Linuka

Merry Christmas Fellow Baiken Players! Woo! It makes me proud to play some Bacon.

Holy Strat Batman! That reply was fast! and so full of knowledge too! Yeah, most TK Youzansens I do running...but I guess that's a bad thing? Oh, and I totally forgot about being able to Negative edge that stuff, thanks man, I'll be testin' that out in a bit. But is there anything else you could do after that TK YZN, besides a mat?

Yeah, I've always used a TK Raidozaraituringu, so you don't end up with them throwing you, but of course, if a wakeup super is in order (people -do- still sometimes fall for though) I may through one out there, but I usually don't as if they block, I'm eatin' a combo.

What? you mean I can't just spam counters all day? I have to Run, FD, and GC? No wai!!! That's too hard for me!!! btw: I've been trying to toy with something after RCing a TK YZN (I like to call it Joe Johnson), as I can't get the FRC down quite yet. But I still have yet to find anything good, as just an air mat doesn't connect all the time...any help? I hate knowing that an attack will hit, and not being able to follow up with anything..

Yeah, I was in for a rude awakening when I learned that JP after Tatami wouldn't work against everybody, (as I mainly only played again Slayer, Ky and Po (lawl). Then I go up against Jam, or another Baiken, and I'm like "WTF! THEY FLOAT!!!" So yeah, you gotta learn who all that will work again, as saving 25% tension when you can, since you don't have to FRC the mat all the time definately makes things easier (of course, sometimes you're so far away when the mat hits, you gotta FRC no matter what). Or you can do what I do and just FRC mat after mat after mat, that's the pro way to do things!!

I hate Slayer, he hit's like a truck, doesn't get hit at all, and has unlimited options and good recovery after his moves...I suppose he's Baiken's toughest matchup for a reason, right? (yeah, I know, I'm QQing, but just thought I'd ask if there are any tips against him?)

First Baiken post by me, need to make my presence known, yo. Is it worthwhile to FRC counter the sakura to go into dust counter? Or does the counter priorate too much? I decided to pick up Baiken after I got tired of Ky, and everybody else playing Ky, and everybody I play know how I play Ky. Baiken always caught my eye, and I finally decided to try her out. Now the people I play with (Spire, mainly, haha) say that I'm a lot better with Baiken then Ky. I find it hard to try to keep up with 2 characters at once. But I'm trying to, although when you play Baiken for a few hours, then go back to Ky, you try to do counters... >.>

Purify, I know exactly what you mean. In high school I think I was the only person who had ever even heard of Guilty Gear/King of Fighters. And when it came to street fighter, maybe like 2 other people casually played it? So it kinda sucked. In college though, I actually got to meet other people that played fightin' games like me, and my skill level jumped like 300%. I even arranged a roommate just because he was very good at fighting games (namely GG and SF3) just so I could get better, because you're right, the only way to really get better is to play against other good people. Rivals help, dattebayo.