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Well I tried for another several hours with no success. I'll give up trying to do that 23 combo and work on other stuff. I got few other questions. I read a lot about people mentioning DP whiff combo. Does that consist of delaying the J.214X to whiff after the DP? And what's up with connecting with 2C after launching the dummy? I would mash like crazy and I would still be too late at times. Also I've been trying to figure out what is going on with this basic combo: Throw > 236C > 214B > 22B For some reason, I can't seem to connect 214B after 236C. Sometimes it connects and I can't figure out the timing for this.

Anyone got tips for challenge 23? I always seems to cross up when I try to do 6CC which whiff after the J.214D, so I try to cheat a little by doing it in the corners, but can never connect 2nd J.C at all.

thanks I finally got past 21. I'll still need practice, but at least I'm getting it.

Can I get some tips on this too? I'm stuck on challenge 21 with Tsubaki. I seem to drop her J.C after the J.D a lot. If I do it too fast, J.C doesn't even come out and when I connect J.C, I actually whiff the 2C > 2CC. It looks like I have to let most of the 66C hit before I cancel into J.D? Or does the timing of 22D matter at all before this part of the combo happens?

I don't think it's carpal tunnel, because I feel the straining feeling over my fingers and around middle to top part of the palm. I did experience carpal before (straining feeling over the wrist), but that was from improper usage of mouse with bad forms. I guess I'll have to experiment some more before I figure this out.

Well I'm did try the p4a layout and it just feels awkward for combinations like grab and burst. B layout just seem logical to me, but now I'm thinking about trying out A and see if it makes a difference. I figure it will because my ring finger would be assigned to the D button which I won't mash as much as C. I wonder if it's really a muscle thing... I just thought I had a improper way of laying my hand on the stick. Do you guys usually relax your hand palm flat down on the stick, or have a craw stance of sort with each finger tip on top of each buttons?

I was wondering if anyone is having a similar issue that I'm experiencing at the moment. I have a madcatz SF x Tekken stick that I've been using for P4A which is my also first fighter. Now, I want to get into BB and I started playing around a bit with BB extend, but I'm experience some discomfort on my right hand using the BB layout. I'm using the B layout which is ABC D compared to that I was using default layout in P4A which is AC BD The way I place my hand on the stick isn't that much different. I do let my ring finger on top of the C button for BB. For some reason, my right hand is straining a lot and gets tired really fast. I never had issue with P4A, so I'm just wondering what is going on. It may be that I'm not used to using the ring finger to press C and it's somehow adding stress to my hand. Anyone have any idea?

It hurts watching labrys getting bodied in all these matches. The labrys that went against Chie on Stream B was pretty solid, but did very bad bursts against liz next match. That combo that liz did at the end of the match was amazing.

Thanks for videos. I haven't watched much Japanese Labrys in awhile. Too bad most of the matches the Labrys are getting bodied.

Thanks a lot. I finally managed to do this combo: 5AA>5AA> 2C> 5D>5D~[5B]>[2B]>jc>j.BB>jc>j.B>j.C>j.214B I was looking for a non fatal 5A red ax corner starter that would at least do same or more damage than the mid screen 5A one. I think I found the timing for the 2nd 5D by confirming on the first 5D. I didn't even realize that the extra hit from 2C can mess up the combo. Still need more practice to get used to it like you said though.

btw Tectal, what is the timing on that this part of the combo in your optimal combo section? 2C> 5D>5D~[5B] The dummy seems to tech out too fast after the first 5D.

Thanks I checked out some of those matches though it's hard to follow with the skipping around. I guess I'll wait for matches to be uploaded. I'm also looking forward to that Sakuma vs Nerina FT10 that will happen soon hopefully. I wonder when a Labrys will win a major tourney? lol

Did anyone watch the 3 labrys players in Arc Revo? I only watched Sakuma play against Yu sama on final 8.

I was going to come again, but something just came up. Maybe next time!

I guess I have to start conditioning myself to not do 5B after blocked 5A/2A... well at least when I start getting DPed for it. After 1k+ matches online, I'm still finding out something new. I'm such a scrub

Is 2A > 5B not safe? I kept getting DPed last night against an Aigis player between 2AA > 5B. I think guillotine can be DPed in the block string, but didn't think I can get DPed going from 2A to 5B. Maybe I got DPed on the Sweep instead. Maybe it was a netplay lag thing? I should have recorded that match.

Yea, what I meant is that I don't want to do 236B > AB, but I end up doing it often because I already did 5AAA by mashing A too much. It's a habit that I'm trying to rid of. I'm making efforts to do the SP guillotine combo instead when I can instead of autocombo or the 236B > AB

Surf, you got a solid Labrys. Not scrubby at all! Not sure what else I can add that you don't already know; my labrys is really scrubby I think in that Labrys match up, you could have tried more 5A meaty on tsurugi oki instead ... mix up with something like 5A > IAD, 5A > AoA, 5A > 2AB, etc. On the yukiko match up, you should try to punish the super with your DP. I think one time you were able to counter with a throw, but DP is probably a safer bet in that case. And I guess make sure to not drop your super. I think I saw you not do super on match point where, you had red ax and the yukiko had fraction health after you landed the bnb. And careful with the bursts I guess. Make sure to not burst right outside of awakening. Lot of the stuff I mention, I don't really do well myself >.> I'm also making more effort to do the SP combo to raise ax level/oki. I always end up doing 5 AAA > 236B > 6AB > J.AA > air combo instead. I mash 5A too much.

I really want to do BI combos in a real match. It looks so swag and stylish. But I never seem to find myself the opportunity to try. 5DD oki I tried was 5AAA > AoA > 5B > 5DD. For the most part it seem to work, but I remember one time it got rolled on wake up on net play.

I'm on a stick. I had some success with Eshi's oki set up on net play. It does force the opponents to DP which I can start baiting. I did the 5DD oki in the corner few times and it seem to work decently. Though there are times it just got rolled, so I don't know. I tried to see if I can do brutal impact set up on 5DD oki, but it doesn't seem to work.

It also happened to me only a few times until last week... I just started to do it maybe like once out of ten matches I played (just guessing/estimating it... it seems so frequent). It was driving me crazy and I hit the lab and doing bunch of blockstrings. I definitely had it come out during my SP combos where tsurugi is used. I gotta figure out what changed that made me start to do this frequently. It feels like how with Chie when I try to do god hand, but meteors come out instead >.> I did my first offline tourney and I ended up doing it then too. It may have costed the match for me... though I made plenty of other mistakes too.

has anyone done brutal impact accidentally occasionally? I had instance where it comes out when I'm trying to do tsurugi or guillotine. I think the 2 2 input comes out sometimes like 2 > 4 > 2 > 4 and sometimes the buffering from the sweep to guillotine may cause this for me. I may be the only one, but I've seen this one labrys player do it accidentally on netplay; he said didn't try to do it on the mike.

I'm going to this. It will be my first time going to a local scene. Looking forward to it.

Planning on going to the break for p4a next time. I'm in Cliffside Park, NJ. I think I see some people who are pretty close by which is cool.

Thanks for the explanation. I'm thinking of going to my first local scenes for p4a and was working through the combos again. Tried practicing some combos I had hard time with and after all these times, the timing seems to be easier for some reason. Regarding the 2C > DP loop combos, is the timing of the 2A at the end slightly delayed compared to a 5A? I'm starting connect the 2A better and I think since it hits low, I have to be a little bit slower to connect it.