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Mmhmm. The more drive loop hits you pull on jin the lower he'll drop, hence whiffing the j.c. I suggest this combo for jin instead. 3c -> 5d~6 -> j.c -> 5d~6 -> j.c -> 5d~6 -> j.a -> j.c -> 9d~9 -> 236bb -> j.c -> 9d~9 -> 236bbbb also keep in mind you'll get an oki game as well if you finish the combo. With j.c j.c j.c 236bbbb when they air recover the ball is in the air. It will improve you long run gameplay if you fully finish your 236bb 236bbbb, 236bbb 236bbb, or 236bb j.c 9d~9 236bbbb and have them on the ground.

I'm in no position to debate what's a good litchi from a bad one because I don't care for her. But I know just as much as you that her pressure and combo reseting alone can win a match not just beastly combos. You should definitely play with Svvan, xDest, and other players as well to improve on some tactics and gameplay, I watch their gameplay here and there to improve mine as well, because my only strength is my damaging combo's while my movement game and pressure is nill. I'm not a perfect Tao, even though people put that pressure on me because of my name spread from my YouTube. A "famous" Tao isn't always a good one. I constantly download leaderboard match replay's and watch the best Tao's. Btw Ninja 250's are pretty shweet :3. Thinking about getting a GSXR 600 sometime in the future.. aww man I want one D: edit: Btw you're like 30 ranks higher on the leaderboards than I am so you should be using Tao correctly lol, my advice probably won't mean anything :P

1, What do you usually do after a successful 236bbb now, since it wallbounces and you can't oki? Do you have a good strategy yet? 2, Is the throw range like CT Jin status? 3, Is j.b a viable move now in pressure and combo's that you've figured out so far? Like I know now Noel's 236a can be used midcombo, and j.b was used a little before, but in bigger combo's is it any good :/ 4, Doh. lol. 5, This is what I want to know the most. How much HP exactly? Less than CARL? She's the new Carl it seems, CT Clap loop -> CS Taunt loop??? D:

I like your Tao. Your use of j.c/j.a/214d's keep it a clean mixup game. That Litchi was pretty relentless though, she is the queen of reseting, so once you're in the corner, its not much fun. I suggest 2ding or SJing into a sticky kitty and get out before she throw's more bo-staff garbage at you. Good stuff.

Nuuhhhhh dont use a phone Grab a flip mino like I used to do, any camera would work! You gotta have at least a cameraaaa XD Who's up there that plays with you? Doesn't Ricky or Ginseng have a cam or something? And Phathon should have that direct arcade capture doesn't he?

I know its all about CS now, but until then, for those of us who dont HAVE the CS Machine *nudge JOHN ehem XD.. have a couple of casual matches. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkvXPO6ic2E Tao Casual 11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD2TayLycy4 Tao Casual 14 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDZ-12yV2Jo Tao Casual 15 w/Pad Cam

That was a cool combo, but it should be posted in the Combo and BnB section.

Wow, for some reason I'm still interested in some CT combo's, who'd known D: Mebo pulled a combo off that I've personally never seen. Some of you probably have, but i've never seen it written down yet. 3c(2 claw whiff, Low sweep CH) -> 5d~6 -> j.c -5d~6 -> j.c -> 5d~5 -> j.c -> 5d~6 -> j.c -> 5d~5 -> j.c -> 5d~6 -> ??? (j.a -> 236bb -> 236bbbb?) Bored Tao is bored, gonna go research :/ EDIT: Bored Tao failed, I can't get that second j.c after the 5d~6 to connect.. wtf D:

None that I know of. RC's are not used heavily with tao, unlike Nu. A good use of RC imo is 3c -> 5d~6 -> RC -> 3c -> BnB TaoFTW makes good use of it, since it fakes out recovery time, and is possible to get a CH in there. This in itself is also a true combo. But as for the Tager combo, if you want to just keep continuing the combo because it looks cool, its not gonna happen. Its decent damage, but I would use other BnB in there as well, there are MANY combo options on tager besides that combo :P Thats good to know. I keep getting 6d'd by haku mid-pressure these days, that will be a useful blockstring. It's pretty hard to IB 2a imo, so it seems pretty safe XD

At first I was like WTF?! XD.. never seen that combo before! Then as i replayed it in my head I was like.. OH... TAGER, DUH XD.. rofl.. Anyways, no, you cannot keep doing the loop. It can be done thrice, as you posted. The only thing I can suggest is you can tech trap and attempt it again for additional damage but its not "continuing" the loop. If thats not the answer to your question you might want to clear up the question.

