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A lot wiffs on tao crouching, its part of her crawl. I think she can even duck under jin's 236a/c/b/ If I recall correctly

Thanks zreb for the info, also her 5a hits everyone on crouching not just hakumen

At first I was confused, then I looked at your avatars and lol'd

Reserved

Punishes: j.D has 12 frames landing recovery, making it pretty hilariously unsafe for the worst damage of all his parries and no corner push at all without RCing it (also a terrible idea). Most Hakus aren't going to use it since the risk vs. reward is far too poor for him. Be careful with Plat's 6B. 20 frames is more than enough time to slip a 6D in it if the Haku is looking for it, especially if you're using it at close to max range to try and continue pressure. Using Swallow Moon for mixup can also make things easier to parry, but punishing being much easier for Plat in this scenario makes committing to a parry a far bigger risk for Haku. 4C and j.C makes it hard to get in. Anti-airing: Haku's j.B is 8 frames startup now and makes competing with AA's easier. If the Haku j.2Cs a lot, then AAing probably isn't that difficult. 2C clashes with TK hotaru and dash Hotaru in quite a bit of my experiences. Zoning: 2B/3C are seriously your go to pokes. Becareful using j.C as Haku can reaction catch that. Your normal mix up applies just don't use bubble oki unless you want him to easy mode catch it. Strategy: Item Strategy: Plat's bombs are easy to cut, but it's worth noting that the easiest way to do so in most situations is when they're still in the air, and voiding them in the air will not stop the explosions when they hit the ground. Her 214D missiles have a gap in them even without instant block, so any Haku who knows his stuff will get a free 6D if you try to approach with them. Missles should be used in blockstrings instead of approach and bombs are not so useful here. (He can cut and catch them.) Character Specific Details: tk.hotaru is 4 frames startup. Your mileage may vary online. Most smart hakus won't DP on wakeup unless they're absolutely certain it's going to work or if they feel the opponent is too afraid of parries to do meaties. Going for bubble oki can be really risky for plat if you aren't actively thinking about baiting a parry. At neutral however, it can be difficult to create a voidzone out of a bubble by cutting it, as more often than not it seems to simply be destroyed. 4C probably works the best there, so whichever bubbles don't path along the ground (I dunno the inputs just yet) are best if you're going to try to use it for whatever reason. You can derp his AA's with swallow moon.

Her combos and pressure are relatively simple, but she takes a whole lot of fundamentals to use well

I found her just by going through the BBCS section, but if for some reason you can't find it there, then ya just try latest, or search platinum individually.

Not sure if this was already posted, but someone re-did Madoka's opening with platinum, its pretty awesome http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fXPjdoCmyY&feature=channel_video_title

GGs to last star and co, I was so hyped that plat finally came out on psn, my stick for the xbox blows chunks. Glad to see you doing good as noel too, the platinum hype on the mics were making me laugh

Huh shes not up for me yet, but I'm east coast U.S. so that might be the problem

Lol pics? (Unless its not a figure and its something completely different and I end up looking like an idiot)

I was thinking the same thing, I'm not sure about testament, but as a Ky player I felt that its honestly hard to explain exactly how to play Plat, it all comes down to fundamentals, knowing your range, anti airs, etc.

Ill try and make it there at least sunday, Im really hoping the mystery game is GGXXAC, It would be so hype

Sorry for the last minute posting about not being able to go Millin, my dad drives me up the wall with his crazy schedule, I'll try my best to make it to the next one though

Ill be at the beach so I don't think Ill make it this time guys (Like this hasn't happened before) looks like ya'll get to miss out on my pro loli playing skills

Yeah in all honesty this matchup isnt very tough at all, unless your doing something derp like fullscreen bubble summoning just play her like ragna,jin,makoto,bang,noel,valks, etc. do. Pure rushdown, this matchup is no disadvantage at all, if it is then its no greater then a 6-4. 3c is a GODLIKE poke for platinum, its got the speed of haku's 3c, but even better range, plus it leads to bubble oki or 22c which both put you right back on top of her. also @bedsheets Thanks for being like, the only other plat that thinks full screen mami circulars aren't godlike and should be used at all times for punishing stuff, I'm tired of seeing online plats eat 3-4k for doing stupid random mami circulars thinking its gonna punish something

Wow I heard people taking about some new DP loop jin has in the corner. Just saw it in a player match and realized its just a knock off of Ky's Vapor thrust loop. By BB4 this game might as well be the next GG if it keeps this up

That combos now? Dang, I need to use more rachel

Oh quick question, outside of corner do you still use the frog after 3c or the pumpkin? I've always used the frog, but with the pumpkins new buffs I didn't know which was better

Yeah I always forget that 6c causes the opponent to stand now

I'm trying to find the reason as to why I don't enjoy here anymore, nothing about her got bad. Either I'm a crazy masochist or I really missed my combos midscreen as her (Even though they did like, 2k)

I ended up dropping rachel for the time being, which makes no sense. I think I just Un-Tier (?) whoared

Im loving all his new air unblockable stuff, and that 4c is actually useful outside trolling tager

^True facts. This has always been true really, and with platinums poke and J.236c its really easy to stay on him and even evade some stuff like his clouds

Well, Im sure you could do some air combo variant if it was gonna get you the win to finish the combo, but a 236b would probably be best for the most part