to be a zoning character anyways. It's not recommended to rush-down certain characters, and whiffed D swords are 45-57 recovery, so it's a free get-in for the opponent. My main problem is that I'm a bit too aggressive sometimes. That's my own fault. The dropped combos are because of lag. No match of me online is perfect, so to speak, but it does get near there. How does one explain the phenomenon that was Pulsr?
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I don't think too much about the moves, I just IB. Unless it's Litchi or Rachel, I won't recognize strings too well, but it's not too hard to IB and get away. I'd actually rather try to bait Daifunka (RC it if he does Daifunka), and then it's huge damage if you're in the corner. Offline, no one really blocks 236D. Very rare. In fact, I hardly use it offline, but I do fight Litchi offline. Obviously you would punish moves that can't be j.cancelled etc. What's your final point? There are disagreements everywhere =/ It's not like I don't get what you're saying. It just seems like you play a much safer Lambda. It's fine to play safe, but when there's an opening, I will close in. I find it hard to believe that I'm just fighting people who can't IB and punish. More likely they're trying to play safe. If I'm focusing on blocking and I have low health, for example, blocking takes priority over IB. Otherwise you could mess up etc. The most obvious example of why it is viable, and risky to punish, is Pulsr. They aren't trying to punish, they're focusing on blocking his mix-up. Too bad he plays Mu now. We actually play quite similarly.
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Haha, you'll be surprised at who'll sit and block a 236D if you condition them. The uploading is taking really long =P Here's my example. It translates loosely. I'm playing offline, and I start IB'ing Litchi's pressure. The Litchi knows I'm going to IAD away, or 214A. They stance cancel and my DP is wasted, or I'm safe unless they did an air-unblockable and I didn't barrier. So the Litchi punishes my punish. Another example. Ragna is doing close up pressure, and sees that Tager starts IB'ing. Expecting an IB 720, the Ragna jumps, and wastes Tager's 50 Heat punish. The people I fight either learn to punish something, or they block it. If they learn to punish, it's my job to punish their punish, and so on and so on. Lambda melee is more for mind games and resets for me, more than anything. By the way, are you in USA or Canada? West / East coast? It's always nice to fight some good Lambda mirrors.
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It's not much, but soon I'll have uploaded 3 new Litchi-Lambda matches. Take whatever you like from it, and incorporate it in your gameplay XD
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I've uploaded some matches of us fighting. Do you still need some advice on Tager-Ragna? (It'd be a shame if you ditched Ragna, because you're one of the rare Ragna's who actually thinks =/ ). And jump cancelling everything should actually be an alright strategy. Just watch out for 2C (20 frames lol) and AC. You can probably hit him out of AC. And if you see a Tager IB, say, Hell's Fang, RC and jump or something XD. 50 Heat with DP's is a must as well.
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Yeah IB 720's. Some people can't punish as well as Tager. No-one's really used to melee Lambda, and the feint is a question of whether or not it's a feint or a legit TK. Unless you're Tager, who can sledge through TK's anyways. I'm uploading 16 matches right now. It'll take a while, but there's some good opponents there. TK's or TK feints I use for resets typically. I don't see what's wrong with them in a casual setting. Now, if one was a pro, then everyone would know what strings he likes to use, etc. In which case, instead of 2B > 6B > TK / TK feint, you would do 2B > 6B > IAD back. The point I was trying to make was that unless you've fought over 50 matches with me, you're not going to stand a chance against the mix-up unless you're fond of IB 5A's. Sorry for getting salty =O I wasn't saying melee Lambda was better than zoning Lambda or anything like that. But to be a great Lambda, you should learn how to play both. Typically I wouldn't even rush-down Ragna. But that was Rin asking me to do some TK feints, so I obliged. It's just zone until you get a 236D, or your opponent whiffs and lets you come in for melee.
