excelence

For me it's depends on the person i face and what option their character has at the beginning of the match, if they like defensive maneuver like iad back(except Hakumen) tkGH would catch them, if they like being offensive running ID would take care of their stuff

tkGH = tiger knee Gauntlet of Hades = 2147b = basically doing GH really low in mid air, since the mid air version comes out faster than the ground version

On pressure string, if u're not sure what the other guy doing, just barrier them out or u can IB something and 623c yourself out For V-13 try -> http://www.dustloop.com/forums/showthread.php?t=6127 ... i usually using air dash, hell Fang or tkGH for approaching Nu, be careful when using those option thought, they can be your best friend and worst enemy at the same time

Thought he has awful ground dash, but he still has a very decent command dash, just be very careful when throwing crap, and if he somewhat on range and can telegraph projectile... his 6c wasn't a laughing matter and zoning Hakumen is rather hard with limited amount of wind gauge, just by walking toward he can keep the space between him and Rachel, no wider than 3/4 screen away and just a few step from there, she is already on his affective area for retaliate. Use strat number 3 sparingly, you can't block Haku's 6d grab and to deal with greedy Haku that love to cut your projectile for free magatama to blow on command dash, Rachell can use 2 wind stock to get pumpkin ch and put him on bad situation since after the hit, if u didn't get the combos the pumpkin will usually located on his back to work on her further mix up for Blockstring... don't leave any gap on your blockstrings. if u get caught on D counter, since his 6d and 2d is an instant, it can act similar to DP's for eg -> Rachel j2cd>5b, if he ib the j2c, he can drive counter your 5b or 5cdc>236a, he can ib the last 5c and counter Tinny Lobelia

It's a cancel, u buffer the 623 during j.d and pressing d again when the j.d hits

No more Restun Combos *delete ver 1.01 and install ver 1.00

IIRC macroing the P+K+S will give a slight consistent delay (yes, the timming will always be the same) than trying to FRC using manual pressing, so the timing will be slightly different between manual and macro input

don't do 6b/2D too much on block string she can Tsubame's that moves on reaction

u meant KSMH_K rite?... anyway if remember correctly, everything beats the Dolphin as long as she didn't FB it

I'm quite positive, Tager can back dash and Tager Driver Ragna 5b after DS

The only safe Drive normal that wins against her 5b is 2d, and she has like ages to counter any normal drive string with 5b Edit : adding my strat that help a little on this fight Usually my match up with her would go like -> Noel trying to close the gap and Tao trying to keep her at bay ... poking wars! the Tao i usually play like to 5c > 3c/5d rather hard to do on reflex 2b to eat your 3c > 2d also hard to spot on reflex 6c(rarely) > j.d the above punishment option usually been done with yomi. Noel real poking worth to start on range is her 2a for it decent range and hit crouching Tao, but abusing it too much will get you 5c ch into ZOMGWTFBBQ combos, hit confirm with 1 hit to start pressure, 2 hit is no good, 3 will make Noel killed ... and watch out for her 5b. On her pressure, wait for her 5c, IB that one and if he follow up with 6c > 5d her sorry ass Cat Spirit > back dash/Barrier her out/Fenrir This option is very re actionable, so most likely she will stop using 5c on her pressure after a while and go for 5b > if Noel trying to poke her way out... she'll eat ZOMGWTFBBQ combos , barrier her out! Throw > Her Throw range is BS, always expect this to come no matter how rarely she use it this is supposedly a good way to dish this match up but her 5b is just retarded as hell, if u leave a hole in Noel Pressure, she'll spam this and any random 5b ch -> ZOMGWTFBBQ combos

Probably "Makoto"

delete the folder -> change your PC regional setting into japanese -> install the game again -> run the .exe file, not the shortcut

DEFINITELY! ... having more tricks up on your sleeve is better right?

Got problem with her 5b... any suggestion how do i deal with that? >_>

Yes and very stylish combos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY-5oXL17Wg (╬ ಠ益ಠ) ... i'll try to give her a second run

not as bad as XX iirc

All the only reason i try to pick her and fail miserably auto stance combo is annoying

I just knew Tao, can feint her Drive, i'll suggest just 5a her drive out, since whiffed 6a = free combos for her >_<

Guard crush her and kill her, if she ever try to dive from full screen 6a, the Taokaka i play usually keep me at bay and poking with 5c/6c/2b... so i rush her death inside

Any good Hakumen wouldn't predict his opponent movement but react to and counter it ... but if they spam counter... anything goes and all Hakumen C has pretty fast startup imo but the recovery time is awful, and if i didn't mistaken, Noel can 3c his 6c

6b and 2d booth can be used as first link of overhead, and her another overhead during Drive is 6b