Yeah Silfer, listen to Ronove, because I'm the very product of that. I've learned taunt combo's pretty consistently, but the fact that my mixups and poor defense game fails, really narrow's down my options. Basically I only win because they made a mistake and I got my beefy combo in, or they just flat-out sucked. If my pressure game was better, I would be a much better tao. Dont get me wrong, my pressure and mixup isn't garbage, but If I just started practicing her movements, mixups, and pressure from the beginning, I wouldn't be spamming random 3c's out of confirmed hits, and failing my spacing on 5c. Basically, dont be like me XD.. Mixup's and pressure should be as random as possible in order for them to not see whats coming, low's or overheads presumably. But there are a couple of mixup "sets" that I use in my back pocket for convenience, that are effective. They're pretty simple, just DONT ABUSE THEM. Once your opponent learns them, they're useless. That's why good mixups come with practice. Remember, this is if your opponent is blocking- 5a -> 2a -> 5b -> 2b -> 5c -> 2c -> 236aa~ 5b -> 6a(1hit) -> 236a -> 2d~b -> j.c 5c -> 6c -> 236aa -> 5c -> 6c -> 236aaaa~ 236aa -> 5d~C -> 2d~b -> 5b Remember, these are just examples, as the main page of this thread says, BE CREATIVE. These are just a couple of options. Edit: Some example's Basic crossup's to combo's: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUPflPcXTuE Advanced poking and zoning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfpXtFJgVhM Note: Notice how Taosis uses his 214d's, Its a good tool, dont forget. Edit: One more~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6pJ9CCVN8c2:12, great blockstring.

That combo does work on Jin. The problem you're having is you're holding j.C, as you said. It takes practice, but you have to find the rhythm for when the j.a -> j.c comes out. The trick is to TAP, TAP j.a -> j.c. I noticed that even just casually pushing the button in sometimes tell's the CPU to "charge" her attacks, this happens to me sometimes with the same with 6c, 2c, 236c, 5c, j.C, and all 214a/b/c moves. I had a similar problem that I fixed using this method, this kinda combo- 3c -> 5d~6 -> j.C -> 236b -> 2d~b -> 5c -> 2d~9 etc etc... That 5c, if you charged it even a little bit, it would be scrapped. you would lose heat or they would escape. The trick is, also NOT to button mash. If you just spam 5c, or in your case j.C, it will sometimes charge in mistake as well. You have to be precise, and accurate, with you tap, so that ONLY comes with practice. Try doing your combo's on Tager, Ara, or Haku first, it might be easier to get it off, just for practice at least. Also, I might also know why its whiffing to if you still do that right, is if your normal drive loops are a little laggy on commands, tao will drop lower and lower with each in in the drive loop, and ending the combo sometimes comes out tricky. You have to be precise in your BnB drive loops as well to get the full combo going. It might be alot to take in, but hope that helps

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPnbD9Jqw1Y Tao Casual 10 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkvXPO6ic2E Tao Casual 11 I'm not sure if you'll incorporate these two, since they're broken up, or just stupid lol :P.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUPflPcXTuE Tao Highlights? D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BniFzFMwvkw Ice car fails..

Well, first of all welcome to the Tao forums, we're willing to help, but you got a lot to learn, and you might have to tweak quickly when CS comes out lol :3 As for your 3C combo, I have no idea what combo you are doing, there aren't many pure drive loops after a 3c that go 9d at all. The only one I know is 3c -> 6d~6 -> j.c -> 6d~6 -> j.c -> 6d~6 -> j.a -> j.a -> 9d~9 -> j.c -> 9d~9 -> 236bbb -> 236bbb~ (3500+~) I think you might be saying 3c -> 6d~b(whiff) 2d~9 (Technically 9d in your terms). But you can't j.a j.c after that... You're gonna have to check your wording or the combo. As for your whiffing j.a j.c, as I said before, you're gonna have to check the combo's. Also, in BB, different characters have different hitboxes, and require different combo's because of that. Tao is no exeption, so that j.a j.c may only work on certain characters during certain combo's Hope that helps