Konton

^ It might just be crazy enough to work =D

Except that Rachel has a hard time getting in to do her guard primer moves and 4b is slow as hell. The only feasible follow up to a blocked 4b is the umbrella combo into lobelia which, yeah, takes 2 primers but now she has to get in all over again. In her Litchi vids she would break two primers and then by the time she got a chance to break 2 more the other player's primer gauge was already full. Maybe if pumpkin had more blockstun and could be used as an approach, but as is... >_<

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJQ4D2jcaRk Rachel vs Jin. Kept up pretty well but still couldn't pull out any wins. Was using the umbrella swing to sneak in an extra j.c in air combos. 3c9d combos are still in. I'd say bad habits are what made the match bad for the Rachel. Waaaay too much random level 2 j.2dc and stuff like that.

Solution: We all play on infinite time. =/

Sorry. Edited my post with release vids.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkNgzDvyu3s Some interesting combos on Tsubaki. Win by time out. =p http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyVmlXczRbg Well Rachel won at least one round fare and square. =p I'm actually kind of liking what I'm seeing. Corner pressure is toned down, but still present. The new frog opens up allot of options and allows for easy approach and guard breaks. 4b -> 5cdc takes away two primers easy if they get caught blocking frog. Really flashy air iris combos are nice. Frog is kind of the new pumpkin.

^ Yeah, I can't even tell what's going on.

Oh. That's a relief. Very good news. To clarify, this means frog combos ARE still in?

Rachel can break 4k.... with 100% meter.

Drive 6c frame traps into 5b with a 4 frame hole. Trying to punish 6c is going to get you combo'd and not punishing it is going to get you mixed up or guard crushed. =p Try and stop Noel from going into 6c at all as it's super unsafe to get into, but gives great reward on block and hit. If they're doing 5d -> 6c then it's a 13 frame hole and you can hit them out of it. And as I keep telling people, Noel isn't at a disadvantage when she catches you blocking because she still has frame traps, spacing, special cancels, RC, and a dp (28d). It's all a mix-up and you have to react and predict.

Ghetto? Noel's 6c frame traps on block and leads to big damage on hit. You can't follow general advice to combat her drive as she has tons of options if she has you blocking, especially when spaced correctly. Prepare to be guard crushed by 5d -> 5b -> 5c -> 5b -> 5c -> 236d if you barrier block, prepare to eat an assault through if you are grabbing, prepare to be spring raided if you are jabbing, overheaded or low'd by mix-ups if countering, canceled into 214a, etc. etc. etc.

Bad advice. Spamming throw is going to get you frame trapped and spamming counter doesn't get rid of her mix-up.

Haha, well... the game comes out in nine days. So we'll have a more solid grasp on if Rachel will be trash or not.

Rachel got it way worse than Noel. Chain Revolver is FAST now. Noel has been reworked and given brand new tools. Rachel... just lost everything and gained air iris.

I AM doing significantly better now that I'm using 214a on sledge prediction...

Don't worry! One day I'll be good too.

idk I was playing Axis and he just seemed to out prioritize it every time and came at me from the air in odd angles. I had to rely on meeting him in air to air to stop it.

I feel like 6a gets beaten out by allot of Tager's arial attacks.

Getting in 5a range is way more difficult than you guys are letting on.

I know. I just started using her so I suck. ha

How unusual for a Mexican to be so slow. Anyway, I want Cat Chair to combo on NH. It's stupid that it doesn't.

I'm not worried about drive here. It's that he can sledge through 2c and 5c that destroys my mix-up game more often than not. But I see where you're coming from. I've been experimenting in this match lately and 6c eats sledge and leads to 4k. =D

Noel has some of the best air to air moves in the game. She's also got good ground to air with j.c as it can cancel into any drive move you want or 5a.

I don't understand why Noel has a 60/40 on Tager. He screws up her game so bad with sledge it isn't even funny.

Don't follow up with spring raid if you end up getting your drive string blocked UNLESS YOU CAN RC IT. You should of been punished hardcore for that. Tighten up the execution, allot of whiffed 6c combos. Follow up throw with 214a for big damage. I don't know why you weren't.