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=P I get depressed sometimes. DL is full of thickheads and narrow minds. I wish more members were as nice as you ^.^ The secret to my confidence is hardcore theory fighting. It's like I'm obsessed with this game. Not healthy. I take things I like from other Lambda's and alter it to suit my style. I have so many ideas with Lambda that I can't even do them all in a match. That's what makes this game fun though. I have no doubt your Lambda is going to be another favourite Lambda of mine. I love the underrated Lambda's, the ones who know how to do more than just zone, who can bait DP's, who can IB, who can use Lambda's TK feints effectively. Sorry for the rant. I'm looking forward to our next meeting online. I'm not going to play to win, but to be creative and have fun ^.~ And good luck with the tourney!
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=P I play this game for fun. I can zone or play melee. How come the American pros I've fought still had trouble? How come Pulsr does similar stuff to me? The only people who can read whether or not I TK feint are LostSoul and my bro who knows almost all my tricks. Lambda's normals are underrated. 2C jump cancel is pretty basic stuff. Amateur mix-up really =/ Don't bash on me please. I was playing aggressively on purpose there. Usually it's zone until there's an opening for melee. The Lambda was his sub. It doesn't matter if he's good or not. I was trying to demonstrate what Lambda can do. And that is a great Ragna. Please stop insulting people. And I disagree with being poked out of pressure. 5B > 6A > 6B > TK feint. Almost guaranteed your opponent is going to block. Or 5B > 6A > 5B > 2B > 6B into whatever you want. Unless you're Tager, you're probably not going to be able to punish that.
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If you guys want to see even better melee, just wait till I upload some matches tomorrow. That match was great in the third round, but I whiffed and dropped too many times. The ones I'll be uploading won't have any noticeable drops or whiffs =/ Here's 2 fun matches: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac-PrgPzIaw http://www.youtube.com/user/AimekiAlasean?feature=mhum#p/u/5/8T3d3ZWrwZk My theory is if your opponent is just going to block, you might as well throw some TK feints in there. It doesn't even matter if you do 2147D~C > 3C, or 2147D~C > 2147D. The point is to just screw with them so they start getting into the mentality of blocking. And if your opponent is blocking, Lambda has enough tools to break down his defence.
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Oh hey. One more thing. Is it possible for you to spectate matches and record them? Not many people are used to fighting Taokaka, and it was really challenging rushing down Ragna. Usually I'll just zone him, but you wanted TK's XD. My matches with these 2 friends of mine are really entertaining and close, so if you could spectate and somehow record them, it would be awesome. Here's the best melee that I can do. I could've done better in the first round, but I did a whiffed 4D (should've been a TK RC into the TK loop
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Sure thing. Not much has changed since CS. I just use all of Lambda's tools more effectively now. Hopefully our connection is as good as it was in CT...
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A common thing most Lambda's do are 3C > Parser. Lambda's only options after 3C are her Parsers, and 214A. If she point-blank 3C's, your safest bet is to 360. If the Lambda is smart, she'll 214A your 360.
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=P I played for like 6 hours after you left. I got better during the later hours, but I needed a couple of matches with Tager to keep me focused. Actually, I've got some new tricks that you haven't seen yet. I can think of 5 things that I didn't do properly that day. I'll be uploading a couple of very good matches tomorrow. I said today, but I'm lazy and busy QQ Maybe we can fight again sometime soon!
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We haven't fought for a very long time. Don't be surprised if I challenge you sometime soon lol. Although I'm usually in a Player room already. If I do ever challenge you, I'll make sure someone can host for us.
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lol, GG's. It was short, but it was sweet. I need to practice with my Tsubaki and Noel anyway, plus I just fought ~30 Lambda mirrors today. It's fun playing Lambda, but all those mirror matches are just O.O
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Yep GG's! You'll learn those things with time. I actually trained my Nu in CT to play similar to how my Lambda plays in CS, so I have a few months of Lambda experience already, I guess XD
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What's up Riot? It's ac1791. We should get some matches sometime. I don't believe we've fought yet. Sick combo video by the way. I'm considering doing something similar for Lambda. Not necessarily combos, but advanced tactics I guess.